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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
Up AND DOWN IN INDIANA

granted a dispensation on account of
the great distance of Boneaus home
and as this was the only chance he had
to come to yincennes.
ACCIDENT WAS SERIOUS.
Five men were killed and two per-
haps fatally hurt when two B. s. Q. S.
w freight trains came together head
on between Fort Ritner and Sparks
vile. The trains, Nos. sS and 81, the
latter a doube-header, met while run
ming at high speed
FINDS STRANGER IN BED.
Mrs. Robert Anderson was freight
ened Monday morning about o'clock
at her home. s13 East Georgia street,
Indianapolis, when she went upstairs to
make a bed and found a strange man
peacefully sleeping there. She scream
ed and this awakened the intruder,
who ran away Bicyclemen Schlan-
gen and Todd were called, but could
not find the man after their hard ride
through the snow.
FIND DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
What appears to be a double muir
der and suicide is that which was dis
covered in Elmore township. near
Washington, late Monday afternoon,
when the bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam E. Ritter. each about 20 years old
were found. with every indication OF
foul play. The body of Mrs. Ritter was
found In the living room with her
clothes torn from her body, nothing
remaining but a light undergarment
| with indications that she had been
strangled
urc
The finding of the partially naked
| body of Mrs. Kate Rupert. 81, of South
Bend on the floor of her Kitchen an6
evidence that the woman had met
death through poisoning has led to the
arrest of a Niles (Mich) man as
witness. No charge of completely III
the supposed murder of the woman
has been made against him
DIES FROM ExERTION.
Paul Woodward, Is years old, son o.
o. c. woodward of Linton, died Mon
day from over-exertion. With a mum
| Der of companions the boy had beer
running and playing with his sled al
morning, and while running after
vehicle in the street he became ex
hausted and fell to the ground un
conscious. He died shortly afterward
BUTTED BY A BULL.
/ Marvin J. Rank. while feeding cattl,
at his farm near Wabash, Monday. wa.
butted by bull and his forehea,
crushed in. 1t is believed he will no
live, but an operation to relieve thu
pressure upon the brain was perforroed
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
Voice of The People
TRUANT OFFICERS TALK

Hammond, Ind, Dec 29, 1909
Editor, THE TINES
1t seems as though some parents Of
children of the school age do not under
stand the meaning of the educational
law or why a truant officer should
make his visits to the homes Of mar
ents and especially make a thorough
investigation into the causes for all
On his Judgment depends whether these
absentees are sick or have no books.
clothing, shoes, or if the parent is dis
abled in any way or if it is a case of
truancy, unknown to the parent The
hrst step in juvanile. crime is truanev.
as my experience so far clearly dem
onstrates that all juvenile delinouencv.
proven In any court began from play
ing truant have a great deal Of
trouble because children do not mind
the parent, and / also find by investf-
cation the parents do not require that
their children show respect to the
teacher. We suppose that some times
the teacher does not treat the child
| just as she should, but at the same
time the parents should never allow
their children to rebel against their
| teacher I find this to be the cause of
about one-third of the complaints.
This does not apply to the very poor,
but to the middle and upper classes as
well. Parents are largely to blame for
the delinquency of their children, and
instead of visiting the schools and ac-
knowledging to the teachers that their
children are unruly. they try to shield
them. Consequently it necessitates a
continuous visit from the truant Of
/ ficer to these homes as the law, strict
ly says no child of the age of Z to 4
years, inclusive. shall for any cause
any rule or law to the contrary. be pre.
cluded from attending school When
such school is in session truant officers
shall enforce the law. There are also
other conditions the parents are ig.
norant Of. or do not care what asso-
ciates these young boys and girls have
when playing truant or running tho
streets at night. Under such conditions
they learn and assume habits such a:
wandering around railroad yards. rail.
road tracks. jumping trains, entering
cars, using vile and obscene language
smoking the vile cigarettes.
This is written IN the hope that the
parents will cooperate with the teach.
ers and truant officer so that these
evils may be remedied
Respectfully,
I. c. STANFORD.
Truant Oficer. 1st. Dist.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
Heart toHeart
Talks.
DIVORCE ORPHANS.
by EDWIN A. NYE.

