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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
3
Mixed community items report moves and visits in Westville and Laporte area. Mentions families moving into Main Street homes, local business closures, Red Cross fundraising, wartime tax talk, and visits from relatives with brief notes on military and civic events.
Two men driven into town caused a disturbance in the early hours. Marshal Bluhm jailed them as bootleggers. Sheriff Ahlgrim and Deputy West from Michigan City arraigned the pair before Squire Snook and fined them $1 plus costs for drunkenness. They listed Logansport and Winamax as their homes.
A wartime poem by Walt Mason urges readers to write letters to soldiers. It stresses that cheerful notes lift homesick troops facing long days away from loved ones, boosting morale and confidence. The piece encourages quick, bright exchanges to sustain fighters as they face danger.
A farmer should invest now in a well built ventilated and insulated barn to protect hogs and improve litters and weight. Proper housing reduces feed waste and heating needs, while current lumber prices allow more value per unit. A new barn, hog house, poultry house, or implement shed pays for itself through higher farm production.
Lake County fair canceled by directors citing wartime and busy residents. Officials say ongoing war effort and lack of community patronage prevent exhibition this year.
Judge Gallaher will likely name a replacement for Mrs. Frank J. Pitner on the county council of defense after her resignation, accepted with regret. Pitner’s tireless work raised results but prolonged strain left her seriously ill. she is convalescing and unable to participate in upcoming campaign efforts.
Grand jury in Michigan City returned six indictments for liquor law violations. Five men were arrested and bonded at $500 to $1,000 each. names listed include Peter Beneks Frank Arndt Stanislaus Seszin ski Mandel Rubin and George Geister. One arrest未made early afternoon with unnamed suspect.
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