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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
7
A poetic piece from the Houston Post expresses intimate longing for two lovers, preferring their private dream over others. It contrasts fading external dreams with a shared, enduring haven built from their imaginations, promising night and day united in a timeless castle.
Hannah joins the Domestic Service union and presents rules to the narrator. Edward is away on his annual fishing trip. A union organizer named Miss Kennedy explains the regulations as the narrator confronts a lifestyle and labor shift at home.
A visiting official warns Hannah to shield the paper from outsiders. The Amalgamated Domestic Union enforces strict rules for a service helper aged 18 to 25, paid $2.60 weekly for six weeks and $3 thereafter, with membership and housework restrictions. Edward is away for two weeks as the narrator seeks a viable helper.
The narrator recounts Hannah's departure from the Sandy Beach Domestic Service Union No. 1 after a failed strike. Missing funds, distrust from boarding-house keepers, and a Beech Ridge organizing drive led to dissolution. Hannah sits with a packet of stories, while Edward returns home and laughs.
A Chicago Tribune suggested self defense against street robbery by keeping money and watch in the left hand and throwing them away on demand. The robber targets the right arm, so a swift discard neutralizes the threat and allows time to recover assets later. The advice applies to both men and women and covers revolvers and other improvised weapons.
A Filbert street hat cleaning and renovation business faced customer ire after a second late tile delivery. The proprietor lamented lack of reliable help and difficulty retaining workers, describing a beleaguered operation with workers scarce and a failing supply chain.
A landlady recalls workers who drink wood alcohol daily despite lethal results from past carouses. She notes dye added to the contraband liquor and fears for her tenants as the community reels from deadly incidents linked to wood alcohol.
A new thief type in Philadelphia targets street smokers. He asks for a light and secretly uses a hidden bulb needle to inject knockout drops into the cigar, then robs the unconscious man’s pockets while posing as helping. He is described as quiet and swift in execution.
Patrick Mahaney of Derby Connecticut sailed to his old home in Ireland carrying 5200 dollars earned over 32 years as a farmhand. He usually earned 12 dollars monthly with board and had only three employers and six days off in that period. He spent 44.90, averaging under 12 cents a month, mainly on newspapers, and said he had enough to live on and would never work again.
A witty exchange frames newsroom urgency as a ten story building metaphor prompts the rookie reporter to file a dramatic write up. The dialogue suggests high newsroom tempo and professional ambitions in a local paper.
The article recommends a bedside medicine closet with ipecac camphor alcohol turpentine and soda for common home ailments. It covers remedies for croup headaches toothache bruises stomach upset and skin care advising cautious child access and safe use to prevent frequent doctor visits.
Advice from the Chicago American promoting honey as a cure for children’s candy habits. It suggests honey from the hive as a regular part of diet and claims benefits as a concentrated food, medicine, and laxative. Also notes honey’s usefulness for lung throat conditions and as a substitute for cod liver oil.
A Rural New Yorker recipe instructs chilling a mix of one pound Jean veal and a quarter pound lean breakfast bacon, adding salt and pepper, shaping into flat cakes, frying in butter until well done, then making a cream sauce in the pan.
Frank Shanklin, Hanover College football captain and right end, died at Deaconess hospital after injuries from a practice game five weeks earlier. He was a popular student and son of J. C. Shanklin of Franklin. The death followed a rapid decline in his condition.
Indianapolis report lists patient progress after the Purdue football train wreck. C. O. Tangeman of Cincinnati remains in critical condition with doctors saying a week will determine his fate. W. C. Spray of Sandusky and Dennis Long of Louisville are expected to leave the hospital Thursday. O. Wright of Pendleton, with a broken back, improves and may undergo an operation Thursday in hope of survival.
In Shelbyville Indiana on November 5 the trial of Mrs Hattie Talbert and city inspector Wilbur Sanders for the murder of Eva Cochran's child opened. Witnesses said Talbert wrapped the child in old clothes and left it in a room Sanders moved it later the child's body was found. The mother could not view the child and said its father was Wilbur Hill whom she refused to marry. The girl testifying was promised immunity.
