Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 54, Hammond, Lake County, 20 August 1913 — Page 6

THE TIMES.

Wednesday, August 20, 1913

Crown Point Mews

Happenings of a Day in Lake County's Lively Capital

SHUCKS From the Diary of Si. Lence Hek Spenze ses th' reason thet th' city papers don't hev no mnny yarn erbout farmers buyin' gold bricks enny more Is bekus th' mail order houses mail 'em t" 'em nowadays an' th reporters never And It out. Jeb Tlte ses his couIn hex writ him thet he's a-comin' to spend his vacation at the county fair, but ef thet's all It ain't a-goln' f git him very fur. Yesterday's horse market was one, of the best held at the Hub In months and a number of good sales were made. The city presented a lively appearance all day, the principal arteries of trad being filled with horse buyers, venders and hawkers of various wares. Yesterday's market reminded . one of the bygone days when the horse reigned supreme and without the automobile competition. At least forty animals were sold and shipped over the road to their destination last evening. Program: Remarks by the President. Iwis Little Duett Mesdames Vllmer and Crowell Reading of Minutes Solo Mrs. Knight Tribute te Rev. T. H. Ball (Lake county's historian) . -Oscar Dinwiddle Chorus By oung People Tribute to Mrs. Martha Ball. By Mrs. Youche and Mrs. Fisher golo Miss Helen Hlxon America by Audience Marriage licenses: Ora C. - Miller. Viola Arens, Chicago; Don Griffin. Minnie Cox, Hammond: Peter Belgeskl, Mary Sekora. East Chicago. Belated reports of the damage caused by Monday evening's storm are to the effect that the county seat got off lucky, considerable damage belqg done on farms east of the city. Near Leroy a large barn belonging to George Young was burned to the ground, lightning striking It. Charles Oehmich, living near Wlnfleld, lost four cows by being struck by lightning. J. Briest, living on the Joliet road, also lost a valuable cow. The damage was worse near Leroy and over Into Porter county, the storm being much worse than experienced here. X. V. Call, the mall carrier, has purchased a new auto bus capable of carrying about fifteen passengers, to be used In doing a general bus business in the citv. The new transfer bus will be broken In during fair week. Mr. Call intends to operate It permanently In this city. Miss Lois M. Fowler, who had charge of the English and history in our high school last year, has recently had a deserved promotion to the head of the English department of the Princeton, Ind., high school. Princeton is JuBt completing a new $75,000 high Bchool building and Mlas Fowler's Crown Point friends are pleased to hear of her good fortune and congratulate the school board of Princeton. In a recent deal It Is reported that Louis Melcher has sold his Ridga street property to John Gels and purchased the Mrs. Dan Strong home on East North street. Joseph Ames and daughter, of New London. Ohio, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ames on Grant street. Mr. Ames is 90 years of age and still in good ehalth considering his years. It is reported that Dave Wilson lost a valuable horse during Monday ople

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night's storm, the animal being struck by lightning. Dr. A. H. Farley,' wife and daughter returned yesterday from a two weeks' vacation trip to points of Interest in the east. Mrs. Minnie Heide of Chicago la visiting with Miss Tillie. Lehman this

