Agricultural and domestic science prizes awarded in La Porte County
Young contestants from 10 to 18 in La Porte County gathered in Laporte to celebrate the close of the agricultural and domestic science contests. A banquet and speeches highlighted the event, with prize winners listed by township and several girls earning free trips to Purdue for a weeklong farmers' short course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte County
Laporte
Hugh Tb. Miller
Columbus
Ind
Purdue
Cass Township
Lillian Scholtz
Pearl Wittmaack
Wanatah
Center
Nellie Lindberg
Leona Travis
Clinton
Alice Jenson
Cover the Highway in a Day
The Lincoln highway proved its reality as a car relay from New York to San Francisco reached Laporte to Valparaiso. W. E. Anstiss led the Laporte Valparaiso leg in A G Tamlin’s car with Tamlin at the wheel, joined by J C Richter and David H McGill along with Anstiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Valparaiso
New York
San Francisco
Association
Pacific Coast
Jury Drawn by Commissioners for Grand and Petit Panels
Monday the jury commissioners William Vogt W L Andrew and Chris Bietefeldt drew the grand jury and the petit jury. Members named include Charles Abbigrim Michigan City Minor Wakeman Noble Edward Gruver Noble H T Boechlke Cass Treat Jenks Colespring Arthur C Lay Laporte and Carr Bowell Galena E P Savage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Vogt
W. L. Andrew
Chris Bietefeldt
Charles Abbigrim
Michigan City
Minor Wakeman
Noble
Edward Gruver
H. TA. Boechlke
Cass
Treat. Jenks
Coolspring
Arthur C. Lay
Laporte
Petit. Jury
Carr Bowell
Galena
E. P. Savage
Automobile Crash Injures Four Near Laporte
Four men were seriously injured in a Tuesday night auto wreck two miles northeast of town near Thos Baird’s home. Dickson and Metts from the Bell Telephone rebuilding crew were taken to area hospitals. Schirr and Lehler sustained multiple injuries. The Ford, driven by Schirr, rolled, top and radiator damaged. Coulter followed behind and saw the two somersaults. Dickson and Metts were from Ohio and Illinois respectively, with heavy bruises and ligament injuries. Schirr had two broken ribs and a fractured collarbone. Funeral services were held Wednesday for a deceased area resident at St John’s Lutheran Church, with Rev. Paul Fickstaedt presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman. Sebirr
Dickson
Sebirr
Big
Ohio
Laporte
Lehler
Earl Metts
Metts
Bell
Schirr
Frank
Thos. Baird
O. M. Coulter
Westville
Schirr Auto
St. John's
Lutheran Church
St. “John's
Westville News Highlights Basketball Venture and Deaths
Westville beat by Jackson Center after a promising early season showing. Debates feature water versus fire with negatives prevailing and another topic planned. Miss Baird ill. substitute Mr Standiford fills in. Miss Skinner visits from Valparaiso. Obituaries for William Tuley of Clinton Twp later life in Westville, burial at Westville Cemetery. Ida Pankow funeral held at local Methodist church. family notes and survivor list included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westville
Jackson Center
Ida Pankow
Guise
Nelson Barnard
Pankow
Laporte Telephone Rebuilds Bell Exchange System
The Laporte Telephone company, new owners of the Bell exchange, are rebuilding the network with 1,500 new poles and 2,900 feet of cable. N. G. Feely leads 13 workers on site since Oct. 5, with an expected $5000 project cost. Local crews include Frank Engle and others from Westville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte Telephone Company
Bell Exchange
Cathcart & Smith
Pinhook
N. G. Feely
Mr. Feeley
Mr. Feely
Frank Engle
Griver
Logan Hale
Karl Metts
O. H. Dickson
M. Graten
L. Conley
G. Bowers
G. Johnson
P. GC. Lamborn
West
Elkhart Good Roads Meeting Endorses State Highway Support
The Elkhart Good Roads meeting backed a permanent state highway commission and keeping automobile tax in the county of collection. It supported cash road tax collection, state aid for primary roads, and a small property tax levy near roads though sentiment was not unanimous. William Alschlager bought the 51.56 acre Etta Stearne and Mrs Hanna Hall farm near Roselawn to create a permanent suburban home. C E Russell of Laporte and W L Russell with Skelly of Lima praised oil and gas leases in Oklahoma’s district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alschlager
Etta Stearne
C E Russell
Laporte
W. L. Russell
Lima
Great, O and Gas
Oklaho
Michigan City street brawl ends in death with suspect in custody
Paul Reske, 30, of Michigan City died from a deep neck wound after a street fight tied to a brawl in a saloon row. Harry Swerzieck, 18, is jailed on first degree murder charges as six witnesses recount the melee and a broken ankle incident during the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Reske
Michigan City
Harry Swerzieck
Pepple
Tennessee
Harry
John Miniak
Miniak
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Gradellia, Ind
Easoyabbey
Wade
Elizabeth Wroblewski
Maud Jenks
Waterford
Dewey
Bessie Rosenbaum
Lacrosse
Lucile Krueger
Michigan
Carrie Bergwald
New Durham
Phoebe Lang
Virst
Fern B. Cox
Union Mills
Erton
Kankakee
Kittie Proud
LaVere Blickman
Rolling Prairie
Lincoln
Bernice Brownlee
Mill Creek
Emma Brownlee
Union
Corallene Perkins
Hamlet
Eva Smith
Kingsbury
Washington
Evelyn Jones
Edna Tongel
Wills
Sarah Hostetler
Hart
Skinner
William Teley
Bigelow
Clinton Township
Thomas
Hammond
W. C. Moore
Martin, Mich
Albert Tuley
Alex Williams
Cherryvale
Kay
Tuley
Elkhart
Good Roads Meeting
F. J. Pinkerton
Westville, Ind
Bank
J. N. Kelly, M. D
J. Vene Dorland
Porter County
Lowenstines
Stephen Zeltner
Maple City Bakery
FE. Freeman
M. A. Schutt
Franklin Street
Inc
Fairview
J. KE. Payne
Lincolnway
Thers Laporte
Ethelred
Curtis
Jefferson Avenue
Indiana
Safety Strength Service
LaPorte Savings Bank
Indiana Savings Bank
United States
James H. Buck
E. W. Davis
Obie Way
James M. Hannam
D. L. Crumpacker
John Sievert
O. E. Replogle
K M Andrew
F W Klockseim
Asst
Lester’ Davis
M E H Hoover
Tllindiana Avenue
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