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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
LOTS OF LAND LEFT.

Every once in while we bump into
some one who has kick about condi-
tions in certain one of the cities of the
Calumet region.
1t may be Gary, it may be East Chi
cago, it may be Hammond or any of
the rest of them. He may not like the
way the city officials do or a dozen
other things He always has a sore
toe about something or other and is
always holding it up for exhibition.
Now this is entirely unnecessary
The world is big. Get out if you don't
like it. This world isn't as small as
some persons think. If the election
didn't result to your satisfaction and
you feel like indulging wanderlust
there's room. Avoid the beaten paths
and you won't rub elbows with any one
YOU don't want to meet or any condi
lion you don't want to deal with.
On rough estimate it is declared
shat seven millions OF square miles, OF
Dne-eighth of the total land surface O.
The world, is waiting to be discovered
Some two hundred thousand of thi.
lie in the Arctic regions of the north
and nearly three million square mile:
in the Antarctic
In Arabia is tract of land unexplor
ed nearly five times as large as Grea
Sritain. Nearly quarter of Australia
is still unexplored, mainly in the west
where the population averages only ont
personto every twenty square miles
New Guinea has baffled countless ex
seditions, though many are trying t,
ight their way inland from the coast
and in Peru strange, wild eyed men oc
.asionally descend from the mountains
and bring wonderful fragments of ricI
minerals with them But they refus
70 act as guides to those who woul,
accompany them back.
There's plenty of spare room.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

tude towards interurban development
Hammond has not single interurban
line connecting this city with the coun-
try districts to the southwark. 1t has
not a single means of transportation
between the rich truck farming dis
tricts on the ridge and the logical
market for produce to the northward.
If the city of Hammond fails to grant
a franchise to the Green line so that
this project may be financed outside of
the restrictions of the public utility bill
twill be years before the road will be
built.
The board Of works and the common
council is not asked to grant blanket
franchise to the Green line. 1t is not
asked to turn down one interurban
proposition for the purpose of taking
up another. 1t is simply asked to
grant a reasonable franchise to the
existing traction system for the use of
"a thoroughfare which it already oc-
cupies.
This leaves Calumet avenue, Column
bia avenue and Kennedy avenue, all
north and south thoroughfares, open
for any other interurban lines that
ma plan to come into Hammond.
In the city of Gary 35 miles 81
streets have been turned over to the
Gary & Interurban line for develop
ment to evade the provisions of the
public utilities act, in Whiting the
Gary & Interurban line has been
granted rights and the Green lines
franchise will be passed in a day or so
Everywhere except in Hammond
cities have encouraged the develop
ment of interurban lines by making
grants that will permit of the evasion
of the restrictions of the new public
utilities act Thus they have indirect
| ly subsidized pioneering development
| Hammond alone lags behind Strong
prejudices against the local system
many of which are we'll founded mus
be overcome What the people of this
community want is line and the cit,
officials ought to make some conces
sions to get one built while the chanc,
still remains.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
MuZZLING THE PRESS.

Senator Works, of California, doesn't
like the way the newspapers of the
country are run and has introduced a
bill a bill to make it unlawful for Dis
trict of Columbia newspapers to pub
Hsh details of crimes, accidents and
tragedies.
1t is not known whether the Senator
is pushing this bill at the behest of his
constituents or any one else besides
imself, but he is attached to a lost
cause. His objects % to cleanse
journalism and % to spare the feel
ings of relatives of noted criminals are
commendable as far as they go, but
they don't go far
Would not the barring of exposures
of crime encourage it?
If it were forbidden to publish &C
counts of accidents" would not the
automobile JOY rider go practically UNI
checked?
If the bill became law would the
Senator stop there He might not like
sermon, political utterance, the
market reports, the weather Woulo
he propose to better all these by forbid
ding mention of them?
The bill is tragedy. Let's start by
prohibiting further reference to it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
THE COMING WEEK.

