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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1914
Page
4
Martin editor announces weekly publication at Weatville Indiana with pricing for year subscriptions and advertising. Rates include notices over ten lines at a penny per line, obituaries at ten cents per line, and submission deadline Wednesday noon for items.
Baltimore and Ohio signalman Joe Gordella narrowly saved his life when a fast passenger train passed while he rode a westbound speeder on the wrong track between Suman and Coburg. The incident, along with a separate Walkerton robbery case, is reported with details of suspects and locations.
A ten acre marl deposit on the A. O. Carlson farm near Laporte reports rich calcium carbonate content at 88.5 percent. Soil expert L. B. Clore says it could replace ground limestone to correct soil acidity. The bed lies up to 20 feet deep on land once a lake, and its sale may raise farm value.
State geologist Edward Barrett and assistants will devote considerable time this summer to soil survey in Laporte County. The work will be under a defined classification plan and aimed at mapping soil types and suitability for agriculture and development.
Hammond bans shipments from twelve Porter County dairies after samples tested by City Sealer O Rourke were found below standard. State health officials will inspect dairies and violators may face punishment. first large batch of substandard milk sent to Hammond triggers action.
The Daily States of New Orleans recounts Mardi Gras attendance with Capt. and Mrs. 8 C Montgomery of Noblesville. The letter from San Diego details travel 3027 miles in eleven days and observations in New Orleans including harbor dredging, a faulty city project, a wireless station leak, and news to President Huerta.
The obituary notes Abraham Leonington Williams born Feb 24 1827 as the eldest child of Jonathan and Jane Lennington. It lists four sons and one daughter, with surviving relatives including Jonathan Lewis of Kansas City Kan and Mrs. Uriah Barnard of Oklahoma City Okla. Other siblings Azariah Williams Mrs Shepherd Crumpecker and Samuel are mentioned. The funeral occurred Sunday and Williams was a member of Westville lodge I O O F. Additional passages reflect seasonal musings and memories of childhood, robin songs, and springtime.
Richard W. Street owns 138 shares of Tecumseh Facing Mills stock with certificates 62 and 97 pledged to the Bank of Westville. The bank will sell at public auction on April 6, 1914, at Westville, Ind., to cover the unpaid debt and interest.
Notice states a male resident of New Durham Township LaPorte County will apply to the county commissioners in April 1914 for renewal and transfer of his liquor license to sell at retail spirituous vinous and malt liquors in larger than a quart increments at a new location described as a two story frame building on a specified rectangular parcel in block G in Clybourn Addition.
Public notice describes sale of liquors in a room of a brick building in New Durham Township LaPorte County Indiana on Chicago road near LaCroix Otis. It lists room dimensions 8 feet ceiling doors windows and multiple access points plus use of card tables and chairs. Property is lot 36 in Reglien’s addition, 193 by 193 feet. Date noted March 14, 1914.
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