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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
3
Westville community reports visitors from Chicago and Michigan City. Local residents engage in travel, schooling, and family events while townsfolk prepare for civic duties and Masonic work as guard units depart for Indianapolis and new equipment arrives.
Augustine Bros. dealers in general merchandise state E M Augustine will retire September 17 with W L Augustine, senior member, continuing the business. Westville Hardware Co. to undergo change as Fred Comstock and John Plant withdraw, leaving E M Augustine to take over their interests. Plant remains with the new hardware business, Comstock to farm near Valparaiso and may later start a factory for a patented screen and ventilating blind. Both stores report heavy business.
The county council fixed the 1918 levy at 54.9 cents per $100. An increase of 7 cents overall. General purposes up 6 cents and county debt 1 cent. A $10,000 pest house request was cut. commissioners must use the existing $5,000 and contract this year or lose it.
Pastor J. W. A. Kinison announces Sunday morning sermon on Christ's Treatment of the Sinful and an evening talk titled He Hereafter. Belief in immorality is urged as essential for right living. All welcome plus Sunday school at 10 am. New Durham work grows. 52 attended last Sunday. Next Sunday a baptismal and reception service with special music.
In Laporte the Boston Store Co promotes a large county wide selection of fall coats suits dresses and more at interesting prices inviting customers to visit and browse the items available in store.
The wartime call Johnny get your gun anchors a patriotic verse urging enlistment and sacrifice. In a separate note Chas Nanslow Jr of Renssalaer buys the Richard Ines property at Ridge and Jefferson streets and plans to move soon.
Mrs Sarah A Holloway Brooke died at the family home in Valparaiso Ind on September 6 1917 born February 18 1834 in Tippecanoe county Indiana she married Rev C A Brooke of the Northwest Indiana conference Methodist Episcopal church on September 18 1856 mother of six sons two surviving Charles Lincoln and John B Brooke she graduated from Fort Wayne Female Academy in 1854 and spent fifty years as an itinerant with her husband noting a lifelong Methodist faith and family background.
An airplane driven by George Crander of Chicago went out of control and crashed into spectators at the Porter county fair in Valparaiso Indiana. A large number of people were slightly injured. Race results include Anna the Great winning the 2:25 trot and Cressie Medium taking the 2:25 pace with best times listed.
Senator Kistler of Cass county appeared before the board as affidavits are read in each case. Laporte county petitions for exemption from local board No 2 seem unlikely to be acted on soon. The district board has certified 60 names to the local board, enough for the 40 percent contingent to be called Sept 19, while other counties lacking names will be addressed to ensure enough men are available.
Laporte County eliminates the yearly 1900 bounty for crow heads. The county council struck the $1,900 appropriation from the annual budget and declares future crow shooting unpaid, leaving enforcement to the public good.
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