Historic Porter County Home Transfers to Religious Order
The Howe homestead in Westchester township, a key site in Porter County history, is now owned by the Sisters of Notre Dame of Milwaukee. Pending court approval, the property and about 40 acres will become a retreat, summer home, and summer schools with planned improvements.
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Howe
Westchester Township
Worter County
Miss Howe
Sisters of Notre Dame of Milwaukee
Lincoln Highway
Porter County
Laporte County
New Carlisle
South Bend
Hudson Township
Westville
Grace Howell Sues for Divorce Over Cruelty Custody Bid
Grace Howell files for divorce from Clarence Howell through Attorney Paul A. Krueger alleging cruelty. They wed May 8 1911 and separated November 4 1914. She seeks custody of their six year old son Russell.
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Grace Howell
Paul A. Krueger
Clarence Howell
Tin fruit cans at Westville Hardware Co.
Tin fruit cans are offered by Westville Hardware Co as a dozen items priced per unit. The listing highlights a hardware store item sale with emphasis on canned fruit products and bulk quantities.
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Westville Hardware Co
Winners Named in County Fair Pig Feeding Contest
Lester Rosenbaum of Hanna wins the trip to Washington for the pig feeding contest in the County Agent department after finishing four months of feeding with a 250 pound pig. Loren Bennitt of Gelena remains in contention as his pig continues to develop. Township winners who will attend the Purdue short course include Loren.
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Laporte County
Washington
Lester Rosenbaum
Hanna
Loren Bennitt
Gelena
Purdue
Loren
Get your binder twine at Westville Hardware Co.
The notice promotes binder twine for sale at Westville Hardware Co. The item is priced at 19 cents per pound, inviting customers to purchase the cordage locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westville Hardware Co
Cole Sues Over O'Donnell Control At Gary Motor Truck Co
C W Cole son of Albert Cole files suit in Hammond seeking a restraining order against W H O'Donnell as Gary Motor Truck Co stock valued at 475000 held in trust cannot be voted. Cole and Nichols have formed Noble Motor Truck Co at Kendallville after leaving Gary firm. A stockholders meeting postponed the restraining order to Oct 8 amid reports of 84 trucks built in August and plans for 3000 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Motor Truck Co
C. W. Cole
Albert Cole
Hammond
W. H. O’donnell
Cole
O'Donnell
Nobols
Gary Company
Noble Motor Truck Co
Kendallville
Ind
Hodges
Gary
Cole and Nichols
Smuggling Bust In Michigan City Seizes Juniper Gin Haul
Richard Harmon and his brother Frank were arrested after a Gary police chase stopped their Willys car five miles west of Gary. Sixty gallons of compound juniper gin bound for Grand Rapids were hidden under a robe and exposed by wind. Harmon claimed to be a Grand Rapids druggist and said the juniper was purchased for medical uses.
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W. ©. Berrold
Chesterton
Gary
Baumer
Maywood
B. F. Kimbrel
Gertrude Selkirk
Chicago
Wanatah
Lincoln Dodd
W. L. Dodd
Wm. Jar
Dabbert
Michigan City
G. W. Hartman
Tama Co
Westville School
Oscar Miller
B. F. Henton
Peter Young
Ad Hoard
Rebekah
George Straley
Cory Henton
F. R. Jerome
W. E. Kalies
Niles
Mich
Louis Price
O. E
Westville
M. J. Standiford
Mildred Silkirk
Mill Creek
Dorothy Cass
Delhi
Minn
Mary Crumpacker
W. E. Davidson
Martha
Ethel
W. C. Herrold
Davidson
Clements
Shoals
Ind
Prof. Knoll
Clement
Thomas
Alida
George Cowgill
Hunlap Garage
Purnessville
Furnessville
Cowgill
Michigan City News
Grand Rapids
Richard EB. Harmon
Harmon
Frank Harmon
Caledonia
J .F. Dowling
Dowling
Justice of the Peace
B. L. Laurie
Michigan
Willys
Brody
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Ashion Mnutu
LaPorte
Georgette, Crepe Dechine
Jersey
Davidson & Porter
G. L. Howell
Primrose
Steves
Ance
Kellings’ Shoe Store
Bank of Westville
Chas. J. Robb
Chesterton Tribune
Wahob
Long Lakes
Door Village
Supt. Davis
Wilbur Boardman
Boardman
Trester
Trummond
W. L. Cornelius
Holy Family Hospital
Mgr
Cornelius
Co. F. Specht
Specht-Finney Company
Valparaiso
Specht
Montana
Oregon
California
L. R. Skinner
Leslie
Marshall Field & Co
Skinner
LaPorte County Cereal Products Co
Indianapolis
Guenther Brewery
Ethel Belle Holstein
Henry Hanna
Pine Street
Anna Drew
Braimmond
Nelson Holstein
Powell
Donald Hanna
Willis Omey
E. O. Beahm
F. J. Warnke
John Cathcart
Win. Bundy
S. G. Haus
W. N. Dodd
B. F. Hen
Michigan City Dispatch
Laporte Capital
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Laportean
Gary Post
Nick Truklja
Lake County
Frank N. Gavit
Gary Clearing House Committee Association
Hunter
Gavit
Barnes
Trukija
William Reese
Charles Noble
Charley
Bennitt
Gatena
Lloyd “Miller
New Durham
Milford Richman
Noble
Owen Drollinger
Lincoln
Leonard Wothke
Clinton
Alice Barnard
Genevieve McDonald
Ruth Mitzner
Clinton Township
Katherine Gustafson
Zelma Austin
Anastasia Taylor
Charles Underwood
Noble Township
Boys
Indiana
United States Grain Corporation
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
John G. Brown
Lewis Taylor
Messrs. Brown and Taylor
W. H. Hickman
Brown-Taylor
New York
Ilinois
Mr. Overcoat
Lowenstines
Ener
Maeae
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