Committeemen contested as primary results set party lists
The article outlines the primary ballot structure for Republican and Democratic committeemen in multiple towns and wards. It notes typical one-candidate per precinct rules in most GOP lines, while Democrats show contests in two precincts. Clinton township has no candidate. Following the primary, committeemen will form county central committees and elect county chairs. temporary GOP chair P. C. Small replaces resigning Julius Travis, while Democratic chair A. J. Miller declines to serve.
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Clinton
P. C. Small
County awards two macadam road contracts in Cass Hanna and Union townships
Friday votes by the county commissioners let Moyer & Goodhall and Ackerman Co build two roads. Moyer & Goodall bid 16 775 for the James Ringer road of 2.99 miles. Ackerman Co bid 8 765 for the George W Rhinehart road spanning Cass and Hanna townships roughly 2 25 miles from Wanatah into Hanna township. Authorities also considered an 18 foot concrete road along the sand dunes east of Michigan City at the request of O S Glidden and others.
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Cass
Hanna
Union Township
Michigan City
O. S. Glidden
Moyer & Goodhall
Ackerman& Co
Moyer & Goodall
James Ringer
Ackerman & Co
George W. Rhinehart
Cass Township
Wanatah
Hanna Township
Laporte County Inmates and State Institutions Figures
Report shows Laporte County with 111 inmates in benevolent state institutions. Of these 91 are in state hospitals, 18 feebleminded at Ft Wayne, and two in Rockport epileptic village. Indiana totals 6,826 inmates across these institutions.
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Laporte County
Ft. Wayne
Rockport
Indiana
Road hauling law and Eastland disaster notes
Section 419 of the Indiana road law restricts heavy hauling on thawing or wet roads with specified tire widths and weight limits, with fines and police arrest powers for road superintendents. A Michigan note reports the government failed to move six Eastland disaster defendants to Chicago for trial, with Judge Clarence Sessions ruling no conspiracy or negligence proven.
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Laporte
Grand Rapids
Mich
Eastland
Chicago
United States
Clarence Sessions
Man Killed Crossing Panhandle Crossing in Porter County
Dr. Wilson 53 entered the Panhandle crossing in Porter County riding in a car that was struck by a fast passenger train. The vehicle was hurled 150 feet. the body suffered a mangled head wound. He was en route to Crown Point to comfort his ill aunt and died at the scene. He leaves a wife and parents in South Bend.
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Point
Wilson
Crown Point
South Bend
Laporte
Lake Erie and Western
Wagon Struck by Car. Otis Farmer Hurt
August Fausch a farmer near Otis was thrown from a wagon when a Franklin street car at Barker avenue collided with his vehicle. Motorman Pickford said the wagon drove into the path of the car. Fausch was bruised but not seriously injured and received medical care.
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August Fausch
Otis
Franklin Street
Barker Avenue
Pickford
Fausch
Michigan City Harbor Funding Gets $20,000 Drawn
Congress completes river and harbor bill with an item of 20000 for Michigan City harbor and breakwater and 400000 for Indiana Harbor work. St. Joseph receives 36500.
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Michigan City
Congress
Indiana Harbor
St. Joe
Local liquor license ledger aids historic record in Laporte
Auditor Hausheer holds the only liquor license abstract book in the state detailing Laporte County licenses from 1910 to present. The volume records renewals transfers and owners, with 124 licenses countywide—74 in Michigan City 34 in Laporte and 16 elsewhere. A fatal crossing crash near Laporte killed John Sams 60 and injured Ross Johnson in a northbound train collision.
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Fred A. Hausheer
Mr. Hausheer
Proctor
Hausheer
Obituary: Frank M. Boeckling of Michigan City Dies at 54
Frank M. Boeckling died at his home in Michigan City Friday night aged 54 after heart trouble worsened by estate worries. He is survived by his widow and two sons. Funeral was Monday at the Episcopal church with Dean W. S. Trowbridge presiding. He headed the church Sunday school for years and served as vestryman. Boeckling worked 25 years with his father in the family grocery, retired in 1912 to run a florist business, and also worked for the Indiana Transportation and South Shore Amusement firms and at the car works.
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Frank M. Boeckling
Michigan City
Mr. Boeckling
Episcopal Church
Dean W. S. Trowbridge
Cathedral
Car Works
Boeckling
Gustafson Withdraws From County Race
Valparaiso Vidette reports Tony Gustafson acting assessor withdrew from the county election race late yesterday at the county clerk’s office. The remaining candidates are J. W. Brummitt, T. E. Crowe and Ezra Brody.
Millinery Opening by Mrs. E Nickle in Westville
Mrs. E Nickle of Chicago to unveil spring and summer hat designs at Kaltes McKellips store in Westville, Ind on March date indicated. Local shoppers invited to view new creations and fashion trends for the season.
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E. Nickle
Chicago
Kaltes & McKellips
Weatville
Ind
Lincoln Highway association to base operations in Detroit
Word reached National headquarters in Detroit that two enterprising garagemen plan a novel method of gaining business in the coming year. They will equip fear and one half ton trucks to travel the route along the Lincoln Highway, aiming to meet automobile traffic and establish a moving service.
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Detroit
Mich
Lincoln Highway Association
Lincoln Highway
New York
Woman Whips Rival and Wins Divorce in Indiana
Mrs. Louie E. Worthington of LaPorte testified she traced her husband Ellery F. Worthington to a barn rendezvous and whipped a woman who he met there. The court granted a divorce for cruel and inhuman treatment with $1000 alimony and custody of six children. infidelity not substantiated.
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LaPorte
Ind
Louie E. Worthington
Ellery F. Worthington
Gallaher
Circuit Court
Mrs. Worthington
Worthington
For sale Rhode Island Red cock erels
For sale Rhode Island Red cock erels from B F Cass Apples praised as wholesome and cheap at 25 cents per bushel and upwards at BK S Smith's
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Rhode Island
Red Cockerels
B. F. Cass
BK. S. Smith’s
Fire Ruins Aetna Explosives Plant Near Gary
Aetna Explosives plant in Aetna east of Gary suffered a wall destroying fire last night. The nysol department, used to keep explosives from freezing, was wiped out at an estimated loss of 20600. Water dripping into acid is suspected to have started the blaze. Guards with barb wire, electric fencing and armed sentries protected the site.
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Gary
Ind
Nysol
Aetna Explo
Sives Company
Aetna
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