DIVORCE ORPHANS.
Not long ago the little eieven-year-
old daughter Of William K. Vanderbilt,
Jr., broke her arm
The fracture was such that for a
time amputation seemed necessary.
The little one suffered very much and
cried out for her papa. of whom she Is
very fond.
On account of a pending divorce the
father could not go to the child. who
suffered double pain from her broken
arm and the absence OF her father.
BE brave. Papa is watching you
through the telephone"
That was ALL
And. poor comfort as it was to the
little daughter, the father doubtless
suffered as much as the child.
Poor divorce orphans.
They cannot understand why papa
and mamma should be apart They
usually love both parents dearly. Pain
comes early to their childish hearts
These children know something is
wrong, but they are too young to com
REeuCuu W udL ~ dtk LncduSs W nSu tuClk
playmates say. My papa Tor mammal
Is in heaven" what can the poor d.
vorce orphans say?
There Is little Alice Aston.
She is the baby daughter of Colonel
and Mrs. John Jacob Aston, recently
divorced. The decree gives the father
possession of the son and the mother
| Of Alice
Alice will have beautiful clothes and
all the luxuries, but can any new paps
ever take the place OF her real papa:
Is it not really sadder to know thai
ones father or mother is living anC
not to know where than to lose thai
loved one by death or to know wher
the parent lives and be denied com
partnership?
/ Poor little lads and lasSies.
There are asylums built for the or
phans left helpless by death. Shall
there be asylums built for the NOR
unfortunate?
Poor divorce orphans.
Their fate is both pathetically sac
and irremediably hopeless.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
GARY'S CHARITY BALL.

eevang night
handsomely
where the individual
brings hearts
A
the which
to those
promulgated
cessfuy Gleason will
by both the the which
worthy soces
benevoence assistance
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
SCOTTISH RITE HoNoRs PATRON SAINT

unite today paying honor the
saint Scottish Rite
PIRATE
with distinction
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
DISGUISED DEMOCRATS.

the democrats in
leaders
Indianapolis
hold hands the
of that control further
in
good who have fought against
decided that they fight
stronghold
welcome these independent
worthy stand beside the
Republican great"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
The Size Of Mexico,

Few are aware that the republic of
Mexico has an area Of nearly T64.O00
square miles. thus covering territory
larger than the combined area of Eng
land. Germany, France and Spain, or.
to compare it with our own country. it
Is eleven and a half times the size Of
New England or ninety-two times as
large as the state of Massachusetts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
THIS IS MY 54TH BIRTHDAY.
William II Sed~vxscLr

William T. Sedgwick, professor OF
biology in the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, was born in West Hart
ford, Conn, Dec. 10, 1855, and was edu-
Gated at the Sheffield Scientific school
For two years he was an instructor In
physiology and chemistry at the Shelf.
field Scientific school. and for three
years was an instructor in biology al
Johns Hopkins university Since 1873:
he has occupied his present position
at the Massachusetts, Institute of Tech.
nology. Professor Sedgwick is recog.
nized as one of Americas leading au.
thorities on biology and he has re.
ceived honorary degrees from Yale uni.
versity' John Hopkins university anC
other leading schools.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
OuEzY E11zA1zzH BEzexpzx

seph H. Twibell Blackford C. C. APP
pellant's petition for time.
TABS. William A Bennett ct al. VS..
Root Furniture company. Shelby C. C.
Appellants brief
1867 Edward Peters vs.. Emma Pet
ers. Marion S. c. Appellants motion
for time. Thirty days granted
1924. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago
& St Louis Railroad company VS.. Town
of Remington. Jasper C. c. Appellee's
petition for rehearing and brief
ADVERTISE AND Advertise
AGAIN IN THE TIMES
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
AUTHORIZATIONS.
WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE.