New York, April 26.-The following
events are scheduled to take place dur
ing the coming week
MONDAY
King George reviews Brigade of
guards in Hyde Park, London, which
is planned as one OF the most pictures
que events of the year.
Will of Rear Admiral Eaton, whose
widow has been charged with his
death, viii be probed before Judge
Chamberlain at Rockford, Mass.
Bids for the construction of % miles
of canal in the Milk River irrigation
project in Montana will be opened in
Washington. The canal is to be built
under treaty with Canada.
| New York Public Service Commission
to take up consideration plans looking
toward the final abolition Of horse cars
in the metropolis.
TUESDAY.
| Meeting of Florida Historical Society
at Deland-
women's Civic Clubs all over the
cvoi-1try to advocate clean city day.
WEDNESDAY.
Mrs. Richard T. Crane. New York So
lcisty woman. weds Francis II. A. Junkin.
of New York, in Paris.
Princess Jull8nd, daughter bl lHe
Queen of Holland and her Consort, cele-
brates fourth birthday anniversary.
| Miss Jean Pughsley. New York socie-
| ty girl. weds Penrhyan Stanlaws. the
portrait painter, in New York.
Beef trust attorneys viii auppear be-
fore Supreme Court of Missouri, at ST.
Louis. to deny that certain firms are
combining to control prices.
THTTRSDAY
American Peace Congress opens at St
Louis, Mo.
New tea season begins today and
United States government will continue
| to bar all colored teas from the country.
FRIDAY.
Colonel Roosevelt will speak at big
ralys in the interest of votes for women
at Carnegie Hall of New York City, to-
night.
SATURDAY.
The National American Woman
| Suffrage Association holds monster pa
| rade in New York, the marchers being
divided into seven groups.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
MIKE AND HIS THIRTY BEERS

Spring brings it humors as well as
poetry and health tonics. Now, there
is Mike Malone of New York who fell
off water" if you like, but
also an express wagon-and hurt him
self so seriously that he is going to
sue the city. Malone says he had only
thirty glasses of beer and does not
think that any jury viii take sides
with the city against him on that &C.
count. Jury duty as a rule, is not at
tractive to men whose minds do not
run gladly to disputation and ratiocina-
ton; but question whether thirty
glasses of beer will cause intoxication
beyond the power of driving a team
has possibilities pleasing many. Spring
has already tempered the mouths OF
men with a wholesome thirst At no
season is beer ripper or mellower OF
more In harmony with both internal
nature Nor can there be better
time for testing ones ability to drive
team. 1t can be done now DIS
"jocund" as in the time when Mr.. Gray
put the word in the vocabulary OF
poesy.
Why, then, not give the jury the
beer and the team and put the issue to
test beyond argument? What harm
if perpetual disagr sements compel ap
pea1s to higher courts and continual
series of new trials?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
EVEN IN HIGH PLACES.

The cables are telling of the graft
accusations that throw a shadow upon
officials and dignitaries occupying
In London parliament is Investigate
ig the charge that members of the
cabinet profited in the stock sales of
Marconi Wireless, through their
make a favorable contract with the
company.
1t is a more serious charge that is
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

THAT old chestnut about persons
with slender purses lolling around in
taxieabs while millionaires use the
strict cars is still going around. If
millionaires used the street cars there
would be better time made, more
civil conductors, fewer loafers strut
ting in either smoking or carrying
butts without rebuke and no strap
hangers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
APRIL - IN HISTORY.

stroyed by earthquake.
1s3s-Great fire at Charleston, s. c.. al
most destroying the city.
of treaty of peace
between England. France, Turkey
and Russia.
1S64-House appropriated $4,000, 900
for equipping 10000 additional
troops.
1SS3-Tornado in Mississippi
1SS4-Spain began negotiations to sell
Cuba to Mexico.
19G3-United States Supreme Court
sustained Alabama law disfran-
chising negroes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
The Day in
HISTOR Y
APRIL 20 IN HISTORY.

