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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
3
A Boston Store notice touts an opportunity for women to buy full suits with notes on selections. It promises an exceptional showing and radical price reductions making it easy for every woman to find the suit she seeks.
The piece highlights Abe Olds and family, long tenants on rented farms, later settling in New Durham Gains north of town. It praises their stability, progress, and strong work ethic, noting seven children and their spread to the west coast, with emphasis on family progress and community impact.
The week old infant of M. E. Hyde and his wife died Christmas night after a suspected poisoning. Friends express sympathy to the bereaved parents.
The depositors through the bank offer a reward of 2500 dollars for the return of the property taken with no questions asked. The offer has circulated widely in the metropolitan press. Three quarters of a loaf beats none.
G L Howell P D Culver and Calvin Webster visited a mint farm near Mill Creek. They will form a partnership to erect a still and cultivate mint claiming high profits. One farm visited yielded a 20000 dollar crop on four acres, highlighting the potential in lowland areas around Westville.
Westville lodge No. 192 F and A and Westville Chapter No. 133 O E S held a joint officer installation Friday with members and guests present. After oysters and pie in banquet room, ceremonies were followed by a dance. New officers include W M J N Kelly and W M Pearl Morris among others with several out of town attendees noted. House for sale on Plane and Washington streets Westville listed by R H Hilton.
Nine room dwelling in very good condition with cistern cellar and woodhouse. Two lots provide ample gardening opportunity. Apply to Mrs. C. E. Martin.
The Martin family occupies a two story home basement and second floor while ground floor fittings lag a month overdue. They improvise with the electric plant and water system and laugh at delays. The house warming will reveal all parts arrived and working at a notably sightfy location farm home.
Farmers of New Durham branch invite members and nearby township farmers to a Monday evening meeting at Westville town hall on January 5 at 7 30. Important business and large interest discussions expected as the bureau grows and seeks broad farmer participation chaired by President R Y T Beach.
Fragmentary OCR text lists relatives including Helen, Oscari, W. Shultz, Harry, Willis, Ora McLane and Mable, plus others with unclear roles.
A joyful Westville Lutheran Church Christmas celebration filled the decorated sanctuary with wax candle lit tree displays and choir songs. Rev Sauer and wife led children's responses while John Augustine oversaw gift distribution and a new organ dedication marked the day as a meaningful church milestone.
The usual crowd filled the Methodist seating to hear the Sunday school program. The Yuletide tree framed the scene as the Bethlehem story was told with starry imagery and a heavenly choir. Peace and goodwill filled the evening.
Inspection of the Masonic lodges at Valparaiso Union Hills and Westville occurred this afternoon and evening at the local lodge room. A 6 o'clock supper was served in the banquet room.
The Chesterton Tribune is leased for one year to Capt. C. Galen Chaney of LaPorte. Owner A. J. Bowser will not assume active management. J. G. Graessle, longtime mechanical head, sworn Porter County treasurer Jan 1. Ed Jardine family visiting Nouel. Ice users report filled houses. Consumers Co. at the lake staffing with a short crew. Saturday wages raised to five dollars to lure workers.
The Westville public schools start a fifteen week Modern Health Crusade to instill daily health chores for students. Participants earn buttons as they advance from page to knight with weight gain tracking and Red Cross Seals funding the program.
A poem warns against doomsday predictions about a December seventeenth apocalypse. The speaker scolds sensational writers and asserts that workers and common folk should focus on daily toil rather than celestial speculation. The piece ends with a defiant jab at alarmist forecasts.
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