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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-14
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank the Reverend Mr.
Brauer of the German Lutheran church.
Simplex employees, Hammond Grays
baseball team, all friends, relatives and
neighbors for their sympathy. flowers
and assistance during our recent grief
caused by the illness and death of our
beloved son and brother.-Mr. and M
August Moritze U children. $3.50
A DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT.
One of the very delightful enter
tatnments of the ST. valentin season
was given by Mr.. and Mrs. Richard o.
Wfnckler last Saturday evening at their
residence in Muenich court. Their only
guests were the members of the Even
ing Bridge Whist club and they were
all present at the party, which was the
regular bi-monthly meeting. The guests
were invited to a $40 o'clock dinner
and at the appointed hour they were
shown into the dining room and served
with four-course dinner Hand deco
rated place cards done in red and green
were laid for the twelve guests. The
cards were appropriate to the season
and had valentine greetings and mes
sages. The dining room was very beau
tiful with elaborate decorations of red
and green Festoons of hearts were
draped from the chandeliers to various
parts of the room and streamers of
hearts and colored tissue paper were
chosen for the arches and windows. An
immense bunch of red carnations was
used as center-piece on the table and
other decorations were candles with red
carnation shades. After the dinner the
guests went to the parlors and spent
the remainder of the evening playing
bridge whist at small tables The hon
ors at the games were awarded to Mrs
Il. Edwin Bell and Mr.. Frank Hammond.
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,XDERMIkM4GSIIkM7TAY
y OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES GIG DRUG SI0nE Il

Mr. and Mrs. Mccormick formerly of
Hammond but now of Chicago. spent
Sunday in Hammond the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. John Muller at their home in
Sibley street.
j. Pul1iam Smith and e. 3. Stiles
returned to Hammond yesterday after
noon after a few days business visit 1T
Streator and Springfield, Ill.
Miss Genevive Hastings of West
State street was removed to St Mar
garet's hospital today where she will
undergo operation for appendicitis
about Wednesday of this week
Miss Bertha Maleitske will have as
her guests tomorrow at her home in
Indiana avenue the young ladies of the
n n Embroidery club. 1t is the regu-
lar club meeting and the evening will
be devoted to embroidery work
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4 DELIGHTFUL PARTY.

Miss Bessie Williams was at home to
a number of her girl friends at very
delightful party last Saturday after
noon at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank c. Williams. 421 South
Holman street. About twenty little Ia
dies were present, and they met in
formally in the parlors and enjoyed
games and contests. There was a sew
ing contest. which was one of the lead
ing features for which the hostess
awarded pretty prizes At the Gloss
of the afternoon the guests were invit-
ed into the dining room and served
with course luncheon. Dainty favors
appropriate to st. Valentines day were
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given in the dining room. and the dec
oratioris were also characteristic of the
season: A pretty color scheme was car
ried out in red and white and festoons
OF hearts were draped from the chande-
Tiers to various parts of the room.
Other souvenirs were used to Add to the
attractfveness of the refreshment Ia
bic. The party was one OF the pleasant
ones among the younger Hammond
children and they had an enjoyable
time.
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: socrAu. EvENTNG.

The members of the Martha Aid So
ciety of the First Christian church will
give a social this evening at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs John M. Stinson.
609 May street, to which the public is
invited The proceeds will be used for
the new church building fund and the
ladies desire to clear neat sum. A
short program will be rendered by Mrs.
Earl Robinson, Mrs. Ralph Pierce and
Mrs. Charles B. Miller, after which
there will be various games and re-
freshments will be served.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-14
THE CLASS Is DIVIDED.

The Misses Della and Pearl Laatsch
were at home to the members of Miss
Elizabeth Webber's class in music on
last Saturday afternoon at their home
in Fayette street. 1t was the regular
meeting of the class and about thirty
young people were in attendance. Dur
ing a short business session at the
opening of the meeting it was decided
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-14
AZ INrEnESTfNts. MUErTNG.

