Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 159, Hammond, Lake County, 23 December 1908 — Page 8

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THE TIMES.

Wednesday, Dec 23. 1908.

Santa Glaus Closing Out Specials Visit Toy Land and see our many specials for Today and Tomorrow

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15c

LITTLE GIRLS' KITCHEN SETS, put

up in nice box and sells for 25c

this special

LITTLE GIRLS' TEA SETS, in nidfe decorated china, -worth 25c, 4 "l this special (; GIRLS' TEA SETS, in china, put up

in nice box, worth 10c, this special

SLEEPING DOLLS, with kid bodies and jointed, worth 25c and 35c. Gifls, this is your chance. One to a customer. i -f This special j

NICE NEW DRESSED DOLLS, dress

ed in red, blue, pink and plaid worth 25c, special

RAG DOLLS, all dressed, Qt this special WW

FOLDING TABLES, finished in mis

sion style, sells for 25c, this special

BOYS SAW BUCKS and worth 10c, this special

THE STAR ENGINE, has brass boil

er and brass cylinder, worth 25c special ....... All steel FIRE ENGINE worth 15c. this special .

IRON SAFES, good size, sold for 25c

each, this special

SHOO FLY, nice painted horses, wood

seat and back, worth 48c, this special

CANDLES'. . CANDLES! CANDLES! 12 in a box . . . ; 7 f special j NICE WHEELBARROW, varnished,

worth 25c 4 A this special 1 Uj

LITTLE 2-WHEEL CART, painted red worth 10c,

jthis special 'LITTLE RED CHAIR, 16 inches high ! worth 20c 1 On ! this snecial I alia

, LEADER WAGON, 12x28 inches, this

SAWS,

boil-

15c is, wood

37c

SUES FOR

$50,000 OAKS

GABY III THROES OF LAST SHOPPING DAY

Postoffice Swamped While the Force Is Greatly Handicapped.

ADVERTISE

DOING THE VERY BEST IT CAN

Nineteen .Year

Gary I Added to Natural Increase Due to

Girl Will Be the Plaintiff in a Suit to Be Filed in the Near Future in Chicago Court.

is a big wagon, sells for Q j $1.50, this special Jj j

WALL POCKET, with white and gold frames, in fruit, farm and ani- f A

mal pictures, worth $1.00, spec.yQ,

16c

17c

CHILD'S PIANO, with 5 keys and good

tone, worth 25c, this special ."....

One to a customer, bring this coupon

15c

DOLL GO-CART seat 6 in colored reed and varnished, worth 25c, -this special

square,

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STREET GAR COMPANY IS THE DEFENDANT

Anna Retka Said To Be Mentally De

ranged Owing to Injuries She Receveide When She Was Thrown to the Pavement In Attempting to Get Aboard.

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nlt which vrill be filed In a

short time la a Chicago coart, Attorney Curtis. Wldholm and Slick, of Gary will ak for damages, probably to the extent of $50,000, for Injuries done to 19-year-old Anna Retka by the Chi-

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you for reference.

HAMMOND, IIND.

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BAD LUCK BEFALLS A LONEJffAY FARER Lacks Price and Attempts to Walk from Gary to East Chicago.

(Special to The Timbs.) East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 23. Penniless, and with his clothing half torn from his body, William Toms, a Chicago blacksmith, was last evening brought to this city on a C, 1. a & S. B. ear and given lodging in the local

ponce ceils over nignt. Toms had a

very narrow escape while walking

along the South Shore line's right of

way from Gary, and was nearly thrown

Into eternity by one of the large west

bound cars.

According to the tale told by Toms

to a Times representative last evening,

he had been endeavoring to secure rork in Gary all day yesterday. Failing to do so, and wishing to reach Chicago again, he decided to walk to East Chicago before nightfall and then beg the price of a ride to Chicago. As he

neared Clark Station, he failed to hear the car approaching from Gary and was J

etrucK by the side or the car, the wood striking him in the middle of his back. He was thrown to the ground and carTied about forty feet by the force of the blow. In rolling along the stony right of way his trousers were badly torn and his limbs lacerated. The motorman, seeing his plight, stopped the car and brought the man to East Chicago, where he was turned over to the local department. His bruises were so painful that he had to be assisted to the police station by one of the officers. On registering, he declared that he was a single man and resided at 369 War

ren avenue. He did not appear to be a drinking man and when released was

givn car fare with which to reach Chi

cago and supplied with an additional pair of trousers.

by the labors of the local men just in time to prevent the massive walls from

crashing in.

The building is one that has not been rented except to three small shop

proprietors. The Paulson Tea and Cof

fee store, A. Lipner, the tailor, and the Pappas brothers restaurant occupied

the rear half of the ground floor, and

these businesses were burned out

Fortunately the "building and all the

damage to the stock of the various occupants of the building was covered by Insurance, held by the Van Home and Beck agencies, and there will be no loss accruing to either the property

or stocks.

The building is valued at $20,000 and

is the property of Mrs. Bertha Salinger, who is the mother-in-law of J

CUne, the Michigan avenue clothier.