Evansville Ind Nov 5 The Dubois county grand jury is asked to probe the 13 year old disappearance and murder case tied to Belle Crabble. On her deathbed Nellie Andrews confessed witnessing the Stanford Freeman murder alongside several men and Crabble herself, who was later killed to keep silent.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza C. Hendricks widow of the late Vice President Hendricks was held Thursday afternoon in Indianapolis Reverend Lewis Brown of St Pauls Episcopal church officiated The estate left by Mrs Hendricks totaled several hundred thousand dollars among the floral tributes was a large bouquet of American beauty roses from ex President Grover Cleveland
A Farm and Home excerpt describes separating eggs, beating the whites stiff, and heating the yolk atop the whites until lightly browned. It notes egg white or yolk can be given to those too weak to eat, with whites beaten with salt and a touch of orange juice or rose water.
Bores a side hole through the broom handle into the head. Inserts a long nail dipped in water into the hole. The nail rusts and tightens its grip for a firm hold.
A cooking note explains lighter griddle cakes by separating eggs. Beat yolks to thick cream and fold in stiffly beaten whites at the end to finish the batter.
The 18th annual Indiana YWCA convention began in Richmond with sessions at the city and Earlham College. It runs through Sunday with meetings scheduled across multiple locations.
Gov. Durbin issues a Thanksgiving proclamation calling Indiana residents to abstain from labor on November 6 and gather in churches to give thanks for the abundant blessings the state has received.
Cooking note warns not to turn griddle cakes more than once to avoid heaviness and suggests serving with the same side area. Mentions Wain Tom and a grscla at the end.
Marion Indiana November 5 the city council approved an ordinance restricting automobile speeds to five miles per hour in downtown areas and eight miles per hour in residential districts.
Jules Hachet ex treasurer of Mississinewa Window Glass Cooperative filed in Delaware circuit court against J R Johnson Leopold Manbourg and others of the Federation Window Glass Co Columbus Ohio seeking 15000 for false imprisonment He had been confined 11 1/2 days with other Mississinewa officials amid grand larceny charges later dismissed Other imprisoned officials plan to sue as well.
Indianapolis, Nov. 7 Gov. Durbin forced the Hammond police board to shut down the Roby race track last summer. Mayor Knotts says streets will be laid through the property in two directions, with orders to proceed immediately, ensuring the track’s destruction by next season.
Fort Wayne, Ind. November 6 reports a new Indiana field 15 miles east of the city on the Ohio line produced a 50 barrel daily output from the first shot well. A second well shot two hours later showed good results. Three more wells to be shot next week in the same field. The Baldwin well, exploded last week with fatal results, will be shot Saturday. The Dietrich gas syndicate is seeking gas leases.
Goshen Indiana November 6 Roy McClure alias Kid Vaughn the pugilist was convicted for an offense connected to 16 year old Marjorie Bedenkop daughter of Lake Shore Engineer Charles Bedenkop Elk Hart. He received the maximum sentence one to five years in the reformatory. A new trial has been requested. Vaughn claims to have fought 150 ring battles as a lightweight and is said to have posed as a womanizer.
Indianapolis November 5 The annual speed sale at the stock yards draws horsemen nationwide. Georges Ketcham owner of Crescens bids on a yearling reputedly trotting a half in 1:15. Thursday features the sale's big day.
Miss Nellie Samson Purdue woodcarving instructor and Miss Elizabeth Millspaugh head of the music school were hospitalized after Saturday's Indianapolis wreck with internal serious injuries.
German Lutheran school teachers of Northern Indiana and Western Ohio adjourned after a three day session at Taporte. They chose South Bend as the site for the next annual conference and decided the catechism should be taught in English.
Wm. Pease of Pierceville Indiana was driving home from Delaware when a locust limb snagged the wagon top and swung back striking him in the right eye. The impact shattered blood vessels and tore the eye socket injuring the optic nerve seriously.
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