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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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United States Fuel Administration
United States
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Kaiser Bill
Virginia Dare
Georgette
Davidson & Porter
Door Village
Coburg
S. S
Herbert A. Graham
Indiana
University
A. W. Wood
Rev. Gelston
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Thomas Condon
David Condon
Hood
Kingsbury
Condon
Victor Stone
Young Stone
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Russell Young
Frank Francis
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Wilcox
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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
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Westville Lumber & Coal CO
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