Lafayette youths attend Purdue short course experience
Laporte county boys and girls under county agent L B Clore returned from Purdue University where they attended the farmers short course. Leland Osborn of Clinton township won second prize for corn with 80 bushels per acre, though the winner’s manuscript was slightly better. Chaperoned by Mrs Jenks the group included Lula Carpenter Homer Mitchell and Harry Linard with Mr Clare expressing enthusiasm over the week’s experience.
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Laporte
L.’B. Clore
Purdue University
County
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Generealty
H. Scott
Atte
Rotary
Thomas Carson
Leland Osborn
Clinton
Scott
Rumely
Lula
Carpenter
Homer
Mitchell
Harry ‘Linard
Bad Roads Raise Costs and Frustrate Farmers
Government statistics cited by William N. Taft in January Technical World Magazine argue that delivering coffee locally costs eight times more than importing it from Rio de Janeiro to New York. The piece notes higher hauling costs for wheat and cotton, estimating a three hundred million dollar annual toll for carting crops to rail, urging public demand for better roads to cut taxes and improve efficiency.
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Department of Commerce
William N. Taft
Technical World
Rio de Janeiro
New York
Liverpool
Rail way firm answers woolen mills complaint in Texas shipment case
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway through counsel filed an answer to Laporte Woolen Mills complaint over a loss of goods shipped to Larkin Texas. The suit will be set for trial at the next term. Divorce in Donald Miller vs Frieda Miller was denied and Miller withdrew complaint with right to amend. William Rhinehart Laporte contractor versus August Schmidt awarded sewer assessment judgment. Partition suit filed Thursday by L B Smith et al against Geo A Livingston heirs of James Livingston over the Livingston homestead property.
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Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Railway’ Company
Laporte Woolen Mills
Larkin
Tex
Donald Miller
Frieda Miller
Miller
William’ Rhinehart
Laporte
Schmidt
L. B. Smith
Geo. A. Livingston
James, Livingston
Newspaper prints spur angry reaction from man
A man reacts strongly to a newspaper story, accusing the paper of bias and misrepresentation. He demands corrections and states his side will be shared in a follow up.
County road pay and repair laws spark county debate
County officials discuss road district duties, team pay, and macadam repairs. They question law limitations on pay, whether to hire teams, and how to repair gravel versus stone roads. Attor ney general interpretation may follow as Porter and Lake counties study methods.
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Porter
Lake
H. W. Sallwasser
Michigan City
Sallwasser
Teeter
Galena Township
Compton Road
New Durham
Mull Road
January School Tax Distribution Totals for Laporte County
Joseph Johanni, county treasurer, received a state school tax remittance from State Treasurer Vollmer. Next Monday trustees of townships and school corporations receive their shares, allocated by enumeration. Laporte County’s total is over $39,000 with detailed allocations to each township and two school corporations.
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Joseph Johanni
Vollmer
Laporte County
Cass
Center
Clinton
Coolspring
Dewey
Galena
Hanna
Hudson
Johnson
Kankakee
Lincoln
Michigan
New Durham
Noble
Pleasant
Prairie
Scipio
Springfield
Union
Washington
Wills
Chool Corporation of
Massive Northern Indiana Waterways Convention Eyed
Ft Wayne plans a major waterways congress in late February following Huntington sessions. Congressman Cyrus Cline and Ohio Senator Burton are named potential speakers with aims to unite Northern Indiana towns under a permanent waterway group and fund a Washington visit for lobbying. Delegates from multiple cities could total around 500.
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Ft. Wayne
Huntington
Cyrus Cline
Angola
Burton
Ohio
Indiana
Washington
Perry
Dall Sint Banat
Indiana Farmers to Tango in Gary Charity Ball
Gary residents and northern Indiana farmers plan a charity ball on January 23 led by Mrs. William P. Gleason wife of Indiana Steel’s general superintendent. The programme features tango and hesitation waltz numbers amid small town morals debates and a river of local gossip about ministers and revival preachers.
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Gary
Indiana
Tok
L H. Laroy
William P.gleason
Indiana Steel Company
Spouts Oil Erupts From Old Zorn Brewery Well
Michigan City Dispatch reports crude oil seeps from a driven eight inch well at the Zorn brewery premises. The well, sunk twenty years ago to 275 feet for water, yielded mineral water with a dark odor. It was capped and abandoned, but investigators now seek whether the oil can be obtained in paying quantities.
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Zorn
Michigan City Dispatch
Laporte Argus- Bulletin
Golden Heart Valentine Triggers Love Triangle at Ball
At a St Valentine event Margaret Mordaunt pursues a golden heart token from a shop window. Rose Blakely, the secretary, secretly bears the heart, but Margaret’s plan backfires as Jack Edmonds reveals Rose as his partner, matching her with Hamlet in a masked finale.
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Heart of Gold
Valentine
Jack
Little Rose
Mr. Edmonds
Valentines
Margaret Mordaunt
Margaret
Golden Heart
Thebrary
Miss Blakely
Rose Blakely
Miss Mordaunt
Rose
Sarah
Margaret Mordaun
Pauline
Queen of Hearts
Celeste
Blakely
Mrs. Mordaunt
Hamlet
Mordaunts
Domino
Prince
Denmark
Portage Home Telephone elects new board and officers
Stockholders met Saturday and elected a board of directors for the ensuing year. The directors organized by unanimous vote electing President B. S. Miller of Valparaiso, Secretary E. A. Anderson of Hobart, Treasurer E. S. Smith of Westville, and Superintendent E. G. Miller of Crisman.
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Portage Home Telephone Company
B. S. Miller
Valparaiso
E. A. Anderson
Hobart
E. S. Smith
Westville
E.G. Miller
Crisman
Wreck at South Wanatah Involves Nickel Plate Engine
Peculiar absentmindedness sparks a collision on the Monon Blue Bird northbound. A Nickel Plate engine from the depot rolled into the Monon train as it stood at the crossing, causing a coach to derail.
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Monon
Blue Bird
North Bound
South Wanatah
Wanatah
Damphool Paragrapher Sparks Offense On Street
A crude remark about a writer provokes a public reaction alleging cruelty and intolerance. Witnesses report raised voices and calls for calm as bystanders urge respect and restraint during the confrontation.
State Board pushes Bible instruction in schools
The state board of education has taken a long step toward teaching morals and good citizenship to the youth of the land.
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State Board of Education
Dobbin and a cultured daughter in New York Mall
A cultured daughter returns from boarding school and rides Dobbin the family horse to the New York Mall. She fears leaving him standing and asks her mother for permission. The mother briskly replies that she can go unless the horse prefers to sit.
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Dobbin
New York Mall
The Professor's Compliment and a Cryptic Exchange
A fragment from the Pittsburgh Post presents a perplexing dialogue about compliments and desire. The speaker questions affection and mentions a curious remark about girth and a sneaky germ after. The wording is garbled and difficult to interpret.
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Costae Pe
Pittsburgh ‘Post
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