Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 95, Hammond, Lake County, 9 October 1906 — Page 3

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TUESDAY. OCT. ), 190f.

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A. 1". Knott.- i.s attf-ndinK to business rnuturs in Chicago this afternoon. Mrs. Butcher spMit today in Chicago, part of her errand belnt? the purchase of the organ for the Sunday school. Mrs. Butcher is secretary of the school. O. A. Krinbill of Hammond, candidate for commissioner from this district, visited here today. Gary appreciates what he lias done for her and expects to show it in a substantial way this fall when opportunity is offered. Miss IteLder returned to Valparaiso last evening- after spending the day here. We are allowed to presume that j she will soon cease to visit here, in ail probability corning here to live within a few months. Leslie Chambers, the younger of the boys, started to school this morning. This makes the enrollment fifty-two. which number will be greatly increased as soon as the other building is erected. i V. H. Curtis, county superintendent of schools, paid the local school a short visit this afternoon. lie complimented the work that i.s being done, lif-lng surprised at the progress that has been made since last he was here. Fitzgerald brothers now have another cook. The former man in that capacity forgot yesterday that he was chef for the house. To avoid any more lapses of memory a new man was installed who is giving good satisfaction to the brothers and their guests. Sunday school and church services were held Sunday with very good attendance. A committee was chosen to go to Chicago and purchase an organ for the use of the Sunday school and also some additional song books. F. I"). Knotts loaded his furniture yesterday and this morning he left with his faithful dog. Frank, for the Springs property at Porter. Here a house is being erected which he and Mrs. Knotts will occupy when ready. In the meantime they will live in the tent they took with them. Mrs. F. 1). Knotts Is at present in Robertsdale with her daughter, Mrs. Cox. Guy Staples of South Rend spent the morning here today getting a line on the probable location of a supply yard which a large firm with which he is connected, expects to operate here. It will probably be located so as to use the trackage and yard facilities that can be offered by the Lake Shore, the T. I. and the R. & ()., after they have all been premamently located. Mr. Staples' firm does a very large business of a similar nature in South Rend and comes well equipped to carry out their project. While attempting to board a train last evening a lady who had been visiting here during the day, narrowly eneupvtV ben thrown from the train. She tried to board the train after it started and grasped the wrong- rail. The speed of the train threw her out so that she lost her balance, and had it not been for the presence of mind of Mr. Rrink, who sprinted along the train and helped her regain her foothold on the steps of he coach, she would have been swung under the wheels of the train. The Rlome company is now employing some three hundred eighty men. Broadway presents the appearance of nn apiary with the large numbers of men moving about in the work of putting In the sidewalks, curbs and paving the street. A large force is clustered around each mixer, some hauling cement, sand and crushed rock to the mixer, others taking the concrete as it pours out of the machine and hauling it to where it is to become a part of the sidewalk or curb. Here other men have prepared the ground by tamping; the material is dumped in and the finishers follow and when they leave it is ready for use following a short period for drying. About two blocks of granitoid paving is done. Dyer News. Rev. Joseph Flach left yesterday for AVanatah where he will assist in the forty hours' devotion services. John Miller, Jr.. of St. "John here yesterday to look after some portant business matters. was imCharles Lowe of Hammond, piano tuner and repairer, was here yesterday to put several pianos in order. Lost, a pair of glasses somewhere between Pyer and two and one-half please return to postolhee and receive rewa rd. According to the looks, the empty space between our church and Catholic school property is being transformed !to a miniature pnrk. When everything is completed our church property will be one of the prettiest in Lake county. St. John News. Mrs. hicai Win. o last O'Rrie night. i returned from Dr. William D. Weis of Hammond. Democratic candidate for county coronor visiteu St. John vesterdav. F. P. Keihnan made to Chicago yesterday, terday. a business trip Miss Frances Stark and Mr. Frank Stark returned from last night. and Mrs. Chicago Fred Soberer left for Chicago yesterday morning t take up work there again. The auction bills for personal property of Oct. IS, are outlae s;i lni: 1le of ! loin the for

The stockholders of the St. creamery have called a meeting' held at the creamery Saturday a. in.

