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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
2
The Indicator of Westville Indiana outlines weekly publication terms and audience while noting Michigan City election fervor. It endorses Sam Taylor for mayor praising thrift, order and city pride amid a busy campaign. Local social notes follow with residents' travels and visits to Gary, Laporte, Chicago.
Herbert S. Bigelow the Newport Kentucky resident and prominent socialist and pacifist was abducted Sunday night and found in Florence the next day handcuffed blindfolded beaten and stripped of part of his clothing. He was whipped threatened with death and released. The incident reflects hostile sentiment toward his beliefs in the current climate.
A wartime notice invites households to skip meat on Tuesdays and wheat bread on Wednesdays to conserve scarce foods. The plan emphasizes minimal sacrifice and aims to bolster supply for soldiers on the line and sustain national effort.
The article notes theatergoers may pay a tax on tickets unless owners cover it. It asserts the proprietors plan to comply to appear patriotic, though no intention to relieve patrons is seen.
In Indianapolis a suit filed in federal district court against Pere Marquette Ry alleges 16 service violations by two operators who worked over nine hours daily for eight days in April. The case seeks judgment of 8000.
The old Salt Creek mill pond owned by John Tratebas will be drained this week to remove carp dog fish and other nuisances. It will be restocked with pickerel bass and bluegill. The pond fed by Salt Creek also receives Valparaiso sewage waters and lies about twenty miles from the city, with purification as water travels. The owner has long benefited from the pond and now plans to make the waters contribute revenue.
Community mothers and sisters meet weekly at the town hall to sew bandages and prepare aids for the war front. The call to action emphasizes civic duty and patriotism, urging all women to contribute their time and effort.
Weather note warns of approaching winter as locals share community updates. Attendees at a Washington Township high school event. Cromwell’s John De Buc lar visits relatives. families plan moves to Alida. Gleaner State meeting in South Bend noted. Local illness, injuries, visits, and funeral attendance reported with community sympathy.
Mrs Myra Francis entertained M I S C members and guest Mrs Alta Benson Friday afternoon. Eva Payne and Virginia Baird read papers in the literary program. Several families visited relatives over Sunday in Wanatah and Michigan City. Emerson Payne hosted relatives for his mother's 90th birthday.
A nephew Corporal Ralph Morris writes from Chickamauga Park Georgia to Westville relatives. He describes 50 000 troops at the camp 75 man detachment to B Company 54th Infantry awaiting orders for France. He notes a monument to Col Kelly at the 1863 battle site Lookout Mountain and a graveyard of Indiana Civil War soldiers. He mentions Y M C A buildings mobilization camps and a Chattanooga concert by four local women. He closes with family regards and local notices on hospital operation and a county food administrator appointment.
The notice offers places for a few ambitions students to work for room and board while taking business or shorthand courses at Laporte Business College. It invites particulars via Ghwi 27-3.
A local ad lists children's school shoes at 2.50, men and boys sweaters and coats priced from 1.25 to 3.00, men’s from 2.00 to 5.00, and a line of mackinaws offered by W L Augustine.
Official notice for Westville Indiana recites the town election on November 6 1917 from 6 am to 6 pm at Town Hall. Voters choose one Trustee 1st Ward one Trustee 3rd Ward and one Clerk Treasurer with candidates from Citizens Peoples and Independent tickets. John Recktenwall serves as Clerk with listed nominees.
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