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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19
DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS.

'On the day before Christmas
about forty English lovers of Dickens
will undertake a journey in three
coaches over the route supposed to
have been followed by Samuel Pick
wick and friends. Everybody will
dress in the style of Dickens day,
even to the coachman and the en-
ployees of the inn at Rochester,
where, according to the story, Pick
wick and his friends gathered. The
party will dine there in the evening
just as Pickwick might have done. ;"
There is merely one manifestation
of what the English world
owes to Dickens at Christmas time
If all who have felt the real Dickens
Christmas spirit-that feel of love
and sympathy and charity for all
the world, that universal goodfel-
lowship which takes in prince and
tion, the Canterbury Pilgrimage
would be a mere circus procession in
comparison and the Crusades, which
almost swept lands bare of people.
would sink back in the mist.
Christmas was there when Dickens
began to write, but it was dull and
heavy 1t moved on, not by it own
generous impulses and the quicken
ing of religious fervor but through
: the momentum of the ages Dickens
put life and color and feeling in it,
He humanized it. He brought it
down to the present, and it has stay
ed there ever since
His Christmas Stories broke the
spell Like the man who pronounce
ed the magic words in the Arabian
Nights and the dead city teemed
with life, so these little tales o.
Dickens awoke the sleeping senti
ment. made a new world at Christ
mas time. world of fun and froli,
and feasting, of gifts and good ma
ture, of heart and happiness.
What these Christmas Stories die
yesterday, they are doing today
Only last week, the Kansas City Star
cne of the best-edited papers in thu
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19
CLEAR OUT THE FRAUDS.

During the holiday season crooks
masquerading as needy persons in
fest the streets, obstructing traffic
and making the lives of shoppers
miserable
If they were deserving nothing
would be said, but nearly all are
frauds. Two or three months ago A
blind man caught begging on the
street was arrested and found to be
working for and protected by small
politician who had a stable of
mendicants begging for him.
The woman who now sits on one
of the bank corners in Hammond
with nursing baby has been solicit
ing charity for two years at one
place and another. in this region.
The child is always nursing and it is
about time she was weaving it. The
child never seems to get day older.
If the woman could be got to tell
the truth it would be interesting to
know how many different babies she
has nursed in this locality while
soliciting aims.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

Since he abandoned hope he had be-
come melancholy and finally made UP
his mind that he preferred death to a
sightless life. Consequently he refus-
ed either food or water, death result
ing, as he hoped.
REELECTED FOR 24TH TERM.
The Wayne County horticultural So
ciety at Richmond has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Fesse c. stevens.
president; Wallace C. Reynolds. vice
president; Walter Ratliff. secretary,
and T. E Kenworthy, treasurer. This
is the sixteenth time Mr.. Stevens has
been named president and the twenty
fourth time for Mr.. Ratlin as secre-
tary.
RECEIVERS SALE POSTPONED.
Because of the failure of bidders to
appear. Elmer w. Stout of Indianap-
oils, receiver of the Ford & Johnson
Company. at Michigan City, a chair
and furniture manufacturing concern,
which failed last spring with liabili-
ties of 100000 and assets OF about
$1,000 900. today postponed the sale of
the property until next Friday.
FAILS IN SEARCH FOR GOLD.
Isaiah Cortright. Klondike gold
dead by relatives. will return to his
home at Hartford City Christmas. Cort-
right. a prominent merchant of Hart
ford City and former county recorder.
went to Alaska with Marshal John
Shamberger. Shamberger returned a
few years later. but Cortright de-
termined to stick until he made a
strike. He became i'll and failure OF
relatives to hear from him led to the
belief that he was dead. Recently a
letter came from him saying that he
had reached the states. His search for
riches in the Klondike was a failure.
PILLS WILL BE ANALYZED.
South Bend druggists. under arrest
for selling morphine to boys, will
probabl know their fate this week,
Deputy Prosecutor Daniel p. Nye hay-
ing completed arrangements today
whereby there will no longer be any
dispute as to whether or not heroin
wine tablets contain morphine. a
quantity of the tablets were sent to In
dianapolfs today to be analysed by the
state chemistry department.. Charges
against two druggists, to have come
up In the City Court today. were de-
| ferred to allow time for testing the
/ pills.
RETURNS TEN INDICTMENTS.
The Wayne County Grand Jury
which was in session eighteen days
at Richmond, returned ten indictments
today. Those made public charge
Harry Denny with burglary of tho
Birk harness store: John Miller with
petit larceny of a watch, and James
kidwell with grand larceny of auto
tires. More than half the business
district of Greensboro was recently
burned. and it is believed that in this
connection true bills charging arson
! have been returned, but arrests no,
| having been made the names are KEEP
secret DIR. Kerr. prominent physi-
clan of Greensboro. is charged with
the illegal sale of liquor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19
GARY'S SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.

