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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
5
Community news records visits trips births and deaths. Families from Knox county Ohio Hammond Chicago and Gary appear alongside military drafts and training plans. The 87th Indiana reunion at Plymouth recalls Chickamauga losses 47 of 700 survived.
Mrs Geo Pratt entertained her brother Victor Clevenger from Chicago last week. Clevenger, born in Westville, is an inspector in Chicago City Carpenters construction. Alfred Kemper suffered a serious jaw injury from a colt last Friday. The doctor feared a fractured jaw and possibly a damaged ear drum. Mrs C O Anderson entertained her mother for two weeks and returned to Chicago with her son. Kulakoski family hosted Whiting relatives over Sunday. J R Smiley visited Gary on business Tuesday. George Pratt received a carload of fertilizer as farmers prepared to boost wheat yields. Clarence Miller married Miss Helen Wood last Sunday.
Marshal Bluhm and H O Cathcart arrest two men after a late night crash near the Brown home. A detailed inventory reveals two ten gallon kegs of whiskey and multiple bottles and jugs seized for a record breaking illicit liquor seizure in the county. Prokay and Toth are jailed and fined in Laporte court.
Pro Kay was bound over to the circuit court in 500 dollars and faces additional charges for driving under liquor’s influence and possession of an unlawful quantity of liquor. The men compensated the Wuerst truck damage. Wuerst neared home after a trip to South Bend with William Warnock.
The publisher lists credits and two new readers, Mrs. Mary Loomis and County Assessor A Je Peterson, amid quiet laughter and readjustment. Government requirements are explained as a pressure to comply, and subscribers are urged to advance their subscriptions.
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