The Lake County times., 1909-07-09

WHITING NEWS

Mrs Henry Fischer has returned to
her home in Lacon, H., after a three
weeks visit at the home of her sons,
Messrs. Henry and Arthur Beaubien.
Reuben Miller of One Hundred and
Nineteenth street has gone to Pontiac.
Ill, for few days business trip
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson of Chesterton
is spending few days in Whiting.
Mrs. Henry Trowe of Oliver street
was in Chicago yesterday.
Mrs. Peter c. Pfeifer has returned
from short visit with relatives in st.
John.
l. A. lie Fevre Of Hammond has
completed the work of repairing the
roof on the Whiting public library.
L. H Mattern, who has been laid up
for several weeks with rheumatism. is
recovering and was able to go to Chi
cago yesterday.
John D. Rockefeller the great Stand
| ard OIL magnate, first saw the light of
day 70 years ago, being born in Rich
ford, n. Y. on July 8. 1889. Mr.. Rookie
feller. now being three score years and !
| ten, has reached mans allotted age. Mr.. |
Rockefeller has made his fortune in
Standard Oil Out of this enormous
fortune he has given away about $685.
| 000, 900 for educational and charitable
purposes. OF his benefactions $4,000
600 has gone to the general education
board and $4,000 600 to the University
of Chicago. While John D. was cele-
brating the anniversary of his birth
yesterday, another great Standard Oil
company, who is well known at the To-
cal refinery, was doing practically the
same thing. This man is William p.
Cowan. vice president of the Standard
OIL company of Indiana, who was 63
years old yesterday. Mr. Cowan has
been identified with the Standard Oil
company for thirty-four years. The
early construction of the local refinery,
: for which ground was broken on May.
} 1899, and which it took two years to
build, was under the direction of Mr..
, Cowan. who is native of Cleveland,
o. His present Chicago address is 321S
Michigan avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Mattern and
daughters Helen and Louise, expect to
leave the early part of next week for
visit in Seattle, Wash, where they
will be the guests of their son and also
attend the Alaska Yukon exposition.
Mathew Braidich and family are go
ing to Clinton, Ia, for visit Of sew
eraI weeks with relatives.
Mrs. Simon Hendrickson of Geneva,
ILL.,, is here visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
r John Hendrickson.
Mrs John P. Hendrickson entertained
= her cousins, Gus Johnson of Iowa and
9 Charles Cotton of Chicago, yesterday.
Mrs. Sam Ingraham and children,
: Myrtle and Roy Ingraham, and Mrs.
Zella Hendrickson have returned from
an extended visit with relatives in
q Joliet, III.
I Mrs. Bagley of the Migatz and Stig-
litz flats is contemplating moving to
Clinton, Ia, in the near future.
: Mrs. 0. E. Meek is home from visit
to Saginaw, Mich.
: The fourth quarterly convention serv-
t ice will be held at the Methodist Epis-
o copal church on next Sunday morning
at II m. The theme for the even
r. ing services at 7:45 D. m. is "A Desir.
able Camping Ground"
is Rev. Theodore Alberding. pastor OF
IT, the German Evangelical church OF
Whiting has been i'll, and owing to this
lie there has been no services at thi:
l. church for several Sundays. The trus
lie tees have arranged to have service.
is next Sunday. Sunday school will b,
iCAN al J+OV a. He dAAl d. IL. 0U a. IN
rt Rev. Zeffnger of Naperville, ILL.,, will
/ be in attendance to preach. In tn.
I'd evening at 1880 the Lords supper viii
be served, and at these services Presid
In ing Elder Relling, also of Naperville
n will be present.
la Mrs. WILDER Johnson and children o
d. Ohio avenue are spending the week-e en-,
n with Mrs. John Green at her home il
Hobart
ny Mrs. Charles Leechman and daughter
IS. Margaret Of Danville, H.. arrived las
Il evening for an extended visit wit
a Mrs. Leechman's parents, Mr.. and Mr..
Thomas Hollett of oliver street
re Some Oriental prevaricator in Ne1
ne York has started the story that tn
= Standard Oil companys chemists a
he Constable Hook, n. J.. have discov
RS. cred a method for making butter fro1
II. petroleum, saying that a sampl
of several pounds have been sent t
Mr. Rockefeller at Cleveland, o. Thi
pipe dream" has been palmed off o
he the Chicago newspapers, which yer
naively printed it yesterday mornin
er under scare heads" to the extent {
lily half a column. Inquiry among til