1794-The Vendeans under Charette, de-
feated by the French.
JS19-Odd Fellows Society first organic.
ed in the United States. at Balti-
more.
1S65-Capture of John Wilkes Booth,
assassin of President Lincoln.
1S9.-Democratic majority in the
United States Senate accused OF
selling out to the sugar trust
1e00-HuH and part of Ottawa, Canada
destroyed by fire; 10000 homeless
damage to property over s5o.oeo.
1905-Tarif war in prospect between
the United States and Germany.
1912-Bodies of John Jacob Aston and
Isador Straus. Titanic victims. re-
covered at sea.
Funeral of Fred ID. Grant held in
New York City.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
ToDAY,s BIRTHDAY HoNoRs.

Charles Sprague Smith, the noted
teacher, lecturer and author, is fifty
nine today. He is one of the foremost
advocates of laws for the benefit of
children in the United States. is trus-
tee of the New York Child Labor So
ciety and of the New York Peace So
ciety Mr.. Smith is among the guests
expected to address the big sociologi-
cal congress at Atlanta, Ga, today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

PROBABLY April 6 has been set
down in the private record Of Willis
Moore as the coolest day since the
weather bureau was established.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

ANYWAY, these English suffra-
gists have one advantage when they
are sent to prison. They are enabled
to reduce
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

COLONEL Roosevelt has eaten a
two-cent lunch. Which leads to the
conclusion that the Armageddon COM
missary department is depleted.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

THE Democratic party will not be
satisfied with the Underwood tariff
bill until it is amended to put about
10000 government jobs on the free
list.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

POINTED out quite succinctly by a
man who evidently has both that
knowledge is power but it takes
money to run an automobile.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

WITHIN the last seven months
there have been 433 cases of suicide
scarcity of tourists from the
provinces.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

SINCE Virginia Brooks Washburne
is spending her time writing for the
newspapers and magazines. We
opine that Mr.. Virginia Brooks Wash
burne is eating his meals out some
where.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

THE queen of the May will, as
usual. wear dads old straw hat on
her head, mop in her hand and a
smudge Of SCOT on her face.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

HAMMOND would be fine sort of
a place to live in, if some of thost old
barnacles and millstones hanging
around its neck were allowed to have
their way.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

DE WOLF Hopper has just secured
another divorces Hopper is evidently
about as strong at the bat as was his
friend Casey.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

Hammond Council No. 90 r. and S. NJ.
Stated Assembly first Tuesday each
month. Glass of candidates Tuesday,
June 3rd. J. w. Morthland. Rec. r s.
Caller. T. /. NJ
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

SOME people think that Dragging
about liking rank smelling cheese es-
tablishes their social standing beyond
question or cavil
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

YOU can help but notice that that
man Underwood is having his own
way about a lot of other matters be-
sidts free wool
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

stated meeting Garfield lodge No.
SEQ, +. q A. NJ, Friday, April 25. 500
p. m. Z. G. degree. Visitors welcom-
ed r. S CALLER, Sec. E. NJ. SHANK
lin, w. NJ.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

TOM Marshall is surely putting the
offict of vice-president on the map.
City Dispatch. Yes, and
himself off the map
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

Hammond Commandery No. Al K. t.
Regular stated conclave Monday. May 8
work in Red Cross.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

Hammond Chapter No. lit r. A. NJ
Special meeting Wednesday. April so
Work in Mark degree.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
BRR-RR-R. HOW COLD 1T is.

(From The Record Herald)
Mrs Disraeli once said to an as
tonished circle n an English country
house. Dizzy has the most won
derful moral and political courage,
but he has no physical courage. l al
ways have to pull the string of his
shower bath
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

IN passing we have to make note OF
the Wolf-Trainer wedding at Hunting
ton. He will be pretty tame after a
few months
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

CAN'T tell us that the American peo-
pie aren't plungers. At least 1S.7sS,992
folks will take their regular 5. n bath
tonight.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

CONGRESSMAN GLASS is author of
new currency reform bill. The common
pei pull ought to be able to see through
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

DIR. SCALES is suggested for secre-
tary of the state board of health. He
ought to add weight to the board.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

IF there are any proofreaders or
makeup men in heaven we don't want
to go there.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

