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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1904
Page
7
A poem from the Boston Journal images the twilight hour in Westville Indiana. It contrasts dusk signs with rural life as a father family and neighbors finish daily toil and gather for supper under a calm evening sky. The piece evokes sleep, guidance, and communal peace.
R Timothy Burge visits Ingleside church teas and attends May day fete where he notes Tilly’s presence in pink and blue gowns. Their playful banter shifts to hints of romance as he muses on charity, status, and the lively social scenes of village life.
Timothy and Tilly visit a palm reader in a sunlit garden. The palmist proclaims Tilly's marriage line and dependence on masculine strength, provoking Tilly’s boredom and Timothys quiet skepticism. A fading sunset and a shared glance hint at unseen tensions and budding secrecy.
A timid man learns courage on a two mile bicycle race with Beatrice. Their playful chase ends in a tie and a vow of marriage with the bicycle as loyal witness and excess baggage on the honeymoon.
Gracie Montgomery of Elwood Indiana killed herself with poison after months of domestic trouble with husband John Montgomery. A farewell letter asked forgiveness and asked him to remarry only after her death. Coroner Trueblood conducted an inquest and ruled death by poison in a personal crisis. Two brothers live in Indianapolis.
Representatives of 20 independent exchanges across Western Indiana and Eastern Illinois met in Terre Haute to form an association to streamline long‑distance business and set a uniform toll schedule. A board of directors was elected including Charles R. Dun Terre Haute John L. Slinkard Linton E K Hertford Washington A J Herty Vincennes John K Linglier Brazil W H McNary Martinsville NL W H Knite Marshall J L Horny Clinton and Mr Adams Rockville.
In Bloomington on March 5 the sixth annual meet saw Illinois defeat Indiana on the affirmative side of the question about changes to southern state constitutions since 1899 restricting Negro voting. Judges were Delos Fall J. B. Hadley and Harry Higbee.
Lightning struck four times in Elwood Indiana on March 4. A large Royse Furniture Co storage warehouse burned with stock valued at $2000. Four hundred telephones were put out of service on Delaware and Madison Telephone Co lines. The house of Grant Ewing was wrecked.
The Interstate Traction Railway Co filed articles of incorporation to construct a line from Dayton to Indianapolis passing Montgomery and Preble counties in Ohio and Union Fayette Rush Shelby Hancock and Marion in Indiana.
The Pentecost bands of the United States plan a grand orphanage near Plainfield Indiana. Rev Thomas H Nelson of Indianapolis heads the effort and has secured 160 acres of land. Building costs are set at 75000 dollars.
Miss May Veasey a young Jeffersonville school teacher living at 317 Meigs avenue suffered a dislocated jaw after a yawn. A physician was summoned and treated the condition promptly.
Indianapolis March 5 The Republican state committee fixed the state convention for April 26 and 27 in Indianapolis. Strong resolutions were adopted endorsing President Roosevelt.
Miss Bertha Montgomery a 19 year old substitute teacher in Owensville Indiana became a raving insane after witnessing the principal whip 30 pupils. The incident followed weeks of unruly class behavior and she was later sent to Evansville insane asylum.
Engineers on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Wabash Indiana completed a dramatic operation to run Turkey Creek ditch under the track. Two mogul locomotives hoisted a large bridge 36 feet high using four supports and pulleys while a dredge passed beneath. Five hours of elevated clearance followed after dynamite charges blasted the channel bottom.
Two Hollanders driving a beer wagon found a man’s body in an old canal near East Chicago. The head was under the ice in shallow water and the feet pointed upward. The body was sent to Hastings Chicago where the name Thomas Fitzgerald was identified.
Indiana University defeated Notre Dame 46 to 25 in a dual track meet at South Bend. The Irish team proved the weakest Notre Dame has shown since joining the Indiana Intercollegiate Association.
Elmer B. Carr a proprietor of the English slave and heading works died of pneumonia after a week long illness. He was a prominent mason and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
In Marion Indiana on March 3 Republicans of Indiana eleventh district chose to hold the nominating congressional convention at Peru on March 20 Delegates to the Chicago national convention will be elected at a meeting in Marion on April 12.
Bedford Indiana March 4 The grand jury began the Schafer murder case investigation. The state expects to indict James McDonald by Saturday and plans to examine a large number of witnesses.
Mrs Rebecca Luttrell attempted a quick fire to dry clothes in Bedford Indiana on March 4. She poured coal oil into a stove thinking it was out provoking an explosion that tore the stove apart. Luttrell sustained serious burns.
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