Insurance men who inspected the ruins yesterday placed the damage at not exceeding $2,500 to the building, and as high as $1,500 on the stocks of the three concerns.

cago City Railway company. The accident happened several

months ago, Jan. 29. 1907, and since

that time the young lady has been men

tally unbalanced to such an extent that

she is absolutely helpless. The case ha not been given to an attorney pre

vious to this time because of the fact

that the victim, while in the hospital,

signed an agreement with the railroad

company not to sue them upon recelv

ing the sum of $9.

The circumstances of the injuries to

the young woman were extremely pitl

ful, and were not made known to her relatives and friends in Gary until some time after it occurred, owing to her having been taken to a hospital where she was obscured among the hundreds

of patients.

The particulars the attorneys have

found hard to obtain, owing to the

fact that the girl is in such a mental

state that she cannot recall the manner in which she fell from the car. As near as can be ascertained, however, she was attempting to board the car at Halsted and Twenty-sixth street, when

it started suddenly before she could secure a firm hold. She was thrown to

the ground, where the base of her skull was fractured and was then removed to the office of a physician in the vicinity. After dressing the wound she was taken in a police ambulance to the People's hospital, where she remained for several weeks, after which time she was removed to the home of her

borther, Joseph Retka, who is employed in the International Harvester works at South Deering. As soon as Miss Retka was physically able she returned to her friends in Gary, who reside on Washington street, near the Pennsylvania tracks. The parents of the young woman till live In the old country, they having sent her to America to reside with her brother, who was better able to take care of her. She spends most of her time, however, with Gary friends

who were instrumental in having the suit brought about. Attorney G. S. Wldholm has been engaged for the past eek in ferreting out the details of the case so that it can be brought to trial as soon as possible.

Season, Came the Calendars Which Various Firms Send Out.

The holiday rush in Gary is on. But with one more day in which to do their Christmas purchasing Gary store

keepers, express companies and the lo

cal postoffice are rushed beyond their

limit.

Probably the local postoffice force is

the one compelled to bear the brunt of the holiday rush more than any one

else in Gary, The local office is lit

erally swamped with Christmas pack-

akes, letters and Christmas postal

cards.

"We are doing the "best we can under

the conditions," said Postmaster Call, last night. "We have no larger force

of clerks in the office than we had a month ago and all we can do at the present time is to get out all the de

liveries we can and leave the rest un

til we come to it." , . During the past two weeks an avalanche of Christmas mall has been received. The mail sacks taken out of the local office are bulging with packages and holiday cards of all descriptions. Not only does every incoming mail bring hundreds of missives, but this is the time of. the year when thousands of calendars are sent through the malls. Beginning with last Monday the malls have increased so at the Gary postoffice that Postmaster Call and his assistant have done everything in" their power to distribute the mails as soon as possible. It is not thought the rush will be over tomorrow, as many persons who have received presents will return them the day after and then there are always more or less presents sent at New Years, t is not thought that the Gary postoffice will catch up with its ditribution until after the New Tear.

So Co file

Comp

HALL BIDS

Hammond,

Indiana

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Gary Board Will Dispose of

This Important Matter at Once in Order That There May Be. No Delay Next Spring.

TOl'ili FATHERS HEAR 1. CARD'S PLAN

XMAS GROCERIES, NUTS arid CANDIES

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FANCY DAIRY BUTTERr fresh and sweet, per lb .". SWIFT'S PREMIUM BACON, In strips 4 to 7 lbs, per lb. . . . KETTLE RENDERED LARD absolutely pure, per lb SPANISH QUEEN OLIVES,

Chicago; Man Appears, Who Would fu11 Quart for

DODSON-BRAUN assorted PICKLES,

the 20c kind

BUILDS FIRE 111 BOX GAR

Peter Johnson of East Chicago Destroys Railroad Property.

AM. flUC ABOUT PTIJll.irTrT

"GREEK TO YOU" UNLESS YOU AD. TERTISB OCCASIONALLY.

ADVERT! SIXO MAKES

POSSIBLE THING 9 POSSIBLE.

Police Magic City With a Private Force of Such Efficiency, That Would Make Piukertons Look Poor Subject Is Tabled.

30c 20c 121c 25c

15c 81c

Whiting-, Ind., Dec. 23. Peter John

son, an East Chicago man, was ar

rested here yesterday afternoon on the charge of arson. He was arraigned

before Judge Jones and bound over to

the superior court under a $500 bond.

He was unable to furnish the bond and

will await his trial In the county jail.

Johnson, according to alleged facts

obtained, was found yesterday after

noon by a private detective for the B. & O. railroad yard In Whiting. He was

housed in an empty box car and main

tained a brisk bonfire by which he warmed himself. Johnson was released from the county jail only a week ago, where he was sent some time ago on the charge of having attempted to pass worthless paper as money. All of his transgression are so crude and flagrant that the authorities are disposed towards leniency, believing rather that his acts are prompted by ignorance. At times his acts take on the nature of being committed by one demented. He is said to have a family in East Chicago.

