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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1921
Page
2
A Westville Indiana publication notes its post office status as second class and Thursday issues with wide county readership. It emphasizes Republican alignment and focus on home affairs while occasionally addressing broader topics. Subscriptions at $2.00 per year.
Farm bureaus from Springfield Cool Spring and Kankakee townships meet Laporte Telephone directors at the People s bank building Laporte to seek toll rate changes. Agreement opens 10 cent toll to Michigan City with petition, and farmers to be updated on pre war 1500 monthly rate.
A. L. Hess of Gary reports the Dunes highway will be built soon linking Michigan City and Gary with a concrete road. Construction begins January or February next year, following surveys from Gary to Baileytown. Federal funds totaling about 5 million dollars support Indiana road plans, part of a 75 million dollar good roads bill awaiting the president’s action.
John Mollicks a former Plymouth orphan, taken into the Stoltz home, shot Mrs Stoltz with a shotgun as she washed dishes. She died about five hours later. Mollick was captured after hunger drove him to the Stoltz door. Coroner to rule first degree murder. Mrs Stoltz, 30, survived by husband and two children.
Washington's special session wraps up with the revised $3.25 billion revenue bill sent to the president. Fordney tariff stalled in committee and Newberry issues linger. Upcoming actions include debt refunds, farm and coastal bills, reapportionment, and anti-lynching measures.
Indiana eyes vast reclaimed lands in the Kankakee valley as State Auditor Oliver inspects in Laporte Indiana. A favorable report could place title in state hands and restore old game preserves for Indiana and Illinois sportsmen with access under non prohibitive rules.
Three men boarded Baltimore & Ohio No. 9 from Washington to Pittsburgh last night. When they refused to leave the mail car, United States marines opened fire, killing two of the bandits and wounding the third, who was arrested in Pittsburgh. The captive caller named Casimer Fable, 21, of Buffalo. Private Wasserman of Brooklyn was identified as the shooter.
William B Manny, well known here, is highlighted in a Monday tribute. The note mentions Thomas C Mae Alexander Spyé gon in connection with the interment or recognition, reflecting community memory of local figures.
A Pittsburgh to Captain Barry dispatch reports marines guarding the mails killed two men and captured a third on a train from Washington to Pittsburgh last night. Officials said full details were not yet available and initial reports indicated bandits were captured after the train left Washington.
Perry Rogers, rural mail carrier in Knox Indiana, was hijacked Tuesday afternoon after finishing maintenance on his Ford touring car. He was driven away bound in the back seat by two armed men who ordered him to obey and not be harmed. After several hours they released him on a dark road near Westville. he returned home unharmed, thankful his car was insured and he survived the terrifying incident.
About 200000 Mennonites in 50 000 families plan to move from Canada to Mexico starting in December. The exodus, spanning two years, follows claims of wartime discrimination in Canada and promises freedom to worship. They will settle mainly in Chihuahua and Durango, with land options and improvements underway at Bustillos ranch near Bustillos and Chihuahua City.
A petition filed in open court Monday asks the Bank of Westville be appointed legal trustee of a $1,000 bequest to the Methodist Episcopal church by Vernon Landon. The petition is signed by church trustees. Bay Tree Inn detains woman in jail
Engineer Long and Fireman Block of the Michigan Central face manslaughter charges after a Feb 27 wreck with 44 deaths. The case, moved from the county, will be heard in Porter County circuit court. The state seeks penitentiaries. defense blames the nearby towerman for the collision that killed 44.
Groundwork for the new hotel advances with contractor Koelln at ground level two weeks ahead of schedule. Brick laying to start soon and continue through winter with minimal disruption. City-style construction plan aims for continuous work. staffing to grow with several new men and competent foremen directing each department.
Robbers entered the People's Bank at Rolling Prairie after cutting a telephone line to an adjacent building, seeking a burglar alarm. The guarded safe thwarted the raid. fifty cents in stamps and a revolver were stolen. In Westville five bandits tried to enter a garage, but fled after watchman O. M. Coulter fired several shots.
Laporte county prepares the Perry farm on Waterford road for a silver fox operation. About a dozen workers finish living quarters as 10 pairs of foxes arrive next week from Prince Edward Island. An expert from Muskegon will run the farm with Otto Palm as assistant. Open house planned for a week after arrival. then the farm closes to the public.
J A Warren of Kouts director of the Indiana Farm Federation left Saturday for Atlanta Georgia to serve as Indiana delegate at the annual federation meeting next week. He was chosen to represent Indiana at this week’s state meeting in Indianapolis.
Homer Ansley of Westville representing Odell Tire Co of South Bend offers 30 by 34 cord tire casings with the same guarantee as other cord tires for 12.85. See him.
Brazil promotes immigration to open uninhabited areas and supply labor for expanding industries, aiming to boost development and fill workforce needs across the nation.
An article states a Japanese inventor created an artificial coffee with high nourishment value strong flavor and low cost as a new beverage option.
In the Fertile Caucasus the Arax valley, richest part of Caucasian Armenia, thrives with artificial irrigation. It yields excellent grapes and other fruits vegetables. It also grows ice cotton and corn, supporting regional prosperity.
How to test current type by observing a lamp filament. A magnet near the filament will attract it with continuous current and cause vibration with alternating current.
Charles Brown schedules a sale of livestock farm machinery and personal property at the Danian farm west of town next Wednesday November 30 He plans to return to Momence N and his former home after the sale
Mrs Frances Michslowski lives two miles west of Beatty's Corners and will hold a sale of farm machinery and livestock at her residence on Saturday December 10. M W Lewis will act as auctioneer, following his role at the Charles Brown sale on Wednesday November 30.
On October 25, All Sales Day marks St. Crispin the shoemaker patron. In old England the day brought merriment for the shoemaking trade with the saint aiding the poor by gifting leather shoes from heavenly supplies.
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