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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
3
The notice advises farmers to prepare for a bumper crop with the right farming implements. It warns against using outdated equipment and emphasizes the economic benefit of updated machinery to maximize per acre production.
Owing to strife in Chicago a postal jam delayed paper shipment. Peter Shunk returns from Missouri military school on vacation. Miss Lucy Herrold away from Gary. Jeff Cass back to studies after a week’s break. The Terry sale of personal property set for next Thursday at 2 pm. Many locals ill or traveling. Maple syrup season nears with prices about 3.00 per gallon. Several social visits and funerals noted. Community events include theater trip and church program.
R H McKellips and wife H Sebier and wife Justin Loomis and wife and Clifford Davidson are set to depart Sunday on an excursion to Texas.
Mr Meinard who bought the Harry McKellips farm last fall arrives with his family from Missouri. They have spent the past week settling in and the community is pleased to welcome them.
Missionary Day planned at the M E church with an appropriate sermon and thank offering during the evening service. On Sunday evening March 28 Paul Boodah Persian Chautauqua speaker and Northwestern University law student will speak in costume at an illustrated lecture the following Tuesday. No admission but an offering will be taken. He will present descriptions of his native land and its people for the audience.
Jared Hixon from Bakersfield California writes that he is loaded with money and wants a statement. He says he has a good wife a good position and enjoys life to its fullest. He remembers Westville friends and yearns for home news, calling himself a good boy.
The Indicator man announces his candidacy for county clerk, distributing likenesses on cards and other literature. He notes novelty in the act, recalls his appearance and responds to claims about his portrait, acknowledging differing opinions on his looks.
Mrs Wilhelmina Tetzlaff died Saturday at her daughter Eliza Paschack's home in Michigan City at age 85 1 21. Funeral was held Tuesday at the home and the body buried in Westville cemetery. Born in Germany she moved to the United States in 1875 after marrying William C Tetzlaff who died earlier. Survived by four daughters Emma Witte Minnie Arnold Eliza Paschack Gusta Arnold and a son Henry R Tetzlaff. Her Westville farm home later occupied by her son.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Steele and daughter Evelyn joined family at North Liberty for the fiftieth anniversary of Mrs. Steele’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rowe. The gathering included all children grandchildren and great grandchildren with Earl Monroe Rickey the newest three month old.
Readers warned after being placed on mailing lists by firms promoting independence via oil stock investments. The note cautions candidates are often targeted as easy marks.
A lively scene of birds and bees in spring spreads through the area. Crows cry out, geese honk, hens cut, robins sing, sparrows chatter, and the honey bee searches for nectar as black birds appear nearby.
A lively discussion filled the Imes barber shop as regulars debated income tax issues led by L. R. Cass H. E. Schirr E. H. Imes and Louis Van. The group noted L. AB. with a cane held a slight edge in finding common ground.
Renewals for the Indicator include Mrs. S. G. Haas Hammond O G Talmage Chicago E O Beahm Byron Poston Westville P D Cul ver Wanatab A W Johnson West vileet. New readers Philip Smith Pinhook Russell Warnke Westville J Osborn Brink Laporte.
The service Sunday at 2 pm, led by Pastor O L Chivington, honored Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks with burial by W L Dodd and Decker Bros of Laporte. Attending lodge Silver Star Rebekah No 183, and readings by Mrs. Frank Schirr and Clifford Davidson, noted her pioneer lineage and lifelong kindness. A March 28 sale by Tony Francis occurs before the Francises move to Gary.
Advertiser Leslie Jones seeks a farm or good land for purchase in Olney Illinois. Respond with price and description to Box 8.
Fur-lined top-wrist glove missing on the Westville to Michigan City road. A reward is offered for its return to the office.
For rent a house and one acre of land one half mile west of Pinhook. Inquiries may be made of Thos Baird Route 7 Laporte or at Westville post office.
The Farmers Co operative Company plans a large fertilizer delivery described as a catload of product. The shipment aims to support regional agricultural needs and will be dispatched to local farming customers upon arrival.
Prices available by calling 6905 for an upcoming Westville track event.
A Westville public library holds a book by Mrs. Caroline Shunk wife of Col Shunk now stationed in Los Angeles It presents intimate sparkling letters about the Philippines and other islands offering a new piquant view of distant places.
Herrold Brooks of Company L 1st Gas Regiment stationed at Lake Flearst New Jersey and Albert Brooks of Battery D 54th Coast Artillery Fort Moultrie arrived to attend the funeral of their grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Brooks. Norman Johnson and wife of Michigan City were also present formerly Grace Herrold daughter of Homer Herrold.
Clinton township High School hosted a Saturday night social at the school house drawing a large crowd. A dinner raised 51 to support equipment for the domestic science department. All attendees enjoyed the event.
Auction note states Inquire of Mrs. Audrey Johnston care of C E Herrold Laporte Route 7 about a new Overland Four car.
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