The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-23
H f. A X ID
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r. u b e

CAN 1t be that the executive commit
tee in charge of tn Northern Indiana
Editorial association at Gary figured
that the visiting editors never saw a
nose cart and hook and ladder before?
Part of the entertainment" yesterday
was trial run by the firemen.
IN the passing Of General Booth of
the salvation army the world loses a
good scout. An institution that goes in
for helping the poor instead of preach
ing to the rich will certainly cause old
ST. Peter to pass its founder by the
golden portals without even the or
binary pass word
THE worm has turned! London news
paper has started libel proceedings
against a politician who said that one
of the stories IT printed wasn't true.
London editors must be awfully touchy.
SINCE the school board is spending
a measly $4,000 for $4,000 yards of
BLACK dirt" so that 1.-THE grass will
grow around that new schooihouse in
Gary's patch" one shoulders to think of
what an awful trimming the taxpayers
would have received had the patriots
in charge of the letting of the con-
tracts decided for sunfiower decorations
also.
MUSTN'T have very much to do down
at Muncie since Mrs Anthony got the
town into print by wearing diamond
spangled sox. They've just incorpor-
ated a perpetual motion company at old
Munc.
SCIENTIST claims to have invented
daylight. Since its council won't stand
for boulevard lights the Hammond
burghers might insist that at least IS
worth of the new stuff be bought to
light up State and Holman streets.
OH. we'll! what IL August doesn't
warm up to US. The fall will soon be
here and it will be more generous.
What with lighting the lamp at 5
O'Clock. pumpkins, red corn, harvest
moon dances. church bazaars, wooden
blankets at night. the kids all around
the study table after supper, pa not
even wanting to go to lodge and con-
tented with sitting by the stove read
ing THE TINES, ma darning the sox,
etc. Then IL you are young some nice
walks in the evening with her. or IL
you are old. pipe and a mug of cider.
Some halycon days. eh?
WHAT will happen on Nov. So" writes
G. X. AS far as we can figure It out
there'n be lot Of bull moose brethren
up before daylight trying TO crawl
through the fence into the republican
pasture.
THE vanderbilts are paying $4,000
for a special performance of a play at
their home. Around here nickel or a
dime let's us see even better things on
tho scheen.
DON'T notice that Governor Wilson
is sending out very many Autographs
of his mug. And he is only going to
| ms Ike six speeches during the campaign.
Evidently Woody don't want the people
to know him too we'll.
GATES LEFT ONLY SIS, 900. 900" -
Newspaper headline. No wonder heads
| of families get the hay fever.
| AS it is the out-of-town papers must
imagine that our Virginia Brooks does
the Joan of Arc stunt riding around on
| a white nag.
If West Hammond would give a
county far or something like that II
! might forget some of its graft racket.
TIMES last night had an article on
how girls can make enough money to
| go to college. A lot of papas would be
| better pleased IL the fashion editor
could rig up some advice on how girls
| can earn enough money to buy their
! trousseaus.