Ways of Old
Poem excerpt recounting boyhood memories of rural landscapes and seasons. The speaker invites a reader to recall long summers, blossoms, and animal sounds from a past life, credited to J. M. Lewis in the Houston Post.
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
7
The silver milk jug and a pioneer wagon train
Grandma Eunice recalls a century and a half old silver milk jug from York state. The jug traveled with a family across Iowa and into the Northwest, carried in a sea chest as the wagon train crawled toward Kansas during hard droughts and wolf attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uadys
Grandma Eunice
France
Gladys
Iowa
Zeruiah
Kansas
Mr. Tucker
Mr. Dakes
Tucker
Aunt Louisa
Louisa
Peleg
Bouncer
Buffalo Stampede Forces Narrow Escape From Plains
A family fleeing a buffalo stampede narrates a deadly tumble toward the Platte as horses falter and a gray roan almost falls into a gopher burrow. They survive with help from a surveying party and acquire wagons, while Grandmother Decoster dies the following year, leaving a silver milk jug as a memento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias Tucker
Aunt Louisa
Oakes
Father
Tobias
Roan
Platte River
Midway
Grandmother Decoster
Plan to End Evil Bill Targets Divorced Officeholders
A congressional bill proposes banning divorced individuals from public office aiming to end divorce through penalties. The sponsor argues the measure would stop the divorce business permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Return of Senator Frye and the young men of the Senate
Washington gossip notes the new administration as Senator Frye returns to the floor while Elmer Jacob Burkett of Nebraska is sworn in March 4 as Dietrich’s successor. The piece notes Bailey Beveridge and Burkett as the youngest senators and outlines Burkett’s western farming background, schooling, law reading, and early political rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Beveridge
Indiana
Bailey
Senate
Burkett
Iowa
Nebraska
State University
Hae
Senator Frye to preside as Fairbanks takes oath
The article notes Charles W. Fairbanks will assume the vice presidency and William P. Frye of Maine will return to his seat in the Senate chamber. Frye has long led commerce committee work and river and harbor bills, praised for his mastery of figures and parliamentary procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Fairbanks
William P. Frye
Maine
United States Senate
Frye
Senate
Hare
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Indiana
Senate Committee On Commerce
Man Known for Memory Aids Impresses with Figures
The subject used practice in memorizing numbers to excel in public speaking. His skill allowed him to recall accurate figures reliably, never faltering in presenting precise data.
The Presidential Plum Orchard and Senate Confirmations
The piece explains the pattern of presidential appointments after March for civil and diplomatic posts. It notes 6 203 plum offices with salaries from 17 500 to zero, mostly in the post office, plus state department postings including five ambassadorships at 17 500 and 30 ministers at 12 000 to 4 000. Total presidential appointments in the state department reach 1 169.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Roosevelt
McKinley
Civil
Army
Navy
Judiciary
Post Office Department
State Department
Vienna
Rome
Rich Officies Abound in Roosevelt Era Government
The article surveys high paying federal posts likely to be filled by Roosevelt’s next administration. It notes the chief justice seat at $13,000 and eight associate justices at $12,500, plus lucrative collector roles from New York to San Francisco. It also lists hundreds of treasury and interior posts, with salaries from $1,200 to $8,000, and emphasizes Roosevelt’s plan to appoint on merit rather than political debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Fuller
Taft
Supreme Court
Customs Service
New York
Customs
Philadelphia
Boston
San Francisco
Treasury Department
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Interior Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
War Department
Navy Department
Department of Agriculture
Department of Justice
Indiana Ledger Lists Miller Prosecution Budget and State Debates
Indiana March reports note Attorney General Miller asking for a $20,000 appropriation to pursue prosecutions against combines. The Senate moves toward a Lew Wallace statue, while a bribery case against lobbyist O. A. Baker is advanced. Other actions cover private corporations codification prospects, a Benjamin Harrison monument site decision, and banking regulation under the Gainard bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Miller
Senate
Statuary Hall
Washington
T. T. Moore
Lew Walace
Democrats
Thomas A. Hendricks
House
Wallace
Gov
Hanly
O. A. Baker
Mountz
Davis
Farber
Milburn
Hendee
Benjamin Harrison
St. Clair Park
