Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 103, Hammond, Lake County, 18 October 1906 — Page 3

THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1906.

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Gary News

The Wabash is filling and grading for another long siding and for additional switching tracks along Its line crossing Jefferson street and Broadway. P. L. Fitzgerald, the popular proprietor of the hotel Fitz spent yesterday afternoon at Hammond. "Pat" is also fixing fences to the pleasure of his friends who have great faith in him. Acini Lugonja of Chicago has purchased the southwest corner of Eighth avenue and Broadway and expects to begin the erection of a store building at once. It will be occupied by a grocery and market. The paving on Broadway is now done past Seventh avenue and the sidewalks up to Fifth. The curbing has been completed to Fourth avenue and a mixer lias been placed on Fifth avenue where men are busy at work getting ready to put in curb and sidewalks. The organ for the Sunday school was duly installed in the school building last evening. It is rumored that an attempt may be made to secure the services of some music teacher for the schools here. Ingwald Moe, who built the first of the Steel company's barracks south of the'river and east of Broadway, is proparing to build a second building similar to the first. The latter is now running although only a part of the men have arrived as yet. Considerable progress has been mad? In the filling in of Jefferson street across the large slough where It crosses Eighth avenue. Dump cars are being used to move the dirt from the large hill along the Wabash out to the slough. The school board represented by Its treasurer and president was in session yesterday at Hammond with Trustee W. C. Kunert relative to the pro-rating of the school funds due to the school town of Gary. Another meeting at which It is expected that all questions will be disposed of, will be held Friday after noon, air. Kunert has shown himself very fair in the matter and everything will be arranged without difficulty East Chicago Patrick McKenna .of Covington, - Ky., Is here visiting his parents and friends. Mrs. Davis and sister went to matinee yesterday to see Ben Hur. the J. S. Reiland is doing considerable work on his building at the corner of Chicago and Olcott avenues. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Clinton was buried yesterday at lVivQd- Tlx; baby-, was ftve , months old.' ; Messrs. Moon, Galloway and Ladd were called upon to act as jurors in the Lake Superior court. John Lehman and .family of Crown Point passed through ,-town today in heir automobile. Miss Mae Copper ha' accepted a position as night operator for the Chicago Telephone company at the Harbor. The Block-Pollak company are now extending their office, and are building a big machine shop for roll turning. They expect to build a new office in 4he very near future. Mrs. A. II. W. Johnson was called to Valparaiso last night, on account of the Illness of her father, Mr. Bronson, who for several years has been in delicate 'heath. This, however, is the worst spell he has had. and the family has grave doubts as to his recovery. The Luther league of the Swedish Lutheran church are preparing to give a 'hard-time social" Oct. 24 at the home of Mr. arid Mrs. W. O. Harmon, 4301 Magoun avenue. Prizes will be awarded to the poorest-dressed persons. A guessing contest will also be a feature of the evening. Mr. Fife Is building two eight-room modern houses on the corner of 149th street and Olcott avenue. The brick foundations are now completed, and the framework wilt be started the first of next week. Mr. Fife expects to have these houses ready for occupancy by Dec.jlS. The Ladies Aid society of the Congregational church met with Mrs. Pull ing yesterday afternoon at a thimble party. Each one brought their own work and thimbles. Late in the after noon a lunch was served, the proceeds of which go to the treasury of the church. The first carload of ice was shipped by the Lake County Ice and Cold Storase company in their new refrigerator car over the Indiana Harbor street car line yesterday. Not a bit of trouble was experienced on the initial trip, and tentative plans for transporting ice to the Harbor will undoubtedly prove a grand success. The Trio boys are putting in all the time possible with the pigskin, so they can put up their best game, and are ure to wiiiifrom Valparaiso next Sun day. The train for Valparaiso leaves at S:25 Sunday morning, and returning 7:11. giving everybody a chance to see the place after the game. You are assured a good time if you join the football team. Miss Leah Turner died last night at the Hammond hospital of typhoid fe ver. She, together with eight others of the family, were taken to the hospital at the same time with the fever. She has been lingering for over a week, and at 11 o clock last night died. This has been a very sad case, as every one in the family," with the exception oT the father, was. sick at one time, and he, not being able to care for them at home, had then re

moved to the hospital. This! is . the second death. Miss Leah will be buried Friday, Freeman Fife having charge

