Local notes and social items from Laporte area
Community updates from Laporte Indiana include visits from Dorothy Cass and Miss Hazel Dressen, holiday gatherings with A. T. Rogers and family, and Mary Kalies returning from Hammond. J F Cathcart and wife spent Christmas in Michigan City with relatives. Revival meetings begin New Year’s Eve at Door-Village. Mrs. Homer Ikerd and daughters visit long-time residents Geo. Link circle. Insurance partners Vene Dorland and David H McGill form a new Laporte firm. Funeral attendance for Mrs. Gladys Morris McLaughlin. Public works chatter on a possible Chicago to Michigan City canal route and a dune region road. Local accidents and health notes and aviation pageant reference.
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Islan
Dorothy Cass
New
Bloomington
univer_ B.C. Link
Hazel Dressen
Laporte
Mary Kalies
Hammond
Howard Herrold
J. F. Cathcart
Michigan City
G. F. Hill
Thimble Club
J.C. Loomis
E. O. Beahm
J. C.” Recktenwall
Morton Loomis
the Argus
Fisher
Elwell
Mich
Door
Chivington
Elsie ‘Smith
Kansas State University
Homer I. Ikerd
Susie
Frances
van Buran
Ind
Geo. Link
Ikerd
Monon
J. Vene Dorland
David H. McGill
Illinois
William Warnock
Amel
New Providence
Josephine Shelton
George West
West
A.J. Shunk
A. J
Shunk
Grandma
C. E. Herrolad
C. E
J. McLaughlin
Don Walker
S. Crawford
Crown Point
W. B. McCord
Valparaiso
C. A. Burner
L. B. Hagens
Chicago
C. M. Mogris
Gladys@Morris McLaughlin
Chamber of Commerce
Gary
Miller
B. M. Zener
Toledo
Lake Erie
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Lake Michigan
John Pol
Poe
Doris Koontz
Chris
Koontz
San Diego
Cal
Johannesburg
Africa
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Pastor Gloyd Leaves Kingsbury Church After Two-Year Pastorate
The Kingsbury church bids farewell to Pastor Gloyd who served two years and has accepted a call to a church near Humboldt, Iowa. He will depart with his family for a new field of labor, and the Kingsbury congregation parts with him regretfully as they expect to call another pastor in the new year.
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Kingsbury
Elizabeth King Becomes Wife of Michigan Soldier
Valparaiso Indiana December 30 Friends of Mrs Elizabeth King of College Hill learn of her marriage to Clifford J Earle of Flint Michigan the ceremony occurred last Saturday at the Christian church parsonage Rev H A Denton officiating The wedding ends a romance sparked at the army camp earlier This King is a Hanna schools teacher who will finish the school year then move to Flint to join her husband She is the daughter of the late George Hailey of Haskell station
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Valparaiso
Indiana
Elizabeth King
College
Hill
Clifford J. Earle
Flint
Michigan
Christian Church
Denton
Man King
Hanna
George Hailey
Haskell Station
Petty Officer Russell Lahey to Return from Vacation
Petty Officer Russell Lahey returns to Hampton Roads tomorrow after a short Christmas visit with his parents in the city. He has served eight months and just completed his course for an Officers position. He expresses a liking for the navy and plans to remain in service for some time.
Former Valparaiso Boy Returns To Michigan City Visit
Arthur Smutzer a former Valparaiso boy and nephew of Frank Smutzer traveled to Michigan City to visit his sister Edna Dolson after a ten year absence. In five years he acted in westerns with William S Hart and performed with other celebrities. He also appeared with Shorty Hamilton in The Adventures of Shorty. Shorty is Jack Schroeder of Laporte, brother-in-law of Jap Gouhl. Since leaving movies last spring he has done vaudeville and managed a Michigan amusement park while touring county fairs with concessions.
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Valparaiso
Bill Hart
Arthur Smutzer
Valpa
Frank Smutzer
Michigan City
Shorty Hamilton
Shorty
Hamilton
Mr. Smutzer
Jack Schroeder
Laporte
Jap Gouhl
Letter from Clarence Stabe with U S forces in France in 1918
A World War I era letter from Mrs. Frederick Stabe noting her son Clarence, serving with U S forces in France near Verdun and Metz. He describes building a rail line for artillery, local French scenery, dugout towns and tunnels, and hopes to return home soon. He mentions Fritzs shot down and no injuries.
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Frederick Stabe
Clarence
U. S
France
Tam O.K
Verdun
Metz
States
Hopes for the Quiet Life in Army Letter
A World War I letter from Argilliers France dated November 27 1918 describes the writer’s desire for home, reports being nearly through chasing the Huns, and notes travel from Boston harbor to Liverpool and Southampton then Le Havre. The author mentions movements from Lorraine to the Saint Mihiel drive Verdun and Argonne fronts and longing to meet a person named Billie.
