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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-14

Gives Up In Despair.

Dick Bielefeld, the Wells, Fargo ex-
pressman, has given up in despair until
yesterday he has been amply able TO
keep the wolf from the door, but the
climax came last night when attending
the Wells Fargo express at the Erie,
the expressman handed Dick a big
heavy box with all the caution and
direction at his command. Dick at first
thought he was getting some internal
machine and has decided this morning
that it was an Internal machine all
right, but not the kind he thought 1t
was The box was shipped from Okla
bona, and consigned to the Ripley
menagerie. a small concern that Is
travelling the smaller towns around
here, and Dick realizing that there was
no Ripley concern in town, took the
box UP to his office for the evening.
He noticed a bad odor, arising from the
box when he took it out of the car,
and also noticed the look of relief and
amusement on the face of the willy eX-
pressman. and pedestrians around the
square also noticed that the doors and
windows were wide open to the ex-
press office last evening. Dick hav-
ing several crates of eggs, a case of
limbaurger cheese and box Of canned
goods in the Office. decided that the
whole consignment would spoil If he
left the box in the office over night. so
he proceeded to investigate the con
tents. He knew there was something
alive and strong inside from the odor,
but imagine his surprise when he dis
covered two wolves in the box Dick
isn't any ordinary expressman and has
tackled all kinds of propositions. but
sthe wolves were too much. Between
1.-THE bowls of the two hungry coyotes
he could be heard frantically trying TO
fget their owner over the telephone, but
to no avail What to do with the
Involves and the odor? Dick has had
helephants on his hands. in the shape
sof town offices. etc, before but he
never ran up against any of the gray
wolves in Crown Point and the situa-
7ion appalled, him.
The animals had to be fed, as was
evidenced by their bowls and their eff
forts TO get at Dicks calves. Finally
Dick decided to take them home, not
as pets for his children or anything
like that, but to relieve the public
square of a bowling nuisance. He took
them to his barn, barricaded all the
doors. and fed the hungry brutes
through the hay shoot with pitchfork
from the second story all last night and
this morning they are still bowling for
more. Dick don't know whether to
send them to the county farm or go
himself and let the wolves start eating
his house and lot. for they have con
ceived everything else that was loose
around the place.
This morning. tired out with his
nights experience, in guarding that
box of wolves, Dick is petitioning his
neighbors to donate COW or a horse
or their flock of chickens. or their po-
tato patch or anything that will keeT
those two hungry wolves from his
door The only satisfaction Dick is
going to get out of the deal is wher
he interviews Messrs. Ripley & Co, and
he promises that the above firm viii
not have the only circus in the coun-
try when that great event happens.
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CLARK STATION.

r. Much was a Hammond business
visitor yesterday.
F. Behn transacted business matters
at Gary today
The Clark Station White sox are
matched to play the Mckee Colts of
Toleston Sunday, July g. at 2:15.
The Calumet Outing Club has taken
up camp and expect to return in a few
months. Pres. B. Tully says that his
bays have all had a good time. They
enjoyed many good rides in the launch
Bill E. Goat.
Sunday was ladies day at the Bill E
Goat and it was visited by quite a
number of ladies. Mrs. James OCon-
nor. Mrs. G. Hahne and Marie John
son and a number of other women
were there and all enjoyed a good time.
Master Clarence SickeI of Chicago is
spending few days here
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GARY NEWS
First On Elevated Tracks.

The first train on the new elevated
tracks of the Lake Shore was run this
morning, getting into Gary at noon.
The train was the regular suburban
passenger train. but the occasion was
mont the less suspicious. The passcn-
gers on the train were supposed them
selves when the train pulled into the
depot and found themselves on the
elevation Trains will hereafter con-
tinue to run on the elevation. The
passengers reached othe ground on a
temporary stairway, which has been
constructed until the permanent one is
installed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-14
MUNSTER.

