Announcements From Laporte County Officials
Obituary notices and advertising rates appear in Westville Indroator. Announcements by Joan C. Ricken A J Hickey and William J Anstiss declare candidacies before the Laporte County Republican convention for judge and sheriff respectively.
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Westville
Vna
32D Judicial Circuit
Joan C. Ricken
Laporte County
Laporte Circuit Court
A.J. Hickey
William J. Anstiss
Decoration Day Observances Include Parade and Gettysburg Address
Decoration Day featured cool winds and overcoats as G A R members and veterans marched to the cemetery for tributes. A meal followed at the W B R C hall, then at the M F E church the adjutant read proclamations and Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. Eld Clark spoke praising soldiers and discussing four patriotism types. The Suman cornets band performed in new uniforms, and the church was decorated with flowers and national colors.
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G. A. R. Post
Post
W. BR. C
M. FE
Lincoln
T. F. MccGuigean
Eld. Clark
Postal Savings Banks Bill Introduced In House
The Postal Bank bill proposes post office savings banks with deposits from 1 to 500 dollars, 2 percent interest, ten day withdrawal notices, and bonds purchased at 2.5 percent. Funds stay partly in local banks and partly with the trustees, with bond proceeds to retire maturing debt. Also classified ads note estate sale in Michigan and a thank you card from local veterans observing Decoration Day.
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Committee On
Gardner
New Jersey
Board of Trustees
U.S
The Misadventure of the Listening Egg
A servant explains to her mistress that testing eggs by swinging them caused an accident. She reports she struck a policeman in the eye through the window while the egg murmured loudly, claiming the egg was a good one and sounded as it was tested.
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Jane
Restaurant cashier keeps check list to catch theft
A New York restaurant owner explains how a cashier detains patrons who present partial checks. A man offered to pay all missing checks after being confronted, and the owner accepted to drop the matter.
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Proprieto
New York
Ecks
Blessed Oliver Plunkett Beatified by Vatican Council
Oliver Plunkett the Irish primate executed at Tyburn on July 1 1681 for high treason sees beatification approved by the Vatican. He was accused in 1679 of treasonous conspiracy to ferry 20 000 Frenchmen into Ireland and to raise 70 000 for rebellion. Principal witnesses were clerics he had suspended for bad conduct. His head remains preserved in a Drogheda convent.
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Oliver Plunkett
Vatican Council
Ireland
Tyburn
National Portrait Gallery
Trafalgar Square
Drogheda
Barn gallon derides old milk measure in English trade
The barn gallon, an old English milk measure, is now illegal though retained in London trade. Documents express it as per lot of 17 pints to circumvent illegality. The unit equals 17 pints or two gallons and one pint, a relic of bygone dairy practices.
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England
London
How to tell Yale men from Harvard men
An anecdote contrasts Yale and Harvard men in a quip: a Yale man acts as if he owns the world, while a Harvard man acts as if he does not know who owns the world and does not care to know.
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Yale
Harvard
Blood Transfusion in Surgery
Blood transfusion brings dramatic change as patients regain color and awareness. In adults the transfused amount must be limited to avoid heart overload, but young children with severe hemorrhage may recover fully with immediate post operative vitality and no convalescence period.
Household Clock Care Instructions From a Past Guide
A family caretaker should oversee a clock to keep accurate time. Wind at a fixed time, regulate periodically, and keep the clock locked. Dust the face and hands, and oil occasionally with pure oil purified by Ninewater. shake, settle, then pour off the oil and apply with a camel hair brush.
The Brute Plays on a Bargain Tie Gaffe
Mrs Simper brags of a bargain necktie gift to her husband The Brute. He feigns appreciation then says he would prefer a cross tie for kindling. The exchange blends humor and social tension in a domestic scene.
The Stout Man and the Pillow Fight on the Train
In a crowded car a stout man threatens to punch any head that rests on his shoulder again. His wife hushes him, and the scene ends with a seating swap as two women arrive. A poet boasts he can sell his poems to magazines, wagering he never reads them to friends until sold.
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James
Wesley's Remarkable Work in Georgia by Wesley's Rules
The article highlights Wesley's diligent labor in Georgia translating hymns and publishing the first English church hymn book. It describes his multilingual teaching, house building, road work, and expansive parish travels across riverfront and swamp terrain, evangelizing planter and Native American communities with tireless devotion.
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Wesley
Oxford
Georgia
London Colonial Office
Savannah
Florida
Petuangas
Gunile
Ye of Jesus Christ
Leis Bipnock
Harper's
Memory and Intellect Compare Mozart and Blind Tom
The piece argues a great memory alone does not equal intellect. It cites Mozart at age 13 recalling an opera after one hearing and adding cadenzas, surpassing mere reproduction. It contrasts Blind Tom who could replay Liszt’s Hungarian opera from one hearing but could not invent anew.
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Mozart
Tom
Liszt
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Praised by Mrs Hamilton
Mrs AF J Hamilton of Upper Alton Illinois reports neuralgia relief after a year of use with Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. The Miles Medical Co offers druggists a refund of the first package if no benefit. Elkhart Indiana based company.
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