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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
3
Local notes report social visits in Michigan City and North Liberty, a funeral in North Liberty for Lafayette Steele, and various civic activities. Entries mention military service, transfers, Red Cross work, a squirrel removal debate in Laporte, and engagement news for Ruth Mann and Millard Hootman.
The column notes a rye field near Otis and a neighbor Harvey Allison offering to daub mud at two sites. It recalls farm work by Carl Herrold, Bill Reynolds, and the writer, who praised rye straw and its quirks, while joking about yields and Allison’s motives.
To the Field Artillery, M. E. Hyde received orders from Gen. Crowder to report at the Central Officers Training school at Camp Taylor Louisville Ky and left for camp. Hyde passed Culver exams with exemplary grades and is in excellent physical condition. He is the county’s first official field artillery recruit. Mrs Hyde will stay with her parents during his absence. Training lasts four months finishing in December with hope for a home visit. Hyde has taught at Westville high school and declined a Jackson Mich schools post to serve.
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