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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
2
Long excerpt discusses Secretary Baker and U S war policy, draft delays, and Allied efforts with critical views of administration. Also includes local obituaries and society notes from Westville Indiana with residents and travel to Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Local families record weekend guests and trips to and from Valparaiso Hammond Gary La Porte Chicago and Indiana Harbor. Notable movements include James Boocher attending a funeral in Hammond and a railroad tragedy aftermath, teachers closing schools for influenza, and multiple visits among families and neighbors amid illness.
J D Harper is appointed successor to Frederick R Farnam as active head of the Boys Working Reserve in Laporte County. Farnam leaves for Indianapolis to join a related organization creating the vacancy. The selection is viewed as a strong choice given the Reserve's ongoing activities.
A brief OCR fragment references a will near Gillette with a phone number 7702 and initials G M A in Indiana. The text is fragmented with no clear event or outcome and lacks verifiable details.
A late night claim that Kaiser Wilhelm surrendered to Pershing spurs a townwide celebration. Ed Greening reports rejoicing in Michigan City while Valparaiso, Crown Point, and local churches ring bells and join a fortissimo turnout. A spontaneous street procession follows with flags, drums, and a homecoming parade marking the momentous event.
Five Hammond youths riding atop a box car died when six cars of a northbound freight derailed near Hammond Indiana about 16 miles south on the Chicago Indiana and Southern line. One boy escaped with a sprained ankle. The wreck was blamed on a broken arch bar. All victims were Hammond residents employed in munition plants.
Clayton L. Rhoade, age 26, elected successor to Frederick Farnam as Laporte County schools superintendent. Born in Madison township, St. Joseph County, he holds a BS in pedagogy and arts from Valparaiso University after attending Bremen High School. He began teaching in Marshall County and rose from principal to superintendent, pledging to support faculty of 142 teachers, 4 pupils, and broader citizenship.
A notice urges women to visit Laporte for coat bargains with prices listed as 26.00 and 35.00, inviting a day off to compare values at The Boston Store.
The Bureau of Safety report to the Interstate Commerce Commission faults Michigan Central signal spacing on the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train track at Ivanhoe on June 22. It cites too close train operation and insufficient protection for stopped trains and notes the wooden circus cars lit with off lamps. Engineer Lon Sargent is named in criticism.
Assistant State's Attorney filed an affidavit of information in Judge Gallaher's court charging Harold Huber age 15 with grand larceny for stealing 320 dollars from Earl Wolfe, son of Frank Wolfe. Bond set at 10000, unlikely to be posted, keeping Huber in sheriff custody amid the Wolfe murder mystery.
A two column report from Bucyrus Telegraph describes a late night crash two miles west of Bucyrus. Vaughn Crum 16 and Dean Maxwell 17 were killed when a Buick owned by H B Crum struck a curb and overturned. Grace B McMichael and Ione Hertzer were severely injured.
Henry Beesler of Laporte County awakens to find mail box and vehicles splashed with yellow paint after a midnight visit by about twenty Liberty Farmers accusing him of pro German remarks and refusing to prepare fields. A note warns of further visits if he does not conform.
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