John i to be at I The regular monthly meeting of St. John's Court No. C. O. F. will be held next Saturday at 7 o'clock p. m. All the members of the court are requested to attend on account of important business, viz: William F. Keilman intends to lay out a street around his new adidtion. starting from Joseph Cm. .Sehmal's corner west between the Foresters hall and the public school house, to Peter Stark's line, thence north to the St. John creamery. Right at the starting point the C. O. F. hall is in his way and he will bring a proposition before the court, through the hall committee, to acquire possession of the ground where the hall is built. In order to lay out the street as he intends, the hall will have to be moved so much to the south side of the r.evv street and will be on the corner lot. As far as could be ascertained Mr. Keiirnan wiil make the St. John Court a liberal offer. Lowell News. er, visited Attorney Wood and wife here Monday. William Randall of Illinois, is here the guest of his cousins the Dinwiddies. George Fnnis and family have moved their household goods to Cfticago Heights where they expect to make their future home. Willis Cook and Nancy Pissett of Crete, 111., who came here to attend the funeral of Frank Pi x ley last Sunday, will remain for a week or ten days to visit relatives and friends at Lowell and Creston. John Minic and William Loman of Gary came down to Lowell in their automobile Monday. We understand their mission here was to negotiate with Henry Govert for a 40-acre tract of land he owns at Gary. It is reported that Mrs. Jessie Hayden is suffering from a severe attack of appendicitis. A physician was called on to perform an operation on her on Monday. John Thompson and wife who went to Lawton, Okla., a few weeks ago, have written to their friends here that they are all taken with the country and that they are thoroughly enjoying themselves. Their health is greatly improved in that southern climate. The town is fast filling up with people from all parts of the country who are there waiting for claims which are expected to be opened for sale by the government soon. The announcement of the marriage of Joseph Heiser to Miss Lizzie Silk, was made at Crown Point last Thursday. The young couple tried to keep their marriage a secret but it leaked out and now everybody is smoking at Joe's expense. The contracting parties are receiving the hearty congratulations for their future happiness and prosperity. The newly married couple will be at home to their friends in the Peter Berg house on North Clark street. Mr. and Mrs. William Adams of ThavValparaiso News. Mrs. Willis Ripley of is the guest of Mr. and Fa i ley. Evanston, 111., Mrs. Frank L. Edward Howard returned home Saturday from his trip through the west. The condition of E. L. Wilson is much Improved today. Rev. Father Hogan and sister. Miss Mary Hogan. went to Elkhart this afternoon to attend the funeral of Rev. Father IJockelman. Sheriff Green goes to Chicago tomorrow to look for a man named Little, of Knox, who escaped from tlie Logansport asylum. Mr. and Mrs. land, Ore., who E. Starr for tin this afternoon T. Papworth of Porthave been visiting A. past two weeks, left for their home. There was no court held here yesterday. Judge MeMahon was unable to be on the bench, having a case at Crown Point. He will be here Tuesday. Hobart News Mr. and Mrs. Rudy over Sunday with Dr. family in Valparaiso. VanLoon visited C. A. Nixon and Messrs John Fiester, Chas. Hamilton and Hug in Chicago yesterday. d. Battermai. Zobieck were John Francen was at Indiana Harbor yesterday looking after his property interests tlie re. Mr. Loekridge, who lias of the Nic-kel Plate section had lie re ciui for rge the :pasi year, win move his tamily to Hi Knox. ; Ind., this week. Lottie VanLoon I occupy the house vacated by him. i will Joe Young of Crown Point was in town last evening. He came here from Ainsworth where he had been to subpoena seme witnesses in the Do France case. j Mrs. Anna Peterson, aged 76 years. : died at the homo of her daughter. Mrs. Axe! Carlson. Saturday afternoon. Fuj neral services will be conducted from ; the Swedish M. E. church today at 2 p. j m., and the interment will take place j in the Hobart cemetery. Thos. Hope, who has been a faithful employe in the Shearer livery stable for a long period, has quit his position there and is now employed in the coal office of John Hancock as chief clerk. J. Urondart of Herdon. Pa.. 01 his way home from Garland. Wyo.. with a Jar load of horese stopped here for feed

