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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1915
Page
2
A satirical obituary style column mocks the Senate filibuster and a ship purchase bill, arguing $700,000 spent to block passage is a minor cost if it avoids war. It contrasts Democratic pessimism with Republican governance and laments long political decline while urging unity.
The passage recalls Harry Ruff who tried to start a sugar refinery near Otis forty years ago using water power west of Otis. He dazzled locals with a plush display and failed to secure credit, leaving investors poorer and an admirer who later died selling cattle to cover debts. Ruff later worked in Chicago in a clerical post with uncertain fate.
The obituary notes Ras Allen born near Westville, served in the Union Army, and lived on rural route 6 in Sac City Iowa. He was famed for a keen practical joke sense, including a famed alley noise incident with Hi’s red wagon. Subscriptions renewed by local friends conclude the piece.
Five surgeons in Valparaiso at the Christian hospital performed a difficult operation to save a mother and infant. The Lake County case involved Dr Oak of Lacrosse and was described as entirely successful with both mother and child resting well. The husband suffered a broken leg from a tree accident.
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