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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1914
Page
3
Local items from Westville and Laporte recount fraternal visits, family travel to Eaton Rapids and Florida, community gatherings, school activities, and a new bank opening. Notables include Mrs Kate Ulrich returning from Chicago, the Odd Fellows invitation, and a street accident injuring Elmer Wood. Comments on politics and a Columbus Day observance appear amid social notices.
Laporte county totals stand at 11 699 with New Durham precinct 3 missing La Porte city records a 167 vote loss and Michigan City reports 431 excess names over 1912 results The county as a whole shows a 933 vote loss compared with 1912 basing calculations on the prior year counts
The county commissioners let the C. C. McLane road in Noble township to Louis Martine. The August Zable road in Cass township went to the George M. Gross Company. No bids were received for the Johnson road in New Durham township. Homer Decker road bids in Kankakee township were taken under advisement.
A circuit court petition seeks dissolution of the Indiana School of Tractioneer in Laporte. Hearings are set for Nov 2. Stockholders say the school ceased to be profitable but owes no money. It taught traction engineering and farm machinery management with capital stock of 25 000. Instructor C I Gunness recently left to accept a professorship at Amherst.
A reader suggests the Indicator secure business by instructing their attorney to place all legal notices of interest or payment into the paper. The approach aims to ensure notices appear where thepaper owner is paying for them.
A 1913 rail ticket notice outlines east and west bound service from Chicago with routes to Canada and through Detroit, Buffalo, Albany and New York. It details return validity to October 31, stopping options, and special conditions including freight trains and nonstop service for Chicago passengers. It cites R C Hollinger as agent and lists arrival times at Westville.
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