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water yesterday, a nice team of Shearer. While here Mark mares he to Miss Lizzie Yansen of Ft. Wayne. Ind. arrived here yesterday to begin keeping house for h-r brother. Rev. Father Yarscn. Miss Julia Beaver, who has been acting in that capacity since Father Yansen's arrival in Hobart four years ago. left Saturday for her home in Michigan City. East Chicago Mrs. Bronson will spend the with her daughter, Mrs. Johnson. week Miss Deathe spent Monday with her sister in Whiting. evening The Ladies' Aid of the C. church meet at Mrs. Spears tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Facey. who visited Mrs. Alyea and Mrs. II. M. Johnson, have returned to their home in Joliet. Tlie Reading club met at Mrs. Marsden's this afternoon, taking up for their first work, the history of Germany. Carl Quinn, who has been sick in bed for the last week, is now getting along nicely and expects to go back to work the latter part of this week. Miss Pearl Rums is back Chicago and intends living mother this winter, going forth to her work in Chicago. in East with her back and The brick work on the Saxony school house will be started today. It will not be so very long now until the school will be completed as every effort is being made by the contractor to rush this work through. Last Saturday several of the offices were visited by a woman begging for money with which to bury her husband. At each place she stopped she presented a letter signed by J. Carson, telling the object of her visit. At one. place, about $4.00 had been collected in the office and before giving the money to the woman it occurred to the clerk, who had done the collecting, to ask who this man Carson was, and where both he and she lived. The woman evaded answering the questions and when pressed' further, she said she lived at lS4th.-9.ith street. The young fellow immediately knew it was a "fake" as there is no such street in East Chicago. He then told the woman he guessed nothing could be done for her. As she turned to leave the place she said a few things which would not look well in print. East Side News. Frank the sick Smith, list. 9S15 Avenue J, is on John Tickett formerly of Side, now residing in Denver, ing here. the East is visitThe Peterson family from Moreland were visiting with the Ringman family at 103rd street and Ewing avenue. Miss Mabel Matthews, who formerly resided at 10214 Ewing avenue but moved on the North Side, was visiting friends on the East Side yesterday. Two baptisms were performed at the Swedish Lutheran church at 102nd street and Avenue L last Sunday evening. The child of Rev. and Mrs. S. G. Hagglund was baptized by Rev. Johnston of Summerdale and the child of Mr. and Mrs. A. Anderson of 10027 Ewing avenue was baptized by Rev. Hagglund. Crown Point Fred Fiii'man is planning to Mason City, la., the comin: on a trip ; week. Ed Davis and wife of Chicago spent Sunday with Mrs. Davis' relatives. The Crown Point high school football team got trimmed up at Michigan City last Saturday by a score of 32 to 0. Willis Wood of Chicago, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Wood. David Jones has returned to Crown Point and accepted a position at Sehrr.al's hotel. Miss liae Lathrope, stenographer for Attorney Frank Meeker, contemplates a visit to her parents, at St. Andrews Bay. Flu., this winter. Miss Minnie Schultz. teacher in District No. 5, Center township, is 0n the sick list this week. Miss Ida Dillabaugh is asting as substitute for he,r. The joint institute of the St. John. Center, WinfieUI and Eagle Creek township teachers was held here last Saturday under the direction of Superintendent Curtis. Albert Maaek. D. E. Boone and Ernest t Short ridge of Hammond were lere Saturday afternoon shaking the hands of their numerous friends and forming new acquaintances. A meeting of the property owners c.n those interested in the new, electric line project betweet Crown Point an.1 Gary will be held at the Butler school house tomorrow evening. Neil Brown came up from the Brown ranch on the Kankakee Sunday and brought with him some of the finest specimens of corn ever grown irl Lake county. Some of the ears measures 16 inches in length and the average Is over 12 inches. At present there is not a single house for rent in town and one family has already moved away for lack of a place to live. Over a dozen new houses are under course of construction but every one of them has already been rented long in advance. The question of a sewerage system is receiving considerable, attention

Crown Point these days' and a concerted effort is to be made in the near future to get the town trustees to take the necessary steps towards putting in a thorough system.