week. Mr. and Mrs. "William Vansciver and daughter, Mrs. Will Houk, have returned from a two weeks' trip to Atlantic City and report a most enjoyable time. Mrs. Floyd Irish of Hammond was a Crown Point visitor yesterday. Postmaster Call of Gary transacted business in Crown Point yesterday. The city's exchequer is being replenished this week with vehicle and venders' license fees, the city clerk issuing no small amount of licenses this year. Miss Clara Letherer of Valparaiso university Is visiting her relatives here this week. Marshal Tom Piatt had a desperate struggle with a prisoner he was try ing to arrest last evening, the fellow, gtviog his name as John Dae, being wanted by the fair grounds authorities for trying to do crooked business on the fair grounds proper. He was chased to town and was about to make a getaway on the Gary & Southern traction Hoe when he was nabbed by Piatt and placed under arrest on two or three charges. His hearing will probably occur this afternoon. A meeting and reunion of the 73rd Indiana G. A. R. members will be held tn Crown Point on the second or third of September. A good program is be lng arranged for the occasion at pres ent. Mrs. Herbert Wheaton and son are visiting friends and relatives In Ham mond for a few days. Quite a number from here attended the Elks' carnival at Gary last evening. Julius Grlesel and Dr. Charles J Tlnkham were Gary visitors last even ing. Crown Point was visited by a se vere electric and thunderstorm Mon day evening, followed by a big fall of rain. No damage was done excepting to the telephone system by the light nlng. The rainfall was needed and will do a great deal of good to pastures and maturing corn. Some dam age was done at the fair grounds to the many tents and refreshment stands by the steady downpour of rain. Miss Agnes McBride of Chicago Is spending two weeks' vacation with Miss Louise Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Will Ellwanger of Chicago are visiting with Mr. and Mrs Floyd E. Farley on East street. Mrs. John Griggs is reported as still being very sick at her home on South Main street. Word has been received from Mrs Paul E. Raach and daughter. Miss Bessie, who are on a vacation trip through the west, stating that they are now at Seattle, Wash., and having an enjoyable time. Misses Harriet and Elsie Burkhardt of Chicago are visiting with Miss Mayme Laws on East street. George Bielefeld of Indiana Harbor is spending this week with relatives in Crown Point. Miss Nellie Griesel has returned from a delightful vaqatlon trip to Yel lowstone National park. Ernest Wells and family of Chicago Heights are spending fair week with Homer Wells and family on Eas street. Willie Bartholomae and wife hav of Robertsdale

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returned to Chicago after spending a' few days with Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomae on EaBt street. Clarence Rudolph has purchased the Detroit runabout owned by Mrs. Jennie Ward Wheeler. Nearly all the non-resident bus men

are on hand to ply their usual trade urlng fair week. No motor buses ave put in their appearance as yet. much to the satisfaction of the horserawn bus owners. Mrs. John Elnsweiler will be rought home from the West Side hos pital in Chicago on Thursday very much Improved in health. Several cases of mumps andone of carlet fever in a mild form are re ported by the local physicians, the mumps being almost epidemic among the younger children. Electric lights have been installed on South Court street near the fair grounds this week, which will be a great convenience to the traveling public in that vicinity during the fair. BURNHAM. Miss Naomi Anderson of Park avenue entertained friends from Hammond Sunday. Miss Mary Hayes of Center avenue spent Sunday evening in Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. W. Wall and children of Robertsrdale spent Sunday here as he guests of Mrs. Wall's parents Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Klersey. Mrs. Fred Fuller of Roselawn, Ind., visited Burnham friends Sunday. Herbert Wilson of Pullman avenue accompanied the B. A. C. boys to Claypool. Ind.. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burnham re turned o their home in Englewood Sunday after a short visit with relatives here. The Misses Estella Mills and Trent, Hill spent Sunday afternoon a Lake Front park. Work is now progressing rapidly on the streets. The grading is being done and slag spread. Word has been received from Mrs. Sarah Wilder that she has been quite sick since leaving here for a visit with relatives at Sandwich 111., but she Is now feeling fine. C. G. W. car No. 20714 caught fire In the E. J. & E. yards here Monday morning from unknown reasons. A hurry-up call was sent for an engine nd an Erie engine raced here from Hammond and pulled the blazing car out to Center avenue. The Hegewlsch fire department responded and succeed ed in quenching the blase after a stiff fight, when the car was taken back to the yards, removing the blockade from the street crossing. The B. A. C. boys played baseball at Claypool. Ind., Sunday and came home reporting a great game. The line-up was as follows: Carlton Smith, Arnold Faverty, c Robert Frank, Theo. Doe, p: Joseph Frank, lb; Richard Lehnhoff, 2b Vlyde Faverty, 3b; Arnold Faverty, If; Archie Mills, cf; Ring. rf. The boys solicit games " with any and all teams" in surrounding towns, players averaging i to 18 years of age. Communications may be ad dressed to secretary, L. D. Klersey, Burnham, 111. ROBERT3DAI.1T. Miss Bessie Moore of Roberts avenue returned home from a two weeks visit with her grandmother, Mrs. Con rad Ebert of Lowell Sunday. Miss Myrtle Soltwedel of Harrison avenue left Sunday for a two weeks vacation which she will spend with friends in South Dakota. Leon Rought of Cleveland avenue Is visiting his uncle at Centralia, 111., for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Sceevey of Indiana boulevard entertained her father from Windsor Park over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Nicholson and daughter Violet of Roberts avenue were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nulf of Valpartso Sunday. Miss Lillian Soltwedel of Harrison avenue spent Sunday in Chicago visit ing her aunt. Mrs. Morell of Horrison avenue returned home Sunday from a two weeks vacation spent in Wisconsin. Miss Delia Priest of Rochester Ind., visited her sister, Mrs. Maekey of Cleveland avenue over Sunday. Albert Meyers of Chlcogo was a guest at the Schaaf home in Indiana boulevard Sunday. Mrs. Fred Blnhammer of Harrison avenue spent Monday in Hammond, the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Steurm. Mrs. Paul Howath of Harrison ave nue is confined to her home by illness. ,Mrs. George Knotts and son Leroy of Hammond and Norman McKenzie of Austin were guests of Mrs. Frank Buehler of Indiana boulevard Monday. Those from here who attended the Inland Steel Company's picnic at MlohIgan City Monday were: Mr. and Mrs Merle Sellers and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Height and children, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Eggers, Miss Anna "Worhle and Howard Johnson. Mrs. Henry Eggers and children of Roberts avenue are spending the week at East Side visiting the former's brothers, Frank and Carl Seliger. Mrs. E. Llles of Lincoln avenue was a South Chicago visitor Monday. i Mr. and Mrs. Alex Miller of Ostego Mich., motored to the Kasch home In Indiana boulevard Sunday returning i home today. Mrs. Fred Eggers of Roberts avenue visited her sister Mrs. John Dreesen of Eat Chicago yesterday., Mrs. James Landon of Pearl street is spending two weeks at Cary Station II., the. guest of Miss Mary Stein. LOWELL Hiram and Hibbard Peterson went to the river at Water Valley yesterday and spend the day fishing. William Kenney and -wife of Hammond drove down in their auto Monday. Their daughter Blanchard, who was visiting here returned with them. Misg Blanchard Kenney of Hammond is a guest at the home of Mrs. Harvey ITildebrandt of this place. Elmer Nichols and wife went to the city yesterday morning. Miss Mable Stiles of Whitewater, Wis., returned to her home yesterday after a three weeks visit at the country home of her sister, Mrs. Julius Johnson, living on the Morgan place. Mrs. Amelia. Tin ilev who ha hun at Jte-iuia: the Battle Ground camp meet

