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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
2
The Indicator, published in Westville Indiana, is a Republican local paper targeting county affairs. It boasts wide readership, notes more readers than payers, and offers a yearly subscription for two dollars.
The Lawton Michigan discovery of a young woman's body under debris in the Tabor home cellar shocks the nation. Relatives in Westville and Laporte County connect Maud Tabor to the first family here, with ties back to Lester Tabor, a former Laporte lawyer. Authorities tie the case to questions about Maud’s life and alleged illegitimate child.
Westville high school faculty gathered for a county teachers meeting in Laporte on Saturday. Supt Scott Knoll warned that pupil absence causes substantial losses in school maintenance across Westville and the county, arguing for a school nurse with Red Cross support to cut the waste.
A reminiscence recalls Mont Monroe Limes who started the Monon Limes in 1884 and Mont T. Stokes publisher of the Potter Enterprise at Conneport Pa. The piece notes Mont’s early newspaper work in Indianapolis and his lively, partisan humor as a young man. It reflects on his loyalty, wit, and impact in Monon and Pennsylvania.
The Pleasant View Methodist church near Westville on the Lincoln highway, founded thirty seven years ago, has been abandoned. The property was sold to Lane Young and the ground to William Adsit for 100 dollars as the county loses rural congregations to city churches and faster travel.
For sale single comb buff orpington cockerels advertised with contact options. Call 8509 or write Laporte R. 7 Mrs E G Small. Local notice details an animal sale with specified contact and location.
Mrs W L Gunter of Toledo visited her sister in law Mrs Anna Dorsey Sunday and Monday. Ross Hackett returned to Michigan City after a weekend with his parents. A son was born December 2 to Mr and Mrs Henry Wolford. Harley Witte went to Mt Clemens to resume work after a ten day home visit. Wm Hackett and Ralph Snyder traveled to Valpo Tuesday. Lucile Alvin Forrest Alex and Helen were ill with measles. Trene and Robert Dorsey visited Taporte Saturday. Mr and Mrs Victor Urbans and Mrs John Herrold returned to Gary after visiting their mother.
Virginia Baird delivered the fourth senior rhetorical titled High Cost of Living this morning. A school contest pits classes to outdo each other selling Red Cross Christmas seals with proceeds aiding the Modern Wealth crusade after Christmas. Stillwell faculty visited Tuesday and LaCrosse is expected soon. Donovan Dolman Minnie Reed and Lela Miller were absent part of the week. The Teachers Institute was held at Laporte Saturday.
The Paramount Artcraft release The Miracle Man is praised for its powerful heart appeal and strong artistic merit, noted as a standout picture of its era.
Paramount Artcraft feature The Miracle Man stars Thomas Meighan Elinor Fair and Lon Chaney. A New York crooks scheme to exploit a hill healer drives a gripping tale of drama and deception set against a Welsh style landscape with strong performances. Some 14 and 20 below are noted as weather in the closing lines.
Harriet D May Benjamin died at her daughter Mrs C W Cathcart’s home east of Westville on December 2 1919. Funeral at the home December 4 at 1 o clock with Rev O L Chivington officiating and burial at Union Mills. Born March 10 1835 in Jackson Tennessee she was the daughter of a prominent southern family. her father was mayor of Jackson. She married Dr S C Benjamin of North Carolina who served as medical director of the Trans Mississippii division for the Civil War. She and Catherine Cathcart share a long life together since forty years ago both husbands and her father died. Surviving: four grandchildren and two sons Ben M Benjamin of St. Louis and one daughter Mrs C W Cathcart. She was a member of First Baptist East St. Louis and attended Westville M E church during her daughter’s residence.
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