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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
2
The Indicator, published in Westville Indiana, offers weekly editions on Thursdays. Subscriptions are $1.50 a year in advance, with advertising copy due by Wednesday noon to insure same week publication. The paper reaches about 5000 readers in Laporte and Porter counties.
A crippling blizzard blankets the area with winds from the southwest driving snow into massive drifts. Temperatures drop to 18 below zero, rail lines and roads clog with packed snow as crews battle to reopen tracks and restore service amid significant livestock losses and widespread business disruption.
Notes of the Storm report widespread disruption: church meetings canceled, telegraph lines damaged, a high school basketball game wiped out by a blizzard, and residents like hotel manager Mrs Dreesen amid fuel shortages. Teachers Tucker Standiford Cass marooned. milkman J E Payne faced two-day delivery gap and shoveling out.
A deep storm hits town halting trains and blocking roads. Monon and Wabash services are disrupted, with snow plows deployed, and residents endure power outages, food shortages, and relief efforts. Local workers battle cold as hog car losses and frostbite injuries occur.
Community relies on coal from schools as fuel shortages loom. Stormy weather kept Miss Hannon Miss Baird and Miss Miller from reaching classes Monday while Kalies and Dachwald taught here. Attendance fell with 17 in the high school. Substitutes delayed hot lunch and students pressed on with Latin and civics studies as seniors juniors and sophomores progress through core subjects.
Readable fragment lists produce prices at a street market: apples at Eighth Street with Smith's selling 30 to 50 cents per peck and pears by Kiefer at 15 to 25 cents per peck.
The section lists residents visiting relatives during the holidays including Ross Hackett Roy Leets and Floyd Kriesel with families. A New Year party honors Roy Leets at the Letts home. The Boothe farm near Michigan City is set for public auction January 19 to settle Alice Boothe’s affairs. Red Cross activity and local visits by Umborski and Frame families are noted.
A blizzard warning and cold snap disrupt travel as milk trains halt for three days. Local residents including Roy Glaney and Julia Watts visit family, while A J Forbes makes trips to Gary. In Coburg hunting contest captains team up for a grand oyster supper and challenge match with Captain Anderson and Captain Allison, amid festive preparations and sparse space.
John Hagenow visited his daughter in Michigan City and has returned home as his wife remains under a doctor’s care. Mrs Zorn from Pennsylvania visited relatives here. Several residents including Guy Koontz and H N Kline faced illness or travel delays due to the storm. Chas Rudolph traveled to Wanatah for business and stayed with Alida.
Representative H. A. Barnhart has a limited seed supply for district farmers. Send a request to Washington, D. C. for Dakota alfalfa four-pound packages Haberlandt Soy beans two-pound packages and Sudan grass one-pound packages. Each includes cultivation circular. Requests must arrive before February 15, 1918.
Short notice ad states repairs available at W L Augustine store. Customer Tolton invites leaving shoes for prompt service and timely return.
The Junior High students receive credits for completed work and will not repeat it. Our Manual Training teacher mistakenly turned on lights at dismissal. Juniors begin Commercial Arithmetic. School dismissed due to heavy drifting roads. Hazel Grieger, formerly of Wanatah, joins the eighth grade. Boys basketball practice continues as they expect to perform well.
A method to break any sized glass vessel by layering boiling oil on cold water inside and then dousing the exterior with cold water. The resulting contact between oil and water creates a clean break at the point of impact, allowing a glass tub or carboy to be fractured without shattering.
A local notice urges the community to align with worship at the M B E church with services at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The message emphasizes daily devotion for families and communities.
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