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Local notes drift through smoke and travels in Indiana and Illinois
The column reports on residents such as Mrs. Martin Marvel recovering from illness and Mrs. Irwin improving, visits by Mrs. Hand and her Ontario husband, and various travels to Valparaiso Chicago and Manhattan. It notes a $200 fire loss at Union Mills News, a large cranberry harvest near Michigan City and a fatal train accident near Porter. It also mentions civic events, church appointments, and a burned barn on Dr. Warren’s Otis farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Marvel
Clarence Daggy
Roy Hilton
Chicago
Joseph Irwin
C. A. Allison
Westville
M. S. Wright
Ed Hoy
Colgraff
Hunselman
August Shirr
Union Mills News
Blair Marshes
Michigan City
Michigan Central
Porter Station
Porter
W. H. Gray
Ind
Otto Derrick
Davenport
Derrick
New Durham Township
H. B. Herrold
Bohland
Durham Township
LaPorte Savings Bank
John Cooper
Monon Ry
Pere Marquette
Nathan Rankin
John M. Koonsman
South Bend
Barr Ona
Otis
F. R. Warren
Joseph Vanturski
Dr. Warren