Indicator notes drive to enlist women in wartime defense
Judge Gallaher appeals to Laporte county women to join the County Council of Defense as cards for food conservation are promoted. Officials stress voluntary service, not a draft, and urge enrollment to help Indiana win the war through home economy. Mrs. Frank J. Pitner oversees this effort.
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Westville
Ind
Indiana
Laporte
Porter Counties
Gallaher
County Council of Defense
Council of Defense
State Council of Defense
Laporte County
Great Army of
Frank J. Pitner
James F. Gallaher
Railroads aid food drive and war effort across the nation
Chicago reports co operation of railroads with the Food Administration, farmers and grain dealers to protect grain supplies. Precautions include relocating inflammable materials from grain depots and extra grain car doors. A nationwide plan funds $1000 weekly tobacco for railroad personnel in France. Santa Fe head E P Ripley predicts WWI ends by spring with railroads handling government and commerce traffic efficiently.
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Chicago
United States Food Administration
Farmers and Grain Dealers’ Association
Wheat Belt
R. H. Aishton
Central Department Committee
Railroads’ War Board
France
United States
Santa Fe
E. P. Ripley
Mr. Ripley
Men From Michigan City Heading to Camp at Louisville
Names list the third quota leaving last week for the camp at Louisville includes Walter Petrosky Martin N Feldenauer Julius Santow Alex Piezark Harry Carruth Oscar Klopsch Benno Timm Victor Coonrod Louis John John J Lisk Max Bogdaniwicz Sanislaus Chemezak Alle Woszni Roy W Leets Alex A Orshinski Will H Smith George Ziemik Charles Mitchell John Tickfer L Ritz Larry C Adrian Carl F Meyer John Lute Richard Shuman Harry A Tonn Clement Osos Edward Jasch
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Michigan City
Louisville
Walter Petrosky
Martin N. Feldenauer
Julius Santow
Alex Piezark
Harry Carruth
Oscar Klopsch
Benno Timm
Victor Coonrod Louis John John J. Lisk
Max Bogdaniwicz
Sanislaus Chemezak Alle Woszni
Roy W. Leets
Alex. A. Orshinski
Will H. Smith
George Ziemik
Charles Mitchell
John Tickfer
L. Ritz
Larry C. Adrian Carl
Lake County Surveyor Ordered to Return Overcharges
Indianapolis September 17 A ruling by the board of accounts says Lake County surveyor Ray Seely received more than his due for work outside official duties. The board orders the return of 17 dollars and notes the surveyor’s excess payments exceed seventeen thousand dollars.
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Lake
Ilegally
Indianapolis
Board of Accounts
Ray Seely
Gounty
Burdick Social Roundup Sees Visitors and Local News
Local residents and guests populate Burdick events from Morgan Park to Chesterton with visits, entertaining spellings, and farm notes. Notables include Leo Kosmatka and family, the Janowski sisters, and a Swedish Lutheran minister, plus road work, potato harvests, and a sale at Orvil H. Bedenkop with high grain demand.
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Inndiana
Sackman
Burdick
Joe
Kosmatka
M .Kosmatka
Jesse
Chicago
Leo Kosmatka
Morgan Park
Chesterton
Frank Janowski
John Markel
Charles Bearson
Louis Jacobs
Jacobs Bros
Valparaiso
Arthur Reling
Dille & Morgan
Ernest Krouldis
Orvil H. Bedenkop
Frank Yagelski
Caroline Hall
Miss Hall
Ben Reling
Louisville
Jack Woczniak
Joe Cook
A. A. Cotton
Frank Hollar
Letter from Corporal Williams from Camp Shelby
Corporal Chas. D. Williams writes from Camp Shelby Mississippi about life on a hilltop camp twelve miles from Hattiesburg. He notes shortages of equipment and tents but optimism for ready supply in months and sends thanks to Westville for their support. He mentions Valparaiso unit losses and the Indiana drafted men training in the battalion.
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Corporal Williams
Camp Shelby
Miss
Mrs. Martin
Hattiesburg
Co. L
Valparaiso
Indiana
United States
Westville
Corp
Chas. D. Williams, Co. II
B. N. 151
Inf
Letters From Fort Sam Houston Describe World War I Training
Ralph Morris writes to his mother from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in October 1917 about being assigned to Truck Train No. 7 bound for France. He reports volunteers for foreign service, pending promotions to sergeant or corporal, paratyphoid inoculations, and plans to sail soon striking to an ammunition train. He mentions a letter from Ruliffe and asks for prompt replies.
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France
Fort Sam M Houston
M. T. Co
Chicago
Ruliffe
Fravel Scott Announces Magazine Offers
Fravel Scott promotes special offers on magazines with an expiry noted as November 10. Readers are invited to contact him for a complete list of available titles and prices.
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Fravel Scott
County Motor Vehicle Taxes Paid and Allocated
Laporte County paid the state 15153.85 in motor vehicle licenses this year and received back 11677.36. Last year the county paid 11882 and received 8377.58. One third of the total paid goes to the state, one third on road mileage, and one third on number of motor vehicles. Laporte reports 313 miles of road, up from 288, and 1015 vehicles state wide total. A Sonora Phonograph dealer, Fravel Scott, offers a machine that plays any record, inviting visits to hear it.
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Laporte
Laporte County
Fravel Scott
Sonora Phonograph
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H. W. Salwasser
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Aid
John Hagenow
Laporte, Ind
Roxy d. Fail
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R. H. Moore
State of
Nicholas Krier
Laporte Superior Court
Augusta Krier
Laporte Superi Court
Chris J. Bielefeldt
Fern 1 Bahringer
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Dr. Pinkerton
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Wm. C. Weir
E. B. Ebbert
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Frank E. Osborn
Lee
L. Osborn
Kenneth D. Osborn
Osborn & Coe Lawyers Rooms
First Nat’] Bank B’ld’g LaPorte
Kryptok
Oswald
Franklin St
R. M. Martin
Westville, Ind
Henry Goetz
Jefferson Ave
New Durham
Paul Hannon
J. N.kelly
J. Venedorland
First National Bank
ST. John's Shoe Hospital
Rumely
H. W. Sallwasser
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Court House
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H. F. Carlson
Chesterton, Indiana
J. Lowenstine & Sons
Fawley & Abbott House Outfitters
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Rane
Bank of Westville
Ethelred Curtis
Masonic Temple
Malai
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Millinery Department
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