The pupils OF Miss Lillian Thompson
met last Saturday afternoon at the
home of Miss Harriet Whftleib in Alice
avenue for the regular monthly meet
ing. Only the members and their par
ents were invited to be present at the
meeting which was the regular day for
the monthly examination OF the stu
dents in piano. At the close of the ex-
animation a recital was given which
was very enjoyable. The next regular
meeting will occur in March and Miss
Mable Anderson will entertain at her
home in Michigan avenue
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to divide the class into tw osections,
the first to meet next Saturday after
noon at the home of Miss Ruth Breckel
and the second to NEE in two weeks
on Saturday afternoon at the home of
Miss Harriet Mcmahon. The meetings
will be called promptly at o'clock. The
remainder of the afternoon was devoted
to the Czerney contest until about
o'clock when the hostesses served their
guests with dainty refreshments.
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A PARENTs, MErrrNo.

an address at the next meeting of the
members of the Parents club OF the
Washington school, which will occur
next Friday evening, Feb. Is. in the
school hall. Mrs. Jerome is woman
Of national reputation,and the members
of the club feel that they are fortunate
in securing her for this meeting. The
members and their friends are invited
to be present.
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Charles A. Burnett entertained at the
second and last of a. series OF pleasant
afternoon parties last Saturday at the
home Of Mrs Burnett, 40 Warren
street. The party was characteristic
of the st. Valentine season and the
hostesses chose color scheme of red
and white for the parlor decorations.
The home appeared very attractive with
hangings OF red hearts, cupids and the
bow and arrow. F'estocns of hearts
were brought from the chandeliers to
the four corners of the room. where
they We're fastened with streamers and
knots of red tissue paper. The lights
were shaded with red crepe paper The
entertainment for the afternoon was
Identical with that of Friday and the
guests played progressive peanut at
small tables. Mrs. G. n Austin and
Mrs III. b. Douglas received the hon
ors in the contest. A dainty three
course luncheon was served at the same
small tables at the close of the after
noon Several young lady friends of
the hostesses presided at the refresh
ment tables. Among those present were
| Mesdames c. E. Olhausen, o. A. Krin-
bill, Mary Holm. r. H. McHie A. F.
Rohrer. @. H. Austin. Robert ellis, T.
w. Oberiin. III. B. Douglas, John E. Fitz-
gerald, F. s. Betz. b. L. P. Bell, A Muir
ray Turner, Fred Crumpacker, p A.
Parry, T. e. Bell, Virgil S. Reiter,
Franklin Blackburn, Ralph Groman, w.
A. Hill, w. ]. McAleer, E. w. Bump, H.
e. Sharrer, D. c. Atkinson, E. F. Johns
| ton, Ralph Pierce, August Schneider,
Frank Hammond William Hankey,
Walter Hammond. Leo Wolf. Carl
Kaufman. H. F. Meikle, Harvey Cost
Z n
| tor Dyer, L. L. Bomberger A. A
Craig, F. Hawley, Edith Griffin. NJ
Rothschild, Chester Lockwood and j. S
Blackmun.
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SPEND THE DAY HERE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Austgen of Dy-
er and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Austgen of
ST. John came to Hammond yesterday
to spend the day with Mrs. Helen Aust
gen at her home in East Sibley street
Mrs. Austgen also entertained a few
Hammond relatives in honor of her
65th birthday anniversary.
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SURPRISE PARTY.

pleasant surprise was given in
honor of Miss Anna Doehring, $40
Walter street, Saturday evening The
young people were entertained with
games and music and later in the even
ing a dainty luncheon was served They
left at late hour. The guests reported
having good time. Those present
were Misses Rose Boose, Ella Hamer.
Adeline Holhlan der, Gertrude Boos. TIL
lie Homrich. Nellie Carroll, Jessie
Rhode. Elizabeth Demerling. Jennie
Peas, Martha Schroeder, Anna Doehr-
ing and Grace Kirchheimer. Messrs
Palmer Welsh, Cullen Burk John Heinz,
Carl Storm. Fred Grumbery Bob Liv-
ingston, Harold Hupp, Fred Yeaser. Ed
Nohull. Ambos Johnson. Tom Tay and
John Walton.
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A FAD AND HOBBY. PARTY.

