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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
2
The Indicator is a Republican local paper based in Westville. It claims wide county readership, focuses on home and county affairs, and offers yearly subscriptions at $2.00 until further notice.
A Ky United Press overview examines the fashion and social trends among members of the Harding administration, noting personal tastes, lifestyle choices, and public image expectations shaping the cabinet era.
The piece portrays political rivals accusing Herbert Hoover of overreaching in running the nation’s business and supplanting bureaucrats with his own agenda. It notes cabinet chill toward him, his publicity machine at work, and rumors about his future political ambitions.
Ho shio Mitsunaga president of Nippon Dompo Tsushin Sha told United Press in San Francisco that future peace rests largely with the press. He urged a world alliance of newspapers to exchange opinions and thoughts before any league of nations. Mitsunaga is touring the United States and Europe to study press conditions.
Two young cows offered for sale during the first week of July. Inquiries directed to B. F. LeRoy of Laporte route 8 via telephone Michigan City 1605 5 or to Mrs. Will Malchow of Westville.
Washington reports President Harding plans to announce William Howard Taft as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court soon. Taft would be given time to learn the court before the term opens in October. If another vacancy appears, former Senator Sutherland of Utah may be considered.
Howard C. Dunn reports the Dixon W Place ditch contract awarded May 19 to Clyde A. Walb of LaGrange Indiana for 363 464 07 dollars. Walb posted a bond of 363 464 07 with United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co of Baltimore as surety. The ditch is northern Indiana's largest drainage project affecting thousands of acres in the Kankakee valley and dredging will start soon after preliminary work begins.
Sunday afternoon around 4 o clock a fire swept the grainery at the Frank Schirr farm home two miles southeast of Westville. The dry conditions fueled the blaze as neighbors and townspeople rushed to the scene. The grainery holding 600 bushels of oats and a straw pile were consumed.
Miss Dora Fryar daughter of Mr and Mrs Dallas Fryar of Haskells and Clark D Stoner of Valparaiso wed June 14 at 10 am at the M E parsonage Valparaiso Rev Carpenter officiating Attendants were Mr and Mrs Leland Osborn Bride wore white embroidered crepe de chine After the ceremony the couple visited Warsaw and Leesburg before a summer in Colorado They will reside in Valparaiso after October 1.
Chauncey Hilbish 26 of Benton Ind attempted to shoot a grocer after a reprimand in his store. Four shots were fired at Charles Strine 67 mortally wounding him and injuring his daughter Mrs William Wysong 22. Hilbish fled but was captured nearby.
Williamson West Virginia June 29 William McMillan state policeman died from a bullet wound suffered during an arrest attempt near Matewan and McCarr Kentucky. Four troopers were fired on by unseen gunmen. no arrests have been made. Governor Morgan issues a new martial law proclamation to take effect immediately.
The annual all day picnic of the Northern Indiana Maccabee interurban association will be held at Fox Park in Laporte on the first Sunday in August. Maccabees from Laporte Michigan City New Carlisle South Bend Elkhart Goshen and Mishawaka join. A Laporte Goshen baseball game is a feature and the Laporte City band will provide music.
Henry L. Farrell writes that Georges Carpentier may rely on luck in a coming match as his past in boxing shows fortune favors the Frenchman. He contrasts Dempsey’s luckless path from poverty and scandal to fame with Carpentier’s idol status and success.
In Huntington Indiana Judge Samuel Cook presides as special judge in the superior court for a retrial of Jessie Philbin and others versus Drusilla Carr over 40 acres near Gary. Plaintiffs claim record title and taxes. Mrs. Carr asserts squatter rights. Previous 1915 jury verdict favored Mrs. Carr. Indiana Supreme Court later reversed and remanded for retrial.
A short line from Cartoon Magazine notes that some people struggle to build castles in the air unless they add wings, reflecting a witty, lighthearted sentiment.
Frank Getty reports from Manhasset NY that Georges Carpentier remains calmly confident four days before the bout. He works out privately and speaks little for publication while visualizing victory, noting taxes and Dempsey’s past durability as talking points.
County commissioners order the removal of the Air Line bridge on the Westville Michigan City road this week. The approach will be lowered by cutting and the cut spanned by the bridge will be filled. The bridge has long been considered unsafe for heavy traffic and a danger sign has been posted down the road.
Wanatah businessmen form a stock company to raise 50000 dollars for erecting buildings for a Chicago firm making electric supplies. Half the stock is reportedly taken and the town is confident they will complete the deal. Marquette Electric Engineering Co has 18 years in Chicago. Securing the industry would greatly benefit Wanatah.
The appellate court today affirmed the St Joseph circuit court ruling quieting title to the meander lands along the Kankakee River in Indiana. The decision steadies state ownership in Laporte and Starke counties against other claimants.
On July 3 at 7 30 p m the Methodist church hosts a patriotic and sentimental music night. All are invited to join and bring any song to sing or play. The event invites community participation in a celebration of the nation’s birth.
D W Shunk departed Sunday for Rochester Minnesota to enter Mayo Hospital for removal of an inward growth. He has been in ill health for several months.
The Indicator family along with Mr and Mrs Sant Culbertson and their son Elvin plan a weeklong camping trip suggesting they may be away for several days.
The Birmingham pin factory is described as the largest, turning out around fifty million pins each working day, highlighting its massive production scale and efficiency.
A 19 year old New York City man named Charles Bradford was arrested in South Bend after stealing a Buick from J R Cullen on West Seventh Street. The car was recovered in South Bend and Bradford was held for Michigan City police. He had driven to Laporte, South Bend, Toledo and back, seeking a potential buyer before Birdsell wagon company official alerted police.
Revenue officials estimate a one million dollar gate for the Dempsey Carpentier bout with Uncle Sam to receive nearly $500,000. Ten percent first cut yields $100,000, leaving Dempsey about $340,000 before taxes and Carpentier about $240,000 with high taxes. Rickard’s net profits could reach $150,000, while New Jersey tax adds another $100,000, making the government the largest beneficiary of the event.
A French parentist unveils a device that uses a galvanometer to read bone and tissue vibrations. The apparatus aims to assess pulse more accurately than manual methods and may improve medical diagnostics.
An English inventor designs a pen wiper using a glass cup filled with glycerin saturated sponge to preserve pens. Culture is defined as a love of perfection, a study of perfection, not mere curiosity, as stated with reference to Matthew Arnold.
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