Laporte area notes and court actions summary
Local items report social visits from Chicago residents, a two year absence noted, and a slander trial resuming in Circuit Court. Community updates include church debt payoff, a Pendlogor guardian filing, a hay accident, and a new schoolhouse plan in Cass township. Rail and business news cover Monon train schedule changes and a Lincoln Way gas station installation. Multiple local marriages, press acquisitions, and notices of hospitalizations and reorganizations round out the report.
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Augustine Bros
Lincoln Way
Gallaher
Circuit Court
Moses B. Lairy
Appellate ‘Court
Lairy
Drummond
Jimmy. Gallaher
State Supreme Bench
Tha
Ugh
Jim
Porter county Republicans Nominate Local Ticket
The Republican committee in Porter county last week named candidates for all offices. Auditorship goes to Cornelius A. Blachly. clerk to Gust E. Bornholt. sheriff to W. S. Lindall. treasurer Ernest J. Gardner. recorder John W. McNay. assessor Eli N. Norris. coroner Loren E. Lewis. surveyor Guy F. Stinchfield. Center district commissioner Frederick W. Alpen. North district commissioner August H. Pollentzke. circuit judge Hanni bal H. Loring. prosecuting attorney Charles W. Jensen. Councilmen at large Schuyler Co. Billings, Charles F. Leeka, Marion Curtis. first district Thos. M. Brown. second district Roscoe Huff. third district C. Eugene Fifield. fourth district W. T. Rosenbaum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter County
Cornelius A. Blachly
Gust E. Bornholt
W. S. Lindall
Ernest J. Gardner
John W. McNay
Eli N. Norris
Loren E. Lewis
Guy F. Stinchfield
Center
Frederick W. Alpen
North
August H
Moving Vans Depart After Freeze Locks Roads
Two Chicago moving vans bound for Laporte faced trouble as a cold wave froze roads last night. Drivers submitted to a flue and costs of over $18 and were later allowed to depart. R W Lytle, superintendent of gravel roads, who caused their arrest, watched with satisfaction as they backed the big bulks out of the Dye garage. Both headed toward Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Laporte
Ww. Lytle
Valparaiso
Farmers Honest Insurance Policy Snapshot
Insurance notice from Farmers Honest Insurance offering windstorm and fire lightning coverage. Agency informally represented by Warren Pp. Fogle, Agent, Laporte Indiana. Public call to contact or write for policy details and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Co
Warren
Fogle, Agt
Laporte, ‘Ind
Indiana Arbor Day Proclaimed For April 11 1914
Governor Samuel M. Ralston urged statewide Arbor Day observance on April 11 1914. He noted Indiana’s forests have been decimated and called for school exercises and community tree planting with municipal clubs and individuals participating to restore the state’s forest resources.
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Indianapolis
Ralston
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
General Assembly
Samuel M. Ralston
Farm Implements and Repairs Ad by G L Howell Westville
G L Howell dealer in farmers tools at Westville offers best grade implements and repairs. He will be at the old stand ready to supply needed supplies. In buying farm machinery repairs are usually needed in a hurry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L.howell
Tovls
Westville
Dog License Tag Notice Impounds Dogs in Town
Town issues notice that dogs found without a license tag from April 3 onward will be impounded and shot. Owners may obtain tags from the town clerk, John Recktenwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Recktenwall
The Complexions Friend
An advice piece extols outdoor exercise for skin health but promotes pure olive oil as a superior alternative. It claims olive oil cleanses pores, smooths wrinkles, and nourishes tissues when massaged into the skin.
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Meissner
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Norfolk
Davidson & Porter
Marshall
St. Joseph
Starke
Indiana Savings Bank
LaPorte Savings Bank
United States
THE
Bank of Westville
H. “M. Fetters
Fetters
Main St
Jeffreys
A. C. Matotte
A. Lawrence
A.J. Forbes
Miller-Hutchinson
Baptist Church
Jake Meyers
Lafayette
Jos McGinois
Pulaski Koontz
Allen Koontz
E. I. Magon
John Schmidt
Kelly
E. I
Cass Township
Wanatah
Truman Scott
Dayton
N. Y
James Forbes
Furnessville
William Hoffman
Long Prairie
Minn
Thomas Shinabarger
Denver
Col
Washington, D. C
Buffalo Bill
Philadelphia
Michigan City Dispatch
Dispatch
Jack Graessie
Pine
Liberty
Jackson
Boone
Pleasant
Jack
Carrie Hamilton
Bert Dunn
Wheatfield
Clifford Hamilton
Monon
Michigan City
Peoples’ ‘Trust ‘Savings
John K
Wise and McLane, Simon & Foltz
Smutzer
A. W. Ballou
Here
Mr. Ballou
Henry W. Marshall
Republicans
Tenth Congressional District
Lafayette Morning Journal
George P. Haywood
A. F. Heineman
Memorial Opera House
Valpa
Vale
Heineman
G. W. Hartman
Guy Wolfe
Hartman
Peter Murten
Koontz Place
Murtens
E. S. Smith
Asa Strong
Martha Harris
Strong
A. Seey
Roscoe Huff
Councilman
C. Eugene Fifield
W. T. Rosenbaum
Farmers Honest Insurance
Abe
Standiford
Arbor Day
Ind
Large Carpet and Rug Department
Court House
Hare Schaffner
Hart, Schaffner
Marx
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