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QUALITY BEST AND The cltlaens of Whiting are invited to attend a mass meeting at Frankowski's hall on Thursday evening. Aug. 21st, at 8 p. m. to organze a Citizens party for the coming (November) city election. FUSION COMMITTEE. 8-13 3t Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Muff it t and Mr. and Mrs. John J. Keller have returned from a camping trip at Green Lake, Wis. Both report a very enjoyable time. An ice cream social will be given by the Congregational Sunday school on this evening. Misses Marian and Eleanor Beaubien have returned home from Lacon and Ottawa, 111., where they visited their grandmother, Mrs. Henry Fischer. The regular meeting of the L. O. T. M. will be held this evening. City Attorney John H. Fetterhoff will leave Friday for his home in Harisburgh, Pa., to spend a week. Blanche Sheldon and Thelma. Meek have all returned home from Kansas, where they spent several weeks visiting their grandparents. Miss Anna Sass Is spending a week visiting with relatives in LaPorte. Mrs. S. A. Danzer of New York ave., is on the sick list but Is Improving. Arthur Sass visited relatives in Chesterton. Claire Henthorne of Sheridan ave., has returned home from Western Springs. 111., where he visited with his grandparents. Miss Almirah Morse entertained the Tri Kappa Sorority at her home on Oliver street on Monday evening. Al Marks of Sterling. HI., was the guest of his sister Mrs. Max Stiglitz on Monday. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Nondorf nee Miss Lydia Fleres, on Monday. Mother and child are getting along nicely. Joseph Bernstein is entertaining his mother from Chicago. Miss Vanda Prus of Davidson Place who has been ill for .several weeks with typhoid fever was able to return ing arrived home yesterday morning. She reports having enjoyed herself grealy. Leon Herrington stopped off In Lo well Monday night enroute to LaFayette where he is employed by the Standard OH company. Mrs. Walter Brownell joined her husband here Monday evening. Leonard Mlnninger, manager of the Wilbur Lumber Company, at Earl Park, and his family are visiting at the home of his parents here. Harry Gordon and wife spent Mon day with relatives in Englewood. Dr. Jesse Hill left Monday evening for Pueblo. Colo., to look after the shipment of the body of his brother William who died last Wednesday and should have arrived here several days ago. The doctor could get no satis faction as to why the body had not been shipped. HOBAET. Mr. Shell of Monticella is here visit ing with his daughter, Mrs. J. Fox. Miss Eunice Roper who has been spending the past two months visiting with friends In the west returned home yesterday. The meeting of the Modern Prlscilla club which was to be held at the home of Mrs. F. Scheddel today has been postponed. Miss Georgia Wltson who is on her way to California stopped here last evening to visit with Miss Eunice Roper for a few days, she being a former classmate of Miss Roper. Miss Martha Kaska was a Gary visitor yesterday. Miss Alta Halstead was a Chicago visitor yesterday. A large number attended "The Virginian" held at Stratton's Opera house last evening. A large number from out of town are expected to attend the lawn social giv en by the married la.dles Sodality of , the Catholic church this evening. Mrs. Bracken entertained five ladies j being tn second entertainment or xne chain luncheon course given to aid the library fund. Mrs. Kenward has received announce ment of the. marriage of her brother; Lawrence Monroe to Miss Inga Burg, which was held ot East Jordan, Mich, yesterday. Ttri -'if f'li i i- " ' T T - fV -"-f i Stearns' Electric Rat Roach Paste .' THE NATIONAL RAT KILLER Ready for use. Better than traps. Sold by Druggists, 25c and $1 .00 or sent direct, charge prepaid . on receipt of price. - ! MOVFV B 1 tV IT F A.IT ? - j Stearns' Electric Past Co., Chicago, I1L

