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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1911
Page
1
Final figures show attendance 142 746 for the 1911 state fair, with gate receipts 565 375 50, while total receipts from all sources reached 81 109 50. Machines collection revealed prior year attendance was undercounted, and turnstiles will ensure accurate future tallies.
Several Indiana corporations that owe federal corporate tax will not face penalties from 1000 to 10000. Internal revenue collectors are to arrange compromises with delinquents but no settlement below ten dollars will be accepted. Ten dollars will be sent to the treasury when paid. adequacy of the amount will be decided by the department.
Nicholas Volz, auditor of Ripley county, completed Augusta balances to match treasurer reports by nine o'clock September 1 after new state board forms. The achievement follows widespread improvements statewide with earlier balance times. W. A. Deharity notes this as part of a series of similar results since the forms' adoption.
Charles L. Jewett of New Albany, president of the state centennial commission, was to convene the group at the statehouse on September 22 to select a site and obtain an option for a state library building to be dedicated in 1916. The board of trustees of Indiana University may meet with the commission on site selection for the Long Hospital, funded by Dr and Mrs Robert J Long in this city.
The Indiana State Charities Board issues an annual pamphlet for clergy urging observance of Prison Sunday. Set for October 29, 1911, the pamphlet traces the origin of Prison Sunday, cites New York 1884, and describes Indiana's efforts to uplift inmates of penal and correctional institutions through the reformatories system.
Charles A. Greathouse, Indiana state superintendent, faced a parent’s question about truancy law requiring a seven year old to attend school. He said the law would not excuse attendance and would seek the attorney general’s opinion before replying.
H E Barnard chief chemist of the state board of health has prepared questions for weights and measures inspector candidates. The examination on September 20 at ten o clock will be held in his office at the statehouse and continue the rest of the day. Questions judge educational qualifications and capacity to learn the trade.
The Indiana State Railroad Commission filed suit in Marion circuit court against Vandalia Railroad Vincennes division to stop running freight engines backward between Indianapolis and Martinsville. The order, citing danger at highway crossings due to the engineer’s position, was already past due for compliance.
The Indiana state health board’s food adulteration exhibit adds a pink stocking stained with tea strawberry pop to illustrate coloring in foods. A second stocking shows tomato ketchup coloring from a grocery store. The dye is coal tar, a common adulterant in processed foods.
President Taft publicly declares Dr Harvey W Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry vindicated from charges by agriculture department foes. He overrules the personnel board and Attorney General Wickersham on dismissal and warns broader issues may trigger radical action, signaling potential reforms upon his return to Washington in November.
Volcanic lava from Mount Etna drives fear on Alcantara Francaville and Golicchiata in Sicily. Ash and smoke fill the air as lava divides into streams, with the largest flow toward Alcantara. Losses exceed 20 million dollars.
Premier Stolypin survived a close range shooting at a municipal theatre in Kiev with two wounds, one in the spine and one in the hand. Police arrested the suspected Nihilist as he tried to flee through the lobby. Emperor Nicholas and his retinue were in an adjoining box. Stolypin had warned of possible attempts as he pursued reforms since July 1905.
Madison residents press to reopen the Johnson case in the Lemberger murder. Sheriff Brown disputes the claim, suggesting further arrests may follow. Investigations near the Lemberger home seek the missing nightgown as it is reported the victim held life insurance, raised from two hundred to five hundred dollars.
A statewide result from Maine shows an apparent majority of 134 votes for repeal of the liquor prohibitory amendment, announced by Secretary of State Cyrus W. Davis. The tally comes from town clerk returns, with notes on discrepancies and possible errors by local officials in reporting.
Lee Oldfield in a Knox car crashes through a fence at the New York state fairgrounds race. Nine spectators die and fourteen are injured as the car, lagging with a bad tire, plows into a crowd of onlookers during the forty seventh mile. Oldfield is injured and to be arrested after hospital care. Ralph De Palma was leading in the race.
Troops fired on a May riots in Vienna after a socialist demonstration outside the Rathhaus drew about fifty thousand people. Fifty rioters were wounded and a hundred taken into custody as clashes spread to suburbs.
Washington reports former Montana senator Thomas Henry Carter died at his home after a long illness. His death followed a private illness with lungs, and the family received hundreds of condolence telegrams including one from Taft.
The city of Cheng-Tu in Sze-Chuan Province is besieged by rebel forces. About 1,800 garrison troops have fought several bloody engagements with attackers while missionaries seek refuge inside the city walls and the Canadian Methodist compound. American and British citizens are advised to seek safety as the situation worsens.
Five master criminals flee with 315000 dollars in gold and big denomination notes from the Bank of Montreal vault in New Westminster British Columbia. Police seek the suspects last seen after binding Chinese caretaker Chong Koh who freed himself and alerted authorities. The robbers left 20000 in gold on the watchman’s bed and 15000 plus coins inside the vault.
Fourteen year old Charles S Schrader son of Henry C Schrader is hospitalized with serious internal injuries after hazing at Belleville High School. The incident occurred at recess when he was surrounded on the playground and crushed as several youths piled on him. Hazing in Illinois is a misdemeanor with fines or imprisonment.
Topeka dispatch reports Hunnewell Kansas faces intense dispute between Mayor Elia Wilson and town council as Commercial club appeals to Governor Stubbs to end the row. An agitation grows for ouster proceedings against the mayor and council members over alleged unsavory advertising.
London reports a fragmentary outline of a dispute involving C K Johnson-Wells and an Earl's yurt alleged to be controlled by a promoter, with the text indicating a ne nature of arrangements.
A frau lured by Lydia E Pinkham's remedy claims cure from a three month illness preventing walking. The letter from Elwood Indiana praises the medicine after six bottles, noting relief from side pains and fear of surgery. It extols the product as a long standing remedy for female ills and offers confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham.
An agent pressures Mr. Brighton with a mock life policy, claiming a policy would show risk. Brighton retorts and asserts his luck, implying danger in accepting coverage, suggesting a tense exchange about fate and threat.
A humorous reflection on childish standards of greatness. Adults boast as a juvenile rival, but a boy interrupts a boast about a real train and gun by recalling a peer who stayed up until midnight twice in one week.
A Minnesota family recalls how their mother persisted with Postum after a failed first attempt. The father later tries the drink, expecting little, but is pleasantly surprised by the aroma and flavor, reinforcing the value of trying again after initial failure.
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