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Westville Indicator

Location

Westville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1916

Page

14

Republican parade heralds Indiana campaign tour

The county Republican parade is planned as a major auto tour starting in La Porte at 9 30 am heading through Kingsbury Union Mills Hanna to Wanatah, with a noon arrival and a 1 30 pm pole raising. The piece endorses Goodrich for governor and New as a U S senator, praising Hoosiers as good men and urging turnout.

Goodrich New Indiana Hoosinr Laporte Kingsbury Union Mills Hanna Wanatah

Great orator Mr Watson to Speak at Madison Theater

Watson, renowned as one of the nation’s greatest orators, will address a Friday evening audience at the Madison Theater in Laporte County. He is believed to draw many friends and will make the visit an important local event.

Madison Theater Porte Watson Laporte County And Swithout John Ludwig Laporte Argus F. J. Ludwig M. E

Master or Mr. Big Boy Debate Sparks School Policy

Editorial notes the controversy over addressing boys as Master versus Mr. and its implications of patronizing attitudes. It urges polite yet respectful language toward youths and explains how terms shape a boy’s sense of growing adulthood. It recounts a separate local incident where a man named Ludwig died in an apparent hunting accident and a broader national report on Villa and Chihuahua disputes causing Cabinet tensions.

Mint Snasinuiog Nalt-Cinscione Savagé Sanford Merton Washington, D. C State War Departments Army Bell Villa Chihuahua Guy Lansing Baker State Department Arredondo Carranza San Antonio Funston Juarez

Queensland racehorse His Lordship rumor in Cairns paper

In reminiscences Bishop Frodsham recalls a printer error where a telegram about Doctor Frodsham's fever in Cairns ran adjacent to a note about the racehorse His Lordship being scratched. The combined garbled line appeared in a local paper with cascading column blur.

Frodsham North Queensland Bishop's Cairns

Shakespearean Reflection on Justice and Theft

A cryptic daily thought contrasts vision and hearing to judge a thief and a just outcome. It echoes Shakespearean themes of justice, perception, and moral balance as one considers how society foresees crime and punishes it.

Laporte County Druggist William F Woodson Dies

Laporte County's oldest druggist William F Woodson died at his Michigan City home Saturday from cyremic poisoning. A 64 year old former mayor of Michigan City and past president of the Laporte County Druggists Association, funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 30 p m from the residence.

Laporte County William .F. Woodson Michigan City Woodson Laporte County ‘Druggists’ Association

Widow Rebecca Curtis Dies at 82 in Laporte

Mrs. Rebecca Curtis, 82, died suddenly at home 308 Clement Street. Coroner says death due to endocarditis or contributory rheumatism. Survived by brother Frank Thompson of Westville, daughter Mrs. Lafayette Steele of Cedar Rapids Nebraska, and son James W. Curtis of Laporte. Funeral 2 PM tomorrow at Cutler Bros. with Rev. Smith. burial Pine Lake cemetery.

Laporte Argus Rebecca Curtis Argus Clement Street Walkinshaw Virginia Frank Thompson Westville Lafayette Steele Cedar Rapids Nebraska James ‘W. Curtis Laporte Cutler Bros Smith Pine Lake Cemetery

Fire destroys Westville frame building housing three stores

A large frame building just west of the Monon railroad burned to the ground on Tuesday night. It housed a grocery store run by Bert Mazurkewicz, a general store owned by Ray Ritenour, and a saloon. The loss is estimated at around one thousand dollars with a sizable turnout from Westville and nearby areas.

Otis Monon Ray Ritenour General Mazurkewicz Joss

Youth's Companion offered with McCall's Magazine 1917 deal

The Youth's Companion promises moral tales and high quality writing with 250 stories in 1917. A new subscriber offer combines two publications for $2, including 52 issues of 1917 and remaining 1916 issues along with a home calendar.

the Companion McCall's

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