The death of Charles Reigel Jr., the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. CharK-s Riegel occurred Saturday after a week's illness with appendicitis. He was their eldest son and was a bright manly little fellow, well liked by ail who knew him. Funeral services were held from Si. Mary's church todav. Ed Ensweiler had a runaway while (passing through Merrillville Saturday j night, and nariowly escaped serious injury. His horse became irighteneu by escaping steam from a C. C. & L. work train, throwing him into the ditch arnl upsetting the buggy. Ed received several severe brulfs and the buggy was a little disfigured. A rousing leception was given the Hon. E. I. Crumpacker at Central Music Hall Saturday night, the occasion being the opening of the campaign in this section of the country. Mr. Crumpaeker's speech was a masterful effort of clean, clear-cut facts, relative to the record made by the last congress, and a discussion of the issue of the present campaign. He was listened to with careful attention and the hearty applause given him was a token of the esteem in which "Our Ed" is held in Crown Point, was held by tl Music for the occasion e Tillotson band. South Deering. Robert Pickert, tion in the East. formerly of the East A. IT. MeComb is the the South Deerir.g M. E. new pastor cf church. E. W. Rarlow left last night Pittsburg. Pa., in the interest of International Harvester Co. for the Finley MeKinley, a popular young man of South Deering has resumed his duties in the machine shop of the I. H. Co., after having spent a three weeks vacation in Wheeling, W. Ya. Robertsdale Mrs. Louis Herndobler and daughter Fracie were Chicago visitors yesterday. Mrs. Henry Jockish of Reese avenue is very ill with the rheumatism. Robert Atchison returned home from Crocker, Ind., Monday. Mrs. was a A. J. Brown of Chicago visitor I Tarrison Monday. avenue Mrs. visitor Mrs. is very James Cross Monday. was a Hammond Albert Schultz of ill with peritonitis. 119th street Miss Anna Dougherty of boulevard is on the sick list. Indiana Mrs. T. W. Kohr entertained Chicago friends Sunday. Little Margery Poland is improving very nicely and will be home Saturday. Mrs. Frank Beuhler entertained Mr. and Mrs. (arl Beuhler and family of Chicago over Sunday. The youngest child of Thomas Ryan of Harrison avenue has been quite sick with tonsilitis. Mrs. Sydney Smith of South Chicago visited her father, John Kreuter, of Indiana boulevard, on Sunday. Mr. Banks of Hobart. Ind., candidate for representative, visited friends in Robertsdale Monday. Mrs. J. Adams visiting Avith her Fred Lingham an a few weeks. of Cleveland, O., is cousins, Mesdames 2 Jake Wichorst for The Evangelical church of Robertsdale held their rally clay exercises Sunday evening. The church was beautifully decorated and the exercises were a great success. Whiting News Charles Davidson and family are entertaining friends from Chicago. The directors of held their monthly the public library meeting yesterday. Dr. Putnam has a fine new buggy which he had made to order. The high school door base ball boys are playing inMesdames Klose and Trowe have returned from a visit at Salt Creek, Ind. Born, Schrage to Mr. and Mrs. George Stoll avenue, a daughter. of Born, to Mr. and- Mrs. Mat Braidich if New York avenue, a daughter. The Bader and Gavit families took an auto trip toChicago yesterday. Mr. Derksine of Indiana Harbor was in Whiting on business yesterday. George McClellan attended the ball game at the West Side ball park Sunday. Misses Irene Putnam and Minnie Stevenson saw Chauncey Olcott at MeVicker's last night. Mrs. Fred Brett of the Pedersen block has nearly recovered from her recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cripliver will soon move into the Rankin cottage on Fred street. Miss Mayme Campbell and Jacob Xiland visited In South Chicago last iaicijiit.