One of the most excellent features
Of the administration of Superin-
tendent Writ as head of the Gary
schools is the connection of two ply
sicians with the schools.
Two doctors, one man and the
other a woman, devote their entire
time to the schools, each receiving
an annual salary of $500. Their
business is to examine the children
periodically, to look out for diseases
and to safeguard the health of the
pupils. They are doing wonderful
work.
There is decided improvement in
the general health and defects that
to in time.
Every system of public schools
ought to have school physician. In
Gary the school doctors are not al
lowed to take patients SO the physi-
clans lose no trade-in fact the
school doctors point out the need OF
physicians where it otherwise
wouldn't be noted-and parents
save money and some times the lives
of their offspring by being warned in
time
The $4,000 that the city of Gar.
expends on the health of the schoo
children is a sum we'll spent. We
are finally getting to recognize thai
disease prevention is our greatest
need and Gary is taking a leading
place in the work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19
The Day in
HIS O r Y
"THIS DATE IN HISTORY"
December 10.

164s-All stage plays suppressed in
London.
1731-Thomas Willing, delegate to the
Continental Congress and first
president of the Bank of North
America, born in Philadelphia.
Died there. Jan. 10, 1891.
1776-"The Crisis, a patriotic pamph-
let by Thomas Paine, appeared in
Philadelphia.
1793-City of Toulon retaken by Ma
poleon from the British.
1S04-Thomas Jefferson and George
Clinton unanimously chosen Prcsi-
dent and Vice President of the
United States.
1S13--A force of British and Indians
captured Fort Niagara
1S45-Many lives lost by the sinking
of the steamboat "Bellozane" in
the Mississippi
1S54-Lord Elgin resigned the Cover
-Generalship of Canada
1S64-President Lincoln called for 300.-
900 volunteers.
1e11-John Bigelow, noted diplomat
and author. died in New York city.
Born in Maiden. N. ", Nov. rs,
1877
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19
YOU KNOW IT.

The man who gets mad about what
return thanks three times a day for
what the newspapers know about
him and don't say. The average
newspaper man hears enough scandal
to disrupt families, break up
churches, convert friends into
enemies. defeat political candidates,
cause business failures and send per-
sons to prison, and says less about
what he hears than any other per-
son. The newspaper deserves q
great deal of credit for what ii
doesn't -Weatherford (Texas
Herald.
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country, wiped out all its editorials
to print bits from these Stories, each
under its proper head, to stimulate,
If that were necessary, good will to
men and glory to God.
And it urged, as we do today, that
each man and woman. no matter how
busy, on whom the hard truths of
the world press too heavily, read
these Stories over, to lift the burden
for time, to blow the embers into
a cheering blaze again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19
III il A R id
r u B E

