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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
1
Miss Fawn Lippin offers humorous essays on liver health fashion and domestic life for summer. The pieces advise dental care wardrobe choices and dining manners while mocking social rituals and bridal plans with witty regional flavor and dated references.
Excerpts from Miss Fawn Lippincut critique and tease domestic life in the Midwest. Humorous vignettes touch elopement, money, mother in law, kitchen tricks, and marital ideals through dialect humor and playful home life observations.
Indianapolis reports a near completion of a suit to strike down the equal suffrage act passed last winter. The case targets the act as unconstitutional for extending voting rights to women, including foreign born citizens, and raises constitutional gender voting restrictions. Governor Goodrich says no special session will be called amid war-related expenditures.
Prof G I Christie of Purdue University was named state food director by Governor Goodrich to expand Indiana food production this summer. He will coordinate efforts across three departments including boosting farm acreage, cultivating unused urban lands, and expanding backyard gardening. The act’s other features may be challenged in a suit.
Quartermaster Edward Otto begins organization of the quartermaster's corps for handling large bodies of men. The unit will total 29, with three captains twelve sergeants twelve privates and two cooks. First Sergeant Earl Malone of Gary promoted to second lieutenant Otto Diehl appointed to Company Wy.
The governor designates Sunday April 22 as the first day of public health and cleanup week and urges church services and civic participation. He calls all state and local officials, professionals, businesspeople, farmers, women, and children to organize efforts to keep Indiana clean.
The Deutscher Verein of Lafayette declares renewed loyalty to the United States, calling the nation the sole government owed allegiance to and praising its guiding, lighthouse like role amid a diverse citizenry. The statement reflects loyal German American sentiment amid broad civic integration.
President Wilson appeals to all Americans to unite for abundant food to supply the nation, its army and navy, and allied countries. He calls for increased farm production, efficient industry, and unhampered trade to sustain victory in the war.
The House approved a 7 billion dollar war revenue bill with 389 votes in favor and no opposition. It authorizes 5 billion in bonds and 2 billion in certificates, bearing 3.5 percent interest, to fund aid to allies. France and other nations may receive direct loans or gifts, depending on policy and postwar use.
The Times correspondent reports desecration of a French church by German troops in retreat. Tomb slabs were removed by hand while graves lie empty, raising questions about motives whether looting lead or spite toward sacred sites drove the vandalism.
Federal officers raided the office of Oscar M. Heath, English instructor at Englewood High School, Chicago, and seized several hundred pamphlets described as disloyal or treasonable in character.
The note from the Bolivian government in La Paz on April 17 signals a break with Kaiser allies, marking a diplomatic shift amid rising tensions. No further details available in readable text.
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