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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
2
The author recalls how children reflect inner thought and imagination. Vivid moments include a girl gathering sunlight, a child asking heaven to return, and a tap that becomes a coughing water. The piece praises the poetry of life seen in young minds and contrasts fairyland with ordinary explanation.
The speaker contemplates bells in a village churchyard and their histories from baptisms to funerals. They reflect on how bells witness human fire, fears, greed, passion, war, and peace across past and present, with the bells still tolling as voices from memory.
In Servia women enjoy a dignified home standing, unlike Turk or German norms. A Servian man cares for his unmarried sisters, and older sisters influence marriage. Girls often speak four languages and study arts. Politics interest women. Belgrade hosts two women doctors and many female teachers, while public opinion leans against women entering the labor market.
The article notes Jerrald Douglas endorsing Browning while many readers misread and criticize Browning. It references Jerrold's critique during a period of convalescence and comments on Browning's popularity among a few anesthetic circles, contrasting with public reception.
The artist has surpassed himself with scenes of pyramids sphinxes and camels across a desert set. A knight in Austrian uniform enters the moonlight, his blade sheathed, as applause fades and New York Herald notes the moment.
A petition was filed with the LaPorte County Board of Commissioners seeking a free stone macadamized road extending a highway between Hinton and New Dream townships. The notice details the request and directs the submission of supporting words and figures.
A formal petition filed in the LaPorte County Commissioners court by Daniel L. Croopacker and others, freeholders from Clinton and New Durham townships, seeks drainage grading and paving on a township line road between Clinton and New Durham, detailing the proposed route from the northwest corner of section five to the said township line. The document outlines the request for arena gravel or other paving materials and notes the contiguous townships involved.
Community financial record shows bond balances and tax revenues, listing licenses for peddlers and cards, and fees paid to the health, fire, and public works departments. It notes warrants, refunds, and miscellaneous expenditures by the Town of Wietville for 1970 and related accounts.
Georgie A. Maxwell announces an application to transfer the retail liquor license held by Richard E. Glaney in Westville, Westville town, LaPorte County, Indiana. The move seeks to authorize sale of intoxicants for on premise consumption at a ground floor room facing Railroad Street, described as 90 by 22 by 4 feet in a one story frame building. The board of LaPorte County commissioners will consider at the April session.
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