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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
5
Local items report visits and arrivals from Harvey Illinois to Long Beach California and Toledo Ohio. Community notices include Mother's Day plans, alumni banquet, school faculty retention, saloon lunch issues, and civic updates on health, police, and canine tags.
Supt. Scott C. Knoll awarded diplomas to nine graduates in Laporte County. The speaker urged self direction, praising Edison and Burbank as wizards of invention and fruitful ideas. Students John Noble Harriet Reed Raymond Herrold Mable Gust Charles Link Verda Hall Earl Jardine Helen Ee completed the rites.
The paper prints a second roster of Westville residents who joined the Laporte Red Cross, gathered mainly through Dr. J. N. Kelly. The list includes Jon, I. N. Plant, A. J. Remmert, George Koontz, Louise Dorman, and many others, totaling forty two names.
On Friday May 11 at 7 30 PM Dr H M Appleby of South Bend will preach at ME Church and lead the quarterly conference. The public is invited to hear this experienced pastor who has served various congregations and will deliver a worthwhile message.
Michigan City Bird club members met in the public library to finalize plans for the Indiana Audubon society annual meeting in Michigan City Thursday and Friday. Speakers include Dr. Stanley Coulter Purdue university W S Blatchley Indianapolis H Hadley Monrovia Miss Rosseau McClellan Indianapolis and Amos W Butler Indianapolis. Friday features a business session at the Vreeland hotel followed by a trip to the sand dunes west of the city.
State of Indiana filed separate indictments against Richard Glancy and Edward Garwood of Valparaiso. Glancy pleaded guilty, fined 250 dollars plus costs, and jailed 250 days at the state farm Putnamville. Garwood pleaded not guilty, later changed to plea and paid fine. Game Warden Gregg Stensell led the investigation after reports of excavations near Crooked Creek branch by B&O tracks exposing holes. The site yielded only suckers and redhors, and acquaintances question the motive behind the act.
D W Griffiths new spectacle Intolerance comes to the Orpheum Michigan City for two nights Friday and Saturday May 18 and 19 with matinee Saturday. The Babylonian palace of Belshazzar spanning a mile in length is described as unmatched in stage history. Seats go on sale Wednesday May 16 and mail orders are available.
Advertiser seeks to rent about 40 acres and asks interested parties to write or telephone with promptly offered pieces. Caller identifies as W. Gotto and cites Michigan City as location.
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