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Westville Indicator in Westville, Indiana

04 Jun 1914

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Westville Indicator

Location

Westville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1914

Page

4

Public highway macadam plan approved in LaPorte County

Engineers and viewers report on the Andrew C. Johnson road improvement in New Durham Township LaPorte County Indiana. They describe the 50 foot wide right of way plan to grade drain and pave the road 4.87 miles long with crushed limestone and culverts and set a cost of 21700 dollars.

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New Durham Township Westville LaPe County Indiana Laporte County LaPorte Andrew C. Johnson Valparaiso Cot Fou New Durham Scipio van Wilkinson Board of ‘Commissioners la Porte County Beaver Dam A.C. Johnson Road Laporth County Cedee Board of County ‘Commissioners Board of Commissioners
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Vandergrift Joins Hoosiers After Strong Inside Play

Carl Vandergrift, former Fort Wayne Central League second baseman and member of the pennant winning Indianapolis Federal League club last year, was retained by Manager Whoa Bill Phillips of the Hoosiers for this season for his remarkable inside ball ability. He recently joined the Phillips squad coming from South Carolina where he coached a college team.

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Carl Vandergrift Fort Wayne Indianapolis Whoa Bill” Phillips Hoosiers Vandergrift Phillips South Carolina
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Marriage by halter in English tradition cited

The article recalls a old belief that a wife bought with money was legally married if the purchaser led her home with a halter. It cites Baring Gould and a village poet, and notes 1858 1859 sales in Little Horton and Dudley where a blue ribbon replaced the halter at the door.

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Halter Little Horton Dudley
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Hard Luck Ta Lek and the Spinning Mule Invention

A historical note on Samuel Crompton and his spinning mule. As a child Crompton’s father died leaving his mother to oversee wool work. He detested it and invented the spinning mule to ease the task but failed to secure financing. A company subscription list offered to repay losses, and several subscribers repudiated their signatures.

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Samuel Crompton Crompton
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