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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
2
The text describes The Indicator a Westville Indiana weekly paper, claiming majority county readership, Republican alignment, home and county focus, and a subscription rate of $2.00 per year. It notes readers borrow more than pay and the paper occasionally comments on wider issues.
Martha Moore Coulter a longtime Westville resident died at her Railroad Street home Sunday May 16 1920 at seven o clock after a years long decline She was born August 31 1841 in Esterville Virginia married Marquis Coulter March 31 1875 in Liberty Missouri and moved to Westville where she remained Surviving are two sons Roy Howard and Ortia Marquis two daughters Linda Jane and Dora Bell Barnard six grandchildren Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p m at the home with EB Scott delivering the gospel and W L Dodd Funeral Home handling burial in the family lot north of town.
Susanna V Morris born February 25 1839 Grant County Indiana died May 14 1920 at her brother William Morris home in Westville Survived by sons Mayne William Cushy and others living in Westville Morton Pekin Illinois and White City Kansas Funeral held Sunday at 2 pm at home with T Scott officiating burial in Westville cemetery Stinchfield Fehrman undertakers of Valparaiso
Annual meeting set for May 27 and 28 at the Laporte Presbyterian church. A. W. Roper of Winona to preside at the piano and Rev. Parker of Laporte Baptist to lead singing. Delegates receive free entertainment. program described as interesting and informative.
West Ville residents R H McKellips Fabian Matotte E A Kalies and E H Imes join the subscription list. Charles Hall of 124 South Hill Street South Bend sends a year’s subscription and Edw Pryzybylinski of Hobart route 2 becomes new. Charles Rudolph Wanatah route 1 is another new subscriber.
A horse tied at Bluhm blacksmith shop broke loose on Saturday and charged west toward Monon depot. It struck a telegraph pole as the buggy collapsed west of town. The horse was later caught and no injuries were reported. Mr and Mrs Summers and child had tied the horse. A boy falling from a bicycle may have spooked the animal.
We thank neighbors and friends who assisted us during the illness and death of our beloved mother and sister Clara Donahue Mayne Wim Cushi Morton Morris.
The children of the late Mrs. Martha Coulter express gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown during their mother’s illness and passing.
After a brief dry spell, wet conditions return last week bringing rain across the region. Forecasters note cooler air and chances of showers lingering into the weekend, with local rivers and soils likely to absorb the moisture.
Extracts outline the Communist Party of America aims to overthrow capitalism and destroy the bourgeois state through mass action and revolutionary industrial unionism. It argues strikes evolve into general mobilization and urges consolidation of unions into a broader industrial framework under party guidance.
Commander Miss Booth announces a nationwide Home Service Appeal from May 10 to 20 funded by a 14 million dollar national gift. She praises American support and says full year statistics will soon be released as the organization plans another year of relief work nationwide.
A visitor hears Colonel Alexander M. Damon describe Salvation Army life as demanding and unpaid, with 500 needed nationwide. Officers work year round, visiting jails, aiding families, and aiding the hungry, while volunteers in a dugout hand out food to tired soldiers.
The town board of Westville Indiana grants Standard Oil Company permission to erect and maintain warehouses tanks and buildings on a described parcel near the Wabash Railway for illuminating oils naphtha gasoline and other mineral oils. The ordinance is for fifty years and becomes effective upon written acceptance by the company.
In early New York City, Major Jennie Ward of the Cherry Street Slum Settlement prayed for a dishpan to aid poverty relief. She then toured streets and saloons with tambourine collecting coins, receiving help from a drunken man who offered what he had.
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