RATTLESNAkE poison found to be
an acceptable cure for several diseases.
No doubt many will find 1t necessary
to follow the cure up with a dash of
old Bourbon to counterfeit the effects or
the snake juice.
PRESS dispatches tell of Mrs Belle
Guness and her murder farm. If it
wasn't for this Laporte would be
in the hall of fame.
W. p G.-NO you can't ship any of
your Gary steel rails via the parcels
post Keep on ordering freight cars.
CHICAGO teamster had blacksmith
cut his hair with horse clippers. This
is due to the hi kost of hair cutting.
If the BARRIERS boost prices any higher
it may be that the. city council villa
have to buy some alfalfa barvesters or
moving machines for the public use.
THIS is about the time of the yeaa
when the annual grist of Xmas rail-
road wrecks begin. Just why the rail-
roads give them to us at Xmas is q
mystery yet to be solved.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE refers to a man
as the grand -in-1aw of Sarah
Bernhard. We don't get you, Steve,
but it would be awfully disconcerting
to some men to see the word grand
mother-in-l law" flashed into print
TOUGH on the kids:
1t has been decided to keep school
in session until Christmas day ana
then dismiss for the rest of the week
Then have school again New Years
week with just New Years out as a
holiday. In this way 1t will be pos
sible to make up some of the work
lost during the enforced vacation on
| account of measles and allow them
to be nearly up in their studies, where
| they should be by the mid-year ex-
| animation in the last of January.
| Griffith correspondence to THE TINES
| THEN again why should we wall a,
| the hi kost of hair cutting. Old Sam
| son got stung when he passed up his
| regular barber, a good Israelite and hac
| a Philistine fuzzy" do the job for him
a LIE on the face of it. w. II
writes that five and ten10cent store in
| Gary recently went out of business
| but left its sign ECONOMY Bazaar
still hanging. Later on a barber moved
| in and raised the price of hair clipping
to 35 cents. 1t is now asked that the
| court make the boss BARRIERS quit using
| the word Economy"
ONE good thing about Miss Heller
/ Gould is that she is marrying com
| petent railroad man. Anyone who ha:
| ever travelled over the rusty Missouri
| Pacific or the dusty and slow pokey
Wabash, both Gould lines. will wei
| come the advent of a competent rail
4 . he. Co.
TIL IRE will be no description of thu
Gary charity ball in this column to
1 night as Hennery Coldbott1e, our spe
cial correspondent. over-exerted him
self last night and was unable to worl
today.
i NOW that the government ha
smashed the egg trust we suppose tina
it will follow in the wake of the Stand
/ ard OIL and the American Tbbacco trus
/ and unscramble itself. sort of
Humpty Dumty AFFAIR. we presume.
WOODROW WILSON warns financia
l barons not to start any panics- w
suppose that this includes the Hon. Tin
| Englehart the millionaire oil mag
nate of the Ridge road.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

AS far as taking chances is con-
cerned after all there is little differ
ence between woman who keeps
$50 in her stockings and Chinaman
who keeps $4,000 in cigar box.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

WHEN a woman fees the house in
her nightrobe it is straining polite
ness a bit to say she was attired in
evening dress.-Exchange
1t isn't straining politeness SO
much as it is straining the truth.
There IS too much of the nightie for
it to be properly called evening
dress.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

EVEN in these modern times the
genius who finds a way to benefit the
human race is sometimes prosecuted
A Chicago man who invented dol
lar that would return to the owner
after it had been spent has been held
for the grand jury.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

MAN. says a woman writer,
contributes nothing to the home
but money Still, not every wife
has the nerve to send out for a neigh
Dor every time she wants the back OF
her gown hooked up.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19
THE WORM WILL TURN.

One of these nice winter days one
told by a highbrow that the health
and physique of his offspring are due
to eugenics and there will be a high
brow running to butcher shop for
thing like that.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

COURT has decided that accused
persons cannot be identified by their
voices as reproduced by the dicta-
graph. Now, if we can get a ruling
that the dictagraph is a fake and
should not be used at all, life for
some city councils and mayoralty
bodies may be worth living after all.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

BARTENDER somewhere in the
east says he paid So to have a man
shot. Waste of money surely, when
he had the dope right behind him to
kill the fellow had he only given
him enough of it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

WARE the empusa next summer
1t is a fungus that grows on flies and
chokes them to death. Simply will
have to raise empusae for the loved
ones at home next summer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

A CERTAIN Gary paper intimates
that Mrs. Guinness may be found i'll
Hammond. If she is, the c. G. D.
will come poking along a week after
it happens and print story about
her being found in Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19
Up and Down in
IN DI A N A
STARVATION CAUSES DEATH.

