Subscriptions swell for Victory Loan drive in Indiana townships
The message reports strong progress in the Victory Loan campaign across Durham Clinton and Galena townships with quotas of 21000 12000 and more. By April 21 the Laporte area banks tally 330000 in city and 230000 in rural subscriptions while the district quota stands at 776000 for the city and 350000 for the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham Township
Arive
Westville
Clinton
Galeni
Laporte
Distinguished Service Medal Given to Lt Col A Piatt Andrew
General Pershing awarded Lt Colonel A Piatt Andrew the Distinguished Service Medal for meritorious and distinguished services. The War Department announced that he organized the American Field Service in France, then handed it to the U S Army Ambulance Service, aiding development and effectiveness of front line ambulances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
A. Piatt Andrew
Laporte
A. P. Andrew
War Department
Washington
France
United States
United States Army Ambulance Service
Lincoln Highway Route Debated by Indiana Officials and Businesses
A Laporte chamber delegation visited Indianapolis to push Lincoln Highway repairs and contest shifts. Proposals include a Yellow River road link from Fort Wayne to Valparaiso and a Bootjack switch toward Michigan City and Gary to flow near a new national dune park, while sentiment favors preserving the Sac Trail heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte Chamber of Commerce
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Goodrich
Yellow River Road
Fort Wayne
Valparaiso
South Bend
Laporte
Bootjack
Michigan City
Gary
Lincoln Commission
Lincoln
Lake Michigan
Michigan
County converts rest room into clinic room at courthouse
County commissioners began work to convert the woman’s rest room in the courthouse into a clinic for general disease treatment. An opening will be cut into the health board’s laboratory adjoining the rest room to the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Health Board
Souh
Welcome Home Celebration plans for Indianapolis travelers
Discharged service members are asked to report intentions to attend the Welcome Home Celebration in Indianapolis between May 5 and May 9. The County Council of Defense will cover their car fare for those attending, upon special arrangement. Report to M. R. Sutherland, chairman, or to the County Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
County Council of Defense
M. R. Sutherland
Death Claims Unknown Lodger at Schultz Hotel
An unnamed man registered April 24 as J Marlee at Schultz hotel and was found dead in his bed shortly after 1 pm Tuesday by a chambermaid. About 50, possibly from South Chicago, wearing Weinberger Brothers clothing and bearing the laundry mark SW10, he paid two days’ board and stayed near his room. he had not felt well prior to his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shultz
J. Marlee
Chicago
Weinberger
Brothers
Murlze
Myon Furlee
Governor martial law in Indiana after Linton riot
Governor James P. Goodrich proclaims martial law in Linton Greene county after 500 miners riot at a telephone office. Adjutant General Harry B. Smith leads state militia to restore order, with federal inquiry planned as the U S government operates the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Linton
Greene County
James P. Goodrich
Goodrich
Bloomington
Harry B. Smith
Indiana
United States
Local notes from Chesterton and area update
Multiple brief items report residents visiting or returning from Chesterton on Tuesday and Sunday. Frank Beach keeps his machine in good order. logs are being loaded by George MacNathan and the Arndt boys. the Gus Barnes sale drew good prices.