Mrs. Cornell vansteenberg of Glen
Dale, Ill. visited friends here yester-
day.
iMses Eva Wilson of Hammond was
a visitor here Sunday
Carl Stallbohm and Dickie Kickkert
visited with friends in Hartsdale Sun
day.
Misses Minnie and Erma Kaske were
Chicago visitors Saturday.
Misses Dora and Molie Stallbohm
and Annah Dietrich visited Miss Louise
kaufman of Hammond yesterday.
Miss Minnie Kutzbach was visiting in
Saxony yesterday.
Charles Ball of Cleveland, O., who
is here for a few weeks, visited in
Hammond Saturday.
Charles Stallbohm is in Chicago to-
day on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Dittrick visited
friends in Hammond last evening
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HESSVILLE.

Mrs. James Lafferty left yesterday
for Louisville KY. where she will visit
friends for a few weeks.
Mrs. J. Otto is spending few days
with relatives in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dedelow enter
tanned a few friends and relatives Sun
day in honor Of her birthday. Her
guests were Misses Irene ard Olive
Mitchell and mother and Mr. and Mrs
V. Mitchell and daughter Edna, from
Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Grapp entertained a
number Of relatives of South Chicago
Sunday.
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Bills Are Being Posted.

Bill heads announcing the great fire
mans tournament to be he held here
Aug /, are being posted around the
country A big parade of firemen, au
tomobtles and business men, headed by
Barnie Young's celebrated Hammond
band will take place at 10 o'clock in
the morning and from that time on
there will be plenty doing to answer
the immense crowd that is expected.
The races will take place on Main
street, which is particularly adapted
for the event on account of its width.
Fourteen cash prizes and the three as
sociation trophies are the rewards for
which the visiting teams will compete,
and in the twenty-four runs. plenty of
excitement is promised. The firemen
and Crown Point in general, invite all
her brother and sister towns through
out the district to lock up and spend
the day with her. Remember Aug. l.
The funeral of William Billy" Hack
er will be held at his home at the
''Falf Way House" tomorrow at 9
O'Clock, under the auspices of the In
dependent Order of Foresters, and the
interment will be at the Catholic
cemetery.
Deputy Sheriff frost arrested a
Lowell young man yesterday that will
figure in paternity suit providing the
case is not settled out of the justice
courts The young man skipped that
section of the country some time ago,
but returned recently and was appre-
hended by the authorities yesterday
Word has been received in Crown
Point announcing that DR.. and Mrs
Geisel were presented with ten-pound
baby boy on Saturday. Mrs. Geise1
was formerly Miss Bernice Brown OF
this place.
DR.. Farley, while making a profess
sionaI call in his automobile last even
ing, ran into the ditch on West Joliet
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Rev Collins Of Indiana Harbor Off
ciated Sunday at the local Methodist
church, having changed off with Rev
George Dueu of the local pastorate. 1t
is limited about that the local pastor
is in great demand throughout the reg
ion for the work he did in the circula-
ton of the remonstrance. There are
many other cities in the Calumet region
which are now interested in the remon-
STRANGE question and would like to get
hold of Rev. Duell to push the matter.
SO far as is known, however, the local
minister has no idea of leaving.
The bar association will meet again
Thursday for the purpose Of hearing
evidence against Harrie and Bretsch.
1t was thought that the matter would
be dropped after the last meeting when
the petitioners did not submit any evil
dence, so that the committee disband-
ed themselves. They will be asked to
act in the matter Thursday.
Sam Soglovitz, president of the
American Fixture and Light company
reports the receiving of the contract
for the fixture work in the Writ hotel
This is one of the largest contracts
in the city and Sam is feeling pleased
to think that he landed 1t. The fixtures
are of the very best and will be an ad-
ditional ornament to the beautiful
building. Mr.. Soglovitz has a number
of other large contracts in view and
finds the work picking up fast in the
city.
Charles Hannifan returned from Chi
cago today, where he has been spend
ing Sunday
G. A. Eand of Chicago was in Gary
today on business.
A. Maurad of Worcester, Mass. is If
Gary attending to business matters.
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MERRILLVILLE.

