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Westville Indicator

Location

Westville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1915

Page

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Christmas Presents Easily Made at Home

A detailed guide presents many inexpensive handmade Christmas gift ideas. Readers can craft a Santa Claus castle centerpiece, a snow covered mountain landscape, miniature trees, an aeroplane Santa, and assorted desk and dresser novelties such as a football calendar, blotter pad, pincushion and hatpin holder, using cardboard, silk, spools, and simple tools.

State Teachers on the Increase in Indiana

Indiana schools add 771 teachers this year bringing total to 19 220, with township schools leading and Marion County reporting 1 345 teachers. The article notes rising white male and white female teachers while colored women decline and discusses statewide distribution by county and school type.

Indianapolis Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ernest L. Welborn Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford Boone Brown Carroll Cass Clark Clay Clinton Crawford Daviess Dearborn Decatur DeKalb Delaware Dubois Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Franklin Fulton Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Henry Howard Huntington Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Kosciusko Lagrange Lake Laporte Lawrence Madison Marion Marshall Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Noble Ohio Orange Owen Parke Perry Pike Porter Posey Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Rush Scott Chelby Spencer Starke St. Joseph Steuben Sullivan Switzerland Tippecanoe Tipton Union Vanderburg Vermilon Vigo Wabash Warren Warrick Washington Wayne Wells White Whitley

Prison Transfers From Indiana Reformatory Reported

Eighteen prisoners move from the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville to Michigan City State Prison for confinement as hardened criminals while eight are sent to the state penal farm in Putnam County for clerical and sentinel work. Transfers list names, counties, and dates of offenses including grand larceny sodomy burglary and entering a house to commit a felony. Directors of local corporate incorporations are also noted in brief.

Indiana Mills Ralston General Assembly Washington National Park Service Interior Department Grand Canyon Colorado River Interior Jones and Sweeney Hoosier Haos Mills, Sr South Bend Brown County Indianapolis Appalachian Rocky Mountains Turkey Run Parke County Lake, Michigan Michigan City Millers’ Station Wisconsin Pennsylvania New York California Reformatory Eigh Indiana Reformatory Jeffersonville State Penal Farm Putnam County C. E. Talkington W. F. Myles J. L. Schan D. C. Peyton Mr. Talkington Roy Parker Johnson County Charles Phillips Fountain County William Taylor Knox County Edward Dennison Vanderburg Clarence Simpson Clark County James Allen White County Curtis Taylor Gibson County Fred Dunlap Fisher Cass County Parker Phillips Indiana State Prison Benefit Association BE. J. Fogarty D. ‘F. Moneypenny O. L. Kiplinger J. W. Kennington H. J. Glaske F. BE. Melson F. Sewell Liqua’ Chemical Company H. B. ‘Connaway Wilhelm Riess Olis

Chicago physician resigns after auto theft arrest

Dr Charles W Pas of 3444 North Irving avenue faced charges as the leader of an auto theft ring. He allegedly signed a written dissolution claiming innocence as detectives pursued the Willem Hamke Carlisle matter and other stolen vehicles.

Sullivan Chicago North Irving Avenue Willem, Hamke, & Carlisle

Hoosier News Briefs Highlight Local Incidents

Terre Haute reports Miss Helen Taylor died from lockjaw after a blister in her palm caused by heating rags. Other items include engagements, indictments against Indianapolis vendors, state auditor reads December settlements early, centennial planning in Crawfordsville, suicide attempt in Goshen, suspended prison sentences in Shelbyville, Bible study efforts in Elkhart, a contempt ruling in Crawfordsville, a dismissed damage suit in Franklin, and a political gathering in Evansville with 1500 attendees.

Richmond J. B. Johnson Madison Wis Agnes L. Johnson Hugh F. Ringo Montreal Johnson Earthan College Terre Haute George M. Ray D. B. Hill John W. Palmer Indianapolis O. J. Steffey Carlisle Thomas Ferguson Lost Creek Kreitenstein Ray Dale J. Crittenberger Blackford Crawfordsville Montgomery County Indiana L. N. Hines J. H. Osborne George M. Miller Wabash College John Shular Georges Harney Goshen Joseph Correnblum Rochester N. Y Hebrew Ladies’ Aid Association Correnblum Shelbyville Blair William Richardson Richardson Harry Ferguson Elkhart Howard Harper Thomas Bane Blind Tigers Franklin Orren N. Henderson Thomas Tageart Thomas R. Marshall United States Rufus Cantrell Flint Eel Ralph Moreland Petitanceny Moreland Mich Michigan Evansville John W. ‘Kern Stotsenburg

Build a wooden work-bench and clay model making guide

Instructions describe constructing a bench with legs plates rails and braces plus a basic clay modeling setup. Details cover cutting lengths spiking nails and assembling the bench and vise, plus step by step clay jar walls candlestick and pottery waterproofing.

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