FARMERS INSTITUTE AT WESTVILLE JAN 31
Program outlines day and evening sessions at Westville M E Church with William M Jones Fairmount presenting Does it Pay to Be a Live Stock Farmer at 9 30 and 1 30 Mission of the Farmer. Miss Mable Curry Terre Haute speaks at 10 30 and 2 30 The Comedy of Clothes Music by the Orchestra at 7 00 with Miss Susie Skerd solo and Prof G I Christie Purdue giving the address Ushers Russell Warnke and Ed Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westville M. E
Wm. M. Jones
Fairmount
Mable Curry
Terre Haute
M. Jones
Comedy of Clothes
Miss Curry
Susie Skerd
G. I. Christie
Purdue
Russell Warnke
Ed Brown
Came Through Without a Scratch
Ross Herrold, Kalies and McKellips’ right hand man, recounts an Alida incident last week. While delivering an order, a family dog attacked him. the mistress hurled a glass washboard at the animal, smashing it. The dog seemed pleased by the chaos, and Ross escaped with only brief time off work.
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Ross Herrold
Kalies & McKellips
Alida
Ross
Herrold
B F Cass Garment Factory Closes For Season
The B F Cass Garment factory on the second floor above Augustine Bros. store shuts down for the season and may not reopen until next summer or fall. The business expanded over years but Chicago partners now manufacture elsewhere, leaving the local plant idle.
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B.F. Cass Garment Factory
Augustine Bros
Chicago
Cass
Strictly First Class Clearance Sale at Specht Innney Co
If you stay away Saturday you will miss the best chance this season to buy strictly first class merchandise at worthwhile reductions. This bona fide clearance comes but once every six months and sale closes Saturday this week at Specht Innney Co Valparaiso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specht‘inney. Co
Valparaiso
Republicans Open to Meet Progressive Olive Branch in 1916
National Republican figures from Kentucky Georgia Pennsylvania South Dakota California and Texas weigh steps toward reconciling with the Progressive party after the Chicago oilive branch offer. Supporters urge unity while skeptics warn against dictation or hyphenated Republicanism.
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Progressive Party
Chicago Herald
Republican Central Committee
Chicago
Barkis
Willin
H. F. MacGregor
Texas
Mr. McCulloch
West Virginia
W. S. Highland
Georgia
Henry S. Jackson
Olive Branch
Pennsylvania
Henry G. Wasson
South Dakota
Charles H. Burke
Arkansas
H. L. Remmell
Perkins
California
P. A. Stanton
Maryland
W. P. Jackson
Missouri
T. K. Niedringhaus
Washington
L. A. Perkins
United States
Republican” Party
TI Am
Jerse
Indiana Primary Law Summary For Porter County Candidates
Indiana announces filing dates January 7 to February 7 for party nominees including precinct and township positions. Ballots use color coding and require first and second choices. A runoff method eliminates lowest candidates until one achieves a majority. filing fee 1 percent of first year salary was ruled unconstitutional.
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State of
Indiana
Porter
Wood introduces bill to restore Indiana rural mail service
Representative William R Wood in Congress proposes a bill to abolish all motor vehicle rural routes in Indiana and return to horse drawn service as it existed before motor routes. He cites widespread complaints in Tippecanoe and across Indiana about delays and disrupted deliveries.
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Washington, D. C
William R. ‘Wood
Indiana
Post Office Department
Wood
Tippecanoe
Tippecanoe County
Republican factions seek common ground on June 7
The speaker pledges to reunite the party and meet the Progressive faction midway. He expects Republicans and Progressives to find common ground by June 7.
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Oregon
Acid Tank Explodes At Aetna Plant Injures One Man
An acid tank at the Aetna explosives plant in Gary exploded just after 10 PM injuring Fred Ryan who escaped through a window. Edgar Anderson was also reported slightly injured though unconfirmed. Plant officials say only two men worked in the building and that operations were not disrupted.
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Gary
Broadway
Aetna
Fred Ryan
Edgar Anderson
Miller
Chicago
Youngstown
Thimble Club entertains Jolly Eighteen at library
Report notes the Thimble club hosting the Jolly Eighteen at the library building yesterday. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Albert Conquest of Chicago visiting Mrs M A Webster. Also mentions a Saturday sale final day with large price reductions at Specht Finney Co Valparaiso and Dr Kellys. Ford stopped north of town and Coulter Bros are referenced.
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Albert Conquest
Chicago
M. A. Webster
Specht- Finney Co
Valparaiso
Kelly
Ford
Coulter Bros
Onarga Woman Promotes Onion Based Cure for Grip
Ella M. Tarbet of Onarga Illinois offers a home menu claimed to ward off the grip using raw onions onion sandwiches onion sirup hot and cold lemonades and figs She notes many fear the odor but says onions are safer than grip turning deadly.
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Onarga
Ella M. Tarbet
Anarga
Milk Producers' Association sets Porter county meeting
The Chicago Milk Producers Association will hold a Porter county local meeting in Valparaiso at 1:30 p.m. Saturday Jan 22 at the court house. A director for Porter county and delegates to the Feb 7 Chicago annual meeting will be elected. Secretary W J Kittle will speak.
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Milk Producers’ Association
Chicago Milk Producers Association
Valparaiso
Court House
Porter County
Chicago
Clark and
Washington Streets
W. J. Kittle
E. J. Cotterman
Chas. Ohlfest
Farmers boastful sale bills draw wild bids and odd lots
A farmer’s sale bills spark a dramatic auction with crowds, top prices for animals and tools, and outbidding neighbors. A humorous account explains multiple bids including selling a mother in law, a mortgage, weeds, a Chicago gold brick, and road rats. The results aren’t in yet as bidding continues.
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M. W. Lewis
Chicago
Pastor Lienk Assigned to St John Evangelical Gary
Rev Lienk of Collby Wisconsin has been assigned to the pastorate of St John and Evangelical Lutheran church at Gary to succeed the late Rev Kayser who was murdered last fall Renk is 35 years of age and popular
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Lienk
Collby
Wis
St. John
Evangelical
Gary
Kayser
Renk
Popu
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Tis
Laporte
Oberreich & Arnold
Rogers
Rogers Bros
Meriden Britannia Sc
Internationa) Silver Co
Meriden, Conn
Farmers Institute
Brant
Frank Brant
Frank
Westville
Sabin
Gressive
The
Thimble Club
Jolly ‘Eighteen
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