In of let Lapote with
Hon B. Peterson of Crown
democratic ticket from the
somebody
Mr. Petersons
much idea of being candidate
district he has of raising hppopotam
thing he
probably the cheerful
Amanda IN
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
December 20,

1S00-Charles Goodyear. inventor of
the process of vulcanizing rubber,
born in New Haven. Conn. Died
in New York city, July /. 1863.
1sOS=Andrew johnson, seventeenth
president of the United States born
in Raleigh. n. c. Died at Carriers
Depot, Tenn, July 81. 1875.
1S35--A treaty was made with the
Cherokees in Georgia, by which
they agreed to remove west of the
Mississippi.
1845-Texas admitted to the Union.
1s64-Hood's army crossed the Tennes-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29

THE Michigan City Dispatches solu-
ton of the Kankakee auto mystery,
which hasn't been a mystery for near
" month since it was solved by the
TIMES. is really clever, but how a
railroad train can run into an auto
and saw wheel off the axle is more
than can be understood.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29

see river. thus ending the Tonnes
see campaign.
1S6s-Lord Lisgar appointed governor
general OF Canada.
1s76--Nearly hundred lives lost in a
train wreck at Ashtabula, o.
1S90-Henry B. Brown of Michigan
commissioned an associate justice
of the United States supreme court
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
Higher Courts Records.
sunreme Court NIlnutes.

2156S. Nathan s. Cook VS.. Board OF
Commissioners. Marion c. c. Appel
lant's brief and petition for oral argu-
ment.
21543. Pearson Mendenhall etal. VS.
First New Church Society of Indiana
polls.
Appellate Court Minutes.
1924 Chauncey K. Poer VS.. JOSEPH
S. Johnson. Rush c. c. Appellant
brief
1917. Maud M. Howard ct al. VS.. 10
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29

If you were paying two cents
night for newspaper CD and found
it slung together with lot of the
editors personal and jealous drivel in
whom no one but himself is concerned
wouldn't it give you nausea?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29
r ANDOM
THINGS AND FILINGS
ONE day Of turkey and six of hash

Il THINGS AND FILINGS |
ONE day of turkey and six of hash
NOW Mr. Crolius, we are all watch
ing you!
/ TT looked bad to us when Santa
Claus even refused to verify the Cook
story.
WHAT are you going to swear off,
or are you going to swear on, some
thing?
NO hurry to get your skates, there
will be plenty of time after the first
of the year
SEEMS to be quite task for father
to look at his carpet slippers without
growl or two
AND in the course of time that
bleak old Dearborn Park comes into
the limelight again.
CAN'T the hair dressers be called
upon to use their good Offices in this
switchman's strike?
OUR old friend December Thaw,
has somehow or other failed to put
in an appearance.
STRICTLY fresh eggs are selling at
75c per dozen in Seattle. Price on
actors eggs is not quoted.
THE East is Dragging about being
storm-swept. We can look around us
and smile indulgently at the East.
rs The Woman A Servant?" asks
the Chicago Journal Not if she gets
over So week. She's maid, then.
AN Idaho man suicided with a pair
of scissors In other words this is a
new way to cut a mans career short.
WE believe that 1t would be a very
nice thing to take standing vote of
thanks in favor of the weather man.
POET William Watson has also dis
appeared, for which we shall not for
get to return thanks next November.
WHENEVER anybody agrees with
you, of course you are ready to ad,
NIT that they are amenable to reason.
PERHAPS if you are foxy you can
lose the sticks that came with Willie's
drum or step into the drum accident
ally.
SOMETIMES when opportunity
knocks at the door and you are out
the hired girl refuses to answer the
, call.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, seems to be
! cursed with more filthy sensations
than any other city of its size in the
world.
HAMMOND bids fair to be as big
an interurban center as indianapolis
and promises not to make half sc
much fuss over it.
HIPS are again to be fashionable
It will be much easier to be hippiel
after these big holiday dinners have
slipped away into the past.
SHOVEL your own snow. 1t is the
finest exercise imaginable. In fact i
will put years on your life to shove
o little snow every day in the year.
IF Mr. Taft could have stopped of
in Gary little longer last year, hs
could have settled the question
What is whiskey" with much ease.
+ SAID now that the altitude in Utal
e is two high for the Jeffries-Johnsol
e fight Nothing is too high for on,
s hundred thousand dollars and thel
some.
g -
e A LOT of us long ago refused t,
t worry about the state republican love
o feast until at least after the Januar,
gas bin is put on the spindle full.
a receipted.
), -&A-
It JACK FROST seems to be working
overtime and has worked up a grea
o case with the coal bin with whom a
II present he seems to be desperatel
e enamoured.
THE puzzling thing is why the Fri
a Ry. doesn't put up sign declarin
% | ~, ~ a,,xy nassau oa,.r /;
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29