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GRIFFITH. Leo Thompson of Schoolcraft, Mich., Is visiting at the home of his brother Wolter. Miss Ellen Welsh went to Chicago today to visit at the home of M. L. Toohll until school opens. f Mrs. Cloe Pratt spent the day with relatives and friends at Ross. P. J. Berieger was a Chicago visitor Monday. James Forsythe of Ross transacted business here yesterday. Mrs. H. L Iddings of Merrillville called on friends here yesterday.

Captain O'Brien of Deerfield was In town yesterday. Messrs Anderson and Sippel were in Chicago yesterday. ' J. Silverman and family motored to Waukegan Sunday, i Mr. and Mrs. Sam Loizzo of Chicago : are visltine relatives here. Henry Thedens is working in St. L0"1"John Patterson is on the sick list, Mls Mable Miller of West Pullman ""t"rned home yesterday after a we"fcs visit with relatives here. Mr- ancl Mrs. A. Kuaa and Mr. and Mrs- Cheney motored to Crown Point Sunday. Mrs. Weiland was shopping In Hammond today. TWO rAHS HIT AITTOS. I Within fifteen minutes two street j car-automobile collisions occurred this evening on the corner of Tenth and Meridian streets at Anderson. Th first riders." The driver, when asked if the woman with him was his wife, made no reply, but drove off with the fenders dragging the ground. Austin H. Hart of Chicago, president of the Nashville A: Waco railroad, was the owner nd driver of the automobile In the second collision. It will cost about $300 to repair his car. No one was hurt. AGED MAX DEAD. William Kemper, age ninety-flve, said to be the cltys' oldest man, and termed the "father of lay Methodism" in the north Jndlana Conference, di3 yesterday ofter a few days Illness at Muncie. Notwithstanding his extreme age he was active until a short time before his death. He had lived in Muncie for thirty years and much of this time he lived a retired life, although participating pc.tively in Methodist CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY Mothers who value the health of their children, ahould never be without MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN, for use when needed. They Break up Golds, Relieve Feverish, ness. Worms, Constipation, Headache, Teething disorders and Stomach Troubles. Used by Mother for 22 year. They never fail. Sold by Don't accept ny Substitute. Druggists everywhere 25 eta. Trial package FREE. Address, A. S. Olmsted, Lc Roy, N. Y. JTTJ

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