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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
2
The Indicator published weekly in Westville Indiana invites business notices with a yearly rate of 1.50 in advance. Advertising copy must reach the office by Wednesday noon to be printed the same week. The paper serves about 5000 readers in Laporte and Porter counties.
Gordon Kimball spends vacation in Columbus visiting cousins. Teachers entertain pupils with a party before vacation. Mrs. Frank Williams dies at her Jackson Center home December 19 after a two day illness leaving husband three sons and a daughter, one son in Gary, and one brother Van D. Massey. Eugene Kimball visiting mother in Columbus on Christmas day. Mrs Gloyeski returns from South Chicago two weeks ago. Mrs John Vanselow back from Albuquerque with son Ross, reporting him improved. Mrs E A Howell visits Joseph Rands in Valparaiso. Miller Baum farm sold to Koselke brothers of Valparaiso. Ice harvest underway this week.
Miss Florence Drake and sister Mrs. McClure Wells of South Liberty visited relatives in Jackson Township. Mr and Mrs Chas Baker and daughter Maxine and Mr and Mrs McClure Wells and daughter Vera spent Sunday with their parents Mr and Mrs F F Drake at their Jackson township home.
Hugh Casbon remains a fireman for the N Y Central R R while Ben Reling of Englewood yards spent New Years with Burdick friends and returns Tuesday. Numerous trips and visits fill the list from Chesterton Chicago Gary Michigan City Three Oaks and LaPorte with weddings sleigh rides and house moves noted.
Door Village notes a time honored Christmas with bountiful dinners gifts and homecomings of children and friends. Evening church program featured a tree carols and storytelling highlighting contributions by local youths and gatherings at the homes of Homer Fitzpatrick John Brink and Mrs Chis Garwood.
Axel and Peterson of Terre Haute attended the funeral of Geo McLellan who turned seventy on New Year’s Day. Guests for dinner included Walter and McLellan spouses, MacDowd, Soliday couples, Mabel McLellan of Princeton, Edith McLellan of Cornell College, and Lawrence Watson of Purdue. E H Kimball recovering from a knee injury after an ice fall. Joseph Carroll of LaPorte greeted friends in the Village.
Mr and Mrs August Schlene spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Schliene in Michigan City. Walter Deutscher, long employed in Illinois, returned home to spend winter with his parents. Mr and Mrs A C Blessing and daughter of Laporte spent New Years with Henry Blessing's family. Mr and Mrs A F Fridenburg and family of Waterford were guests of John Segal. Ernest Zahra and son returned from Illinois to visit relatives. Clare Blessing visited Miss Mary Sherrick in Wanatah for New Years. Ethel Grischow resumes teaching after vacation with Michigan City relatives. Leo Rotzein of Michigan City spent holidays with his parents. Alma and Mabelle Schlene visited Mildred and Gertrude Selkirk.
A local note lists residents and visitors from Peoria to Gary and Chicago, with New Year greetings and household updates. The column records social visits, travel homecomings, and community happenings from Coburg and nearby towns, concluding with a humorous essay on saying goodbye.
Mie and Mrs. Bart Stoner and family entertain guests. Ludingtons and Bowmans visit. Dorothy Ludington spends time with Frank Whitner. M. C. Mason hauls materials for a silo west of town. Nelson Bull and family move into new home on the Hutton farm. Clarence Davis family to Gary for now. Ludington and Springer travel to Whiting on business. Carl Beach visits with Frank Beach. Arthur Anderson returns from Wisconsin. J. H. Allison of Westville visits Coburg. Mrs. J. S. Becktenwall teaches Otis school amid Miss Mary Kalfe’s quinsy confinement.
Observers report termite nests at the headwaters of the Rio Verde glimmering with tiny stars like lit towers. When struck the lights go out and gradually return. Castelnau noted a similar display near Goyaz in the 1800s, likely from phosphorescent larvae.
Mrs. Martin recounts a Pennsylvania Dutch suitor who judged potential wives by playful tests. He watched three girls sew for closeness to the stitch and trimmed waste dough scraps for favor. The generous bread crumb offered won him, and their future marriage began with a quiet pledge.
The New York Prison association secretary recalls a thief's answer about honesty. In Elmira reformatory a student shares a story of two crooks who turned honest and opened a store, borrowing $100 000 to expand, then failed and kept all the money, illustrating the perils of honesty.
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Milwaukee lists B F Cass as agent. Courter Bros offer Ford repair parts skid chains and radiator hoods with anti freeze. Totten repairs shoes at Augustine Bros. Message ends.
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