of the remains. " St. John News. The C. C. L. will hold its regular monthly meeting Saturday evening. Mrs. Mary Mager returned to Hammond last night. Mrs. John Volk returned mond last night. to HamGeorge Miller, agent of the Miller Brewing company, delivered goods here yesterday. Nicholas Thielen transacted business with the International Harvester company at West Pullman today. Michael Koerner ;i ivoerner 01 ccnerervnie made a business trip to St. John yesterday. Miss Anna Keyser, the sister of Rev. C. F. Keyser, returned to Lowell last night. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Klein of Chicago are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Klein. Tom Nolan's little boy Is reported to be very sick. Dr. A. Farley is in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Erb and John Erb made a business trip to Crown Point yesterday. Ilev. Father Koenig has left his horse In charge of Ben Dahlkamp for training. It. Telkes and 11. Stein of Chicago were the guests of John Dewes yesterday. Mat Ellen, salesman for the International Harvester Company, of Lowell, transacted business with the Thielen & Schumacher agricultural firm yesterday. The funeral of the late Margaret Heiman will be held from St. Joseph's church at Dyer Friday morning at 10 o'cloekT The deceased leaves a father, two brothers and one sister. John Bohling of South Chicago who attended the funeral of the late George Wehner of Scherervllle, returned to South Chicago last night, after spending the day with John Jourdain and family at St. John. Dyer News. Joseph Gettler made a business trip to Crown Point yesterday. The public sale at George Davis' yes terday was well attended. Edward Austgen of St. John was here on business yesterday. Our night operator was in Crown Point yesterday on business. Monday, Oct 22, is the day set for the Dyer teachers to visit schools. They will visit the Hammond central school. John Miller of St. John was here on business yesterday. Frank Hilbrich of Scherervllle was a Dyer visitor yesterday. Louis Sievers of the Louis Sievers & Son liquor house, visited his customers here yesterday. The funeral of Miss Margaret Heiman will take place Friday morning at 10 o'clock from St. Joseph's clurch. Peter Klein returned yesterday evening from a two days visit with relatives at Cedar Lake. Lowell News. O. W. Clark and George Christie are up in North Dakota on. a prospecting land tour. . Milo Brannon has taken a position at Billings, Mont. We Wish him success in his new field. Editor II. H. Ragon and wife, who have been in Ohio the last month attending his regimental reunion and visiting relatives, have returned home. Homer Stowell, who some time ago had a serious time with blood poison in his arm. has had a slight relapse and Is not getting along as well as he would like to. Mrs. Gabe Trump and granddaughter have gone to Billings. Mont., where they go to visit her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Kobelin. They will go via Lincoln. Nob., to visit her husband's brother, John Trump. Whitingf News Many from here will attend the clerks dance at East Chicago tonight. Mrs. Allie Beck visited in Indiana Harbor yesterd' . Mrs. D. H. Waltzer., accompanied by a party cf Hammond ladies, saw Ohauncey Olcott at MeYieker's theater. Paul Scholz has sold his farm at LaPorte and will soon move back to Whiting. Miss Linda Miethke of Chicago Heights is visiting Miss Emma ' McCarty. Mrs. Catherine . Tuller and little daughter. Catherine, of Chicago spent yesterday with friends here. Miss Delia Fieres is now employed in the office of the South Shore Gas company at Iadiana Harbor.

Mi33 Clara Szymanskl of Indiana Harbor visited in Whiting last evening.

