Repairing Our Roads A Lincoln Highway Carpet Treatment
E I Reynolds county superintendent of roads with a crew of four trucks and sixteen men repaired roads in the vicinity. They scarified oiling and topdressed between Wanatah Haskells and Westville and laid carpet treatment on the Lincoln highway toward the county line. The method uses small stone coated with oil swept and covered with asphaltum oil then fine rock for a smooth finish. The crew estimates significant savings versus hiring 50 men and 12 wagons, projecting about $42 000 saved over five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Lincoln Way
Laporte
Supt
Mac Howell
Ellis Jasperson
Frank Gamberling
Kingsbury
Otis Cites
Wanatah
Otto Green
Michigan City
Andrew Anderson
John Lloyd
John Graw
Marion Howell
Lewis Milbrandt
Harry Watt
Paul Whitman
John Schneiderman
Ernest Reetz
Frank Roloff
Free for Our Country Friends Black Advertising Board
A brief ad for a reusable black board to display items for sale placed in front of a home. The Boston Store invites readers to contact its advertising department in Laporte for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Boston
Farm for Sale in Westville near Coburg Lincolnway
Over 100 acres for sale on Lincolnway near Coburg Westville Indiana with a large brick house and big barn and several outbuildings. 65 acres of black soil and the rest upland with a few acres of oak and maple timber. Contact G M Gillette at 7702 Westville Post Office Westville Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolnway
Coburg
Postotshice
Westville
Ind
G. M. Gillette
Goodyear convoy reaches Westville with 55 trucks
The United States Army motor transport corps convoy arrived in Westville at 10 am Saturday. Goodyear Rubber Company of Akron, carrying a 17-piece band from a previously traveled truck, accompanied the group of 55 trucks under Colonel McClure on the Lincoln highway toward the Pacific coast. Veterans in France and re-enlistees travel with the unit, which mirrors the Chateau Thierry convoy and emphasizes motor truck training and mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Transport Corps
United States Army
Westville
Goodyear Rubber Company
Akron
Motor Corps
McClure
Lincoln Highway
Pacific Coast
Mac Clare
France
Chateau Thierry
Rumely Co Plans Black Worker Housing At Laporte
The Rumely Company of Laporte plans to bring 200 Black workers to Laporte to staff factories. It will build three 16 room apartment houses and a dozen two story flats, housing currently in tents. The Indicator backs Finley Mount, head of Advance Rumely, foreseeing careful management of new residents and potential positive outcomes, while warning against unguided settlement and race trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumely Co
Laporte
Finley Mount
Mount
Laporte County
Lawrence Moorehead Home From War After Service Across The Channel
Lawrence Moorehead grandson of Mr and Mrs Jared Gardner returns home after serving in the British theatre during World War I. He faced early rejection by a U S recruiting officer in Chicago but joined English service and served in the signal corps and air service. He sailed from Southampton to Calgary and was mustered out at Calgary Alberta. He earned a medal for honorable service and received $45 a month pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Imes
Ward Imes
Charles Booth
Ruth
Mildred
Michigan City
Charles Selkirk
Lieut. Booth
Jefferson Barracks
Virgil Spitzer
Virgil
Transportation Corps
Army
France
Nevada Henton
Ford
Nevada
Louis Hollenbeck
Gary
R. H. McKellips
F. W. Martin
Kelly
Alta Benson
Roland Fend
Chicago
Tra W. Howorth
Ira Tilton
Westville
Valparaiso
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Howorth
W. C. Williams
le Havre
Ypres
Vimy Ridge
Lens
Arras
Cantigny
Montdidier
Amiens
Lawrence Moorehead
Jared Gardner
Lawrence
Uncle Sam
Toronto
Canada
C.O. R
Fresham Pond
Surrey
London
England
Whitley
Signal Corps
Seafort
Air Service
Upper Heyford
South Hampton
Calgary
Alberta
Postal Telegraph Expands Wire Network to Kalamazoo
A crew from Chicago begins laying a new wire to Kalamazoo Michigan to extend Postal Telegraph service eastward while another team extends the line from Chicago to Michigan City. The company emphasizes strengthened construction to spur development and business growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City News
Postal Telegraph Company
Chicago
Kalamazoo
Mich
Herse for Sale by G. M. Gillette
Five years old standard bred bay mare for sale. Sound and unblemished with a handsome appearance. Contact G M Gillette for details.
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Westville Lumber & Coal Co
Westville, Ind
Ance
Kellings’ Shoe Store
G. L. Howell
Edna Wilkinson
Denver
Col
Henry Smith
Philip Smith
Smith
Pinhook
Elizabeth Barnard
Macy
Mitchell
South Dakota
W. L. Dodd
South Bend
Goshen
Cincinnati
C. E. Morris
Ralph
Robert Mills
Crocker
Porter Superior Court
Letha Mills
W. L. Augustine
Adolph Brust
Lupore
Wisconsin
Charles Tolton
Irene
L. R. Peters
William Tolton
Mildred Selkirk
Valparaiso University
Mill Creek
J. N. Kelly
Kathryn
Winemac
Ruth Kelly
Austin Williams
Detroit
Wight
Austin
Oakland Lake
Elvin Augustine
S. G. Knoll
Bundy
Cornelius
Corellus
Joe Shields
Pleasant Schweim
American Express
Norris
Ben Wilson
Moritz & Son
Franklin Street
Indiana
the Motor Caravan
Herse
Nesr
Idommnha
Northern
Bank of Westville
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