Hoosier Victor Martin wins back to American unit
The Westville Ind Indicator details Victor Martin son of publisher C. E. Martin who after serving in the Navy and attempts to join various forces deserts to Canada’s Tank Corps, earns the British cross for gallantry, is jailed as an American deserter, then reinstated by General Crowder and sent back to fight with the U S Army, praised by staff in London.
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Victor Martin
Sen
Case
Gen. Crowder
Washington, D. C
King George
C. E. Martin
Westville
Ind
Indicator
Martin
Washington
Haas
Navy
Canadian Red Cross
United States
Michigan National Guard
Waco
Texas
Fort Giethorpe
Oglethorpe
France
Canadiian Tank Corps
Canada
Tank Corps
England
Cambrai
Americn
Senator New
General Crowder
Army
Crowder
London
Funeral Held for Arthur France Whitehead East of Rolling Prairie
Arthur France Whitehead 47 died after ten days with pneumonia. Service at his country home led by Eld. Clark and Rev. Parker with music by his wife. Burial in Baptist cemetery. Large turnout including Elkhart railroad men delegation. Survived by three sisters, a niece and two nephews. He was born January 29, 1872 in Wills township and was a fireman and engineer.
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Arthur France Whitehead
Rolling Prairie
Eld. Clark
Christian Church
Parker
Laporte Baptist Church
Baptist
Art Whitehead
Elkhart
John
Anna Whitehead
Wills Township
F. A. Thompson
Walter Reese
Peterson
Francis, Thomas
John Reese
Westville High Students Plan For Mild Yearly Funds
Westville High School notes show the cooking class has earned about 13 dollars from their hot luncheon with options open for use of the money. Gladys Kiesel presented her senior rhetorical entry The Land for the Soldiers. Michigan City was defeated by Westville in a return game 47 to 13 with Clinton. The intermediate grades prepare an operetta The Flower Garden to be staged in May under Miss Sidell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Kiesel
Gladys
Michigan City
Westville
Clinton
Township Assessor Appoints Deputy and Flu Outbreak Reported
Township Assessor G. W. Hartman names Edmund Jardine as his deputy. Ed Kalies fell ill with influenza and rested. M. W. Lewis attends the market. J. G. Plant and his wife plus two daughters are ill with influenza. Another daughter, Mrs. Hazel Ide, serves as nurse while also acting postmistress. For sale: house and lot in Westville with all household goods at 457 Jefferson St Gary from Chas Garwood.
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G. W. Hartman
Edmund Jardine
Ed Kalies
M. W. Lewis
J. G. Plant
Hazel Ide
Westville
Chas. Garwood
Jefferson St
Gary
Beatty's Corners Social News and Visits
John Larsen of Laporte returns home Monday after a weekend with Mr and Mrs Johnegal. Mrs Gust Timm of Michigan City visits Mr and Mrs Charles Timm. Mrs Archibald Littleton and daughter June visit relatives then return to Laporte. Alfred Deutscher of Michigan City spends Sunday with his parents. Mrs A B Frame and daughter of St Joseph Mich return home after visiting her parents. Box social at Beatty’s Corners school Friday evening March th.
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A. B. Frame
St. Joseph, Mich
William Schiene
Beatty’s Corners School
Local Social Notes From Door Village And Adrian
Miss Belle Dolstrom visits her brother in Adrian Michigan. Mrs F J Cook and son Junior visited last Thursday with Mrs Elon Seymour. Mrs Lina Maiden returns to Chicago after visiting Mr and Mrs D T Keith. Mrs Froebel and son of Gary spent Friday with Mrs Frank Koehler. The W F M S met with Mrs E J Kimball after a year away for war work. Ladies aid plans an all day meeting at Mr and Mrs D J Smith. Mrs Julia Kimball of Laporte and son D B Kimball of Mnneapolis visited the Kimball household.
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E. J. Kimball
Ladies’ Aid
D. J. Smith
Julia Kimball
Laporte
D. BE. Kimball
Mnneapolis
J. H. Kimball
Local residents and visitors noted across Laporte and Gary
Alida and John Hagenow received two ears of cattle from Chicago. George Allison was in town Sunday. Scott Iseminger and wife with Mrs. Carl Beach and Mrs. Mell Gragg planned to Laporte Saturday. Henry Horag of Akron and others visited Iseminger. Several families and travelers are recorded, rail work on the B and O continues, and medical ailments are noted as John Hagenow Sr. and Jr. battle severe colds.
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Alida
John Hagenow
Chicago
George Allison
Scott Iseminger
Carl Beach
Mell Gragg
Laporte
Carl Beaeh
Suman
Ezra Gise
Marie
Alice Hagenow
Manon
Hl. Horag
Akron
Iseminger
Carl Schernan
G. Gloff
Michigan
Charles
George Gloff
T. R. Harland
M. Th. Gragg
Gary
George Sanford
Walkerton
William Sanford
Mike Poliga
Charles Rudolph Jrr
Westville
John Allen
Charles Rudolph, Jr
Wanatah
M. C. Howell
O. K
Marion Iseminger
August Schleen
Otis
Russell Warnke
Wanatah Man's Rapid Rise to St Louis Hotel Chief
Otto E. Sonneburgh son of Mrs Florence Sonneburgh Wanatah died in St Louis last week from double pneumonia. He rose from page at Wellington hotel to mail clerk then Jefferson hotel manager in St Louis. He helped start a Barstow Texas hotel in 1906 and planned oil ventures with Henry Greis Cosden. He counted Dave Montgomery and Douglas Fairbanks among friends.
