Local Notes From La Porte County Readers
Thos Hixon plans another absence due to influenza. Mrs W H Reynolds recovering from a severe illness. Miss Mildred Selkirk visiting Miss Ethel Bluhm over Sunday. Mrs C T Kalies nearly recovered from grip. R H McKellips still housebound. Mrs Schuyler Hartman and three children poorly under doctor care. A J Forbes may rent his farm and move to the city. Cathcart and E I Reynolds attended a state road school at Purdue. Brooks, Jessup, Larson and Carson opened the Pinhook road with a snow plow to public approval. In December term, Mrs Emmeline Howe Wallace Thomas won possession of her daughter from grandparents Mr and Mrs M W Lewis. Linden Hill funeral scheduled at M E church. pneumonia claim. Charles and Clarence Hill and Mrs Ed Brown recovering from illness. M E church services nightly at 7:30. J G Plant and E M Augustine at hardware merchants meeting in Indianapolis. Lincoln Dodd and wife moved to Valparaiso after farm near Wanatah. Miss Lara Reynolds ill with flu near New Carlisle. David Good of La Porte funeral held with burial at Door Village. aged 75, uncle to Mrs J C Bluhm. Misses Eva Gloff and Emily Warnock resign as telephone operators. Georgia Wilson and Lida Aker take positions. Frank Burner shipped cattle and hogs. co op spirit noted in Ed Jardine’s account. Harry Burner, ex engineer in California lumber plant, visited Laporte relatives. his wife in Ayeka. He left 23 years ago. Curtis Kirkham, 15, orphan, left Culver home. parting with belongings. John Gibson, another orphan, returned to Clifford Young home near Door Village. picked up by Chicago police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Kirkham
Earl Culver
Culver
John Gibson
Clifford Young
Door Village
Chicago
Farmers Organize Westville Elevator Co and more news
E T Scott and family visit relatives. J J Club meeting postponed. multiple influenza and grip cases in Laporte region. Biola Norris and Earl White wed in Michigan City. Mrs Geo Bailey recovers from a stroke. Westville forms Farmers Co operative Elevator Co to manage a local elevator with 40000 capitalization. 7 directors chosen. April 30 fiscal year end. annual meeting last Saturday in May. Bus service suspended due to bad roads.
Sunday School Officers Chosen at M E H Sunday School
The annual Sunday election at the M E H Sunday school selected officers Supt Mrs O L Chillington A Steel asst supt J C Bluhm 2nd asst supt Ralph Bluhm sec Ruth Kelly asst sec Lois Brown treas Ruth Cathcart librarian Ethel Bluhm pianist Clinton Davidson chorister Selection of teachers to be made by officials urges townsfolk to join as workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. EH
O. L. Chillington
A. Steel
J.C. Bluhm
Ralph Bluhm
Ruth Kelly
Lois Brown
Ruth Cathcart
Ethel Bluhm
Clifford Davidson
Obituary of Mrs Edw Beckman of Chesterton
Mrs Edw Beckman dies at her Chesterton home from pneumonia at 3 a m leaving three children. Sister Eva Gloff cared for her. Daughter of Mr Mrs August Gloff she grew up in Westville. Funeral at Lutheran church Saturday 2 p m with burial in Westville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edw. Beckman
Chesterton
Eva Gloff
Martha
August Gloff
Westville
QO. A. Sauer
Young Folks of Merit Wed in St. Joe Michigan
Joseph Reed son of Mr and Mrs Frank Reed wed Miss Mable Gust daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Gust at St Joe Michigan on January 14. The marriage was kept quiet until recently and the families are among the locality’s oldest and well to do. The couple reside on the D L Crampacker farm in the house vacated by Rollo Link. The community shows strong interest in their welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Reed
