Old Things Passing Away in Hurlburt and County News
Hurlburt post office to close due to lack of postmaster and dwindling village mail. Rural routes shrink and country stores face reduced business as mail moves toward larger towns. Also reports on military nurses, local births, embezzlement case, Liberty Loan organizers, and community notices across La Porte and Starke counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Hurlburt
W.N. Muster
Valparaiso
Floyd Nichols
Erie Railroad
Sam H. Adams
Adams
Nichols
Esther Lockton
Walter Lockton
Michigan City
New Jersey
France
Lockton
Great Battle Fields
Mayo
Miss Lockton
Walter J. Lockton
Battle Creek
Laporte Herald
Kemp Wright
Harrison Street
Holy Family Hospital
Doctor Dead in Auto Wreck Near Westville
Dr. E. Maddox of Lacrosse died in a Chicago hospital from injuries after his auto collided with an Erie train at Wilders south of Westville. The car was thrown fifty feet from the crossing. he died at 2 a.m. en route after telegrams sent for doctors. He was en route to answer a call when the collision occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Maddox
Lacrosse
Chicago
Erie
Wilders
Westville
Maddox
Oaks
Medical Reserve Corps
Local notices and community updates from Washington township
The report covers residents and events in Lacrosse and nearby areas. It notes Dr Maddox returning to care for locals, Mrs Shunk recovering from tonsillitis, visits of Yetta Roche to Kalies family in Lafayette, and Mrs Bundy’s Easter trip to Chicago. Rebekah lodge programs, new members, Red Cross fund drive, Gleaner lodge entertainment, and social meals are described with local participants and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paign
Liberty Loan
D. H. McGill
Cass
Chas. Jones
Clara Johnson
Viola VanHorn Clinton
Eli Pinney Dewey
C. W. Eisenbarber Galena
B. F. Smith Hanna
Thos. Richardson Hudson
Grace Miller Johnson
Willard
Obie Way
D. W. Shunk
Yetta Roche
Lafayette
W. E. Kalies
Valparaiso
Washington Township
Pleasant View Aid Society
Red Cross
Chas. Sheffield
Hair weaving service offered at Mrs Standiford home
Mrs Dell Roe invites clients to visit at the residence of Mrs Mal Standiford for hair weaving services. The note specifies the address location as the home of Mrs Standiford for patrons seeking the service.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Circuit Court
Shields
John Hipp
F. D. Hook
Laporte
Hook
Hipp
Detroit
Fosdick
Cam
Bowers
Jackies
Great Lakes
Plymouth
Starke County
Hamlet
Albert W. Williams
Fort Wayne
J. D. Harper
Ft. Wayne
Eect
County Board of Education
Harper
McCulloch
Mary Louise
Sisterhood
The
Sisters of the Infant Jesus
Ellen
Argus
Japan
Hammond
Doctor
Lowenstines
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Wm. Bundy
Frank Dee
Rebekah Lodge
Veola Dachwald
Natalie Smich
Hazel Dreesen
Jennie Taylor
Gleaner Lodge
Rolling Prairie
Pleasant View Church
Ladies’ Aid
Old Town Hall
Will Springer
Gleaners
Aid Society
Helen Forbes
Coburg
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