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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
3
Major George R. Osborn of Laporte has chosen Tulsa Oklahoma as his new base to practice medicine and surgery in the local community.
Leland Osborn son of Mr and Mrs W N Osborn Wanatah wed Miss Bessie Bunnell daughter of Mr and Mrs Clark Bunnell Wanatah at the bride parents home in Wanatah Thursday at noon Rev Mr Smith Syracuse Ind officiated After a short trip the couple will reside in Leesburg Ind
The Laporte county fair drew over 20 000 attendees Thursday with higher crowds on other days. Exhibits and amusements expanded as cars crowded the grounds and nearby streets. Airplanes offered $10 rides as crowds enjoyed fast races and a lively, crowded atmosphere.
Sunday gathering at Flint Lake near Sheridan Beach featured a large Murten family reunion. A noon dinner was served and attendees included T B Murten and son Charles of Coburg, P S Murten family of Westville, and numerous relatives from Chicago Indiana Harbor Valparaiso Laporte and other towns.
Dr. Paul FE Bowers former prison physician at Michigan City is named superintendent of the Northern hospital for the insane at Logansport succeeding Dr F W Ter flinger who resigned after ten years. The position pays 3600 dollars yearly and begins September 10. Bowers served in the army medical corps in California and Whittier California and returns with his wife to Indiana.
The 73rd Indiana regiment Civil War reunion met in Plymouth on Tuesday and Wednesday with 44 veterans in attendance. Notable attendees included John Stoddard and Charles Arnold from Valparaiso and Nathan Demass as president, with the next gathering planned for Chesterton on August 18–19, 1920.
Q O L Galbreath former superintendent of Tanorte county schools died in Los Angeles Friday morning. He led Swift & Co. California branch and was noted for ability. He leaves a wife and daughter. His departure from education drew general regret and he was buried in Los Angeles.
Clara McHenry and two children from Indianapolis visited her father William Tolton in this area from Monday August 25 to Friday for a four day stay. This marks the first time Mrs. McHenry has seen her father. After birth her mother was ill and the child was placed with Iowa relatives then in an orphanage in this state. Mrs. McHenry has two marriages and lives in Indianapolis as a wife and mother.
Squire W. H. Beahm and wife of La Porte observed their 58th wedding anniversary on a Monday. The event united the Beahm and Ransburg families, with seventeen in the party including Emory Beahm and Mrs. W. C. Ransburgs children and relatives from Gary Chicago Hobart and Gary, plus a wide circle of nieces and nephews.
The state board of tax commissioners fixed dates for county hearings on requests to raise tax rates. Laporte County's hearing is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 24 at the state house in Indianapolis. Dallas Saryer is serving the mail route.
Expressions of gratitude extend to all who offered sympathy during a bereavement and especially to Mrs Edna Till inghast for faithfully attending the mother’s last rites. Also notice of sale listing several items with prices and contact J E Blanchard Otis Ind.
The Boston Store promotes affordable fall children's wear in Laporte offering clothing, footwear, hosiery, and warm undergarments to ready kids for a new school year. The ad highlights easy progress through proper attire and invites shoppers to visit the store for savings.
In Pinola Guy Johnson, an early Ford agent, expanded from Ford sales to distributing other makes while raising a wife and daughter. He remains active in local industry and now is selling Fordsons to owners including Harry Jessup William Marvel Charles Slant W L Compton William Maike Garland Shanon Bert Garwood Chas Ayersman Ross Beach and Lee Culver. Fordson buyers reportedly earn good wages daily.
On a Thursday evening a Wanatah family road trip ended in a ditch crash on the extreme northeast edge of town. El Pinney, wife and four children were injured lightly or moderately. Ruth Pinney remained unconscious briefly. John Arndt aided victims after the car, a Ford, veered off the grade and toppled in the ditch.
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