The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-03
WHITING NEWS
Death Of Nurse.

occurred Saturday at Hammond, at the
home of Mrs. Herman, in the Knots
flats. where she has ben staying.
Miss Cagwin was a trained nurse and
was we'll known in whiting. having
been employed by several Whiting ply
sicians.
On Saturday Miss Cagwin was ap
parently in the best of health and,
while buttontng her waist about 4
o'clock was stricken with paralysis.
A physician was summoned, who said
she was beyond cure, and at o'clock
she passed away.
The body was taken to the home of
her father in Lowell. Ind, yesterday,
where the interment took place today.
Mrs William Shinn of Cleveland av-
enue was in Hammond Saturday even
ing. visiting her sister. Mrs. Minnie
Herman.
Mrs. George StolI OF Chicago was a
local visitor yesterday.
The death of Charles ston, aged "a
years, occurred yesterday morning at
the home of Mrs. A. KIose, One Hun
dred and Nineteenth ST It, where the
young man and his mother have been
living
The funeral services were preached
at the Klose home at o'clock this
afternoon by Rev. Willie OF the Ger
man Lutheran church. On the Penn
sylvania train at 61o this evening, the
mother, with her sons body. will leave
for San Francisco, Cal, where inter
ment will take place.
| The Stons were Whiting residents
about ten years ago, when they moved
to California about one year ago, the
/ young man was taken i'll and brought
back to Chicago for treatment. He.
being a sufferer from tuberculosis, was
discharged from the hospital.
DR. Ida Kahn, native Chinese wo-
man, who was rescued while babe
and brought up in the missionary
| schools in China, gave a talk Sunday
morning in the NJ. f. church. There
was a large crowd present to hear DR..
Kohr, dressed in Chinese costume. tell
of her many experiences. She told OF
the great work the schools were doing
in China toward Christianizing the ma
tives; told of the superstition of the
people, of the cruelty of parents to-
ward newborn girl babies. and how
they are often cast aside to die of ex-
posture or to be eaten by animals. She
related graphically the trials and the
hardships of the missionaries, which
they must encounter TO save one per
son. She said that often the mobs
would tear the very carriages apart
in which they were riding. DR.. Kahn
who is employed b. the Woman's For
eign Missionary society, is at the
head Of a hospital in China. She told
of a case of illness she once treated
The patient was the child OF parents
who were very superstiuous, as al
the natives are. She had treated the
case very successfully and the child
was about well. She happened to pal
the child on the cheek, saying some.
thing trivial, to the effect that She
hoped 1t would soon be better. The
child was later taken very I'll again
and, because she had patted the child
on the cheek, the parents blamed hel
for the relapse, saying that she haC
frightened the spirit out of the child.
, It was necessary for DR.. Kahn to do al
within her power for the child, for haC
it died they would have attributed i
to her DR.. Kahn, who speaks Eng
lish most huently, related several 9th
= er incidents which were intensely in
Z tersting. and also who missed the op
portunity of hearing her, many regre
it keenly.
f Mrs John Langmyer of Ohio avenu
e was called to Cleveland. O., on Satur
day evening by the serious Illness o
her mother.
L. H. Mattern of oliver street is a
Huntington, Ind. where he went il
answer to message informing him o
the serious illness of his father
< Mrs John Lee and daughter Mis-
. Mary Lee. are visiting with Mrs. Lee
sister, Miss Emma Schwalm. of Obi
avenue. Miss Lee is the university co-e
who was so seriously injured a fey
weeks ago by being run down by a
automobile while she and another giI
y were crossing the Northwestern uni
T verstty campus from the dormitory t
a class room. Miss Lee has practical
ly recovered. and, it is thought tina
$ there Will be no serious results fror
1 the accident.
Carl Walter Of Georgetown, Ky
is here visiting with friends
Miss Hattie Austin Of South Chicag
was a Whiting visitor on Saturday.
3 Mrs. La Hayn of Chesterton. Ind
was here visiting friends Saturday.
; Mrs. George S. Hnllard and daugh
ters, Thelma and Media and Miss Fl
sic Trowe saw The Boy and the Girl
n at the Whitney theater. Chicago. o
s Saturday.
< Mrs Charles GreenwaId and daugt
tiers. Dorothy and Gertrude. returne
IS yesterday from Michigan City wher
S they spent several days visiting wit
Mrs. Greenwald's parents. Mr.. and Mr.
4, Michaelly
= Mr.. and Mrs. William Harper al
erecting a new house on Laporte ave
nue..
Miss Beulah ]. Arney, formerly
IS Whiting schol teacher. from Goshe
s. Ind. spent several days here visitin
81 with friends.
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