Frank Reed
Mable Gust
Wm. Gust
St. Joe, Mich
D. L. Crampacker
Rollo Link
Joe
Death Ends Homecoming of Atlanta Prisoner Justice of the Peace
Henry Wolf aged 61, imprisoned in the Atlanta federal pen for tampering with the draft, returned home last Tuesday and collapsed after greeting his wife at South Wanatahle. His local role as a justice of the peace is noted, and the incident occurred as he moved to embrace his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wolf
Atlanta
South Wanatahle
jWolf
Wanted Woman for Housekeeper in Family of Two
Small help wanted ad seeks a middle aged woman for housekeeper duties in a two person household. Employer offers good wages and requests applicants to respond with address to care Argus in Laporte Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Care Argus
Laporte, Ind
Public Sale Notice Near Wanatah and Haskells
Public sale announced by H W Dalian at a residence located miles north of Wanatah one mile west of Haskells and 54 miles south of Webville. Sale scheduled for Morday March 1st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanatah
Haskells
Webville
H.W. Dalian
Farm for sale by E S Smith seeks quick buyers
E S Smith offers his farm for sale and urges quick contact for a good bargain. Potential buyers are invited to see him soon to discuss terms and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Smith
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Specht-Finney Company
Gaberdine
Serge
Poplin
Finney Company
Valparaiso
Main and
Franklin
Indiana
Oberreich & Arnold
China, Crockery & Glassware Dept
LaPorte County
Ance
Kellangs’ Shoe Store
LaPorte
Ind
Ville Exchange
Lacrosse
Hanna
Union Mills
3Olling Prairie
Telephone Exchange
THE
Laporte Telephone Company
Thos
Hixon
W. H. Reynolds
Mildred Selkirk
Mill Creek
County
C. T. Kalies
R. H. McKellips
A. J. Forbes
A. J
Cathcart
E. I. Reynolds
Purdue University
Robert Brooks
Roy Jessup
John Larson
Thos. Carson
Pinhook
Emmeline Howe Wallace Thomas
M. W. Lewis
Linden Hill
Frank Hill
M. E
Linden
Charles
Clarence Hill
Ed Brown
M. E. Harsh
J.G. Plant
E. M. Augustine
Indianapolis
Lincoln Dodd
Lara Reynolds
New Carlisle
St. Joseph County
David Good
J. C. Bluhm
Emily Warnock
Georgia Wilson
Lida Aker
Medaryville
Frank Burner
Doodle
Ed Jardine
Co-Operative Business
Harry Burner
Ayeka
Cal
Hiram Burner
Harry
Boston
LaPorte’s Greatest Store
Woen
Davidson & Porter
Moritz & Son
Franklin Street
Michigan City
E. T. Scott
Ann E. Conrad
Logansport
J. J. Club
Guy Johnston
Pinola
Laporte Hospital
Carlos
W. E. Kalies
Howard Herrold
Hammond
Alf. Steele
North Liberty
Mrs. Steele
Ed Greening
Noble Grand Circle
A. Olds
Biola Norris
Earl White
Elliott
Desilver Norris
New Durham Township
Garland White
Waterford
Geo. Bailey
Flint
Mich
Florence Burner
Bailey
Elizabeth Bailey
Clifford Earl
Otto Jarpine
Benj. Hineline
Hineline
S. Magnuson
Westville Cooperative Company
Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company of
Schirr
Wabash Yards
E.G. McCollum
Wolcott
State Grain Dealers Association
National Association
McCollum
Buechner
Westville Co-operative Elevator Co
Ross Beach
Charles Rudolph
Fred Warnke
Edward Jardine
Justin Loomis
Charles Barnard
George Hartman
Robert H. Moore
inpLana Hopkins
Wirth & Franklin
Sis
Liu
H. B. Hayward
Iesses
Associated Physicians
Frank E. Osborn
Osbor
Kenneth D. Au soRe
Osborn & Osborn Lawyers
Td Laporte
Emuel Darrow
Taron & Rowley
Masonic Temple
J. Vene Dorland
DR. W. 3
Rise
Veterinary Surgeon Office
Jefferson Ave
Paxton Laporte
H. W. Sallwasse
Lincolnway
Rouse Laporte
Curtis
Eastman
Premo
Ethelred Curtis
Optometrist
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