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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
2
The Indicator is a Westville Indiana weekly paper published Thursdays as second class matter. It boasts wide county readership, focuses on home and county affairs, and remains unabashedly Republican. Subscriptions are $2.00 per year.
The author praises the khaki clad traveler as a fellow on the road and describes a Keokuk to Hamilton visit. Observations cover the Keokuk Dam and locks, scenic walkways along waste basins, turbine halls, and fish behavior. The piece notes crowd dynamics, ferrying boats, and the dam’s nightly illumination, with remarks on public access and safety documentation.
The document argues for a unified farmers organization to balance AFL and Chamber influence. It notes past inefficiency and unwise fund handling, praises organized business and labor models, and reports Indiana Federation and state farm bureaus back a referendum on the Nolan bill taxing landholders above 10,000 dollars. The Nolan bill remains stalled in committee.
The Cayo Bros factory at Westville shows progress with plans to begin a second product early next year. Harvey Smith joins as expert mechanic to maintain machines, enabling Cayo to focus on business growth. A new ceiling and a separate office building by J C Bluhm accompany rising orders and improved facilities.
Earl McCurdy, Democratic candidate for Laporte County Circuit Clerk, selected by Democratic National Committee Chair to head organizing work for service men in support of Cox and Roosevelt. McCurdy, World War I veteran, received a personal letter from Governor Cox praising his fitness and urging cooperation to keep faith with the dead.
Wm Warnock and his daughter Mrs Mildred Richman visit his son Amel and family at Vail Iowa. An election message urges voting for Frank Rogers for county clerk with advertisement heading.
Misses Ethel Bluhm Freida Hage and Bessie Noble are listed as attending Valparaiso University. The notice mentions First National Bank rooms 201 202 203 in Laporte Indiana with a contact phone 102.
A reading shows a roster of individuals including J Keene Fair Webster Carr W D Carter Bert M Enter fer Lonn White OG V Keller Edwin Pietz Watson Wright Ross Beach A BE Watson as part of an archival public notice roster.
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