Federal Park
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Sylvan Poe of Southern Indiana Dr Francis Anson Evans
Evansville's Dr Francis Anson Evans known as the Sylvan Poe of Southern Indiana died in Tell City after an ulcerated tooth cancer. He penned The Common Lot in his final days reacting to rent demands on a widow, urging compassion and calling wealth greed a cause of poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Francis Anson Evans
Tell City
Sylvan Poe
Indiana
Indiana Governor Signs Parks Anti Cigarette Bill
Gov. Hanly signed the Parks anti cigarette bill to take effect in June prohibiting manufacture sale and possession of cigarettes cigarette paper and wrappers by individuals clerks agents or others. First offense carries a fine up to 50 dollars, second offense up to 500 dollars or six months jail. The Tobacco Combine and temperance factions celebrate the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Hanly
Tobacco Combine
Temperance
Evansville Groups Seek Rivers and Harbors Funding
Petitions from the Evansville local branch of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association and the Evansville Business Association urge an amendment to the rivers and harbors bill. They seek a specified appropriation for Evansville harbor and were sent to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Evansville Business Association
Washington
Senate approves city and town codification bill amendments
In Indianapolis on March 4 the senate voted 34 to 11 to concur with house amendments to the codification commission's bill on cities and towns. The measure now awaits the governor's signature, which is expected to be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Codification Commission
Indianapolis
Ind
Senate
House
Cassell's Subtle Flattery Exchange Between Grace Gladys
Subtext of flattery surfaces in a Cassell's dialogue where Grace notes Tom's absurd praise and Gladys recalls his compliment about Grace's appearance. The exchange captures social dynamics and witty banter among the trio.
Wallace Statue Bill Delayed By House Committee
Indianapolis March 4 The house committee on ways and means reported to postpone indefinitely Senator T. T. Moore's bill carrying an appropriation of 5000 dollars for a statue of General Lew Wallace in Statuary Hall at Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
House Committee On Ways and Means
T. T. Moore
Gen
Lew Wallace
Washington
Matrimonial Mix in Jail Meeting Sparks Tense Showdown
Indianapolis reports Squire B Early, recently from Evansville, jailed on two charges of running an employment agency swindle with bond under $1,500. Two angry women, Mrs Jennie Early from Rochester and Mrs Linnie Early arrested in Evansville, confront him at Marion county jail demanding proof of marriage as they glare and argue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Squire B. Early
Evansville
Marion County
Jennie Early
Rochester
N. Y
Indiana
Linnie Early
Early
Indiana miners gather for annual union meetings
Secretary Phil Penna issued a call for the annual meeting of the Indiana Bituminous Operators Association to be held in Terre Haute on March 14. The district meeting of the United Mine Workers of America is scheduled for the same day with a joint executive board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Phil Penna
Indiana Bituminous Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers of America
Desolate Change at Huntington Rail Yard Station
By tearing down a roundhouse and other railroad buildings, the former Andrews hub on the Wabash line is reduced to an insignificant station. The 1881 railway shops at Andrews marked its past as a major center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Andrews
Cook Convicted of Murder in Hartford City Case
William Cook found guilty of murder in the first degree for the Preston Sanderson case at Hartford City. Jury of 12 took 11 hours, voting unanimously on the first ballot, sentence life imprisonment in the state prison.
Seized double stamped whisky packages in Lawrenceburg saloons
Internal Revenue Agent Bowen and Special U S Gauger Ramsey seized several double stamped whisky packages in Lawrenceburg Indiana saloons. The liquor is believed to have been purchased in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Internal Revenue
Bowen
United States
Ramsey
Cincinnati
Aliens May Own Property Under New Indiana Bill
Indianapolis March 4. After years of denial aliens may own property. A senate bill to this effect passed to the house. The measure would allow aliens to hold or convey land as citizens with a 320 acre limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Senate
House
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. M. Lewis
Houston Post
A . Buffalo Run
Senator Frye
Sylvan Port
Dor
Evansville Harbor
Grace
Cassell
Squire B
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