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hubbard saw "Out of L'arkiiess" at the Calumet theatre last evening.

The members of the school an for Ftida;. ptann: night. a hay rack party The sample seats have arrived, for the auditorium for the manual training building-. It is expected to have the building completed in about one month. Miss Amelia Hoppe, the faithful telephone operator, will go back to hr old position at the telephone e.cnane tonight. Miss Lulu Free! ins- who has been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thorn..) Williams of Clark street, has returned to her home in New York City. Mrs. Burroughs returned to her home in Joliet yesteiday after spending a few days with uer daughter, Mrs. G. H. Fine Id. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Getts and Mr. and Mis. Cliarles Klos and Miss Ella Klose saw "George Washington Jr." at tlie Colonial last night. Coroner Hoskins was called home this morning from his vacation which he was spending in Illinois, to hold an inquest on a man supposed to ha e been murdered at Hobart. The father of Michael Paylo died at his residence on Schrage avenue yesterday morning. Heath was due to old age, as the deceased was 95 years old. Funeral will he held at ! o'clock tomorrow morning from Father Benedict's church in Robertsdale. Burial will be at Greenwood cemetery, Hammond. 11 Gramma Society. Several members of the high school alumni association have formed a Greek letter society for the purpose of devoting at least One hour a day to study. It will be known as the "Pi Gamma" society and will as soon as possible, be incorporated under the state laws. The officers are as follows: Grand Patron, John C. Hall; Oracles, Roy Green, Jessie Curtis and Herman Trowe; marshal. Roy Morrison; secretary. Roy Til ton; treasurer, Junior Swartz; guard, Miss Edith Gladfelter. The leaders intend to promote this new enterprise by organizing branch societies in high schools all over the state and also among the persons who desire to spend a certain portion of their time in study. Hegewisch News Miss Alice Stutman is at her regular place of business with one student. Mrs. Jensen won the cuckoo clock last night at the bazaar in the opera house. A. A. Kuss attended the Cubs-Sox ball game today at the West Side ball park. Mrs. W. McDonald shopping. J. Pinkerton and Mrs. A. C. spent the day in the city Tolleston Otto Borman, our little big man. made a business trip to Hammond today. Frank Jones, the village blacksmith, was in Chicago on business today. Louis Booze of Hammond has been awarded the contract to plaster Frank Borman's new store. j The new store built on Chicago road j by Dan Wick is being fitted and stocked j up by his son-in-law. William Kunert, the township treasurer, as in Crown Point today on business. Deputy Sheriff Morris of Hammond passed through Tolleston yesterday enroute to Gary where he transacted official business. The gale that blew nearly all day yesterday did quite a little damage to the new lumber shed that is under construction. A number of sections that had been raised were blown down but nobody was injured. Tolleston is now a flufiedged incor porated town with city officials, ordi nances, tax levies and all that which makes one feel the dignity of living in a place that has a boundary line. Frank Borman goes down in history as the first president of the village board. A meeting was held last night when the president was chosen. Tims lie may be satisfied that he was the popu lar choice. Fred Harms has been chosen as town marshal. Some of th lighter duties that fall to his lot are the looking after the streets and high ways, to keep a watchful eye on all slot machines, collect the dog taxes, act as fire marshal with a company of volunteer bucket carriers and last but not least keep the Gary element in marching order when it comes in his precinct. A X NOUM'EMEM The Sirnabe Piano factory withe to announce that it has no retail branches or mtores in Hammond or elmewliore. I The company sells direct from the factory only, at factory prices. Do not be misled or confused by pianos with similar names, but when in the market for an instrument, buy direct from the factory, thereby saving middlemen's profits and agents commission, dlciuen's profits and agents commission. Terms to suit. Take South Hohman street car, come and are how GOOD pianos are made. .10-9-lwk Coat Made of Rabbits' Ears. A coat which has been placed on exhibition in a London furrier's shop is made out of 1.200 rabbit ears, which have been sewed together in such a manner as to make a serviceable waterproof coat

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