Westfield News Briefs Include Weddings and Trade
Arthur Walker of Ashmore and Miss s tage Church of Westfield wed at the parsonage. Heber Briscoe sold his restaurant stock on Washington Street to H Makepeace and Mr and Mrs H Greengrove who plan to move goods from the Baker Bros. room to Flora. Lou Folk, longtime Charleston merchant and Westfield resident, died in Charleston. Charles Lee of Parker sold a car of hogs in Indianapolis for a record price of 1265 dollars per hundred, the highest ever shipped from Westfield.
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Good Roads Bill Seeks Sixty Million Bond Plan
Illinois lawmakers consider a proposed 60 million dollar bond issue to fund a statewide hard road system. Representative Meents of Ashkum introduces the plan, pending a public hearing, with voter approval required at the 1918 general election.
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Indictment of Society Calls for Reform Across Institutions
Taubeneck, a Norimal State Normal School senior, won the oratorical contest on February 12 with a speech condemning what he sees as society’s failures to support youths. He argues for reform in family, school, church, and reformatories to prevent criminal paths and urges action from educators and leaders. Germany delays action as U S vessels brace for potential conflict.
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