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Wanatah
Otto E. Sonneburgh
Florence Sonneburgh
St. Louis
Jefferson
Sonneburgh
Peter Hyde
The
Barstow
Texas
Jackson Township Family Victims of Influenza
Two members of the William Heiden family on the Richard Dodd farm in Jackson township died of pneumonia during an influenza outbreak near Quakerdom school. Dorothy Heiden, 18, died Sunday night after attending the school which closed due to the epidemic. her father William Heiden, 55, died soon after. Clarence and Edna M Heiden were ill, with Clarence returning from Westville to help, then injuring himself climbing a window during a storm. A double funeral for father and daughter was held privately Wednesday. Interment followed in Chesterton cemetery.
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William Heiden
Richard Dodd
Jackson Township
Quakerdom
Dorothy Heiden
William Helden
Clarence
Edna M Helden
Westville
Chesterton Cemetery
Miss Lou Dolman Recovers From Influenza Attack
Miss Lou Dolman is recovering after an influenza attack. She is receiving care and is expected to regain her health.
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Lou Dolman
Always Knock On Wood A Flu Poem
A humorous verse recounts a man who boasts of not catching the flu while his family suffers. He credits knocking on wood for health and reflects on the fatal day his own luck ends as illness spreads. The poem urges caution in boasting about health.
Notice to Non-Residents in Laporte Circuit Court
The LaPorte Circuit Court directs nonresident defendants to appear by April 14 1919 to answer a complaint to quiet title and cancel liens on real estate in Laporte County Indiana. Proceedings date February 17 1919 with Clerk Chris J Biefelfeldt seal.
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Laporte County
Indiana
Towit
Highteen
Thisty-seypy
Henge
State of
Laporte Ciracuit
Laporte
Laporte Circcuit Court
Laporte Airguit Court
Sisters and Families of the late Allen Harris Notice
During his long illness friends eased his burdens and sorrow at the funeral. In gratitude. Alsike clover seed for sale by Jared Gardner. Lost a bunch of keys. Finder please leave at this office.
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Allen
C. Harris
Alsike
Jared Gardner
Notice of Administration in Sawtelle Estate
G. R. Williams attorney announces appointment of George W. Gibbons as administrator of the estate of Oscar E. Sawtelle deceased in LaPorte County Indiana. The estate is believed solvent. March 4 1919 LaPorte Indiana.
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G. R. Williams
Circuit Court
LaPorte County
State of Indiana
Oscar E. Sawtelle
Tate
George W. Gibbons
LaPorte
Indiana
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Westville High School Notes
Doe
Alpheus W. Fail
Irene F. Bowell
Belle F. Dorland
May F. Baker
Noble McKinstry
Polly McKinstry
Samuel Griffin
Philotheah Griffin
Lucy A. Andrews
Hiram H. Andrews
Shaxte H. Andress
Lucy A. Andress
Cornelius Couchman
Ann Couchman
Derrick Brinckerhoff
Adelia Brinckerhoff
John Brinckerhoff
Marenes Hagerman
Ann Hagerman
David Pagin
Ann Pagin
David Miller
Ann Miller
Tobias Miller
Jane Miller
Ezekiel Morrison
Almira B. Morrison
Marinus Hagerman
Elizabeth Ann Hagerman
Aaronus Hagerman
Mary Hagerman
George H. Teeter
Mary Teeter
Leonard Cutler
Eleanor Cutler
John Mulks
Philomela Mulks
John S. Boice
Ann Boice
John J. Boice
Mary Boice
Ephriam Boice
Jane Boics
Ann Eliza Shop
Peter Shop
William H. Boice
Sarah Boice
Henry M. Boice
Elizabeth Boice
Pe'er Boice
John M. Boice
Elizabeth E. Boice
J——M. Boice
William Henry Boice
John Morgan Boice
Emma Boice
John E. Mounts
Ann Mounts
James McConkey
Ann McConkey
Alexander Blackburn
Ann Blackburn
John E. Mount
Ann Mount
Henry P. Voorhis
Mary Voorhis
Henry Voorhees
Ann Voorhees
Mary Voorhees
John Voorhees
Mary Voorhus
John Voorhus
Henry P. Voorhus
Jane Voorhus
Hiram, Andress
Rebecca Andress
John B. Niles
Mary P. Niles
Judith A. Niles
William Niles
Mary
Rs . Niles
Judith A Niles Biewites
John Beckner
Ann Beckner
Barua B Beckner
Rebecca Beckner
Elizabeth Beckner
James Beckner
Jonathan B. Beckner
Lydia N. Beckner
Jacob B. Beckner
Elizabeth L. Beckner
Susan Beckner
B. Beckner
Rosetta Beckner
Sarah Beckner
Joel 8. Beckner
David B. Beckner
William G. Beckner
Abraham Beckner
George G. Beckner
Catharine Beckner
Deborah Matilda Quinby
Henry Quinby
Ann Panils
Arthur P. Quinby
Ann Quinby
Daniel Quinby
Isaac W. Quinby
Charles F. Quinby
Sarah W
Jane B. Newkirk
K. Farrand
Ann Farrand
Chris J. Bielefeldt
John C. Richter
Darrow & Rowley, Attorneys
Bes County
of LaPorte
August Kempf
Walter Wilson
Mary Wilson
Hiram Todd
Eva Todd
James Andrew
Ethel Andrew
Abraham P. Andrew
Effie Andrew
John Walker
Francis Walker
W——G. Ewing
Ee Ewing
G——Ewing
Bertha Ewing
Owens A. Owen
Martha Owen
Or Ridgway
Mabel Ridgway
A Ridgway
Anna Ridgway
Otto Richter
Edith Richter
Vita M. Barber
Marcia Barber
James A. Ridgeway
Naoma S. Ridgeway
Asa Ridgeway
Martha W. Ridgeway
Lowenstines
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