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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
3
The community notes the upcoming Farmers institute at the M. E. church next Tuesday. Readers anticipate practical farming talks, wartime topics, and guidance from a woman speaker while plans for thrift drives and Liberty loan campaigns are discussed locally.
Winter strains traffic and mail as Door Village plans a Farmers Institute at the Village church on February 19 with dinner by the Ladies Aid. Clark Bunnell is praised for guiding youth and local thrift, while W L Dodd audits seed corn, signaling a shift to outside seed testing to boost future harvests.
Harrison H Williams died at his brother Clinton Williams home in Chesterton on Feb 1 from stomach cancer aged 76 years 10 months and 2 days. He served in the 73rd Indiana Infantry from 1862 to 1865 and fought at Stone River and in raids in Alabama and Georgia. He married Annie Simpson in 1870. she died in 1900. Survived by two sons Shirdare and Ernest a daughter Daisy and two brothers Clinton and William W and a sister Mrs George Daggy. Grandsons serve in France. Burial in Chesterton cemetery after a funeral at the M E Church with Odd Fellows in attendance.
Wanted saw timber of all kinds. If interested contact Coppes Brothers and Zook of Nappanee Indiana. Also 388 Shoes Repaired. Leave work at W L Augustine store for prompt repair by William Tolton.
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