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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
5
A retailer announces a complete collection of new models featuring the latest styles fabrics and colors. Designers highlight versatility and modern silhouettes aimed at a wide customer base with emphasis on quality and contemporary trends.
Advert says lovely Serges and silks with Jersey secour and a beautiful line of Virginia Dare dresses. Notes fashionable silhouettes and rich fabrics to entice shoppers.
Ed Geisch recovers from quinsy as Sanford Culbertson visits from East Chicago. Local notes include Frank Snyder of Osceola visiting the Larson family, Mrs. Jennie Dreesen taking a Chicago post, and Helen Geison training for service. Northwest Indiana Conference opens at Terre Haute.
The note warns last week’s nonrenewals will get a final issue if not prepaid. A list of readers in arrears follows, including Fred Warnke G C Flegel John Geisen Lou Snyder J H Allison Mrs H N Green J B Jerome P O Small Laporte Charles Wolfe Chicago.
Capt Louis Cansler and his wife stayed with James Herrold from Friday to Wednesday at his home after his overseas service. Cansler telegraphed his wife from El Paso to join him if Chicago, as he awaited re assignment in Washington. He spoke to old schoolmates about the war in France and a major commission awaits him on return.
Deputy county clerk Arthur Bielefeldt began military training in Columbus barracks. Police captain Hiram Ellsworth of Michigan City died by suicide at 210 East Second Street after months of ill health. Warrant service and bonds followed in dry-law prosecutions with multiple defendants in Westville and Laporte. Memorial services for a fallen brother were planned at Nineveh Encampment and Westville lodge.
In Laporte, the clerk’s office announces the appointment of a new deputy clerk succeeding Mr. Bielefeldt. Employees at the courthouse present the young man with a wrist watch on Saturday as they wish him rapid advancement, possibly to colonel.
Dr. H Q O Mertz will split duties between Indianapolis and Laporte after October fifth returning from a vacation with Mrs. Mertz at their Roundhead home. He will practice with Dr. W N Wishard of Indianapolis, famed kidney and bladder specialist in the middle west, second only to a few in Chicago.
Edward Richard Hannon, a young farmer of Morgan Township, died at 6:40 last evening at his parents’ home in Marshall Grove. A rusty nail punctured his foot a year ago while cleaning timber from cyclone debris, causing a wound that worsened after delays in treatment and was diagnosed as lockjaw by a doctor.
Mrs. Ellsworth and two sisters Mrs. J C Craft and Mrs. L G Ranch of Laporte mourn the loss of a husband and brother in law. Ellsworth came to this area five years ago and served as an officer at the car shops. Funeral plans are incomplete but services are expected Thursday in Laporte with burial in Kingsbury.
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