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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
2
Editor and publisher C. E Magrin announces The Indicator a weekly newspaper in Weetville Indiana published every Thursday. Advertising rates and copy deadlines are noted with emphasis on timely submission to reach the office by noon for publication and readership of about 5 000 in Porter and surrounding counties.
Forty threshers met in a small court room with County Food Administrator Kramer as chair. They debated saving grain during harvest proposing well maintained machines sufficient power and minimal leaks plus proper stacking and feeding into the separator. Farmers were urged to rake shocks, elevate stacks, and ensure fuel quality while the county committee develops further grain-saving plans.
A wartime report details how the Grain Corporation and federal licenses reordered wheat flow from farm to mill. It explains car allocation, price equalization, and licensing to ensure steady supply, with profits capped for mills and jobbers. It notes transportation and market reforms, plus a Minneapolis price chart and broader impacts on farmers and consumers.
County Council notes circulating chain letters from various sources aimed at raising funds for war help. Treasury Department disapproves these letters especially those soliciting War Savings Stamps and a letter claiming authority of an American Chain Company and Red Cross to fund a hospital in France for facial wound treatment.
Mr and Mrs Co O Anderson visited their South Chicago home for a few days while their garden needs tending. Miss Helen Batezkowski returned from Bronson Michigan to stay with them. Clarence Miller spent Sunday with South Bend friends. Mr Cunningham is a lead gardener here. Mr and Mrs Pierson entertained Chicago visitors over Sunday. Mrs Charles Lipke hosted a sister from Chicago. Sam Pawelczak improves his garden steadily. Mr and Mrs Young raise a fine garden. Mrs Wm Lipke expands chicken raising efforts.
Will Link suffers a two week carbuncle on his neck treated by Dr. Axe of Chesterton. A Wednesday storm caused damage with downed trees and wrecked telephone and telegraph poles. Charles Barnard builds a new garage with Guy Wolfe on site. Ed Jardine and family visited Ezra Geist in La Porte on Sunday. Clarance Beach on furlough from Purdue visited home. Frank Burner family Mrs. Mary Burner and Mrs. O Barnard joined Dan Jessup family Sunday.
House and lot on North Street Westville for rent. Mrs Sarah Williams Storm Lake Ta seeks tenants for the residence.
Thirty eight milling firms in Indiana have been given until April 6 to apply for licenses. The notice signals a regulatory push by state authorities to formalize operations and ensure compliance with new licensing rules.
Dr Barnard asserts food production priority over other uses as a gas pipeline removal threatens hundreds of acres of growing wheat and crops from Greentown to Hammond. This ruling ties to ensuring food supply amid potential crop destruction.
The piece argues that postwar conditions show higher returns for staple farm products and increased farmer incomes, enabling advances on purchases. It cautions buyers to overlook past prices, focus on current supply constraints, and expect higher future prices as government demand reduces manufacturing output.
A month long sale guarantees the greatest showing of furniture and household furnishings to select from and also guarantees the prices.
LaPorte County readers learn that Kessler's Furniture Store presents Laporte's only complete household outfitter offering a full line of furniture and home goods.
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