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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
3
A nostalgic verse recalling Thanksgiving past with family scenes at a beloved table and the old farm home. The speaker longs for bygone days, cherishes memories of gatherings, food, and family, and honors loved ones now passed, set to autumn imagery and familiar tunes.
A grim stranger Willard Blackwell is injured near the North family home amid a mortgage crisis and harsh winter. Mary North nurses him, overcomes suspicion, and his grudging generosity toward the mother and sisters leads to a reconciliation. Blackwell ends up at table for Thanksgiving, reforms his view, and falls for Mary, promising to secure the home and future.
A five year old boy vows revenge after a turkey pecks him, prompting his mother to caution him about his third helping. The Chicago Daily News reports the incident as a light holiday anecdote.
A request circulates for assistance to a low income family likely to miss Thanksgiving dinner unless support is provided. The note also questions broader relief steps and mentions a colder spring in Japan as a related concern.
In Wabash Indiana on November 19 two convicted burglars planned to kill Sheriff McKahan's wife when she opened the jail door. Charles Shepler shouted to warn her and saved Mrs McKahan from an attack as Karn and Campon waited with large clubs. The Sheriff had taken James Stewart to Michigan City.
John Flora, who fatally shot Jesse Barton at Mitchell, Ind, is in the Indiana Reformatory to avoid lynching. Mobs assembled at Bedford and Bloomington. Sheriff Dobbins escorted him to Indianapolis and then Jeffersonville. Flora says he mistook Barton for Bent Jones, who had threatened him.
Full county returns from Indiana reveal Hunt for secretary of state did not top the ticket while Hart as auditor and Levy as treasurer outpace their rivals. Republican plurality numbers are Hunt 16599 Hart 17681 Levy 16950.
Maj. M. R. Peterson resigns his commission and leaves the 1611th Indiana. The governor offers Capt. O. S. Bundy of the regular army to take the place, though Bundy was for a Cuba service originally. Peterson will return to the regular army as a captain.
Brazin Indiana news reports Edward Hill age 21 died after a shotgun exploded years earlier breaking the skull and brain. He recovered then suffered pains causing insanity and death on Friday.
The state superintendent of public instruction forwarded 738.50 from Indiana school children to the Lafayette monument fund. Large cities including Indianapolis and Terre Haute have yet to report their amounts.
The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday affirmed a $25,000 judgment in favor of the state in the southern prison receivership dispute. The case involved Alexander Patton, former lessee of manufacturing privileges, and the state recovered against him.
Mrs. William A. Underwood, about 50, arose from illness and walked to a small stream where she drowned herself. Neighbors report she had been sick for some time and no reason for the act is known beyond temporary insanity.
Elmer E. Stoner former Republican candidate for senator in Rush Hancock and Madison counties filed with the Hancock circuit court clerk a contest of election against Democrat Frank W. Creger, who won by a 31 vote majority.
Indiana Bankers Association convened in Indianapolis with 75 members. President Fletcher warned that the era of low interest rates has arrived and banks can no longer afford to pay interest on deposits.
John Hogue a prominent farmer of Blule Bvaxsville Indiana was killed when a mule kicked him in the stomach. The accident occurred on November 16. Authorities reported the fatal injury as a direct result of the mule attack.
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In Whitely Indiana a 5-year-old boy Andy Bodemiller is found murdered in a gravel pit after a night search. Fred Olin 12 confesses under maternal presence but later retracts saying he was frightened into it. Supportive details recount Betts children witness account and box concealment.
Julia Marlowe has secured the rights to produce the play When Knighthood Was In Flower by Charles Major of Shelbyville. She predicts it will become a great stage hit and plans to add the dramatization to her repertoire soon.
Postmaster William Hancock at the county poor house reports 44 inmates, about half male and half female, suddenly desiring marriage. Even elderly, toothless residents press for licenses, crossing barred sections as the superintendent rushes to handle the demand.
A collage of brief witty exchanges and quips from various papers. Includes lines about better halves installments and hair, a lawyer’s calling and ambush, two children described as models from different years, and a cynical widowish joke. Concludes with a remark on a daughter’s match to a shrewd lawyer.
A survey of autumn harvest customs from New England corn husking and kern suppers in England to Scotland maiden figures and Cornwall neck sheaves. It notes California vintage festivals with Greek drama and Olympic mock events and ends with a New York Tribune quip about city cats and shellfish.
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