Fred Randolps and wife of South
Chicago are spending a few days in
town, the guests of Ralph Pierce and
wife.
Alta Halstead visited her parents
over Sunday.
Harold Iddings was Sunday visitor.
He returned to the city last night
where he is taking the summer course
ct the University Of Chicago.
VIII Randolph and wife of Crown
Point spent Sunday with NJ. F. Pierce.
Mrs. Carrie Phillips ard family were
guests at the home of her parnets Mr.
and Mrs. S. Wyman.
Fred Gype Of Hammond called on
friends here yesterday.
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her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent OF
the Petersen flats, have returned to
their home in Aledo, Ill, Mrs. Earl Nor
gan, sister of Mrs. Lemon. accompanied
her to remain for a short visit
Mr.. and Mrs. William Uric were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Veaco
of East Chicago Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Uric OF Central
avenue, are entertaining the formers
brother and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Com
modore Uric of Sturgis, Mich. They
are now a East Chicago visiting with
their daughter. Mrs Sidney Veaco, af-
ter which they will return to Whiting
William Emmel and son, Oscar. have
returned from Quincy. III, where they
visited the formers father.
Miss Gertrude O'Neil left yesterday
morning for Chicago where she will
take a course at the Metropolitan Bust
ness College. While attending the
sister, Mrs William Stenhouse at Park
Manor
John ]. Stewart was in Gary on bust
ness yesterday.
Misses Maud Welsby and Pearl Jack
son Park visitors Sunday.
Messrs Louis H. Heyl, Clinton c.
Carr and J. James Stewart, were White
City visitors Sunday evening.
Miss Pearl Travers is assisting in the
local postoff1ce.
Messrs. Peter Nossent and Fred We
verenZ returned yesterday morning
from Denver, Colo, where they assisted
in furnishing music for the Democratic
Convention.
Messrs. James ]. NedJl and Frank
Greenwaid returned yesterday morning
from Terre Haute where they attended
the Bricklayer's convention
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kellar, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Mufflt. Mr.. and Mrs. H c.
Ferguson. Mr.. and Mrs. George stew
ems, Miss steele and Rev. NJ. G. Wright
have returned from Fox Lake, WIS.
where they spent two weeks camping.
Mesdames J. L. HeyI and c. Stew art
visited Mr.. and Mrs. William Mar
bach at Englewood Sunday.
Leo Helman of Gary spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs NJ Hell
man Of One Hundred and Nineteenth
street
Mrs. David Deese of New York ave
nue.. vxtsited her sister, Mrs. Jessie
Fields at her home in West Pullman
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HOBART.

Frank Barnes of Chicago visited
friends here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank scharbach of
Hammond visited friends here over
Sunday.
Charles Vincent. who works in Chi
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ST. JOHN.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Becker of Ham
mond were the guests of relatives here
over Sunday.
Omer Traudt of Hammond spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs Ed Austgen
here.
Miss Lena Dalhkamp visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Keilman over
Sunday.
Christ Bemer, west of st. John, near
the State Line, died Saturday night at
the age of 80 years, after prolonged
sickness. He leaves a wife and four
children.
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POSTPONE Actions.

The executive committee OF the bar
association met this afternoon for the
purpose of discussing matters of i'm
portance, but after they had assembled
they decided to postpone the matter
until the next regular meeting of the
board 1t is not known what the meet
ing was to have been for this after
noon.
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WHITING NEWS
Returns From Pleasant Visit.

Mrs. Lemon and children. who have
been here for an extended visit with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent of
the Petersen flats, have returned to
their home in Aledo, Ill, Mrs. Earl Nor
gan, sister of Mrs. Lemon. accompanied
her to remain for short visit
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Mr.. and Mrs. William Uric were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Veaco
of East Chicago SUNDAY
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-08