STARVATION CAUSES DEATH.
John Williams Colbert. IS years old.
is dead at his horne at Wabash as the
result of total abstinence of food or
water for eight days Colbert has
been blind for many years. but not un-
til few weeks ago did he give up
hope of having his sight restored
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

HAD the Three Wise Men, for
seen all this Christmas shopping
turbulence, it is possible they might
have remained in the east.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

ONE good way to do your Christ
mas shopping early is to do it before
noon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

MR. Roosevelt intimates that Mr..
Taft has no place on the supreme
bench, but it is not on record where
Mr.. Wilson is asking the Great
Bfusterer whether he may appoint
Mr.. Taft or not.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

LAST but not least this year, is
the bumper crop of Sunday school
scholars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

HOLIDAY trade is lively. Shop
early in the day to avoid the rush
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

Special meeting Hammond Chapter
No. III r. A. NJ Past High Priest night
December is. Royal Arch Degree Nc.
regular meeting December 18th.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

SO-called useless gifts often give
the most pleasure. 1t all depends
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

COLE Blease appears to be dang
erous enough to be a coal oil blaze.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

Garfield Lodge, No. 46s, F. & A. NJ.
State meeting every Friday evening.
Election OF officers Friday. Dec. 90 for
1918.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

JUST a while and no more early
shopping warnings.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19
LILLIAN PARDCHN.
HELEN PARDUHN.
HENRY PARDUHN.
AITCE DApnruN

439 Sibley street
East Chicago. Ind, Dec. 10.
Dear Santa: ] am a good boy and
go to St Mary's school. / am very
glad to hear you have come again. and
as / see the rest of the boys and girls
are writing letters will tell you what
want. Please bring me horn, jump
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-19

ARE YOU A TIMES READERs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-10-10
Fifteen Years Ago, 1897.

We are in receipt Of card announc-
ing the marriage of Miss Lulu B..
Wearne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Wearne, of Omaha, Neb., but
who formerly resided in this city, to
Mr.. Richard B. Livingston Of New
York, which occurred Sunday, Sept. rs.
Wednesday morning, while at work
on the Masonic Temple, Joe Kelly met
with an accident that will disable him
for some time. In stepping from one
scaffold to another, he tripped and fell
to the ground below, a distance Of over
sixteen feet.
The wedding Of Miss Harriet Kali
and Mr. Frank Benish took place last
Monday morning at St. Philips church
at Highland
Married at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Potterton,
in the town Of Mineral Point, on Oct.
9Th, by Rev VIM Croft Mr.. Leslie A.
Ross Of the town Of W1idwick and
Miss Rosela Potterton
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-10-10

Miss Rose Clark has gone to Beloit
for a several weeks visit.
Young man wanted to learn the
Bakery trade at Wallace Bros.
VIM. Pettis Of Chicago was in this
city the first of the week on business.
Mrs. James Wedlock visited her
daughter Ruby at Platteville over
Sunday.
Henrietta G. Hanscom, teacher of
kindergarten music, piano and organ.
Phone 70.
Courtney Sherman returned to his
school work at Platteville on Thursday
of last week.
Supt r. E. Loveland attended a
meeting of city superintendent at
Madison last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Place arrived
home Friday from a several weeks
trip through the west.
James Richards and daughter Pearl
spent from Thursday until Saturday at
Platteville and Benton.
Mrs. Adam Eulberg and daughter
Gertrude of Portage visited Mineral
Point relatives last week
Mrs. Clinton Robinson and son Of
Newell, Iowa, are guests at the nome
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Roethe.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. F. Splinter Of
Cuba City were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Brant over Sunday.
Mrs. Thomas cambridge Of Platte
vile returned to her home Saturday,
after visiting DR.. and Mrs. Parmley.
Mr. and Mrs John Ostrander left
Friday to visit at Ladysmith, this state,
from where they will 60 to st. Paul.
Mrs. Jessie McRundell and two
children of Rewey spent the past week
with Mr.. and Mrs Richard Lamberton.
Harold Cummings departed yester-
day for Detroit, Mich, where he will
take a course in automobile manufac-
turing.
Mrs. Alonzo Jacka, Mrs. E. Y.
Hutchinson and Miss Matilda Hutchinson
attended a missionary meeting in La
Crosse this week.
Piano tuning, action regulating and
everything pertaining thereto. For par
ticulars and terms, inquire Of J. w.
Anderson, phone 276. lift
Mrs. Jacobs ana daughters, Minnie
and saba, returned Tuesday from
Aberdeen, S. D., where they have been
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Jacobs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-10-10
Ten Years Ago, 1902.