Mr.. and Mrs l. L. Bomberger were
host and hostess last Saturday evening
to a; large number of their friends at
their beautiful residence in Glendale
Park About forty guests were in at
tendance, including the members of the
Embroidery club and their husbands, in
whose honor the party was given, and
a few invited friends. The guests were
invited to lad and hobby" party and
they appeared in costumes to represent
an individual fad or hobby. Many of
the costumes were clever and many
more ridiculous and a very enjoyable
time was spent in the vote. The
guests met informally IN the large par
Tors for Informal entertainment until
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o F. half on state street. After the
routine business had been disposed of
there was Initiation OF one candidate.
A social hour followed the regular ses-
sion
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HOLD REGULAR MEETING.

The regular meeting of the members
of the Dorcas Rebekah lodge took
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= ovee the 4E4 cups ~

the next party will be given in two
months at the residence of DR. and Mrs.
Robert ellis in Carroll street. The fol-
lowing are members of the club: Messrs
and Mesdames w. F. Mashino, Robert
ellis, Frank Hammond. W. j. Moran.
T. Edwin Bell and Richard O. winckler.
AN AFTERNOON PARTY.
-.oarNiss Adele Dunbar. gave a very de-
lightful at home" last Saturday after
noon from to 5 o'clock at her home in
Rimbach avenue in honor of a number
of her friends. The party was in the
nature of a house warming, being the
first entertainment at her new home.
The guests met informally and spent
the afternoon with various games and
contests and made fudge. At O'Clock
they were invited into the dining room
and served with a daintily arranged
course luncheon. The following were
the young ladies present: Katherine
, Swftzer. Beulah Drackert, Ruth Bren-
nan, Emma Swantor. Georgia Deweese
Ruth Wooden, Mildred Carter Beatrice
Elsner, Day Malo. Gorilla Carter and
Adele Dunbar.
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ENTERTAIN MANY FRIENDS.
Mrs. George B. Shearsr and Mr..
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A MISSIONARY MEETING.

The ladies of the Home Missionary
society of the Methodist Episcopal
church will meet tomorrow afternoon
at the home of Mrs. o. Muhlberger. 2
williams street. for their regular
meeting. All members are invited to
be present.
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WE N1xz. 5xWo ZA7s 70 A0YT AARzxA

the vote was announced Each guest
provided with pencil and paper cast a
vote for the person in the most ap-
propriate costume. Mrs. Clarence A.
Scott was given the ladies' honors, and
Ralph Pierce. who appeared as fish
erman, was awarded the gentlemen's
honors The evening was spent socially
in the parlors until a late hour when
the ,guests were invited into the din
ing room and served with three
course luncheon. AT the tables red
hearts with valentine greetings were
given as favors The decorations were
prettily carried out in red and white
and consisted of cupids and hearts
Festoons of red hearts were artistically
draped in the arches and windows and
were brought from the central chande-
lier to the four corners of the room.
A large bunch of red carnations formed
a center piece for the table. The party
was one OF the delightful functions OF
the winter and the annual one at which
the gentlemen are guests of honor.
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A COMMITTEE MEETING.

A COMMITTEE MEETING.
The members of the art committee
of the Hammond womans club will
meet on Tuesday afternoon of this week
at the home of Mrs. Minnie l. Kline.
2s Condit street. A very enjoyable pro
gram has been prepared on the study
of Loretta Tast, the worlds greatest
living sculptor. Mrs. Minnie L. Kline
will tell of her life and Mrs D. c. At
kinson will read a paper on Sculpture. /"
CHRISTENING.
| The christening of the little son of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w Harding, formerly
of Hammond but now of Highland. Ind,
occurred yesterday afternoon at All
Saints Catholic church on Sibley street.
The hour for the service was 2 o'clock,
and the ceremony of the church was
read by the Rev. Father Barrett Miss
Lulu Sherry and Mr.. William O'Rourke
We're sponsors for the child and named
him Edward Pierce Woodward After
the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. John Sherry
entertained at dinner in honor of the
out-of-town relatives Among those
present from out OF the city were Mr..
and Mrs. o. w. Harding and daughter
Mable and son Pierce Woodward and
Miss Nell Typ, all of Highlands and Mr..
E. Claire Harding of Mexico, Mo-
! Mr.. A. l. Weatherwax, buyer for the
Paxton and Baker company. is in Cieve-
| land and New York this week picking
up the good things for his ladies-ready-
to-wear department The ladies of
Hammond and vicinity can rest assured
that they will find the best at Paxton
and Bakers this coming spring Mr.
| Weatherwax understands the cloak and
suit business from a to z, and he prom
| Uses to have the prices so low that there
will be no competition in his line.
2-14E1t
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