The little daughter of Charles MuiIfr of Center street Is recovering from Its recent operation. Miss Agnes Walsh has returned to her home &t South Chicago after visiting her cousin, Miss Lillian Callahan, to Pennsylvania avenue. R. F. Denham is thinkir.g of moving into the Hornecker building, recently vacated by the Faxton &. Baker Furniture company. The members of the sophomore class of the high school have formed a secret club which they have named the Sobogis club. The choir of the Methodist church is. now under the leadership of Miss Jennie L. Trott, musical director of the public schools. As a quorum failed to appear no council meeting was held Tuesday nignt. Most of the aldermen were cn the sick list. The Republicans held a meeting at Goebel's hall last night for the purpose of forming a club for the coming campaign. The children of the Congregational church will give a pie social at the church Saturday night. Admission 10 cents. Charles J. Schaub and family of Chicago came to Whiting last evening to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Margaretha Schaub. William Hardy has returned to his duties at the public school after a weeks absence, owing to the death of his mother. F. Frankowski took possession of the milk route yesterday which he purchased "from Mr. Cowden. Mr. Cowden will move with his family on a farm at Valparaiso. The grand ball 'to be given by the Whiting lodge Knights of Pythias promises to be one of the leading social affairs of the season. All wishing to have a good time should not fall to attend this event Friday evening, Oct. 11, at Goebel's opera house. M. E. McCarthy and family, who formerly lived in Whiting, have moved from Cherryvale to Atchison, Kan. Mr. McCarthy will have supervision over three refineries of the Uncle Sam Oil company, one at Cherryvale, one at Tulsa and one at Atchison. There will be midweek prayer and social meeting at the Methodist church tonight at 7:30. On Friday night there will be a public meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society. Mrs. N. YV. Bas of New' York, national organizer of the society, will be present and speak. She is now attending the national meeting at Lincoln, Neb., and will stop at AVhiting en route east. It was quite a joke on Mr. Salter of the Westrumite company, yesterday, when Chief of -Police Lawler opened the blockade on Oliver street to allow Frank Laverty, the plumber, to drive down the street to the new manual training school for which he had some fixtures. As Mr. Salter thought it was Mr. Laverty who opened the passage he requested Chief Lawler to put him under arrest. When he discovered it was just the reverse he tried to make a "good fellow" of himself and treated the crowd to the best cigars kept at Gus Lender's. Valparaiso News. John McNay of Crown Point is visiting his brothers in the Vale. Miss Mary Fubing is visiting in Chicago for a few days. A marriage license has been issued to Clarence Stoner and Miss Ida Muster, both of this city. Clarence Stoner sold his half interest in the firm of Stoner & Luddington to John Ludington. jonn thea of Minot, North Dakota, is visiting relatives in Porter county. Aipnege Bourke and family left Tuesday for Arlington, Wash., where they will make their future home. Miss Anna Schench and Miss Austin left Wednesday morning for Seattle, Wash. They have been visiting in Val paraiso. ivianon iteynoias was sentenced to the reform school this afternoon by Judge McMahon. The lad stole some article's from Justice Louderback. His mother filed the papers for his arrest The curfew was started on Wednesday night at S:45 p. m., and will be tolled every evening until Nov. 1, and at 7:45 till April 1, by Policeman Roereck. Mrs. Lilly Stoddard filed suit for a divorce in the Porter Circuit court from Heber Stoddard. She alleges cold treatment; she also alleges she ad vanced $6,704 to pay his debts, which she seeks to recover, and prays for an injunction restraining him from disposing of his property. D. E. Kelley is attorney for the plaintiff. . The marriage of Clarence Stoner to Ida Muster was much of a surprise to his kfellow companions ' when they learned, of it. He has. been very successful ' in business. His wife was formerly employed by J. L. Lowenstein, and was very well liked. They left for Chicago on the 7:11 train on their honeymoon. South Chicago. Miss Edna Keith is In Hammond today visiting friends. James Kriraball is business today. in Chicago on 4 Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Neitha 13-pound boy.

Miss Gertrude Ryan of the Lederer department store is confined to her home by an attack of tcnsilitis.

James Lamont of Bar Harbor, led., is visiting hl3 sister. Mrs. Martha Lyons, at SS44 Buffalo avenue. Miss Laura Tice left today for South Bend, Ind.. where she will spend a week visiting relatives. Miss Hattis Walsh left, today for New York City, where she has taken a position !n St. Andrews church choir as soprano soloist. Miss Eva Myers. 8796 Mackinaw avenue, has Just returned from a four w.eeks' vacation, spent with relatives In La Porte, Ind. William Kress of East Side has left for Newton, Kans.. on account of the serious Illness of his brother, John Kress, who resides there. John Gothard was slightly Injured when he slipped and fell on the car tracks at Ninety-first street and Buffalo avenue. No apprehension is felt as to his immediate recovery. Attorney John J. Lawrence of Chicago was a visitor today. Mr. Lawrence is looking up some witnesses in a will case, which comes up shortly in the Circuit court. John Thomas has removed to Chi cago, where he has taken a position with the Edison electric company. Mr. Thomas was in the employ of the Illinois Steel company for four years as an electrician. The Calumet street railway is ex perimenting with the new platform and gates. With these gates, which are operated by the motorman, it is impossible for a passenger to get on or off while the car is in motion. Charles Kenneth has completely re covered from his attack of pneumonia, with which he was ill for twelve weeks. He expects to return to his employment In the steel mills next Monday. Burnside and Daulphin Park. Mrs. Simms of 1850 92nd Place is on the sick list. P. E. Taylor of 1916 92nd Place is dangerously ill. Mrs. Uipkama of Cottage Grove ave nue has moved to" 103rd street. Mrs. Rounspies of 9000 Cottage Grove avenue is on the sick list. Lester Hardy of 9136 Woodlawn avenue is on the sick list. Mrs. Dyer of 1906 8?th Tlace has purchased the lot and a half adjoining her property. ' The literary society of the Ambrose E. Burnside school will meet next Friday afternoon. West Pullman. Mrs. James Patton has returned home after a short visit in Morgan Park. Mrs. Wilks of the West Side is visiting her mother, Mrs. McSwaln, of Yale avenue. Mr. Rogers, who is employed at S. Gottlieb & Co.'s has gone to R.ockford for a few days. Mrs. Homer Myer of Eggleston avenue sustained a serious injury yesterday afternoon while out driving with Mrs. Harry Allen. The horse became frightened at the street car, throwing her out of the buggy and spraining her ankle. She, was taken to the home of Father Lynch and from there to her home. Her many friends hope for her speedy recovery. On Tuesday evening a very pleasant surprise was given Miss Sarah Owens at her home on Parnell avenue. The house was decorated with autumn leaves and ferns. At 8 o'clock the guests arrived, among them being a number from the city. The evening's enjoyment consisted of charades, music and games of different kinds. Miss Owens received many beautiful presents and an elegant supper was served, after which they all went to their several homes wishing the young lady many more pleasant birthdays. STONY ISLAND. Miss Katie King visited friends over in Hammond Saturday and - Sunday. Con Ernes has on his house. a fine coat of paint ) Timothy Larkinss home Is almost completed on the corner of 93rd and Stony Island avenue. George Reever is working for Wells, Fargo & Company. Miss Katie Kelley from Burnside visited her aunt in Stony Island today. Thos. Keever leaves tonight for Fort Wayne where he will work on a stationary engine. Robertsdale Little Ruth Schultz of Pearl street is on the sick list. Joseph Vathke of Harrison avenue is on the sick list. Dick Blaul, now in St. Louis, is ex pected home about iTov. 1. v. i.. Banks 01 iiooart, ina, was a Robertsdale visitor yesterday. Robert Atchison of Roberts avenue went to Chicago today on business. John Bahn of Indiana "boulevard was iA South, Chicago visitor last evening;