Mr.. Charles NJ. cambridge and Miss
Emma Miller, both Of MiFin, were
united in marriage at one O'Clock on
Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 9Th, at the
home Of j. S. Miller, Rev John Hard
castle. pastor Of the 7. N. church Of
Mineral Point, officiating.
On last Sunday there was a reunion
dinner by the GRADER family given at
the home Of Mr.. John Mari in this
city in honor Of Rev. James GRADER,
who Is here from Australia.
Last Saturday afternoon, while VIM.
TreviIlian and Frank Keehn were AZ
work in the Gorgen quarry near this
city, Ike bank above them suddenly
cayed in, covering them both Mr..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-10-10
Frank Tyrer visited friends in

Frank Tyrer visited friends in
Dodgevile Sunday.
Wanted, work at stump grubbing.
Enquire at Tribune Office.
Rev. VIM. Croft transacted bust
ness in Chicago this week.
Hubert Wonn was a Mifflin caller
in Mineral Point last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Spang autoed
to Linden, Edmund and Cobb Monday.
Mrs. Alex Metz and son spent the
fore part of the week with relatives in
Monroe.
Mrs. George Ferrill departed last
week for an indefinite visit at Wood
lake, Neb.
Sugar has gone down 10 cents per
hundred pounds. Evidently the canning
season is over.
DIR. and Mrs. w. g. Hales and Miss
Eunice Hanscom are enjoying a few
days visit in Chicago.
Miss Ida Hosken of Kewanee, H.,
is visiting at the home of her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. w. O. Hosken.
Mr.. and Mrs, Fred Motley have re-
turned from a FIVE weeks trip to the
Dakotas Minnesota and Iowa.
Mrs. S. G. Hansen of Chicago
spent a few days of last week at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Mitchell
Mesdames M. H. Peters and Flora
Bridge We're at Platteville this week to
attend the funeral of Mrs. c. F. Rowe.
Allen jerks, Edwin Reese, Arthur
Strong and Carl Metcalf were Dodge
vile callers in our city Saturday eve
ming.
The Hughes sisters were in Mil
waukee Tuesday to resume their vocal
training and also to begin lessons in
cello playing.
The property of Mrs. Henry Iyey |
ST., situated one block north of St.
Mary church, is offered for sale at
reasonable price.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spratler and |
son John and Mr.. and Mrs j, l. Maust |
and son Billy enjoyed an auto ride to
Platteville Sunday.
Men wanted to handle freight dur
ing season Of navigation. Wages 33c !
per hour. w. J. Corners, 85 Reed St, |
Milwaukee, Wis 26t
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-10-10
Local Overflow.

sS~sS<s
Pay less and dress better. Buy
your clothing of g. Varlin.
Mrs. James Simon and daughter
left this city Sunday for Monroe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Roger have
been visiting relatives in Milwaukee.
"A. G. Nygren of Milwaukee was a
business caller in our city last Thurs
day.
The W. c. T. U. will meet next
Wednesday, Oct. l6, with Miss Emma
Padon.
Initial stationary % cents per box
at Ivey's Pharmacy Regular price
35 cents.
Mrs. David Jacka and daughter
Alice were over-Sunday visitors in
Darlington.
Will Chamley visited at the home
of his mother in Livingston several
days last week.
Mrs. Ed. Norris and family re
turned Friday from a visit to Elk Grove
and Beaver Dam
DIR. and Mrs. Orrin Josln and son
Of Linden were callers at the j. P.
Hawkins home Sunday
Mrs. John Kempthorne returned to
Platteville last Thursday, after visiting
Mr. and Mrs Bert Shepard.
Miss Bertha Keeling left Friday to
visit her sister at Gratiot. From there
she will return to Milwaukee.
Mr. and Mrs. r. W. Wilkinson of
Omak, Wash, are visiting at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs, w. II. Kaump.
Miss Wayne Mitchell, who has been
spending the summer in Mineral Point,
departed for Butte, Mont, Tuesday.
New patterns for Punched En-
broidery in center pieces, table scarfs,
pillow tops and waists "A. M. Kramer.
Miss Ena Hutchinson arrived home
Monday from Pittsburg, Pa, where
she has been visiting at the Crellan
home
Richard White, who is attending
Browns Business College at Rockford,
was a week end visitor at the parental
home in this city
Miss Rachel Jacka entertained a
number of friends with party Monday
evening at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Jacka, it being
her eighteenth birthday.