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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
2
A series of notices from Westville and Michigan City announce Republican bids for county offices in the March 7 1916 primary. Abram L Logan Thomas F Crumpacker John C Richter Julius C Travis Samuel W Larson and Walter C Williams seek roles from recorder to prosecuting attorney with the editor urged to publish all filings.
Candidate for Coroner seeks GOP nomination subject to the will of Republican voters at the primary held March 7, 1916. DAVID D. OAK M D Lacrosse Ind.
Julius C Travis, well known Republican in Laporte County, seeks the circuit court judge nomination in the upcoming primaries. He has served as secretary and chairman of the county committee, city attorney and councilman, and county attorney, earning a reputation for integrity. His brother Warren Travis formerly served in the state legislature, reinforcing the family’s standing in the county.
Miss Myrtle Wood a Quakerdom schoolteacher west of town suffers serious illness from appendicitis. Her mother arrived from South Bend to help, and she is cared for at the home of C. N. Barnard. Mrs J Barnard also ill and is being treated at Dr. F W Martin's home in Michigan City.
Mrs. Will Donahue and her mother Mrs. L E K Brasket traveled from here to Denison Ohio and then to McDonald Michigan to resume duties after Mrs Brasket recovered from lagrippe. Coulter Bros sold a 1916 Buick Six to Floyd Forester southeast of town. Rumors mention a Clinton township schoolteacher may marry soon, details unclear.
The county clerk race ends as doors lock at Bielefeldt's office with several new filings. Candidates include Walter J. Palm Republican for clerk and Geo. B. Johnson Democrat for treasurer, plus Jas E. Bowell Democrat for commissioner. List covers offices from sheriff to commissioners with values for each party and 121 precinct committeemen filing. A separate item announces New Durham corn contest rules with entries from multiple townships and prize criteria.
Mary J. Williams died Saturday at 7 30 p m and burial is set for 2 00 this afternoon. Aunt Mary known for kindness and love of nature leaves four children two survive Francena Lorello Baird of Cherryvale Kansas and Izetta Townsend of Manteno plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. J L Williams notes family gathered for funeral and recalls Manteno farm life with husband Oliver W Barnard deceased 1907.
Two liquor license applications were filed by Francis Brown for Otis and Albert Cathcart for Westville. A remonstrance against Cathcart was signed by Stan Skokic Burt Topper Steize Kal asinski Tony Ozwesaki and Stany Sawicch. County physician Dr Burleson replaces Dr Mertz. Licenses approved today went to Leonard Hoover Ernest Menzel C O Bates William Schrumm George Wright Ernest Schoepf Harry Henoch Emil Luther Charles Schuhmacher Carl Arndt.
Harold Barnard is ill with la grippe. The Parents-Teachers meeting at the high school was well attended. The high school cooking class served refreshments. Clarence Hilfiker missed a week with a broken collarbone. Seniors rehearse the play Dodging an Heiress at the library and chose class colors green and gold and flower sweet peas. The motto is Life is our school now.
The Parents Teachers club met Tuesday at the school house selecting Prof. Knol president and Mrs Edith Link secretary treasurer. They discussed improving playground equipment and possibly building space for gymnasiums and a manual training room with a fund to be raised. A supper to start the fundraising will be held at the new library on Feb 22 with committee members named.
Community items include Mrs. E Bogue returning to Burdick Ind after three months in Chicago, Mrs. John Striblue ill on Valparaiso street, and Angie Loomis visiting Westville relatives on her way home from New York. Clarence and Florence Anderson celebrate their wedding anniversary with a dinner party and gifts. Also mentions imitation ivory from a palm nut in South America.
A concise early 20th century aphorism noting that a successful business rests on a small group of well dressed men surrounded by stenographers. The second remark contrasts selfishness with missed benefits, attributed to Emerson, emphasizing moral insight over personal gain.
The vermiform appendices of oxen slaughtered at the Prague municipal abattoir are processed into gold beater's skin and widely used in aircraft manufacturing.
A thoughtful quotation attributed to Schopenhauer on attaining wisdom and sound judgment in evaluating one’s own actions and those of others. The passage links maturity with discerning fairness and understanding.
A column fragment notes that readers grow madder at glowing tobacco ads for brands they do not smoke. It cites Rochester Union and Advertiser and Detroit Free Press quotes about appearances and arguments in humor about wives.
A goose at Dublin Zoo died recently after a long life of about forty four years. The bird’s longevity appears to be a record for its species and underscores its remarkable lifespan among geese in captivity.
Hilfiker suffers a fractured collarbone after a wagon backed into the vehicle Clarence rode. Rev O A Sauer of Emmanuel Lutheran plans to attend the golden wedding anniversary of John E Roeder and wife in Bremen Indiana with his wife and daughter accompanying him.
A new concrete pile is described that bores its own hole as it is driven. Water under pressure of 350 pounds is forced through an iron pipe forming the pile core and cutting a hole while the pile descends. The jet dissolves earth and sand and pushes rocks aside.
Lulu Kienitz sues Herman Kienitz of Michigan City for divorce through Sutherland Smith attorneys alleging habitual drunkenness and long-standing failure to pay grocery bills and supply clothing for three years.
A sample notice promotes Arata tea with fine flavor for April picking and low price. It mentions 60 cents per pound at IC Matotte's and references Stephan Timm and a 12 year old daughter in Michigan in a brief, fragmentary context.
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