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith of Chicago were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Eggers for a few days.

Mesdames Henry and Fred Eggers of Roberts avenue went to Hammond on business yesterday.. Charlis Stross, Jr., of Harrison avenue, resigned his position with the Standard Oil company, and will ;o into the milk business. Mrs James Cross is improving her property on Harrison avenue by laying a cement walk. The Robertsdale orchestra met s.t the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Rought of Cleveland avenue last evening. Mrs. Fred Leverence and daughter, Clara, of Harrison avenue, were Chicago visitors yesterday. Roseland and Kensington. Mrs. Shum of 110th street, who went to Colorado for her health, some time ago, is reported to be improving-. Miss Valeska Shum of 119th street, who has been on her vacation has returned to her position. Mrs. Ball of Niles, Mich., spent Sunday with Mrs. H. Horton of Indiana avenue. Mrs. Bush of Curtis avenue, near Stanwood, spent today with her son in Glenwood. Mrs. Robert Tinsley of Wabash avenue and 109th street, is ill in the Baptist hospital. The Bible class of the Central Presbyterian church is planning a Hallowe'en party at the church Hallowe'en evening. . Miss Leona Schlee. of 113th place, was tendered a surprise party Saturday evening. There was a large number of . guests present to enjoy the pleasures of the evening. Hegewisch News Dance Given by the Jolly Boys at the opera house,. Ilegewisch. Saturday night. Remember the date and place. 10-lr-3t. Motor Buses and Trains. Will suburban trains die out, killed by the all-popular motor 'bus? In 15 months there will be 1C0 additional vanguards on the road.?, and in the next eight months no fewer than 300 more. To-day the vanguard company employs 800 men, then the number will reach 3,000. Certainly It seems as though the doom of the suburban train were sealed. Motoring Illus trated. Poetry and Eggs. The lay of the average poet would be more valuable if he could exchange It for the lay of a hen. Making 10 Go Into 4. The "shopper's face" is one of the ills that the strenuous life has brought about upon the long-suffering modern woman. It is described a3 "a fixed, tense, anxious, puzzled look, that brings wrinkles before their time." London Penny Magazine. Edison on Moonshine Whisky. Speaking of moonshine whisky Edison says: "It is strong stuff. Two drops of it would make a rabbit go up and spit In a bulldog's face," X ALBERT

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If the voters of Lake county choose Albert Maack for county treasurer for which office the Republicans of the county have nominated him. the Hammond postoffice will lose Its deputy postmaster, whose faithful services there ttave gained the hlji record for efficiency the local office has attained.

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Eye glass mounting: 'and guard if you are having- any trouble with your glasses. Baster & McGarry have control of this mounting in this part of the state. 175 South Hohman Street.

At midnight In the sleeping room. The bst protector of the home 'Gainst sickness, lire and burglary Is an extension telephone. It allows instant communication with the doctor, the lire-house or the policestation. You call without runnina down stairs to the main instrument. And when you are ill. You talk di rect to business associates or friends witlfcit leaving the bed. The extension has a double value a protector and a comfort. One and two-thirds cetn per day is a small cost for home happiness. Order an extension today and on November 9th you will be thankful. Telephone the Manager. GHIGAGO TELEPHONE GO. FANCY GLEANER AND DYER Main Office and Works 8949 Commercial Ave., South Chicago, 111. Hammond Office 241 East Stata Street, With Singer SewingMachine Co. Telephone 2601. Subscribers who have not received their premiums for the Lake Countj Times will confer a favor by callinj this office, when we will make prompt 'delivery. Telephone 111. fcubftcribe lor TUc Lake County Times.