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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
1
Indiana legislators may consider shifting primaries from March to September or October. The plan aims to reduce two long campaigns for nomination and election, easing costs for candidates and campaigns across city, county, and state levels. Some politicians are already plotting moves to advance a change through the next session.
Indiana public service commission approves the purchase by Indiana Power and Water of several southern Indiana utilities. H L Clarke and B M Simon of Chicago lead the new Bloomfield based group. The deal covers Indiana Light and Power Worthington Home Light and Power Bloomfield Elnora Light and Power Ogden Myers Light and Power Bicknell Ling Coal. Bonds totaling 240000 and stock 80000 are authorized to be issued sold at not less than 80 percent of par.
Gary man J B Hope aged 27 died after falling down stairs in Nashville. Logansport marks fifty year wedding anniversary for Rev and Mrs William McCorkle at their home. A twenty three year old Merell Burgess from the state reformatory faces parole related charges. Grunenmeyer
Acme Variety Stores in Indiana Harbor dissolved. Warrick Roofing Tile of Evansville filed preliminary dissolution. ALK Wolker Rubber of Kentucky announces it will do business in Indiana. Roberts Veneer of New Albany increased its capital stock.
A sweep of Indiana brief items notes burns deaths from open fires in New Harmony and Henryville, car crashes injuring two in Rochester, theft arrest in Greencastle, a fatal brick injury in Vorydon, a 12 year old fall in Logansport, police salary protests in Elwood, hunting eagle near Bloomfield, an auto crash killing a Chicago salesman, political moves in Indianapolis and Lake County probes, presidential vote irregularities in Indianapolis, burglary in Evansville, and a Pennsylvanian defendant case in Seymour.
In 1861 Bob Scott moves to East Tennessee with his father and a live Vermont turkey named Yank. A wounded captive found in the hills becomes part of the family, helps warn of guerrillas, and Yank earns a place in Tennessee turmoil before peace returns. Yank survives with one wing damaged, living on as a veteran of the Scott household.
The piece contrasts grateful living with wartime hardship, then details bronze Narragansett, bronze, buff, slate, and white Holland turkeys. It covers color, feather patterns, weight ranges for males and females, and notes on breeding and origin, highlighting their market value and growth.
A devotional poem expresses gratitude to the Lord for daily blessings and guidance. It includes thanks for past and future days, even in gloom, and praises nature as a messenger of the divine. The speaker vows ongoing praise beyond Thanksgiving Day.
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