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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1914
Page
4
Publication from Westville Indiana, weekly issue on Thursdays. Rates listed include tenus 161.008 year in advance, and ads priced at over 10 lines at $1. Obituary poetry priced at 10 cents per line. Submissions must reach office by Wednesday noon.
Funeral for Edward Molloy at Laporte Presbyterian drew a thousand mourners led by G A R and W A veterans. Molloy, born 1843 in New York, edited Laporte Chronicle, served as adjutant of the 87th Indiana, and died a long respected Republican editor. Also noted were the deaths of Nancy Gardner of Lindsay and Katherine Taylor of Springfield township with details on their ages, survivor relatives, and church affiliations.
Simeon Francis longtime Laporte County pioneer died at 7 45 Monday morning at his son Charles W Francis home. Born April 27 1827 in Weatherfield Connecticut he traveled from Door Village to Illinois and settled here in 1835. He married Mary Martin May 12 1868 and survived by two children Charles W Francis and Mrs Wendell Paddock.
Word arrived of the death on March 13 at his Arkansas home of John Shaw aged 84. He leaves a widow and six sons and one daughter. Sons James Heim and Will live in Arkansas and cared for the parents. John Frank and Mrs Mary Smith live in Chicago and Theodore at Crown Point. The family left Arkansas about 17 years ago where they had lived for many years.
County Auditor Hausheer and Treasurer Johannl order a three foot or greater move of the counter and fixtures that separate staff from the public. The redesign reduces outer office space and corridor area but maintains sufficient room for public needs.
County commissioners approve bonds for the O A Carlson road in Galena township totaling 21 200 and the L A Cass road in New Durham township totaling 3 200. Bids on the bonds will be received by the county treasurer on the 23rd of the month. William B Hutchinson holds the Carlson road contract and William E Smith Co the Cass road contract.
In Hammond on March 4 the argument against capital punishment cites Lake county crime figures after Indiana's first electrocution at Michigan City prison. The week shows a bartender killing a woman and dying by suicide, an East Chicago man killing his wife and dying by suicide, a Gary man murdering for money, Cedar Lake saloonkeeper killed by drunks, a Gary man attempting to kill his wife with a razor, and a Tolleston attack.
Two Crow Indian youths from the Crow Agency in Montana plan a spring horseback journey along the Lincoln highway to deliver a message from Montana Governor Stewart to President Wilson. Red Fox James will lecture at overnight stops about frontier life and highway communication, while Sitting Eagle will perform trick roping and other Indigenous and cowboy sports before departing the agency.
A historical outline describes a federal state partnership to improve roads via shared funding. The agriculture department would set road standards for dirt gravel or paved surfaces, with states matching half the cost. Annual federal aid per mile varies by surface, and Indiana is slated to receive over a million dollars yearly due to its population area and extensive mileage.
Residents in Dewey township with Doran and Conboy as attorneys filed a petition against the Kankakee river dyke project. A two thirds remonstrance has been lodged in circuit court, potentially blocking the dyke if upheld.
The article notes eminent writers and composers creating famed works in bed. Longfellow conceived The Wreck of the Hesperus after a storm while in bed, Wordsworth dictated poetry after walking, and Rossini reportedly composed at least one opera in bed.
A five year old black horse for sale described as a good puller. Inquire at this office for details. The 1921 note adds that The Westville garage has auto parts in stock and offers to overhaul machines now, with Nystrom & Beeman listed as contacts.
Notice by a male resident of New Durham township LaPorte County Indiana aged over twenty one, for transfer of his renewal liquor license from current to a new location at a two story frame building in Westville. Application to be made at the LaPorte County commissioners April session 1914.
In New Durham Township LaPorte County Indiana a proposed liquor sale location is described as a brick building 22 feet wide and 32 feet long with a front door and transom, two windows, and a rear door with side windows. The lot is Lot 36 in Reglein's addition to LaCroix now Otis, 193 by 193 feet. Permits include use of cards tables and chairs in the room. PETER A. GEISEN.
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