THE puzzling thing is why the Erie
Ry doesn't put up sign declaring
that it doesn't want any passengers in
it's trains or any public patronage In
fact it might just as well do so.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29

JACK FROST seems to be working
overtime and has worked up a great
case with the coal bin with whom at
present he seems to be desperately
enamoured.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-29

A LOT of us long ago refused to
worry about the state republican love-
feast until at least after the January
gas bill is put on the spindle fully
receipted.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-17
Best Draft Horses.

Heavy Percheron horses are the
best draft horses for me to raise, Gays
the Northeast Homestead. They al
ways command good price on the
market and are good general-purpose
animals. The reason why farmers
have such poor grades is because they
breed to scrub stations that they can
secure the use Of for from SIS to $40.
when, If they used good, pure bred
horse, it would cost from SO to $40. We
have too many scrub horses on the
farm. They ought to weigh for the
most good from 1900 to 1000 pounds.
Every scrub stallion standing In a
community ought to require big IL
cense fee Horse breeding does not
receive the attention if should, and the
same may be said Of cattle and sheep.
I am confident it does not pay any
farmer to breed scrub stock. 1t costs
more to raise scrubs than to raise the
best Of any class. and when you get
scrub, no one wants it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-17
THINK HARD
It Pays to Think About Food.

The unthinking life some people lead
often causes trouble and sickness. IL
Illustrated in the experience Of a lady
in Fond Du Lac, Wis.
About four years ago I suffered
dreadfully from indigestion, always
having eaten whatever liked, not
thinking of the digestible qualities.
This indigestion caused palpitation of
the heart so badly could not walk up
a fight of stairs without sitting down
once or twice to regain breath and
strength.
~ became alarmed and tried dieting,
wore my clothes very loose, and many
other remedies, but found no relief.
Hearing Of the virtues of Grape
Nuts and Postum, l commenced using
them in place of my usual breakfast of
coffee, cakes. or hot biscuit, and in
one weeks time ! was relieved of sour
stomach ana other ills attending indi-
gestion. IN months time my heart
was performing it's functions naturally
and could climb stairs and hills and
walk long distances.
Il gained ten pounds in this short
time, and my skin became clear and l
completely regained my health and
strength. continue to use Grape
Nuts and Postum for feel that owe
my good health entirely to their use.
There's Reason"
Il like the delicious favour Of Grape
Nuts and by making Postum accord
ing to directions. it tastes similar to
mild high grade coffee"
Read The Road to WellviI1e," /" inpkgs.
Ever read the above 1efterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine tKHe, and zuu Of human
faferest
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-17
READY FOR ANY CONTINGENCY
Second Wife Has Put on File Accurate
Record Of Mothers" Pos
sessions.

An Atchison woman who married
widower. and who is wise beyond her
time, has filed a most peculiar docu-
ment in the courts 1t is 10 this ef.
feet: MY husbands first wife left
two petticoats Of cotton. and one of
wool. all badly worn; one old corset,
two pairs OF hose, two house dresses,
three shirt waists. one dress skirt, a
thin gold ring, hair switch, a gold
breastpin. one pair Of house slippers
and a winter coat. have had them
carefully itemized and sworn to be-
fore a notary and they now lie sealed
in the attic Of our home. This docu-
ment goes on record to forestall any
further litigation from my step-chil-
dren for the possession OF mothers
things If at any time they want
mothers things l win be glad to turn
the sealed box over to them. Lin
coin State Journal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-17
START OF THE COTTON CROP.
Consensus Of Opinion Puts About Four
Per Cent. as this Reduction In
Acreage.

