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Noted visits and local notices from Laporte area
The itemized column reports trips to Oklahoma Michigan City and Chicago for cattle and visits, a medicine show at Cattron Hall, a chicken pie supper, weather changes, local court notes, a merger of Western Boat and Engine Works, and a long diary-like letter from a porch experiencing renovations and daily life. It mentions Mrs Jennie Dreesen ill in Chicago and many small community happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Nathan Allen
Lilly
Michigan City
Cattron Hall
M. E. Sadie
Ross
S. D. Flynn
John
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Blanch McCurdy
Western Boat and Engine Works
Western
Christina Dorothy Dabbert
Charles Rhode
Dabbert
Germany
Christopher Dabbert
Louis Dabbert
Mount Vernon
Wash
Charles Dabbert
Chas. Rhode
Fred Krantz
Charles Backmann
Horton, Kas
Laporte County
Fred
Pauline