The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-12
THE HOPKINS WEEKLY
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Society In a FIuttcr.
Local society was in a futter last
week because the Hay Press fashion
plates failed to arrive in time for pub
LEGATION. The social leaders We're upset
for they had depended on our fashion
plates TO guide them in preparing
gowns for the coming fat stock show. /
Mrs. Ernest Muf unjustly comment |
ed: IF the Hay Press would pay more /
attention TO social matters and give |
less space to municipal affairs, scan |
dal and quarrels with the Weekly sand |
bur over comparative Calculations, the |
paper would be more readable"
Disguised Scientist.
Prof. Proudfeet, the school superin-
tendent, delivered profoundly inter
esting lecture on astronomy in the
high school assembly room Tuesday
evening, which the Hay Press gave a
quarter column synopsis of. Unfor-
tunately it was chucked into the sport
ing columns. where it was neither seen
nor read by thoughtful people. Prof.
Proudfeet was disguised. but no more
50 than the baseball fans and other
sports were.
Got 'Em Going or Coming.
| Shad Shelby. our popular coal and
ice dealer-coal in winter and ice in
summer-has commenced his summer
| deliveries of ice.
Dan Dexter. son of DR. Point Dex-
ter, has returned from the county seat
where he graduated in undertaking
and embalming. The Dexters now
have Hopkins people going or coming.
II the doctor don't cure his patients,
his son will bury them. DR.. Dexters
second son eontemplates starting
gravestone establishment. If he does
the Dexter family combine Will be com
plete.
a Swaybacixed Horse.
Jim Jiggers' swaybacked horse was
sold at auction Saturday on a chattel
mortgage held by Vic Brassard of Mo
mence. who has liens on most of the
old nags and pelters in Pembroke
| township. Vic held the third mort
gage. When spectators learned that
the horse was burdened down with
three chattel mortgages they no longer
wondered that it was swaybaeked.
Lost Umbrella Found.
The value of a Hay Press ad was
demonstrated this week when Mrs. Jay
Unison advertised in our lost and
found column for a missing umbrella
The rain protector was returned the
same evening to the Jimson home that
the Hay Press appeared, by Phil Fuller
bartender at the Gay Cabot saloon
| where Mr.. Jiggers had left and forgot
/ ten it. Mrs. Unison was much embar-
raised, for her husband had pretended
that he never visited drinking places
, At least so he pretended when he raT
: on the prohibition ticket for alderman
Of the Fourth last spring.
Demands Track Elevation.
Pete Pogue has petitioned the coun-
) ell to have the c. & e. I. elevate it,
: track The council is In a receptiv,
state of mind and may use the petit
l ton as a club to compel the railroad
company to build a new depot.
Pete's home adjoins the railroad RICH
of way at the south edge of town. Hi
, chickens get most of their living b!
! feeding on the tracks on grain jolte,
r out of passing grain ears. One to TIVE
? of Pete's fancy chickens are kille'
every day by trains. except Sunday
when no trains are run. Besides de
? handing track elevation Pete has pu
in a claim for damages against tn
1 railroad for killing his pedigree'
poultry
$ Judging from the claims mad
against railroad companies, all slaugh
tered stock is pedigreed or blooded
Based on values claimed the stool
must have pedigrees as long as Aus
| tralian ballots. For instance, TIL
value claimed for killed COW, merit
? | registration in the herd book. TIL
ancestry of a dead horse. to Judge iron
; the amount Of damages claimed ca
/ be traced back to England or France
+ Only mules travel on their merits. An
/. cestry don't seem to count for niue
Q with mules.
Linen and Other showers.
: Miss Ida Iodoform, who is soon t
wed Chill Blaine, was given a line
shower Wednesday evening by her fe
: male friends.
q On Monday, wash day. the Anse Sic
5 cum family also had a linen Shove
= A strong gale blew away their clotht
line, distributing the family wash owe
the entire neighborhood.
Cad Godfrey had a crockery shove
when he came home the other night
Is his usual condltion-drunk Mrs. Coo
L. frey threw a heavy meat plate at h,
s. husband, which struck him on the ten
n pie temporarily SOLDERING him.
d. A Domestic Explosion.
ID The maddest woman in Hopkins la
!. week was Mrs. Angora Katz. She W;
! as mad as a wet Plymouth Rock he
- Her husband was the cause.
. During the family's absence a bC
IS was delivered at the house As Il
n. house was locked it was left on Il
back door step. Mr.. Katz found Il
box when he arrived home. which pr
u ceded the arrival of his wife. vi
!" was making calls, by a couple Of houi
IS Mr.. Katz had been reading of Ru
"a sian internal machines and the doin
Of local white cappers. Being natu