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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
1
Local notes report car purchases by Coulter Bros agency and Ford dealer activity, including individuals like Mrs. M Je Standiford and John Hagenow. Updates cover property work, lost purse, visitors from Chicago and Wisconsin, burglary at Wanatah, area campaigns for county offices, and social events at churches.
Miss Adah Beahm suffered a triple leg fracture when a horse bolted after a car headlight frightened it. Her sister Mrs. Susan Smith was badly bruised. They were returning from Valparaiso via Westville and were treated at Laporte hospital before being sent home. The cause involved Mr. Warnke’s car headlight reflecting off an approaching buggy. No blame assigned.
Fred Comstock of Westville Hardware Co has perfected a combined shutter and screen named the Storm Screen. operable from indoors to ventilate while blocking rain or snow. He has applied for a patent and plans to market it after drawing inspiration from camping and mosquito problems faced during fishing trips.
The county democracy hosted John A. M. Adair on a Saturday visit to Westville. About 50 locals attended as Adair spoke ten minutes, praising some points while noting errors, and referencing Jay County election majorities. The piece also notes railroad labor activity and local arrivals.
Seniors replace class colors with light blue and gold while Miss Ballard tests sextette voices and plans weekly practice. Domestic science girls prep treats for the Parents Teachers club meeting Friday October 20. Fire drill caused a brief alarm. Teachers attend Indiana State Teachers association October 25 26 27 28 in Indianapolis. No school Thursday and Friday next week. Basketball and tennis activity runs high with safety concerns for girls at courts. October notes include Riley's birthday Columbus Day Arbor Day and Halloween decorations with brownies jack o lanterns witches bats and songs The Goblin Man and Jack O Lantern.
Theodore Anderson of Chicago, who summered at Flintlake Valparaiso, found Edward Price, 49, proprietor of the Edgewater hotel, dead on a living room couch. An autopsy showed death by apoplexy, with Price believed dead three or four days. Once controversial for liquor law arrests, Price’s inn remained popular with reporters.
The Ideal laundry at Laporte shut its doors Saturday by order of C P Gannatt of Chicago who holds a mortgage. D B Trowbridge and L H Pardue ran the business since November 1 1915 with Pardue withdrawing over a month ago leaving Trowbridge in charge. Gannatt will arrive midweek and the shop is unlikely to reopen though future disposition of property and business has not been announced. Since its five years in Laporte there have been frequent changes in management.
The article notes cloves cinnamon thyme and geranium scents show antimicrobial effects with varying times from twelve to fifty minutes. It claims odor of certain scents can destroy microbes including typhoid fever, suggesting ancient Egyptian mummies used fragrant agents for antiseptic purposes rather than decoration.
Oscar B Smith of Starke county is featured as a hard working self made attorney and Republican leader. The profile covers his rural Indiana origins, schooling at North Judson, law degree from Northern Indiana Law School 1899, time in Michigan City mills, founding the First National Bank building in La Porte area, marriage to Irma Pierson in 1912, two children, and his role as Starke county party chairman and prospective Indiana State Senate member noted for integrity and responsive representation.
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