The Republic party as a beacon and burden in La Porte
A historic editorial argues the Republican Party owes much to its great leaders while urging unity with Progressives who return to the fold. It praises steadfast members who kept the party intact and calls for magnanimity toward returning exiles as party cohesion and success depend on shared purpose. It notes a Monon rail section move and reports a fatal accident at the Michigan City car works involving Schmidt, Dombrowski, and Kubeck with conflicting accounts and an immediate investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Car
Michigan City
Schmidt
Martin Dombrowski
A. Kubeck
Jacob Bies
West Coolspring Avenue
Tennessee Street
West Fourth Street
Laporte County Delgates Set for State Democratic Convention
Laporte County will send 23 delegates to the state Democratic convention in Indianapolis. County Clerk Chris Bielefeldt announced on Friday. Michigan City will have 9 delegates. Laporte with Center township 7. other townships share the remainder. Delegates from wards and townships are allocated by past vote counts, with primary voting on March 7 determining the selections.
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Laporte
Chris Bielefeldt
Michigan City
Center Township
Michigan Township
Coolspring
Springfield
Galena
Kankakee
Hudson and Wills
Johnson
Lincoln and Pleasant
Noble
Washington
Union
Starke
Clinton
Hanna
Prairie and
Dewey
New Durham
Scipio
Laporte County
Indianapolis
Eld Berry Publishes Statement On Laporte Church Rift
Eld Berry pastor of the Christian church at Laporte resigns effective March 5 after a year and a half of leadership marked by tensions. He condemns sectarian friction, asserts his goal of civic and spiritual progress, and defends a career spanning army service, law, and extensive church work in Michigan and New York.
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Berry
Eld. Berry
Christian Church
Laporte
Laporte Argus
Argus
Bild
the Argus
United States Army
Grand Rapids
Michigan
New York State
Western New York Ministerial Association
Erie County Sunday School Association
W. H. Baker
Christian Endeavor ‘Societies of
Arkansas
Jesus, Christ
Advance-Runnely firm orders 1917 production year
Laporte Argus reports the Advance-Runnely company will begin purchasing materials for 1917 immediately under the executive committee's Feb 1 guidance. The move secures year round employment for about 1,374 workers and shifts the manufacturing season to October 1, eliminating winter idle time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte Argus
Advance-Rumnely Company
Mount
Thresher
New York Central
S. S. Stratton
Chicago
W. E. Taylor
Maurice Fox
Missionary Emma Nourse to Speak at Westville Church
Miss Emma Nourse of the M E church will address the Westville church Tuesday evening February 15. A program of several numbers will accompany her talk. Nourse, step-daughter of the late Chauncey Weed, has deep local ties and will share a message aimed at inspiring involvement in foreign missions.
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Westville
Emma Nourse
M. E. Church
East Africa
Miss Nourse
Chauncey Weed
Timothy Weed
Africa
Town Trustees Discuss Rottein Mills Site and Fire Zone Idea
The town board met Friday with little activity. They transferred 200 dollars of building indebtedness to a bond, paid some small claims, and heard a committee on Smith additions. They weighed moving Rottein mills to Hendershot lots via district fire zone, noting it could discriminate against other residents and strain town growth.
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Smith Addition S
Hendershot
Geist Puts Through Merger Of Three Utilities In Indiana
Indianapolis Feb 3 the public service commission authorized Northern Indiana Gas and Electric to buy General Service and Indiana Lighting known as the Murdock interests for 5 4 million dollars. Prices: 900 000 for General Service 4 5 million for Indiana Lighting. Value cited 1 086 million for General Service and 7 573 million for Indiana Lighting. Purchaser already supplies electricity to East Chicago Hammond Whiting Michigan City Cheserton Porter Aetna Dyer Griffith Highland Munster Schererville and gas to East Chicago Hammond Whiting Michigan City South Bend Mishawaka and Plymouth. Readies 10 year gold bonds at 6 percent.
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Westville
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
C. H. Geist
General Service Company
Indiana Lighting Company
Murdock
Service Commission
General Service Commission
Lafayette
West Lafayette
Crawfordsville
Ft. Wayne
Bluffton
Logansport
Peru
Wabash
Decatur
Aetna
Dyer
Griffith
Highland
Munster
Schererville
Gas
East Chicago
Hammond
Whiting
Michigan City
South Bend
Mishawaka
Plymouth
Indiana Widow Becomes War Correspondent for Europe
Mrs. Margaret Crumpacker of La Porte widow of Jonathan W. Crumpacker formerly a federal judge heads to Europe as a war correspondent for several newspapers. She is said to be the first Indiana woman to volunteer for war coverage, after touring the country opposing woman suffrage in major cities.
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Margaret Crumpacker
Laporte
Jonathan W. Crumpacker
New Mexico
Europe
Crumpacker
Indiana
Expensive Lesson in a Pool Game Fist Fight Fined
William Talbot settled a dispute with August Weisjahn by assaulting him over a pool game. He paid Justice Kerr today a total of $23.90 including a $1 fine and costs after pleading guilty. The incident occurred Saturday at Ewald Grieger's billiard room. Weisjahn said he did not want to fight as he was not physically able to engage in a struggle.
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William Talbot
August Weisjahn
Justice Kerr
Ewald Grieger
Weisjahn
Bad Appointment of Brandeis to Supreme Court
Vincennes Commercial condemns Judge Brandeis’s nomination as an astonishing and illogical act by the President. It calls Brandeis a firebrand radical and argues no vested right is safe under his hands, labeling the move a finishing blow to the administration.
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Vincennes Commercial
Brandeis
Boston
Supreme Bench of
United States
Remembrance of Michigan City Figure and Sea Otter Hunter
Mrs Bessie Royce Endres en formerly of this city and widow of Rev Harry L Henderson prison chaplain shares copies of the Daily Washingtonian Hoquiam Wash recounting the death of Steve Grover Laporte county native and Grays Harbor sea otter hunter He died January 25 at 76 and was buried in Hoquiam Grover studied in Laporte schools and spent two years at Valparaiso University before wartime service
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Michigan City
Bessie Royce Endresen
Harry L. Henderson
Daily
Washingtonian
Hoquiam
Wash
Steve Grover
Laporte County
The
North Beach
Grover
Grays Harbor
Puget Sound
Laporte
Valparaiso University
Williams of Michigan City to Seek Prosecutor Nomination
Walter C. Williams of Michigan City visited Westville Friday and announced he will run in the Republican primaries for prosecutor. He is praised by Michigan City’s bar as a lawyer with dignity and ability and an outstanding reputation for integrity. Mrs. Clara Barnett arrived from Indianapolis and is at the Hope-Armitage.
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Walter C. Williams
Michigan City
Westville
Williams
Bar of
Harbor
Clara Barnett
Indianapolis
Lorp - Armitage
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Sion
Ture
Indies
Ward
Arty
Sive Movement
Cestors
Republicans
Monon
Haskells
Stumpf
Amore
Geist
Edison Shop
China and Glass Store
Oberreich & Arnold
L. Poveree
Say
Portage Home Telephone CO
W. K. Deal
Bank of Westville
John Plant
Drs. Starkey & Palen’s
Starkey & Palen
Germantown
Philadelphia
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