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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
3
Community gossip includes visits and guests from Gary and Crown Point, enrollment figures for civil labor, a Red Cross fundraiser at Coburg hall, and farm and rail news. Suburbs report fuel shortages, railroad changes, obituaries, police appointments, and local political shifts amid wartime restrictions.
High School notes an upcoming basketball game between Laporte Y M C A and W H S with invitation to attend. Mrs Tucker plans to be at Westville on Wednesdays, previously Fridays. Domestic Science girls served codfish a la mode rice muffins and banana salad for hot lunch. Last week two girls’ absences affected lunch. Report cards will change this semester and the school is burning wood 80 but may not close.
Henry P. Cole aged 76 years 8 months died Wednesday after a long illness. He spent most of his life in Laporte county and this area. He is survived by his widow and six children. Funeral services will be held at the house Friday at 10 30 with interment at Door Village.
The Hammond Distilling Company plant, valued at about half a million dollars, sold at auction for 65500. Peter W. Meyn bid for future manufacturing use while John H Fitzgerald, company head, speaks of patriotism as Indiana’s dry law effectively confiscates the business.
Fuel Manager G O Redpath convened Michigan City dealers to fix per ton gross margins at 2.50 on anthracite and coke and 2.60 on bituminous coal. Citizens may review basis at Redpath’s court house office. He quotes Evans Woollen urging strict fuel conservation to avert widespread hardship this winter.
Mr and Mrs Rade Aker entertained guests at New Years dinner including Mrs Ella Wood of Chicago Heights Henry Rozein and wife Hi Martin and wife and George Hartman and wife of Westville, according to the Wanatah Mirror.
Invoices note many broken lots in merchandise priced for fast clearance. Stop in when in Laporte for deals at The Boston Store.
Mrs. Jennie Dressen and family express gratitude to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and courtesies shown during Esther Dressen’s severe burns and the recent illness of Mrs. Dressen.
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