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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1916
Page
3
Various social visits and household moves fill Westville notes. Guests include Mrs Hattie Green and Mr Sidney Beatty from Michigan City, Miss Ella Walters from Gary, and the Jolly Eighteen group hosted by Mrs E T Scott.
Dr F J Pinkerton left Laporte hospital after several days of detention following an infection contracted from pus during an operation. His condition worsened with a fever of 104 and he later regained strength. He ranked highly in a U S Medical Board exam in Chicago and will receive a commission as first lieutenant in the medical service.
Saturday evening at the Scenic moving picture house in Westville will show Are They Born or Made. Ea Wheeler Wilcox praises the film calling it a powerful portrayal of facts and a startling indictment of modern conditions that stirs audiences to serious thinking.
Miss Katherine Cornelius has taken over the Scenic moving picture house in Westville to expand attractions as an amusement venue. The theater was started by her father W. L. Cornelius about three years ago and had steady patronage. He recently joined Rumely in Laporte, limiting his involvement. The community hopes for a renewed prosperity under the new management. Also noted is a district Sunday school convention in New Durham and Scipio townships at the Methodist church with a 10 a.m. union service and a 2 p.m. talk by Mr. Tribble and others on the role of Sunday schools.
The article recalls the Westville Hanna season opener a 36 to 18 victory with school spirit and a hat fund for expenses. It notes student voting on November 7 producing a Republican result and reports John Link's death by self infliction near Chester ton near the lake.
The M E Aid society plans a chicken supper at the library building on November 18. Obituary notices honor Mary E McCormick mother of Coester McCormick publisher of the News who died October 31 at age 68 years 11 months 27 days. Funeral held today.
Valparaiso editor H F Strothers suffered serious injuries in a street collision when he was struck by a car near the Messenger office. In a separate note, Victor Carlstrom completed a Chicago to New York flight covering 652 miles in six hours seven minutes, averaging 107 mph, with a landing in Hammondsport due to nightfall. The trip carried U S mail and was tracked by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company network.
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