The New York Journal Of Com
merce, in its first monthly summary Of
the condition OF cotton, says:
This report, the first OF the sea.
son, and based on the replies of over
$500 correspondents of an average
date Of April %, is preliminary in char
acter, serving only to show present
tendencies. A reduction OF about four
per cent. is the consensus of opinion.
but as planting is only 40 per cent.
completed, and the season nearly ten
days late, final estimates are likely to
change this figure when our June re-
port is issued.
Low temperature and lack of rain
have been the chief drawbacks thus
far, and change for the better in
the way Of higher temperatures and
good rains would greatly stimulate
planting and termination of cotton al
ready seeded. Such conditions have
already appeared in some sections,
especially in Texas, since the date Of
these replies.
AS whole, grouRd has been we'll
prepared, but a slight reduction in
the use Of fertilizers is shown as com
pared with last year, when much more
we're used than usual. The high prices
of provisions and grains have been
the chief reason for many farmers to
provide acreage to small crops and corn
at the expense of cotton. but it is too
late to accurately gauge this move
ment. The boil weevil has created
considerable alarm in Louisiana and
some parts of Mississippi, causing rad
ical contemplated reductions, espe-
cially in Louisiana.
The season Is 16 days late in Texas
and the crop is 46 per cent. planted
All other states, with the exception Of
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and Mis-
suri, contemplate moderate reductions
The crop in North Carolina is three
days early and "a per cent. planted: In
South Carolina it is three days late
and SIS per cent planted; In Georgia
six days late and 40 per cent. planted:
in Florida five days early and rs per
cent. planted; in Alabama nine days
late and 80 per cent. planted; in Mis-
sissippi three days late and 46 per
cent. planted; in Louisiana seven days
late and 67 per cent. planted; in Ten
nessee four days late and 16 per cent
planted; in Arkansas one day early
and 80 per cent. planted; in Missouri
seven days early and nine per cent.
planted, and in Oklahoma four days
late and eight per cent planted.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-17
Humus Helpful to Soil.

Humus in the soil has seldom been
taken at its full worth. The mission
which it fulfills is second in impor-
tance only to that which is fulfilled
by the presence of plant food in the
soil. Humus is helpful in keeping soil
in proper mechanical balanne, in bind
ing soils that are much prone to blow
in Increasing the power of soils to alb
sorb and hold moisture, and in max
ing more effective the action of rer-
tilizers, says the Agriculturist.
When the humus is exhausted IN
soil its mechanical condition suffers.
1t becomes more impacted, less easily
aerated and less easily penetrated by
the roots of plans. Some soils SO
light as to lift with the wind can be
kept from blowing, at least in a great
measure, by simply keeping them
stored with grass, roots or other vege-
table matter buried in the soil. The
increase in the power OF soils to hold
moisture is very great when well
stored with humus. One instance Is
reported from Devils Lake, N. D.. in
which timothy sod was broken up in
1908. Spring wheat was sown on the
same in the spring Of 1909. The diff
ference was II bushels per acre in ia
vor Of the timothy sod. as compared
with the other land. The season was
dry, and this, in way, explains the
difference In yield On the timothy
sod It was 19 bushels per acre, and
on the other land it was seven bushels.
When commercial fertilizers are sown
on land they will fail to respond prop
erly unless the land is supplied with
humus.
Such being the case, every effort
should be made to store the land with
humus. It would be possible to have
an excess of humus, but in practice
this seldom happens. Humus may be
put into The soil in the form of clover
roots and the grass roots, Of buried
catch crops, barnyard manure.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-17
Work of Horses Compared.

Suppose we compare the work done
by farm horses abroad with the work
done by farm horses in Pennsylvania.
It is generally admitted that a Penn
sylvania farmer does not average
more than one ton of marketing to
two horses, and he must send one man
with every two horses. Scotch and
English farmers generally put two
tons OF marketing on a one-horse cart
and place two of those carts in charge
Of one driver The driver ties one
Of these carts behind tho other and
walks alongside the first one. Thus
we have an English farmer doing with
one man and two horses the work an
American farmer takes four men and
eight horses to do.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-17

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
me we'll woman and / have no more
backache. / hope l can help others by
telling them what Lydia K. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me. ~ MRS. EMMA IAsE, 1888 FirstEt,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one Of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by tho
Pinlkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond a doubtthat
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound q trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is free