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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1915
Page
1
A woman champions shared labor in marriage while a man aims to guard beauty and provide. He toils to protect her, she toils alongside in spirit though not in work, leading to a widening gulf as years pass. Eventually the man ages alone, while she remains youthful, their union fractured by divergent paths.
An English admiral restricts windmill usage on Lemnos to two mills for four hours to prevent signal leaks to German submarines. Local mill owners sought to run four mills, but the policy aims to limit outside sea contact that could reveal Allied boat movements.
The Indiana State Teachers Association elected Miss Anna Willson principal of Crawfordsville schools as president at its closing session in the Coliseum. The executive committee postponed next year’s meeting plans, while Cincinnati and Indianapolis chambers argued for the convention’s location and host city. About 2,000 of the 11,000 teachers attended the unanimous vote amid ongoing discussions on 1916 meeting arrangements.
Terre Haute reports three Illinois youths Lee Jackson Art Townley and Adis Hil aged twenty one to twenty three arrested for kidnapping Fleita Weaver fifteen daughter of a Mattoon farmer. In Hammond workers strike at Edwards Valve plant. Isaac Briner dies from accidental gunshot while hunting near Crothersville. in Anderson three women claim to be wives of Elwood barber Malcolm E B Galloway on bigamy charges. In Columbus John Taylor accused of transporting diseased hogs. Bedford suit over alienated affection seeks $20000. Evansville evangelist George Driscoll held after alleged $800 fraud check incident. Danville G A R hall dedication in Hendricks county court house. Other notes include a railroad union session in French Lick Optimism, a dog killing case in Newcastle, indictments for grand larceny against former minister Benjamin F Criton at Crawfordsville, and fire that destroys the Ribble home near Stonington with family escaping. Shelbyville man Andrew Driscoll defends self in horse collar theft case but is sentenced to 200 days.
A home based project shows how boys and girls can learn campfire building and camp stove construction in a backyard. The design uses tomato cans filled with earth to form a fire pot and earth walls reinforced with thin tins, with cross wires to suspend and support cooking utensils.
Instructions describe build steps for a bok stove using cans and stakes, with earth banked around, plus ideas for a fish pond game and fishing poles. It also covers bean bag toss, swinging barrel target, and sewing cloth bean bags for tossing, with figures reference throughout.
An east bound T H I K E traction line freight car struck a herd of 220 cattle near Lewisville. Eighteen animals died instantly and eight more were to be killed. The cattle were en route to Indianapolis and were being fed and watered when a passing auto spooked them, causing the herd to surge onto the road and into the car’s path.
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