Veterans Return and Visits Highlight Local Social Notes
Mrs Wm Hackett spent several days with relatives in Chicago last week. Mr and Mrs Lester Bellows and baby were Laporte shoppers Tuesday. H E Snyder of Hammond Ind visited JL C Snyder. Matt Sobinski arrived home Sunday after honorable discharge at Camp Taylor. Joel Wentland returned from Camp Taylor with discharge after 18 months service. Mrs Curran and daughters Ruth Madeline and son Edward visited R M Boone family. Steve Janiski and Barbara Dreyer traveled to Laporte Monday. Mr and Mrs Joe Wentland went to Michigan City for relatives visit. Mrs Pratt visited Ta porte relatives Wednesday. Rebecca Barnes visited Laporte relatives Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hackett
Chicago
Lester Bellows
Laporte
KE. H. Snyder
Hammond
Ind
JL. C. Snyder
Matt. Sobinski
Camp Taylor
Joel Wentland
Curran
Ruth
Madeline
Edward
R. M. Boone
Steve Janiski
Barbara Dreyer
Joe Wentland
Michigan City
Pratt
Taporte
Rebecca Barnes
Michigan City Visitors Gather for Weekend
Mr and Mrs William Schmidt and children and Mrs Schmidt of Michigan City spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles Rotzean. Miss Clara Blessing of Michigan City spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Blessing. Mr and Mrs R B Shaw of Michigan City visited with Mr and Mrs William Schlene. Ranetta and Roy Zahra are it with scarlet fever. Miss Florence Blessing spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Betty Shevink at Wanatah. Misses Mildred and Gertrude Selrick spent Saturday in LaPorte. Fred Town of Michigan City visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Wm Schlene. Mr and Mrs Arthur Nicholson of Michigan City spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr and Mrs Herman Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schmidt
Schmidt
Michigan City
Charles Rotzean
Clara Blessing
Henry Blessing
R. 8. Shaw
William Schlene
Ranetta
Roy Zahra
Florence Blessing
Betty Shevink
Wanatah
Mildred
Gertrude Selkirk
Laporte
Fred Town
Wm Schlene
Arthur Nicholson
Herman Snyder
Posing of Aetna fades from map near Gary
Hammond April 25 Aetna once prospering near Gary resisted annexation and housed explosive and powder plants. Now only five families remain as the town dissolves after the armistice. Mrs D A Row and son Ernest and daughter Dorothy of Chicago visit sister Mrs Al Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Gary
Aetna
D. A. Row
Ernest
Dorothy
Chicago
Muesday
Mra
Steele
Methodists urged to lead world change in new drive
R T Burge of the Siberian Commission urges the Methodist Episcopal Church South to pace world changes and launch a broad mission in Europe and Russia. He warns against threats and calls for a 35 million dollar campaign May 18 to 25 to Christianize and educate nations amid shifting global conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Europe
Russia
Methodist
R. T. Burge
Siberian
League of Nations
Siberia
Favorites On French Menu The SunS Truffles In France
Truffles, among France s rare epicurean treasures, grow underground in forests of Perigord and Provence. Dogs and hogs scent them out as acorns shade the ground, violet truffles emerge in late autumn with a delicate aroma and black flesh beneath a violet sheen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Perigord
Provence
Conversational Wares Across a Burned Barn
William T. Ells notes in the Outlook that a farmer who saved his barn gains a long term conversational staple while a man hardened by massacres revolutions and wars is cautious about revealing his wares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Ells
Gravel Road Improvement Petition in La Porte County
A petition signed by over fifty freeholders asks La Porte County Board of Commissioners to grade drain and pave a gravel brick concrete or other material road in Scipio Township. A hearing is set for May 22, 1919 at the Courthouse Laporte Indiana with Alfred H Kimble as Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeholders
Laporte County
Indiana
the Auditor
Board of Commissioners
Joliet Road
Scipio Township
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Fiatuote
the Victory
Red Cross
Linton Chase
Grace Stockovak
Chesterton
George MacNathan
Arndt
F. A. Gust
Marie Hopkins
Frank Pawelczak
C. H. Miller
Russell Wood
Valparwise
Mollie Whetstone
Chesetton
Otis
Beatty’s Corners
Church
Our Service
O. L. Chivington
M. I. Parsonage
George Dolstrom
Bank of Westville
Ance
Kellings’ Shoe
Adele E. Straley
A. E. Straley
Westville, Ind
Lemuel Darrow
N, Earl Rowley
Darrow & Rowley
Lapo Indiang
Masonic Temple
Frank E. Osborn Lee L., Osborn
Kenneth D. Osborn
Osborn & Osborn
First National Bank B’ld
Laporte, Ind
Fairview Farm
J. E. Payne
Prop
H. B. Hayward
Associated Physicians
Inud
J. Venedorland
First National Bank
Society Brand Clothes
Kuppenheimer
Moritz. & Son
Franklin Street
Henry Goetz
Laporte, MD
Jefferson Ave
H. W. Sallwasser
Lincolnway
Laporte Ind
Piel
Ethelred Curtis
Optometrist and Manufacturing _ Optician
Lowenstines
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