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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1898
Page
1
P. R. Iseminger trustee will be at his home a half mile west of Alida on Toesauys to offer a text book sale for ease at residence.
County correspondence reports residents traveling to Mishawaka and Niles for work and visits. Social events by Epworth League praised. schools reopened with Prof Noe in charge. Local travel to Indianapolis and Chicago noted. a house fire and injuries on a separator are recorded alongside multiple visits, funerals, leagues, and farm activities.
Mr and Mrs D W Condon spent Sunday at Whiting as guests of Mr and Mrs T L Eaton. Miss Dot Conboy is on the sick list. Emiel Herbst and Will Sullivan joined the excursion to St Joe Sunday. Gust Herbst and wife stayed at home. Rev Waller of Wanatah called on M Sullivan Saturday evening. Miss Mamie Lorden of South Bend returned home Saturday. David Condon called in Valparaiso last Thursday. Misses Mary and Nora Sullivan with Miss Namie Lorned visited Mr and Mrs Iseminger near Alida Thursday. Elmer Eaton plans a visit to the Condon and Tilden camp near Davis this week.
Rev. Simmons preached his farewell sermon at the M. E. church in Union Mills and will leave Tuesday for his new home in Chicago with his family already departed Friday. Local notices include Mrs. Allan McPherson’s Cresco visit return, Hanna township institute, and township school openings with listed teachers for Union Mills and nearby districts.
In Wanatah the Dr Bowman of the Wanatah Times voices imagined peril for Republicans in Cass township after a recent convention. He also frets Democrats in Laporte and Michigan City, but the piece urges compassion and vows political action next November to defeat the rivals.
Katie Ordung and Lizzie Noll of La Porte visited J C Ordung last week. Miss Minnie Mitzner of Wanatah visited Hanna on Sunday. Ethel Barber and Libbie Terrey visited Miss Carrie Campbell on Thursday in the country. Little Edna Baske daughter of Herman and Lizzie Baske was buried here last Sunday as a victim of cholera infantum after two weeks of illness. Herman Tapp and his daughter are visiting at Westis this week.
The Laporte Agricultural Association schedules events for September 21 to 23 including pace races 2:20 and 2:30, trotting and pacing purses ranging from 150 to 200 dollars, skeleton wagon races, running and jockey races, and the noted Prof. and Mrs. Alice Jackson performances.
A Pioneer Township officer earns recognition in a brief local notice. The report notes the officer’s service and role within the township department, highlighting community safety duties and local engagement.
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