22 Sep 1910
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
1
A striking column by Col Harvey delivers a bold wartime appraisal. The piece emphasizes American resolve, mobilization, and strategic resolve amid global tensions. It frames leadership, unity, and sacrifice as essential to national security and victory.
Colonel George Harvey’s September North American Review piece urges calm, analyzes unrest, and calls for preserving common sense. It argues for balanced government business relations, strong patriotism taught in schools, and a civic creed guiding future voters and leaders.
Fragmentary notes argue religion should be native and concrete, linking belief to practical actions as natural expression of faith. The text suggests religion as a lived, applicable system rather than abstract doctrine.
About twenty five thousand foreigners in Hammond East Chicago Indiana Harbor and Whitby reacted to remarks by Mrs J H Patterson wife of the States Attorney at a Woman's club meeting She denounced contact with foreign born citizens on suburban Chicago trains and calumet region as undesirable and filthy and said foreigners should not live near respectable residents.
The Montgomery County Prohibition party lists candidates for local and district offices led by Samuel B. Flanigan for Representative and John B. Smith for Sheriff. Other tickets include Martin Hicks Auditor Henry Johnson Treasurer T A Bunnell Assessor William Anderson Surveyor D C Tilney Coroner George W Booker and district council nominees O H Crane J J Oliver Edward Flanigan I W Henry and Alex Bowers Jacob Fulwider Thomas Shanklin at large. Pro positions call for total prohibition of saloon woman suffrage initiative and referendum and income and inheritance taxes.
Ezra Smythe, a prominent Greencastle farmer, files for divorce from Gertrude Smythe in Putnam circuit court alleging eight years of cruel treatment and threats to kill him with a hatpin while asleep. He claims she has on occasions brought a revolver to bed with intent to shoot him, which he blocked by taking the weapon.
Miss Laura Woods driving near interurban tracks attempted to cross in front of a car when her vehicle was struck, injuring Woods and her sister Mrs. John Elliott. Clifford Elliott, five, died from head injuries an hour after the crash as he was dragged about one hundred feet before the vehicle stopped.
Bloomington men Benjamin F Adams and William H Adams, owners of Adams Bros stone quarry, each contributed 15000 to the new First Methodist church building fund. Bishop Anderson of Chattanooga will dedicate the completed church, and the Adams brothers helped solicit funds and supported the project.
Richmond mourns as former City Judge William C. Converse dies of stomach cancer in Chicago. A rising attorney, he would have been elected grand chancellor of Indiana Knights of Pythias on October 4. At death he was grand vice-chancellor of Indiana and had served in all lodge offices. He belonged to Tola Lodge No. 63 in Richmond.
Eli Weyenth, 28, farmer from near Francisville, was badly hurt when he tried to board a moving street car being taken to the barn. The car did not stop at crossings and Weyenth was thrown to the pavement. He cannot be moved home for several days.
John Cody a Kendallville business man fell under a Lake Shore train in Laporte while attempting to board after it began moving. He sustained fatal injuries as a result of the accident.
Fragmentary OCR mentions names and places with no clear event. No coherent facts to summarize into a news item.
The fourteenth annual Indiana Bankers Association session opened in Evansville with 400 to 500 attendees. President James W. Sale presided as delegates sang America, with welcomes from Henry Ries and Frank Hatfield. Addresses covered The Banker as a Citizen and The Banking Future, and committee appointments were announced before adjournment.
At the Indiana statehouse reunion the Thirty third Indiana read Capt Estis Wallingford letters from Camp Hendricks. Officers elected include Simon B Shore president and William A Dilley vice president with A J Buchanan secretary and William H Miller treasurer. S S Carson and Anthony S S Cost named presidents of allied groups.
Indiana Attorney General James Bingham rules the state board of tax commissioners cannot use public funds to pay tax experts and that county commissioners similarly lack authority to employ such experts. The opinion also states a notary public may administer oaths for insanity affidavits filed with a justice of the peace, per Mr. Bingham.
The Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteers in South Bend elected officers including President Lieut. Col. Charles Ream of South Bend and first vice-president Leon Craig of Indianapolis. Second vice-president D. P. Ducomb of Lakeville, third vice-president Ss. Be Wetzel of Carthage, treasurer D. P. Schumaker of Union Mills, and secretary Edward Haines of South Bend. The group voted to hold the reunion in South Bend each year.
High ranking lists show producers in the state with top tomato output. Officials note leading growers and institutions contributing to the season.
Maj. David I McCormick of Indianapolis displayed three Indiana flags at the Fighté second Volunteer infantry reunion in Columbus. The banners were for the Fourteenth Indiana, Seventh Indiana, and Third Indiana, with the latter once serving in the Mexican War. Michael Emig, a Seventieth Indiana veteran, learned the flag’s owner could not receive it due to blindness and age. The Eighth-second flag, already present, had been lost for 23 years and was recently recovered from an Indianapolis store.
State Chairman Lee called a meeting of the Republican state committee to be held at the state headquarters in the Claypool hotel. The purpose is to receive reports on conditions in districts and to make plans for numerous county organization meetings to be held statewide next week.
The debate over Chicago Telephone Company rates intensifies as Henry C. Morris argues for higher charges based on expert findings showing a $908,533 annual deficit, while Alderman William J. Pringle contends regulation must proceed with care. The issue, centered on a 1907 contract ordinance, tests public control at the city and national levels with a rigorous accounting survey underway to determine proper costs by class of service.
Inquest testimony describes Ethel Leneve’s obsession with Dr Hawley Crippen and her belief he would marry her. She left rooms March 12, feared Belle Elmore’s escape with another man, and learned Crippen hoped to divorce. The tale frames motives ahead of the Crippen murder trial.
Clarence De Hiller, chief clerk of Rockland and Pacific Railway, was shot three times and killed by a burglar found ransacking his Chicago residence early Monday. The murder was witnessed by the victim's wife and two daughters who awakened to the attack at the top of the stairs.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.