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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
2
The Indicator published in Westville Indiana declares editor and publisher details and advertising rates. Notices must reach the office by Wednesday noon for publication and obituary notices have per line charges.
The county farmers institutes run by the county institute president and L B Clare begin February 3 in Wanatah with Nye and Mrs Walker as speakers. Additional sessions follow February 4 at LaCrosse and February 5 at Kingsbury, all featuring the same speakers. Talks cover general farming and wives of farmers, with future events listed through February 19 in Union Mills LaPorte and Stayke County.
Fred Miller mayor of Michigan City sues William Hutchinson for slander over remarks at a June banquet attended by 49 men claiming Miller owns a red light district and that a resort was sold to a madam. Suit seeks 25000 damages amid Hutchinson denying the quote and promising evidence.
County officials gain several new posts in a special session. H. W. Sallwasser is reappointed county attorney. Ora Bosserman becomes highway superintendent. Dr. N. O. Mertz to county asylum and jail physician. Thos. Conry drainage commissioner. Frank L. Taylor courthouse custodian. Amos Wasson engineer. Otto Pieplow night engineer.
At a December trustees meeting, LaPorte Savings Bank elected officers for 1914 led by James H. Buck as president and BE Davis Obie Way as vice presidents, K M Andrew cashier and Fred W Krockheim assistant cashier. The bank declared a four percent semi annual interest to depositors through January 1914 and added 3900 to surplus, noting ten year gains of 478000 in interest and 82000 to surplus. Resources exceed 1750000 with 129000 in surplus. trustees listed include Buck Davis Way Crumpacker James Hadman Sievert Replogle.
Report states Monon operators receive a seven and a half percent wage raise effective December 1. Previously they had demanded a fifteen percent increase.
The Hammond and Chicago revival meeting at the M E church ends Sunday night after a week of services. J G Ingstrom and H B Beeman buy Dolman & C 58 machine shop. son in law Mr Frame runs it with repairs offered. Mrs Emma Reynolds and Mrs Pauline Frame survive with the mother. Indiana faces 300000 to 500000 borrowing in January as state finances lag until next spring tax levy.
The LaPorte Savings Bank, organized 1871, markets itself as the sole LaPorte County bank serving savings depositors. It highlights state supervision, a large surplus, over 1.7 million in resources, and deposits concentrated in real estate first mortgages. Depositors earn four percent interest with compounding, and safety measures include annual audits and restricted transactions through the Loans Committee.
In this dec 1913 public notice the plaintiff seeks to quiet title to real estate in LaPorte County Indiana. The complaint lists defendants as unknown heirs and spouses, many with “unknown” given names, and notes they are nonresidents of Indiana. The case is set for trial February 9 1914 in LaPorte Circuit Court. Seal and clerk affirmation follow.
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