GRANDSON of Longfellow out in
Boston has quit his job as a street car
conductor to become journalist His
experience ought to enable him to con-
duct a clumn like this.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

MARRIED HOUR; ASKS FOR MON
EY."-Headline
Now all you men readers quit laugh
ing. For once it wasn't the woman
who did the asking
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
HE WILL BRING TEARS TO
SOME Hxn NIA Nc EN-

SOME woMAN'S EYES.
(Twelve-mile correspondence to the
Peru Republican,
Uncle Dan is back in old Bunker
ton again after spending the winter
in Chill and Denver. He looks as fat
and sleek as a peeled onion
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

PHOTOGRAPHERS are having a lot
of fun because this is the centenary
of the plug hat. Well. one good thing
about the plug hat is that it is pretty
careful about who wears it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

SHALL. business go into politics.?
asks contemporary. Might as we'll
Politics got into business long ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
WOULDN'T
MIND
1T AT ALL

COULDN'T In case the militant
MIND suffragettes are exiled
AT ALL. to some solitary island
the Springfield Repub-
suggests that they be
banished to the Isle of
Man. Great ideal None
of the male voters there
would have the least
objection to the mill
tants being up in
arms
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
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HEARD BY RUDE
4 Assisted by HENNERY COLDBOTTLE
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FACT that city chemist has
declared that the water sup
ply of Gary is pure won't
make the least bit of differ
ence TO some of its natives.
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
DECIDE TO QUIT MISSOURI. "-Chica-
go Tribune headline.
Which goes to show that you can
carry the show me- policy too far.
ALSO: While in California Mr.. Bry
an, no doubt. will take advantage OF
the opportunity to buy few casks of
grape juice where the beverage is
cheap.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

INDIANAPOLIS NEWS asks Indiana
democrats If they are going to follow
Woodrow or desert him. Suffering
martyrs So many of the faithful are
so hungry from their long wait at the
pie-counter that they can barely stand,
much less do any following.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

Try a La Vendor cigar. It's good
ADV.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

WOULD be simply awful if we got
into war with Japan. Where would we
get the rice to shower on the brides?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26

Suffragette
Never yet
Remained true
And loyal blue
To the cause.
Here we pause
For a time
To get the rhyme
And mediate
And cogitaSe
on the reason
For their treason
It's an easy guess
You'll confess
without acrimony-
The cause is matrimony,
Minnie Fish.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-26
THE TIMES
NEWSP APERS
BY The Lake County Printing and Pub
fishing Company.

Entered at the Postoffces. Hammond
and Gary. Ind. as second class matter.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-11-20

passed out of existence The turkey rattle with
dice is still custom in some parts of the coun-
try. Usually the turkey is tough bird which
was purchased cheap by the proprietor OF the
saloon (for the rattle usually takes place there)
The rattle of course, draws crowd OF men, VINO
incidentally patronize the bar during the pro-
ceedings Another sportive feature of Thanks
giving longer in vogue was the shooting
match where live turkeys tied to sticks were
used. This cruel practice was abandoned be-
cause the New England clergy objected, not on
account of its cruelty, but because 1t kept the
men away from the church service This reason
seems to fit in with the idea of the men back In
the seventeenth century who, while they were
eating a Thanksgiving dinner of venison, dscov-
cred that the deer had been killed on Sunday.
They at once sent for the Indian and had him
publicly whipped, and also compelled him to
return the money which he had been paid for
the deer This being done, they at once re-
sumed their dinner and finished up the venison.
New York city is responsible for the strangest
of all Thanksgiving customs. and one which has
only recently died out Young men and boys
used to dress themselves in fantastic garb and
parade the streets-hundreds of the boys wear
ing their sisters old clothes, their faces smeared
with paint and their heads covered with wigs
AS late as 1885 they held parades and made the
street hideous with their humping drums and
blaring trumpets. In 1870 this queer perform
ance took on the dignity of political parade and
prizes were distributed to the companies wearing
the most unique clothing Senator William M.
Tweed, the famous political boss of that period,
was the donor of prize of $500 In gold This
custom was undoubtedly a survival of Guy
Fawkes days, carried out on a later day in the
year for some unknown reason 1t practiced
only in New York city.
Thanksgiving has always been day of char
ity, and in the old days it was considered bad
luck to turn even tramp from the door, and
our mi ho chs
able institutions have their turkey dinners, usual
ly gifts from charitable people Our prisons too,
serve their inmates with hearty meal and have
some sort of service of praise The customs of
the great national holiday may have changed |
somewhat, yet the spirit Of the first Thanksgiv- |
Ing. which was held at Plymouth, in 1921, still |
hovers about the national day of prayer and
praise OF the twentieth century, spirit of
thankfulness to God for his mercy and kindness |
to the people Of our great American republic.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-11-20
FOR ARRIVING COOKS.

