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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1904
Page
7
Poem asks if readers feel discouraged and small then shows value of uplifting praise. It urges sharing kind words to lift others and prevent crushing doubt, noting small expressions can renew strength and courage. © S. E. Kiser Chicago Record-Herald.
The circus tale follows Mile Babette the Unquestioned Champion Equestrienne as she attempts a perilous ride on Pedro and Queenie. Beppo the clown watches with mounting dread while the crowd roars for more, until Babette collapses in the ring and Beppo melodramatically declares her death to spark a final twist.
In a tumultuous scene at the fairground, Beppo departs for the greenroom amid cheers for Babette. The crowd roars for Mile Babette the One and Only Lady Somersault Rider in the World, then reality sinks as her fate is revealed with a sudden, tragic cry.
A nostalgic Washington Post sketch recalls Miss Lizbeth, now elderly, riding toward Georgetown in an open car. A matron gives her a red apple, and she recognizes Virginia, a former student from 1877, prompting smiles from onlookers as time passes.
A Peekskill resident famed for his sportsmanship was invited to sail a fine Hudson sloop. A squall swamped the craft and the owner fell overboard. The non swimming friend shouted Aby as the victim surfaced for a third time, asking if he would receive the boat.
A village water carrier stalls at riverbank and answers a curious man with a riddle about his long service. The driver asserts he has hauled vast water beyond what the questioner can imagine, implying an immeasurable total.
Lafayette Indiana May 7 police intervened to prevent a riot at the Democratic county central committee meeting to elect delegates for the May 12 state convention. Dan W Simms leader of the Parker faction claimed he was offered 25000 to back Hearst and urged Risk to drop Hearst efforts. Risk denied the charge and clashed with Parker supporters as readings of Parker resolutions were attempted.
Miss Blanche Williams aged 17 in Marion Indiana made a bold suicide attempt by drinking carbolic acid in a drug store Thursday evening. A clerk knocked away the bottle and four men held her down while a fifth gave antidotes as she struggled violently. The act followed her father objecting to a young man who visited her.
Nelson Morris of Chicago has sold his 23 000 acre Jasper county ranch to Northern Indiana Land Co of Ligoiner. Only mortgages are on record, filling eight index pages and 80 pages of record. Deferred payments total 224 924 dollars.
Attorney Olin Bundy of Bedford, who led the murder investigation of Miss Sarah Schafer, is hospitalized in Indianapolis at Dr. Fletcher's sanitarium with nervous prostration. His condition, though improved since Thursday night, remains critical, and officials attribute the collapse to exhaustive work on the Schafer case.
Richmond Ind May 6 John W Terrell the Bluffton millionaire who was convicted of murdering his son in law and declared insane was brought to Richmond and placed in the Eastern Indiana hospital for the insane
Indianapolis May 7 congressman Robert W Miers tonight opposed instructing Indiana’s delegation to the Democratic national convention for Judge Parker or any other presidential candidate. He spoke here Friday night in a bid to keep delegates free to choose.
Richmond Indiana May 5 The Richmond May festival opened with a large audience in the Coliseum. A choir of 300 voices accompanied by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra highlighted the central feature of the event.
Walter Lewis Ferris of Beloit College won the interstate oratorical contest in South Bend Indiana Wednesday night representing Wisconsin. Wisconsin placed second and Nebraska third among eleven states represented.
Joseph Townsend a 45 year old inmate of an Evansville area poorhouse left on Friday planning to die at home with his wife and loved ones. He walked several miles toward his home then collapsed by the roadside and died with no one nearby. Townsend had fallen ill a year earlier and, lacking funds, entered the poorhouse.
Decatur Indiana reports the death of David Stude baker born August 12 1827 in Mercer county Ohio. He served as director of multiple banks in Chicago Marion Fort Wayne and Fort Wayne trusts and was among the first directors of the Richmond and Fort Wayne railroad later G R L. He had been president of the Adams County bank since its beginning.
Moses Fowler Chase shows rapid mental recovery in Dr. Stern's sanitarium in Indianapolis. Initially his mind was nearly blank, but lucid intervals return more often. Lawyers expect renewed court battles over his estate if he fully regains his reason.
Brazil Ind May 5. At a joint scale committee meeting the operators and miners of the black coal district accepted the operators proposition after a spirited discussion. The only concession was raising firemen wages from 1.82 to 1.91 a day to place them on the same scale as topmen. The committee will reconvene to sign the scale on Thursday.
Frankfort Indiana May 5 reports a business and social sensation from the disappearance of W M Lindley Vandalia agent. Lindley issued a $200 personal check to settle with the company. bank protested it on return for collection but was later redeemed by friends.
Eliza Fowler Memorial Halls were formally dedicated on the Purdue University campus in Lafayette Indiana. The stone structure was donated by the late Mrs Eliza Fowler just before her death two years ago.
A blaze Friday night in Indianapolis destroyed the block housing the Wisconsin Paper Co. the Climax Coffee and Baking Powder Co. and several shops. Loss is about 45000 with partial insurance coverage.
In Evansville Indiana Fred Behme pleaded guilty to taking part in July riots and was fined 50 dollars. This ends the riot prosecutions in the circuit court with 21 cases heard. only four rioters were sent to prison, one white man and three Negroes.
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