Yon will find that it is the merchants who are advertising in THE TIMES

MANY IM are the ones who are doing the boat.

ness. They are live ones.

As predicted in The Times last night.

the town board of Gary decided yester

day to advertise for bids for the excavation for the new $45,000 city hall building. These bids will be received at the next regular meeting of the

town board and the contract will then

be let. This will be pushed to comple

tion so that the building operations can be started at once.

The ' board was unanimous in its

oplnon that the work should be started at once, because of the fact that if

they wait until the frost is out of the ground in he spring, the delay will mean that the building will scarcely be completed before fall. In the meantime the police will be so incapaciated through the increase In their business

that they would be seriously hand!- j capped. The fire department would also have a great deal of difficulty in accomplishing their work properly while located in their present quar

ters. The only other business aside from

the routine . considered by the board

was the request by a man named O. A. Canfleld of Chicago, who wished the privilege of establishing and maintaining a separate and private police station, police officers and private burglar alarm system of his own for the benefit of the business men of the city. Mr. Canfleld related at length his dream of a private police system of his own. Their civic pride, however, in the police department which the trustees are trying to maintain, compelled them to lay the matter on the table until such a time as the local force is considered inadequate to handle the situation- - ' The plan, however ot Mr. . Canfleld aroused much Interest, as he suggested that it was a model system appropriate for Gary, the model city. The plan was

unique because of the fact that it was formulated on such an elaborate scale that in comparison to the Plnkerton service would look like the work of a town marshal. Mr. Canfleld said that for the first few months he would only establish his protection system along Broadway and Fifth avenue, and later in other parts of the city as the business men demanded it. He proposed to lay wires to each merchant or banker's place of business so that when a burglar attempted to enter the place an alarm would be sounded at the central station. They would then have plenty of men present so that they could descend in a body and "rope In" the marauder.

per bottle EARLY JUNE SUGAR PEAS can at

LOG CABIN BRAND MINCE MEAT

per package UNCLE JERRY'S PANCAKE FLOUR, package SWEET NAVEL ORANGES dozen FANCY INDIAN RIVER GRAPE FRUIT, each

-RESH BALTIMORE OYSTERS direct

shipment, quart

National Biscuit Company's FRESH

BAKED SUGAR DROPS

large measure . JHREDDED COCOANUT,

long shreds, per lb

81c 17c 8c S direct

29c

FRESH 3 c 15c

FANCY PEABERRY COFFEE 25c kind, per lb. ....... ..... , OUR SPECIAL BLEND, high grade Coffee, 30c kind, per lb SALADA GOLD MEDAL TEA -lb package

FANCY MIXED NUTS best mixture, per lb No. 1 Soft Shell California WALNUTS, per lb.......

18 c 24c 24c

, 1 8c 20c

CAINDIES NEW YORK MIXED per lb MAMMOTH MIXED per 'b , SOFT MIXED per lb JELLY BEANS per lb , SALTED PEANUT3 per lb PEANUT SQUARES per lb , CHOCOLATE CHIPS per lb CHOCOLATE CARAMELS per lb CHOCOLATE DROPS perlb . .

8c Oc 4c 2c 2c

14c 28c 24c 18c

cupant of the building was the owner t or proprietor, and when they left at ; night this would be thrown off.

SELLS AJARY BLOCK T. W. Englehart Disposes of Property to Iowa Banker. An entire block of property was purchased yesterday from T. W. Englehardt of the South Broadway Land company by H. G. Solem, vice president of a national bank at Souix City, la. The property was purchased from r. Englehardt at a price of $200 a lot, and is located on the west side of

Broadway and south of the ridge road. The sale recently made by Mr. Englehardt Is the largest which has been recorded for several weeks. The buyer of the property has made four trips to the city and has made several purchases in South Broadway property. The last trip he was more impressed than ever with the city and the steel mills, and his investments were heavy. The property will be used largely for speculation, although Mr. Solem intends in the spring to build several residences in that neighborhood. In selling this property to the Iowa

banker Mr. Englehardt disposed of the last of his property west of Broadway

During business hours, while the store and south of the ridge road. The holdwas in use, a secret switch would be . Ings of Mr. Englehardt were adjacent turned on to inform them that the oc- to those of Mr. Jackson's road house.

Christmas OA-N-D-Y

FANCY EOXIS INCLUDING EXASTS AND OIEXRS IN 1. 2 AND . 3 FOUND BOXES

1 pound Choice Chocolates or Ben Bons . ' . . . 75c 2 pounds Choice Chocolates or Bos Bons 1.50 3 pounds Choice Chocolates or Bon Bocs . . . . . $2.00 Oiher Candy Eoxes 25c, 50c and op Christmas Candy, lCc per pound and up

ALL ORDERS DELIVERED

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HARBOR

HAS A FIRE

Damage Covered by Insurance Building Valued at $20,000.

(Special to Thh Times.) Indiana Harbor, Ind., Dec. 22. The Harbor fire department responded nobly to an urgent call early this morning, when the rear portion of the brick building on the corner of Block and Michigan avenues was destroyed by fire. The fire burned furiously for aljnost two hours, and was extinguished

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