Local notes of Westville and nearby towns brighten life
Westville and Michigan City residents are noted visiting relatives and moving between towns. A Lodge confers BA degrees on four candidates. Lt. L N Peterson sends word from Charleston S C while Mrs Fogleman visits from Michigan City. Several families relocate or plan trips to Michigan and Ohio as community life continues amid wartime service and personal milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Suri
Mra
Louisville
Wm. Murphy
Gary
Miss Florence Warnke
Michigan City
Westville Lodge
Ivy Alta
Andrew Helms
Chicago
L. N. Peterson
Charleston
S. C
Animal Embarkation Depot
Adam Fogleman
Jennie Concannon
Steamer Theodore Roosevelt to sail troops across Atlantic
The Theodore Roosevelt steamer, long used for Chicago lake excursions, will be rebuilt for ocean service. It has been moored at Michigan City and will be moved today to South Chicago shipyards for conversion and deployment to trans Atlantic troop transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Laporte Boy Lawrence Jones in Lafayette Escadrille in France
A Laporte youth Lawrence Jones serves as a U S flier in France with the Lafayette Escadrille. He writes of flying over Paris and participating in a German air raid and notes a seven day furlough to visit his brother Nelson Janes in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Jones
U. S
France
Paris
Nelson Janes
Lawrence Janes
Lafayette Escradille
Sutherland aids Ameri can airplane parts work
Ralph Sutherland of LaPorte is a Purdue honor student employed in South Bend and Niles Michigan to produce parts for American airplanes. He recently undertook trips to Dayton Ohio and Buffalo New York to examine patterns for the plant meeting government requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Sutherland
M. R. Sutherland
LaPorte
South Bend
Niles
Mich
Young Sutherland
Dayton
Buffalo
N. Y
Purdue
Typhoid Scare Grips Michigan City Health Board
A typhoid fever outbreak alarm has prompted the city health board to investigate six confirmed cases. Victims include Miss Lucile Kerrigan, Miss Grace Peterson, Mrs. Michael Domkowski, Mrs. R. H. Weiler, Paul M. Lee, and Richard Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Cook of Fort Wayne, with the beach cited as the likely source as Lake County plans an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Board of Health
Lucile Kerrigan
Grace Peterson
Michael Domkowski
R. H. Weiler
Paul M. Lee
Little Richard Cook
Julius Cook
Fort Wayne
Lake County
Governor probes liquor license conflict in dry Indiana region
Hammond Indiana August 22 Governor Goodrich orders Lake County officials to resolve a dispute over Indiana’s prohibition. One hundred seventy four men, many former saloon keepers, hold federal liquor licenses in a dry area. Federal licenses do not violate state laws, but federal licensing can imply illegal sale without a state permit. Only licensed pharmacists may obtain a state permit after affidavits not to sell for beverage purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Goodrich
Lake County
Indiana
Internal Revenue Department
Circuit Court
Narrow escape as capstan sweep injures Frakes
Daniel Frakes narrowly escaped serious harm Saturday while moving a house near Wanatah. The capstan sweep struck him from behind, throwing him 20 feet into a stubble field. A pipe driven through his tongue and severe facial cuts left workers fearing for his life until quick aid stabilized him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Frakes
Wanatah
Frakes
Theorce
Frak
Wounded in Action Messages Reach Local Families From France
Nobleton man learns his son Howard Goldsmith is wounded but expected to recover as mail arrives instead of wire. Other locals, including William Cusick and Floyd Prast, report slight to severe wounds while in France. Michigan City residents Jan Filipouski and Wayne Rehm listed among severely wounded, with families notified. James W. Caddo reports being shot in the right leg but not seriously injured while at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalias Goldsmith
Nobleton
Howard Goldsmith
Goldsmith
France
Prairie Street
la Porte
William Cusick
Cusick
Camp Shelby
Michigan City
Floyd Prast
Prast
Fred
Jan Filipouski
Philip Filipouski
James W. Caddo
James
Men to camps from Valparaiso area велосипед
One hundred forty men departed Valparaiso for military training. Among them Edward Carl Markel and Stanley Kaczmarey of Michigan City report to Camp Custer Michigan. Bartholomew Wozniak of Michigan City heads to Camp Sherman Ohio. Noel Edward Jardine of Westville and John Arthur Reling of Burdick go to Camp Custer. Harry L. Anderson of Westville proceeds to Camp Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Edward Carl Markel
Stanley Kaczmarey
Michigan City
Camp Custer
Mich
Bartholomew Wozniak
Camp Sherman
O. Noel Edward Jardine
Westville
John Arthur Reling
Burdick
Harry L. Anderson
Call to the colors reaches Chesterton Tribune staff
Edward Lee, lineotype man at the Chesterton Tribune, notes shifts in work as editors await regular assignments. Mrs. Charles Baird and daughter visit Great Lakes Illinois to see Wilbur Baird in navy training on leave and report navy discipline. Mrs. F C Metcalf visits. her family moved to South Bend and has kin near the front in France. Donald Metcalf serves in medical unit and Eldon Yoder in motor hospital supply. Yoder and Frances Metcalf wed April 8 while he was home on furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Point
Edward Lee
Chesterton Tribune
Charles Baird
M. J. Standiford
Great Lakes
Ill
Wilbur
Navy
F. C. Metcalf
Metcalf
South Bend
Battle Front
France
Donald
Eldon Yoder
Rupture Expert Seeley Delivers Noted Truss Solution
F H Seeley of Chicago presents the Spermatic Shield for rupture treatment and claims award success in Spain and England. He will remain in Laporte starting Sept 2 and offers free charity fittings or demonstrations upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Seeley
Chicago
Delphia
Truss
Rumley
Laporte
Seell
Spain
United Government
Washington, D. C
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FOX River Butter Company
KE. T. Scott
Westville Lumber & Coal CO
Charles Nichols
Dodgeville
Wisconsin
E. B. Nichols
G. W. Hartman
W. T. Hartman
Michigan
Ohio
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Davidson
Hollenbeck
Ed Jardine
G. C. Hamilton
James Medaris
Charles
William
Mary
Simon Modder
Lake Bluff
Hugo Ueber
John Arndt
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Kankakee
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Tracy
Lucy Herrold
Guy Johnston
Pinola
Peter Murten
McKellips
Cass
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E. H. Imes
Mattie
Whiting
C. Dils
Lillian
Irene Herrold
Myr
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J. C. Matotte
R. Rudnick
H. Pagels
Rickie Hagenow
Fred Hagenow
Henry Behrens
John Market
E. A. Trevitt
Redpath
Trevitt
J. F. Roemer
Waukegan
Jos. Dolman
Roemer
Leslie Thomas
LaPorte County
Co. G
Charles Thomas
S. C. Knoll
Knoll
Svith
Limeridge
Prof
State University At
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Mary Kalies
Fred Kalies
New Albany
Martha Davidson
Elizabeth Stites
Clarence McManus
Clifford Davidson
Evns
Richmond
Flynn
Main Street
Greenebaum
D Chamber of Commerce
Micha City
Indiana Transportation Company
Chicago Chamber of Commerce
County
Woman's Home Companio
Pictorial Review
McCa’ Magazine
Pictorial
Modern Precilla
Etude
Little Folks
Metropolitan McCalls’s
Review of Reviews
Westville, Ind
Seeley
P.S
Federal
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