the dretges come Up With the sand and
mud they Rave sucked Up from the bottom
Of the bay and pump Il through their great
pipes into the basin that has been formed.
The sloppy mixture. mostly water, looks
like unpronising material for dam. but
when the mud has settled and the water
has drained of through the ridges Of rock
+: makes a mess that Is as solid as Glib
raltar More than one-thrd of the Gatur
dam Is in place to-day; the core of rock and
hvdrauItc -'fll'' * half finished.
spillwsy Hill. through WHICH the Cha
gres runs. has been cut in two and the
Hoor and sides Of the cleft have been lne5
with concrete 20 give tie water q snoC' -
he'd When the time comes TO seal up TIE
cam q thick concrete wall Will be bui
across the head OF the cut. with sluice
gates TO regulate the flow of water
Standing on the locks at Gatun or on the
crest OF SpillWay HiB- the President viii
be above the highest level of the completed
canal To the southwest he Will have be
fore him the broad depression in which
shiDs VIII anchor while they await theiI
turn az the locks. Beyond rises a group "i
hills which viii stand as islands in Lake
Gatun.
For twenty-tllree niles bsy ond GetUn The
canal VIII follow the channel Of the Cha
gres nearly all TIE way across tlae bed OF
tho lake. Here the excavation Will be done
largely H. drc6res. after the lake has
been filed. There viii he few chang
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

for the President 10 see between Gatun and
Bas Obispo where the lake ends at the
great trench which leads for eight miles
through the hills about Las Cascadas, En-
pire and Culebra.
The President may ride in special train
or he may elect to 20 in Colonel Goethalss
track automobile The track automobile is
the Panama Pullman. i is a monSrel We
hiele. something like an olive green auto
mobile. something like trolley car and
more like a country stage. It runs on the
railroad track with wheels fitted for the
purpose an carries a standing awning to
..ean eff the sun. The engineer in charge
~ -ach section OF the ditch has one at his
:.nand.
L'FoIn t;atun 10 Das Obispo everything
is @ ing somewhere eIse-everything except
tie Jungle. which pusl-e es its riotous dark
green foliage as close to the track as it
can get For the re ST, there are strings OF
dusty flatcars hurryinG down TO Gatun with
loads Of rock or rafting back to the cut
tor other loads Trains Of huge steel dump
cars 80 ley with earth for the fills on the
Eew railroad line. Now and then line
of the little French cars comes rafting
along, in tow Of a toy French locomotive
which looks as if il had pUt on thick
steel overcoat to keep it from catching
cold.
Thon at Eas Obisno the real ditch b"-
sins. II Is impressive nj the. start. Sup
nose an engineer should start at tho North
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30
rs .AIe .Nosa' IN Hfeb Feather

reached the point i'm his education where
he reCEons that one in every four Of his
supply viii he shivcred i'm the course of
a year. This means an cutire replacement
OF the supply once in four years.
In tho case Of a customer taking one bot
tie week five bottles are required to keep
him supplied. one is in the cooler in the
corner If his Office Another is on stor-
age ready 10 replace it when empty. The
remaining three are either en route be-
tween the bottlirS plant and the storage
place "r being tlled at the plant. With
each of thcs, bottles goes a specially de
signed crate. erulpp~d with spring clamp
for its u,"ecctiou. These east more. than
th~ hotties. TAr coolers are pat down al
:. 80 each at retail
For tn- supply ot one. customer with one
bottle 81 week, for winch Ee pays % cents.
ana individual iur.-tal. ~ IF s.,eral dollars
H. required. The summer customers 90 WHO
buy only through ,he ioJr Hottest months.
ere littl" de ir,i. .ag~a. tire hottIers as
SORT. th.r" Is no profit To- j." ruaGo from
tnc'n, owing :" t,c size "f the investment
tied up ,u til" short t"rW business
Incn thcr" ar" the bottlilg plants IN
Brooklyn. New York ana OH the Jersey
shore, scme Of which cost as much az
@Gfo" one corn2nv has thrty-nine spe-
cially constructed tank cars for the trans
pcr"uou OF the water in bulk from the
springs. In this way they are able to re-
du"e thc transportation charges. which
Otherwise "ogd ca5 Up the profits
These cars are bottles on a giant scale OF
the type uf which Eas been devised to keep
the contents hot OF colo as desired The
TANKS are housed W hoNcs. which give them
the external appearance of the usual box
car. Between the tank and the wooden
cover. however. is packed Nyoolly sub
stance. which preserves thc temperature
Tie tanks themselves are lined with
enamel and between loads they are stcril-
ized by steam. filtered air only hcina per
mitted to enter while they are being
omptled.
Why do so many p.raous, moi only in
New Ioca bat elsewhere persist iu drink
Ing bottled water. erHu Vneu the normal
water supply IS recognized as being ~
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

