Local notes from Chesterton and nearby towns
Local items report visitors and illness including Mrs Ethel Davis-Roney of Kansas and Miss Sue Hixon returning home, Mary Kalies visiting Hammond and Chicago, and G C Flegel traveling to Fostoria due to parental illness. Snowstorms strand trains and delay deliveries as January weather freezes yards, closes roads, and causes car breakdowns across Porter County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. ‘Wright
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ethel Davis-Roney
Kansas
Austin Chilson
Sue Hixon
J. Osborn
Valparaiso
Mary Kalies
Hammond
Chicago
G. C. Flegel
Fostoria
Michigan City
Westville Hardware Co
Fred Glassman
Beatty’s Corners
G. W. Hartman
Wanatah
Rudolph Aker
Hm HH. Williams
Clinton
Chesterton
Pulaski Koontz
Miss Rose
I. N. Plant
South Bend
Ben Ross
Robt. Roberts
Wm. Brummitt
New Carlisle
J. S. Becktenwall
Adah Beah
Michael Reese Hospital
W. J. Pangborn
Monon
Hahn
B. W. Hollenbeck
Ross Vanslow
John Vanslow
Jackson Center
Albuquerque
N. M
J. F. Dolman
Zella Spitzer
Saskatoon
Can
Adelaide F. Rathbun
Laporte
Edwin D. Rathburn
Injured in Auto Split Near Phillips Place Joliet Road
Mr and Mrs Ezra Geist were injured Thursday when the Beach family car skidded against a culvert and rolled over near the Phillips place on Joliet road. Mrs Geist suffered a fractured collar bone and chest injuries, while Mr Geist endured shock. The other car, a large roadster from a Philadelphia owner, assisted after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Geist
Phillips Place
Joliet Road
Ross Beach
Geist
Philadelphia
Beaverdam Beach Home Scene In Geist Farm Accident
Mrs. Geist is recovering nicely. Ross had been bringing his mother and stepfather to a meeting of the M. I. S. C. society when the accident occurred. They were taken back to their Laporte home from the scene. The Beach home lies on the Geist farm at Beaverdam.
Westville Residents Urged to Adjust Hours and Support Stores
The article calls Westville residents to help the movement by learning new hours and aligning their shopping with them. It urges shoppers to praise storekeepers rather than complain and to spread goodwill through cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westville
Death of Mrs Jud Ferris Attributed To Heart Disease
Mrs Jud Ferris died Saturday evening at her granddaughter Mrs Charles Brown home. Born Adaline Hellis in Ohio in 1841 she came to Indiana at age eight and lived near Valparaiso where her father ran a blacksmith shop. She married Charles C Warnock in 1861 and after his death in 1859 she wed Jud Ferris in 1871. four children were born to the first marriage and two daughters to the second. Surviving are twelve grandchildren eight great grandchildren and several relatives. Services were held at Mrs Browns home at 10:30 and at 2:30 at the Christian church with Rev H A Denton presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Ferris
Charles Brown
John
W. M
Westville
Charlotte Brown
Chicago
Charles C
Valparaiso
Dughters
Ferris
Interment at Graceland Cemetery
Acting pallbearers G E Bornholt M B Rockwell Richard Smith John McNay Oliver Ferrell and Matt Brown all Sons of Veterans members carried out the rites at the Graceland cemetery burial of the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graceland Cemetery
G. E. Bornholt
M. B. Rockwell
Richard Smith
John McNay
Oliver Ferrell
Matt Brown
The
Sons of Veterans
Track Wrecker Killed in Rail Yard Accident
Arnold L. Ward foreman of an Air Line wrecking gang died in Holy Family hospital La Porte from injuries after a crow bar struck his jaw while prying a rail. The rail slipped, he fell on a steel rail, causing brain concussion and possible skull fracture. He was 43. His wife had his body taken to Chicago for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Chilson
Holy Family Hospital
Laporte
Chilson
Kansas
O.M. Coulter
G. C. Flegel
South Bend
Arnold L. Ward
Air Line
Holy Family
Goodrum
Ward
Mr. Ward
Store hours extended to evenings through Christmas
J Lowenstine and Sons announces in Valparaiso Indiana that starting Wednesday December 12 the store will be open evenings until Christmas. This extended schedule applies through the holiday period to accommodate shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lowenstine & Sons
Valparaiso
Indiana
Card of Thanks for Mrs Ferris Family
The family of the late Mrs. Ferris acknowledges assistance during illness and death. Mrs. Sherman Brown of Chicago traveled here Sunday for the passing of her mother and grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Ferris
Sherman Brown
Chicago
Ferris
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Emporium
Lincolnway
Ind
Henry Goetz
Jefferson Ave
H. W. Sallwasser
Lincoln Way
Court House
LaPonte
Ene
Masonic Lodge
County Board of Education
Stanley B. Sink
Sink
Kline
Purdue University
Tony Zoin
Tipton Street
Clara Freyer
Porter Superior Court
Gus Freyer
Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Co
Freyer
Merchants Mutual
John Graybeal
Thos. McGuiggan
Dick Small
EB. T. Scott
Dan Jessup
H. F. Carlson
Pearl Smith
Pinhook
Earl
Jackson
Margaret Hapsgood
Lansing
Thos. W. Heiser
Franklin
Fourth Streets
Crumpacker
Heiser
Louise Osterwald
Michaels
Porter
Chicago Heights
Ill
Florence Burner
Louisville
H. H. Barnett
John Warnock
Vail
Emil Warnock
Iowa
Cushi
Main
Morris
Minnesota
U.S
the Furniture
Washington
Kessler’s Furniture Store
LaPorte County
Victor Victrolas
Victor Records
Oberreich & Arnold
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