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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
2
The INDICATOR 16 issue appears weekly on Thursday with advertising rates and contact details. Obituary notices priced per line, with deadlines for submissions and guidance to readers on classified notices.
Unionized plummers in Laporte struck for a pay raise from 35 to 50 cents per hour last Tuesday. A man named Collins from Rolling Prairie is missing after traveling with a companion near Michigan City. A disorderly house run by chocolate sisters was raided in Laporte, 20 arrested, fines handed out, and jail terms imposed or suspended. A Wolverine Special passenger train fatally struck two boys near Michigan City while they played on the tracks. Local shoe sale advices promote boys school shoes at reduced prices.
The advertiser offers a wide assortment with promise of high prices for buyers and invites readers to write for price lists or visit at 429 Willard Ave Michigan City Ind. SAA W. Libkie, exporter.
An essay on patience as the path to worthy gains. It argues that maturity, character, and lasting success come from waiting, not quick grabs. It warns the young against impulsive quests and celebrates outcomes earned through steady effort and self control. Arthur S. Salmon.
A lively luncheon scene unfolds as guests chase brisk topics and quick shifts. The writer muses on brilliant talk, spontaneity, and the charm of a full mind and heart fueling engaging discourse.
A terse social note warns against constant complaining as a toxin to spirit and appearance. It contrasts grumblers on trains and streetcars with the courteous conductor, urging readers not to waste energy on discontent and to cultivate a brighter outlook.
A dealer notes a $1000 imperial ermine store but explains the price reflects the harsh methods used. The fur comes from animals trapped in subzero winters, many caught young with tongue traps that freeze to the steel, a slow painful method.
The article recounts poet Robert Browning’s unfulfilled hopes for his son Pen Browning. Pen’s statue was rejected by the academy while a few Belgium paintings, praised for their realistic technique but not beauty, were hung. Browning worried about his son’s reputation and recalled expressing surprise at expectations linked to his clever mother. One painting reportedly showed a very large pig with no discernible temperament.
Six couples dressed in mourning gathered at the garrison church in Potsdam to be affirmed in a yearly ritual known as the Louise bridal pater. The practice marks the queen’s death anniversary with a 9 o’clock ceremony funded by a Lutheran bishop’s donation, distributing 110 to each couple for their bridal finery.
A report notes M. Kesmperiar’s earnings from licensed gambling tables and a letter to London Truth. Three brothers who ran Coburg Aix-les-Bains and Pau casinos earned about £20,000 over thirty years. One was a coachman, another a cook, the third a groom. The Bellevue and Municipal casinos in Biarritz are leased to a former publican who nets about £20 9 a year and is valued at £1,200,000. At Dinan a young former cafe waiter lessee has saved £29,000.
The recollected hotels include one in Iquique where vendors sell food at dining tables and baths are priced with two rates. Another example is a Peru town Africa using the hull of an old American warship as part of a hotel feature.
Adelaide Neilsen praised James ONeill as the greatest Romeo while recounting a playful backstage moment after a Romeo and Juliet performance. She accused him of biting her in a sleeping scene, he retorted that she was dreaming, highlighting their guarded friendship and wit.
A depiction from January shows a black man with a ramshackle wagon on Capitol Hill during a severe sleet storm in Washington. Two congressmen watch as the man shivers, while a mule cannot move and the man blames the cold on the animal. A separate court scene features a German witness and a humorous mispronunciation about stair placement.
Wilkins ridicules a French scientists claim to slow aging, noting extreme stunts as possible ways to delay age. He cites jumping the Eiffel tower, lighting a powder barrel, rocking a boat, and riding Niagara Falls as examples.
Paris reports a rat that plays operatic airs when its nerves are tickled by an electric battery. Scientist Bertrand Lebaudy trained the rodent to respond to commands, feeding it a special diet and using its tail as a musical conduit to produce audible tones.
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