Local notes from Westville and Laporte area social life
Westville and Laporte residents gather for visits and funerals while local events include airplane chatter, a marriage at the Methodist parsonage, a Wabash railroad fire on a peat bog, and a dramatic rise in Ford car sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erasmus Allen
Thos. McGuigan
Richard Imes
Wm. Kimball
South Bend
Clara M. Hess
Lois Kinkel
Frank Badur
Henry Keinitz
Edward Kneller
Michigan City
Laporte
Badur
Frank
Ross Kenneth Herrold
Westville
Nellie Sarver
Jackson Township
Porter County
Methodist Episcopal
George Freeman Craig
Eight Square House
Laporte Street
Raid on the Sinking Fund and State Debt
The Indianapolis Star decries the appropriation of 1 197,000 from the state debt sinking fund to cover current expenses since 1909. It argues the fund is depleted, calls it a raid, warns of future payment shortfalls, and blames Democratic leadership for the shortage of funds needed to service foreign and domestic debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Star
Strike Ends as Menon Workers Accept Full Time Pay Deal
Nearly all section men who struck last week have returned after an agreement. Workers will have full time, 10 hours daily, year round at $1.50 per day with time and a half for overtime. Previously, they did not always work full time and overtime was paid at the same rate as daytime hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westville Ball Nine
Laporte
Cubs
Westville Nine
J. N. Kelly
Doc
J. N
Rog Killin
Crumpacker
Wabash
Elmer Hall
A. 8. Nichols
Michigan City
Chicago
Ford
Sam
Michigan Avenue
Nichols
Porter Counties
Ford the Universal Car and the Model T lineup
Ford promotes safety and reliability citing vanadium steel construction and simple design. It claims one third of highway cars will be Ford this year with Model T runabout priced at 600 dollars and touring car at 700 dollars fully equipped from Ford Motor Agency Michigan City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FORD
Michigan City
Complexions Friend and Olive Oil Remedy Ad
An advertisement extols outdoor exercise for complexion and promotes pure olive oil as a skin aid. It claims olive oil cleanses pores, smooths wrinkles, and nourishes tissues when massaged into the skin. Maissner's Pharmacy sells olive oil at 60 cents per pint, 1 dollar per quart, and 3.56 per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maissner
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Npecht
Finney- Skinner
Valparaiso
Davidson & Porter’s
Utmor
Christoper Koontz
Luella Whittaker
Kingsbury
J. Cc. Bluhm
Nellie Coulter
Eugene
Fred Woodruff
Hammond
Robert Kelly
Winamac
Saturn
Harry Calbetter
J. E. Garmen
Elkhart
H. P. Cole
Charles Kalies
Roy McKellips
William Warnke
Chicago Heights
E. Ansley
Indiana Harbor
L. A. Hufford
Indianapolis
A. T. Rogers
Ed Link
Pythian Sisters
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Ethel Loomis
McClane
Simon & Foltz
J. C. Bluhm
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Westville Lodge
Glennwood
Ennis
Joseph von Osinski
Otis
Chesterton
Mann School
Hazel Hixon
Valparaiso University
Otto Steinberg
Leon Francis
Cattron Hall
Monon
Edward Merritt
Laporte Carriage Co
Tipton Street
Lake Shore
Weir & Sievert Morque
Jessie Merritt
Los Angeles
G. A. R. Post
Christian Church
E. T. Scott
Wanatah
Indiana Transportation Company
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Detroit
Spiro
Ford Motor Agency
W. 4Th Street
Eunice C. Hulbert
Meissner’s Pharmacy
Rexall
Meyer - Lindorf Co
Ind
Julius Barnes
Newark, O
Clinton, Ia
Mt Vernon, O
Utica, O
Lindorf Co
Kryptok and
Toric
F. W. Dragoo
O. D
Oberreigh & Arnold
Jewelers
Indiana
Bank of Westville
Main St. Laporte
Barans Ae
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