easy goin ones would vote ayes
and them that didn't care would
look resigned and so if they don't
mend their constitution will be like
the old gentleman's silk hose. His
thrifty wife darned them so much
with cotton that it took one O. them
glasses that make you see things just
as they are only bigger, to tell whe-
Their the socks were silk or cotton.
1t appears to me that one ought to
go slow in changin' good consti-
tuition, else what was silk at first
might be changed to cotton. Well, l
mind twas in 1S9S-my brown Hen
rietty had been took down from the
nail good many times. Well, as
was going on the say twas in 1898
they made their first big venture.
Yes, they joined the Federation,
which they told me was comm to-
geJher of all the clubs in Texas. My,
but that gives them a fine chance at
two conventions. The district con-
vention, and the big one when there
will be wimmen from all over the
state Such a fine time as they do
have, hearin wimmen speeches and
talkin' about parks and Fairgrounds,
hluucI SdItcHS, SAlpS, CA1lu
labor and courts for bad boys, which
In free to confess our forefathers
would a lambasted them SO they
wouldn't needed no courts.
Mrs. Groce was the first delegate
sent to Tyler and she made the
clubs mouth water SO to speak when
she came back and told what fine
time she had.
! -; ed ton,
bizness makes wimmen bigger mind
ed-what they call altruistic-that
is to say careful of the welfare of our
Majors. At any rate | know these
| Waxahachie wimmen done a good
thing about this time, and it appears
to me to be the best they've ever
done. They set Rest cottage agoin'
for country wimmen and children
and my, the country folks did enjoy
it while it lasted. A country mother
has to bring all her younguns with
her when she starts out for a day S
rest, good gracious! deliver me from
the word when she starts tired, and
goes through a sweltering hot day,
with no place to lay the baby outen
her aching arms, and five or six
others holdin' on to her skirt all
day. Try it and see if you wouldn't
be worse tireder when you got home
than when you started out to rest.
The storemen were real good about
givin' money to help on the rest cot
tage, but either they tired O it or
the Shakespeare wimmen thought
they did for you couldn't get one
among them to beg for it any more,
SO after nearly three years of good
times for the country wimmen, the
thing busted and the furniture was
turned into money that went into
an educational fund.
Bein' that pictures is a special
turn of my mind, | must tell you O.
the good chances that the town folks
and school children had when three
times the art gallery that travels
from place to place was brought here
and they do say at the expense o the
Shakespeare wimmen.
l see from what the secretary writ
in the Daily Light that the limit O.
membership was changed from TWEEN
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so pretty they thought she was the
one to keep on doin' it, and so they
made her honorable first president O
the club. Then somebody riz up and
lowed they wanted Mrs. Leeper for
vice president, Katherine Ross fer
their secretary, Maudie Middleton
fer critic and Kate Burroughs fer
teacher, and everybody said yes SO
let it be-" Then one O. the wimmen
said it would be good plan to take
the work and put it on the should
ers of two or three. They all said,
"Ah, ha, yes, yes to that-and
Mrs. Powell, she riz right up and
sed she would appint Mrs. Johnnie
Skinner, Mrs. McCaul and Mrs. Lee
per to do the work. And they called
them three the secutive board which
I thought was good name-as the
time they would have would be
about as hard as board. Every
body's faces was now smilin but
them three and they was rather sad.
Well, Mrs. Johnnie Skinner went
on to tell me that Mrs. Powell ask
ed them to meet at her house the
next time. Now, this was truly in
convenient for me as Mrs. Powell
lived too fur fer me to watch the
COINS and comin's at her house. By
this time / seemed to feel great
intrust in this club, and I jest knew
it would always come to my mind
when | wore my brown Herietty So
watched the Daily Light and Kath-
crime Ross, she writ the most beau
tiful things. She said they would let
only fifteen wimmen in at first, but
bein' as how Mr.. Shakespeare seem
ed to have so many friends and ad-
mirers, they concluded to let TWEEN
ty come in, and they said there must
be no eatin' at their meetin's which
| think was a shame seem as how
their president had set the example
when they met at her house-and
seem how much they enjoyed the
nice things she fixed fer them. I'm
thinkin' If they could got the sec
utive board to do it every time they
would not a-been SO needless O. their
presidents good example,
Well, Katherine Ross kept tel
I lin tales out O. school She said they
had commenced studyin LAS You
Like 1t" and they were nightly
pleased with Rosalind, one of Mr..
Shakespeare wimmen. They turned
her round and round and looked at
her from every side, and they found
her jest the right sort if she did fall
desperately in love with Orlando at
first sight. l declare to gracious! it's
curious how | watched that club
from then on. Betsy says its because
my great grand fathers uncle's
wife was teacher and could play a
piany and sing Do-reMi's at the
top of her voice that l love liter
! atoor so much. Well at any rate, /
watched Mr.. Shakespeare's followers
and saw them growing and thrivin'
The first thing you know they be-
gun to have little green and white
year books and every year they were
different and had in them the names
of all the officers, teachers and mem
bers and plays. Yes, and the consti-
tuition and bylaws, which they stuck
to right close till twas somethin'
hard to do. Then somebody would
rig up and say, II move, Mrs. Presi-
dent. to amend that part" and all the
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Nancy Busybody's "reminiscences
of The Shakespeare Club.