How will find the house?" asked the cook
who had booked for Lonelyville.
Cant go wrong" said her employer, "Oar
suburb maintains a reception committee at the
depot"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-11-20
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|WkE~-. .ESP% TSl
n NERVOUSNESS

were skipped, just as it
pleased the governor of
the colony, until 1864,
when the day became a
formal one in Massachu-
sets. Other colonies fol-
lowed the example, and
pretty soon all New Eng
land joined in giving
thanks on the same day.
During the Revolution
airy war Thanksgiving
days became a fashion,
and the continental con
gress set apart at least
eight days during one
year for that purpose.
On December IS, 1877.
General Washington is
sued a proclamation for a
general Thanksgiving to
be celebrated by the sol.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-11-20
MQWD1EY1' PACKING
ERE RRe5TLAZZDW0
RzAcE or kHE RZGRzHc
0Y HPE COD

THANKSGIVING DAY has a long
and curious history and did not
originate entirely with the PHI
grims at Plymouth, for Thanksgiv-
ing days are mentioned in the BIZ
ble-days set apart for giving
thanks to God for some special
mercy. These days of fast and
prayer were customary in England
before the Reformation, and later
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-05
literal IN HIS THEOLOGY
Darky Preachers Humorous Comment
on Biblical Text AS He Under
stood Its Meaning.

OF old the right of individual private
Interpretation of the scriptures was
not accorded to the laity. Only the
priests or preachers were authorized
to say what was meant by the sacred
text. That has all been changed, and
mo man will now be expelled from the
most orthodox church for believing
that Balaam's palace mule did not
really address his fellow citizens OF
lJudea on the political issues of the
day, or considering that the statement
of the suns standing still at the order
of Captain Joshua was an illustrative
allegory and not the record Of a frozen
fact.
This advance in theology is illus
trated by the story Of the darby
preacher who delivered a sermon from
the text, "These eight did Micah
bear"
"Muffrinds," said he, you is Singh
larly blessed by de Lawd in dis gen.
Grafton. If you wants some milk you
done goes to youah cow, and at one
milk you gets enough of de laciferous
fluid fob eight people. In de olden
times of which de Bible speaks 1T
took eight folks to milk a bear. en- l
specs dey gets mighty little milk at
4dat-"-Los Angeles Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-05
PROBABLY He NEVER MISSED
Young Man Felt Himself Able to An
sWer the Domlnie's Question With
Perfect Truth.

During a convention in Washing
ton the other evening the topic
turned to things ecclesiastical, which
reminded Congressman Henry G..
Danforth of IN incident that oc-
Cured in his state.
A new preacher, the congressman
said, had been called to n of the
churches, and while on his way to
the service one Sabbath evening he
met a young man whom he had seen
on one or two previous occasions.
'Isn't this Mr.. Harkins?" asked
the dominic, stopping the young man
and extending his hand. 81 am the
new preacher who has just come to
town."
eyes, sir" replied the young man,
returning the handshake. 81 am Mr..
Harkins."
81 have seen you several times"
pleasantly continued the pastor, "but
until now 1 haven't had the pleasure.
of making your acquaintance. / pre-
sumo that you are accustomed to d.
vine worship every Sunday evening"
ooh, yes, sir" was the smiling re-
Spouse of the young man. 81 am on
my way to see her now."-Saturday
Evening Post.