21 Mar 1912
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1912
Page
1
The dealer promotes used cars overhauled for reliability with a strong guarantee. They offer custom bodies by wagon makers and invite buyers to specify seating and body type. They stock many famous American cars and promise fair prices and nationwide satisfaction.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a herbal tea claim tied to stomach relief and ill effects. Text mentions Garfield Tea and a warning about a bilious attack, suggesting a sensational or promotional line from an old ad or column.
Indiana printers in Indianapolis form the Ben Franklin club of Indiana aiming to local and district chapters. They adopt a constitution aligning with the national Ben Franklin Club of America and plan a permanent cost congress to meet yearly to discuss production costs and profits.
The Indiana state board of education met for two days to consider diploma questions. They ruled a school board may bar students from commencement for not wearing regalia but cannot withhold diplomas. G H Tapy J G Collicott and W W Parsons formed a committee to study normal school courses. A report on uniform graduation credits was deferred to April 11 12 and 13.
The fourth annual meeting of the Central Indiana School Superintendents association convened in Anderson. Attendees included P A Allen Bluffton G E Brown Lebanon J L Clauser Elwood C C Coleman Brazil G E Derbyshire Portland E C Dodson Covington J J Giles Margo R F Hight Lafayette L N Hines Crawfordsville J W Holton Shelbyville E C Jerman Greensburg E W Lawrence Newcastle M S Mahon Danville B F Moore Muncie W A Myers Hartford City A O Neal Kokomo C F Patterson Tipton O M Pittinger Frankfort J H Scholl Rushville A L Trester Alexandria G M Wilson Connersville.
Guy C Hanna, superintendent at Plainfield Indiana, introduces a cost free medical cooperation with Indiana University School of Medicine. The program treats boys in need of surgical attention at the school and aims to provide care without burdening the boys or the institution.
Deputies under H E Barnard report only two food-handling establishments labeled bad out of 752 inspections in February. Of 260 groceries examined, 82 were fair and 460 good while 13 excellent. Totals show 25 poor, 252 fair, and 460 good across categories, with many more inspections by local health officers not reported to the state. Meat markets numbered 133, drug stores 96, bakeries 96, hotels 109, poultry houses 12, fish markets 2, creameries 3, ice-cream parlors 25, wholesale groceries 1, flour mills 12, bottling works 2, milk depots 1.
In Michigan City Warden Fogarty testified that the state prison board of trustees has the legal right to establish and outfit a farm run by inmates. The farm products would be used by the institution to support its operations.
In Carroll County Virginia near Hillsville lawmen corner Sidna Allen and Floyd Allen after a courthouse ambush that killed Judge Massie Prosecutor Foster and Sheriff Webb. Sidna Allen’s wife died in the battle with the posse. Nancy Ayres, age nineteen, was fatally shot. The Allen gang remains at large in the mountain areas near the North Carolina line while authorities hold relatives and witnesses.
John P. White of the United Mine Workers says he expects a general work suspension on April 1 though he cannot confirm a strike. Miners’ officials will decide this afternoon after a brief meeting with coal operators in New York. London reports a deadlock in UK coal talks as Asquith pushes for a settlement amid public inconvenience.
The House approves a Democratic plan to remove the sugar tariff, predicting consumer prices will drop about 1 cent per pound and saving roughly 15 million dollars, while nationwide sugar duties would lose about 353 million in annual revenue. The measure now moves to the Senate for consideration.
A jumble of local items mentions a man returning to town after burying a wife, a field deputy resigning over detective agency ties, a fatal alley shovel attack in Anderson, church carpet drives in Marion, a widow’s typhoid linked death in Logansport, and plans for Grand Army encampment in South Bend with Terre Haute selected for the state event.
An old advertisement promotes Resinol Ointment for eczema and irritated skin. It claims to heal brains cheeks and inflamed areas, urging readers to try a fifty cent jar from a druggist and offering a free sample by writing to the Resinol Chemical Co. in Baltimore MD.
Excerpt shows Tom and Jack in a terse exchange with Miss Roxley and unnamed strangers. Roxley appears implicated albeit ambiguously, with phrases suggesting prior contact and a request not to call again.
An old ad promotes Marine Eye Remedy and Marine Eye Salve for weak watery eyes and granulated eyelids. It claims oculists compounded the formula, not patent medicine, and targets the public with bottles and tubes priced up to 50c. Chicago based.
A magistrate orders a very deaf defendant to obtain a hearing from a specialist after a tense exchange. The defendant agrees, saying Sure, sir. The exchange highlights a procedural moment in court.
A humorous exchange contrasts Cholly and Gussie over a missing invitation and a watch. Cholly jokes about time and being asked to dix while his watch won’t go. Gussie notes the other character wasn’t invited either, a playful, teasing moment.
A terse California report notes a young wife amid carnival chatter and media buzz. Authorities have not released formal statements, and details remain unclear as investigators review statements from locals.
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