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Westville Indicator

Location

Westville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1918

Page

3

Heavy rains and community notes span La Porte region

Heavy rains forecast as Lon Young of Whiting visits town and Mrs Shinebarger of Elkhart arrives. Reports include party news from Rebekah lodge, a new delivery truck for Westville Lumber, and Knights of Pythias county convention at Michigan City with local lodge work. Drowning death of Martin Pash near Wanatah, Red Cross drive updates, and multiple obituaries and memorial services across Cass and LaPorte townships.

Lon Young Whiting BR. E. Shinebarger Elkhart G. C. Hamilton Chicago H. H. Weaver Rensselaer Indiana Harbor Noble Grands Rebekah J. C. Bluhm Westville Lumber Co al Steele Knights of Pythias Laporte County Michigan City Michigan City Lodge Laporte Westville LaCrosse Samuel Swanson Hamlet J. M. Oldham Porter County Red Cross Christian Marie Johnson Swan Johnson Durham Ind Lawrence A. Finstick R. Finstick St. Joseph Mich Lincolnway Indianapolis Cass Township Wanatah Federal Grand Jury Martin Pash Wells Austria Mr. Pash America Mary E. Bryant Union Mills Loren Martha W. A. Hunt Pash Valparaiso Mary Stites Q. E. Bosserman Mr. Bosserman George Minerva Walker Bosserman Pleasant Township C. W. Collins Harriet Taylor John Whitman Sumption Prairie St. Joseph County Ora L William H Nebraska O. E Bosserman Howard H. Spaulding, Jr Barker Seventh Washington Streets The Barker Hall Barker Mansion

Colborn’s Last Letter Reveals War Flyboy’s Fascination

Harry C. Colborn, Michigan City’s first war casualty, wrote from an aviation instruction camp in France on April 21. He said flying is the most fascinating sport yet and noted the constant danger and excitement as vital actions unfolded nearby before he gave his life in service.

Colborn Harry C. Colborn Michigan Indianapolis France

Penitence and Prayer service at Lutheran Weat ville

The Lutheran church at Weat ville could not hold Memorial day services and will conduct a Penitence and Prayer service Sunday at 2 PM. A sermon titled The Sin of Drunkenness was changed due to the President's proclamation. It asks what Christians should pursue while the country is at war and what God means by this judgement.

Weatville

Thieves Force Entry at Union Center Post Office

Thieves broke into the Union Center post office and general store of FE F LeRoy on Tuesday night and escaped with $12 from the cash register a quantity of tobacco and a few other alleles.

Union Center FE. F. LeRoy

Fuel Shortage Warning Urges Winter Preparedness

The County Fuel Administrator warns citizens to secure coal or wood fuel for winter amid war driven shortages. He cites a 25 to 30 percent drop in coal production over three months and outlines U S Fuel Administration rules on coal storage, rail custody, and carload deliveries to ensure orderly distribution during the 1918 wartime period.

United States Fuel Administration United States

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Oberreich & Arnold China Brisco WOLFE Franklin St Michigan City, Ind Dodge Oldsmobile Augustine W.L. Augustine's G. L. Howell Westville, Indiana Implement and Coal Kaiser Bill Virginia Dare Georgette Davidson & Porter Door Village Coburg S. S Herbert A. Graham Indiana University A. W. Wood Rev. Gelston Gelston Thomas Condon David Condon Hood Kingsbury Condon Victor Stone Young Stone Stone Russell Young Frank Francis Young Condon Wilcox Washington Township Memorial Services Christian Church Christian Sunday School Aveeeeeneeeee OV. Smith Sheldon Hall Sieanisceass E. T. Scott Bales Budedadl Eddith Multan Flossie Hall Earl Bauer Ross Bauer J. C. Matotte F. J. Pinkerton Lewis Cansler H. G. Fulsher Macy Barnard Earl Jardine Harry Warnke Ralph Warnke Wade Wright Penitemn Luth Westville Lumber & Coal CO Specht-Finney Co
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