There i a thrill for The American people
q The news that in tw" weeks. II all goes
v,eu President Taft viii so At Panama
once more. The La, time he went TO the
ssthrnus Il was TO ask If. after all. the
whole canal projec; might not ht a gigantic
mistake That was just rwenty-one months
ago Now his errand is to look over for
r5hcation sites. to discuss the permanent
government Of the zone. the rates Of jolL
rhe final disposal Of the Panama Railroad,
-he suggested government coaling stations
for shi;s-to take up the problems Of the
finished canal His Journey means that
The end CT the great work is in sight at
last
Evidently there have been great changes
since he was there Yet little news Of
what the changes are has filtered through
80 the public beyond a vague notion that
he cubic yards of monthly dissings sound
Like the distance 10 Haleys comet, and the
work stin TO be done suggests the orbit OF
she Pleiades. II is worth willie TO take q
broad look at the canal as il is to-day and
consider some Of the things Mr.. Taft viii
eee On his trip across the istninus-
1ifso President Roosevelt the present
Tnecutive will preserve the fiction that he
las not LEFT American soil by making the
,sovare on an American wsrship. He will
sail from Charleston On November 10 on
sho arrnored cruiser North Carolina. with
her sister ship. the Montana. Tor a convoy.
Tho jouruey each way will take about four
GAYS, and tho President plans 10 remain
Your DAYS on the isthmus
Steaming into the canal from the Carib-
bean, there VIII be little Tor The President
70 see. though the work Of the dredges has
New-York tribune., 1910-10-30
The Long Continued
Droufb hednf I'm
r,enSe GrO6Ofb
Of Business
for Chem.

III blows the wind that profits NOBODY
Even a four months drouth profits some
one Ask the New York dealers i'll bot
tied spTlng wafer and see them throw ~
tneir HANDS ss tEev cry. "ponl WEitr AM
tEiug about IL. Ne can't Re-p ~ win the
tussf-es now Then they tell you lii II
the business has had an increase OF from -
20 80 per cent through the failure 81 Jupi-
ter PiuIius 10 perform his duty or pay any
attention to lie applications of the people
who rely upou him in s;;gh emergencies II
must indeed he % curious profit that l@
so great II becomes p NeTation of spirit.
This demand upon the resources Of the
fsrawsy springs on which dependence IS
placed for filing the bottles is not alto
getrer due 20 absolute failure Of reservoirs
and wells, sIch as is reported from " es'-
chester County and southwestern Connect
cut. but also IN part to the effect Of the
drouth upon the abundant stores Of New
York
Ugh" exclaims the man OF the house
as he draws glass OF Croton in the morn
ing. We must have some bottled water
don't like this musty stun. It's bad
enough 10 have 10 have your poached eggs
Favored With it. without being Obliged ID
drink il Mary. VIII YOU call Up the -
- Spring Company and ask them TO keeI
Us supplied with drinking water?
Somewhere between and s per cent OF
the inhabitants OF greater New York to-
day, IL has been estimated. are drinking
water delivered to them from wagons IL
bottles 81 place or tlsat which they In.gt
draw from tie t4D-, sEd which g supple,
D.. %cw YoJz CITY over 1850 ssilsns. oi
q .uatt FOR every siN pe-souS. are ue.rs
.g-lrchsss1 sulI drum. - -1s5