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Local notes from Westville and Laporte community news
A wave of items from Westville and Laporte covers health issues, social visits, and local happenings. Harold Fein visits from Attica while Mrs. Molly Webber’s illness in Chicago grows serious. Dorothy Cass and Helen Street return from Chicago with mumps. McKellips and family attend oyster supper. a livery sale signals the end of horse service as Coulter Bros expand into garages.
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Howell
Harold’ Fein
Attica
William Link
E. T. Scott
Christian Church
Laporte
Molly Webber
Arney
Chicago
D. Noecker
Charles
Lincoln
Neb
Wade Wright
Llano Grande
Texas
A. T. Rogers
Wilmer J. Kemper
Alfred Kemper
Otis
Christian Parsonage
H. M. Hale
Elsie
James Smiley
O. M. Coulter
Coulter Bros
S. J. Taylor
Michigan City
Sam
Taylor
Coulter- Bros
J. S. Becktenwall
Elizabeth King
Clinton School
Cecil
Pinkerton
Germany
Wilson
Granda Will Trost
Coburg
George
Illinois
Grandma Trost
Will
Merrick Baird
A. W. Johnson
Howard Herrold
Hammond
Howard
Clara Iseminger
O. G. Talmage
Talmage
John Iseminger
Laporte Gas & Electric Co
Ralph Wolfe
Ralph
New York Central Lines
Cleveland
Buffalo
New York
Herkimer
N. Y
Ela Wolfe