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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1914
Page
4
The document lists board of review members including John Vanbaugh C. E. Meyer Joseph Johanni treasurer Daniel Grover assessor and Fred A. Hausheer auditor as part of the detailed financial entry.
A Port County man known as Laporte, a longtime local character with a history of jail terms, was found crushed to death in a barn Saturday night after reportedly sleeping there. No relatives or home, periods of intoxication noted, councilman Pusch describes the barn as a favorite resting spot. Initial rumors of a kick to death were denied. Juaporte reports say the animal weight caused the fatality.
Judge H B Tuthill entered a finding of divorce and denied restoration of Brady née Hiley. The case traces a 1912 elopement to St Joseph, two divorces and a remarriage, then a separation leading to this superior court action. Attorney W W Pepple represents the plaintiff.
The Second National Bank of Cincinnati filed in circuit court for the Midland Chair and Seating Company alleging solvent assets of 354000 but liabilities of 740000, with a monthly deficit of 5000 and 6000 in unpaid interest. Judge Gallaher appointed Jarrett P. Bliss and Theodore Mayer as receivers with a 100000 bond to operate the plant. The company, incorporated last year, had 400000 in capital stock.
Mrs. Kate McMahon of Stillwell was charged with putting Paris Green in her tenant A C Davids's well. She posted bond of 1000 dollars with her sons John and Rollo McMahon signing. Davids says Paris Green was found in the well and alleges she sprayed cherry trees in his yard to make fruit unfit. A dispute over fruit rights and tenancy sparked the case and Davids and McMahon live in adjoining houses.
Joseph Zimmerman has been appointed administrator of estate of his father Englebert Zimmerman succeeding his brother the late Arthur F Zimmerman who died last month in Valparaiso. Joseph Zimmerman furnished bond of 8000 dollars and will run the Valparaiso Messenger as editor publisher and business manager. He is a practical newspaper man and printer formerly employed at the government printing office in Washington.
A tired two year old named Marian resists bath time and pajamas. Her mother chooses calm patience over scolding or bribery. Within minutes Marian is tear stained but peaceful in her crib, the night ending with a loving good night hug.
Rain water soaks through air and soil picking up carbonic acid gas from decaying matter and air. It dissolves limestone forming bicarbonate of lime and can carry sulfates of lime or gypsum. Bicarbonates of lime and magnesia soften. sulfates and silica create hard scale. chlorides nitrates cause corrosion and sodic salts cause foaming.
Sugar shows diverse applications beyond eating, serving in boiler scale prevention, shoe blacking, soap making, explosives, dyes, and leather filler. It notes the price disparity between Europe and the United States and mentions various unspecified sugar types and uses.
Bernard I. Bell argues that fear of smallpox and rejection of vaccination show medieval ignorance. He contrasts this with a past that produced Chaucer Dante Petrarch Boccaccio Aquinas Spinola and a public that valued literature and art. He notes that even humble rural scenes once inspired great beauty.
A lad rescues a wounded gosling from a rat and nurses it daily. The goose heals, forms a lasting bond, and follows the youth into adulthood. When he falls ill, the devoted bird seeks him, curling beneath his bed in a testament to their shared care. From H. A. Page.
A Hawthorne grammar school principal in Oak Park Illinois explains the word news as initials of the four compass points North East West South. He claims newspapers deliver both daily events from all directions and the business news via advertisements.
At Clermont de l Oise in France a police officer drank heavily during a formal visit by the procurator general to take evidence. The officer, intoxicated, tried to draft a process verbal accusing the official of insults to an officer in service, while the procurator general remarked on the scene.
A fragment recalls a conversation where a poor man asks his affluent cousin, who earns a big salary as a football club manager, for help. The cousin, always careful with money, replies with a convincing catch in the throat and a remark about tes pennies.
A London Mail report quotes a Gmail boy answering anxious questions as he explains being cut by a saw. The victims react with ears pricked at familiar sounds. The dialogue hints at a prior incident as the victim reappears and the inquiry continues.
A collage of brief comic anecdotes: a grandly dressed woman misreads a Granville road stop and the conductor’s gentle correction. a doctor’s blunt bedside manner after a suicide request. a Cincinnati tailor shop joke about a porter named Jerry and a pun on the firm’s “Inc.” designation.
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