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Argilliers
France
Billie
Nailad
Boston
Harbor
New York
Tiverpool
Eng
Southampton
le 2 Have
Lorraine
Local Hold Up Ends in Fatal Shootout at Cook Store
A two man armed robbery at a Cook business led to a deadly exchange of shots at close range. A 38 caliber revolver fired four times, killing the proprietor who faced the assailants. A coroner's inquest is planned and a $500 reward is offered for information. Nearby, two unknown men robbed a saloon, escaping with $14.50 after striking the bartender.
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St Ya
Ohio
Cook
Leeds
Michigan City
Charles Tage
Laporte
Roy
Edna Tage
Kuelzow
Madison Theater
Mark Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Mark
Governor seeks end to prison labor contracts in Indiana
Governor Goodrich asks the state prison board to cancel all prison labor contracts at their next meeting. The plan uses the 1917 law to implement the state use system and shift production for state institutions and political divisions, with surplus sold. Reformatory already operates under the state use plan and earns about 1.50 per day. northern prison contracts expire in 1920, delaying action.
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Indianapolis
Goodrich
Board of ‘Trustees
State Reformatory
The
Association elects officers and backs higher salaries for officials
AH Pollentekes Velone president AH Pollentzke Valparaiso vice president A B Hauch Logansport treasurer and John Carlisle Indianapolis secretary were elected. The next annual session will be in Indianapolis. A plan to require county commissioners to donate 2 percent of their salary to a legislative committee aimed at higher salaries for commissioners was adopted. Road funding and labor pay were urged. Purdue professor RB Yeeman spoke on standardization of road construction and testing. The meeting traced road control from township to county to state and federal aid, noting the rise of state highway departments. Felix Radkowski, once listed as dead, has returned home from Camp Taylor after Red Cross helped relocate his body mistakenly sent to Milwaukee.
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AH. Pollentekes Velone
A.H.’ Pollentzke
Valparaiso
Hauch
Logansport
John Carlisle
Indianapolis
RB. C
Yeeman
Purdue. University
Voee
Joseph
County Commissioners. Co
South Bend
Felix Radskowski
Camp Taylor
Milwaukee
Home Service
the Red Cross
Felix
The
Red Cross
Armistice Armada Planned by British Planes Never Used
A group of American aviators returning on the Lapland recount a proposed November 11 attack on Berlin using eight to twelve super Handley Page craft. The plan, prepared at Ford Junction, Sussex, aimed to drop tons of trinotortoluol on the German capital, despite the front not having used such aircraft. Each plane carried five crew and heavy armament for a 500 mile mission.
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New York
Berlin
England
Ford Junction
Learning for crippled soldiers after peace
The government will aid wounded soldiers by funding education in various branches to prepare them as wage earners. The institution is well equipped to provide instruction at minimal expense and expects a large enrollment within a year to help them rebuild for life after the conflict.
You Have the Right Idea Brother Walkerton Independent
Bolshevism is spreading in America, a radical movement destructive and anarchistic in spirit. It is an extreme of autocracy and equally dangerous. The enlightened nations will not tolerate outlawry and violence from this horde of murderers and will crush it.
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Walkerton
America
Home for Holidays Guests Arrive in City
Miss Dorothy Martin attends University of Wisconsin Madison and Ramona Martin studies at Arkansas Johnsboro State Agricultural College. Frances Martin expected home tonight from State Hospital Iowa City. Michigan City News reports holiday visit with Dr and Mrs F W Martin.
Five Elkhart Juveniles Seek Montana Adventure
Five Elkhart youths three boys ages 16 to 18 and two girls aged 14 and 15 set out for Montana in a borrowed Hupmobile driven by the boys. The boys returned to Elkhart the following year after turning back between South Bend and New Carlisle. The girls continued to Michigan City where their father located one of them after relatives endured an anxious night.
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Elkhart
Montana
Hupmobile
South Bend
New Carlisle
Michigan City
Crumpacker Family Recovers From Influenza
John and Helen Crumpacker children of Judge H L Crumpacker are up and around again after influenza. Also Mrs Anna Crumpacker, the judge’s mother, has recovered sufficiently to be up today for the first time since illness.
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John
Helen Crumpacker
H. L. Crumpacker
Anna Crumpacker
Deputy Arthur C Bielefeldt Returns to County Clerk Office
Corpral Arthur C Bielefeldt late of Adj Gen Harris office in Washington returns to his old desk as deputy clerk in the county clerk’s office. He left La Forte in late September for limited service at Columbus Barracks stayed 38 days then to Genoatee and worked in the Adj Gen office handling cables from around the world including casualty lists. He was discharged from Camp Meigs Washington DC last week.
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Arthur C
Aenoatee
Othe
Camp Meigs
Washington
D. C
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Kellings’ Shoe Store
G. L. Howell
Westville
Homer Furnaces
Kate Bates
Kate
Gene Stratton-Porter
Bank of Westville
Pinos
Camp Roreshee
Coats
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