BY Mrs. S. II. Watson.

and twas this book they wanted to
study, that they might have a chance
to pick 1t to pieces and understand
it in way that I'm sure Mr.. Shakes
peare was so innocent of meaning
that if he could'a known, and his
body had not changed to dust SO that
all the parts of it could not move
simultaneous he would a turned and
returned several times in his narrow
bed. Set right down, Betsy, while |
read you from this old paper all
about this new club l was telling
you about and we'll see how 1t out
lived all the others and it evoluted
and evoluted until 1t came to be
known and spoken of all through
Texas as kind O. champion club,
and il it hasn't got the big head it's
because it's too modest and brainy
to be vain.
Yes, | read twas the seventh of
February, 1897, when it started. |
call it to mind just as well as II it
had bin Yesterday. / had jest finish
tho why it's Henrietty instead of
Morish, it beats me to tell. | was
feeIin' uncommon well, because 1t
WAS d kOOu III anu al uAloACd anu
hanging on a nail in the closet. Well
drew up my cheer to the front win
dow as was my custom to watch
who would be goin' to see Miss
Johnnie Skinner, you mind Betsy,
how convenient my front window
was to keep me up with Miss john
ME SINNERS company. Well on this
Wednesday evenin' who should l see
trippin along with their Sunday go
to-meetin' clothes on. The sights O.
them made me feel right comfy to
know what was hangin on the nail
in the closet. Let me see, thar was
Miss Leeper, Miss McCaul, Miss
Powell, Kate Burrough, Emmaline
Davis, Maudie Middleton and Kath-
crime Ross and Miss Johnnie Skin
ner meetin' them on the gallery and
shakin' hands dreadfully friendly
Thinks | to myself, Miss Skinner
must be havin' a party. and you
know ! was that curious to find out
what was dom that | was tempted
20 don my new Henrietty and go
right over without any invitation
Well, the next day l took occasion
to carry home cup O. lard | had
borrowed from Mrs. Skinner and
she told me twas Shakespeare
club that | had seen goin' on in her
house, and that they was what they
call the charter members. Then Mrs.
Skinner seeing what intrust I took
was dretful garrulous and up and
told me the whole proceedings.
They put Mrs. Powell in the. cheer
to carry things on and keep the
wimmen from talking. She did this
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ty to twenty-five, and last year she
writ agin, and said that as many as
can crowd i'll can be Shakespeare
wimmen, and they tell me SO many
belong now, they will have to ask
the trustees of the Sims Library,
whar they meet twice month, to en-
large the borders O. the room in
some way
Another pretty thing these VIM
men took up is story telling for the
children. This comes off one hour
every Saturday evenin'. Thar was a
committee O. four wimmen to keep it
a runnin', Mrs. Watson, Mrs Groce,
Smith. This is a purity work and the
children seem nightly tickled over
it. They say these wimmen this year
are actually givin' scholarship in
music to Waxahachie girl. Long
may she MARBLE as a stone monu-
ment to Mr.. Shakespeare and his
wimmen followers.
Well, it does seem like when you
once begin about the good these
Shakespeare wimmen do, that
thars enough to tell to run them
straight up to heaven and set the
golden gate ajar.
Mrs. Quincy Cannon is picked out
to stand up for the club at the con-
vention in Dallas, and Mrs. Benja-
min Kemble has to make a speech
to tell the Dallas folks how thankful
they are to get such nice welcome.
My, but don't she do it right? And
amt we real proud O. Miss Benjamin?
l hear it talked about now that the