Chicago

October 12, 1921

October 12, 2011

KOUTS APPLE KINGS FIND PRODUCT IS IN DEMAND The scarcity of apples this year, due to the early frosts which nipped the fruit in the bud, has made the demand for this kind of fruit very spirited—especially where the fruit has been taken care of in the most improved way by the use of spraying [...]

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September 16, 1921

September 16, 2011

ARRESTED NEAR KOUTS ON WIFE DESERTION CHARGE William O. Bray was arrested yesterday in Pleasant township by Sheriff Pennington on a charge of wife desertion. Authorities in Hancock county notified the sheriff to apprehend Bray. The latter was employed on a farm south of Kouts. He is being held in the county jail here pending [...]

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August 17, 1921

August 17, 2011

AUTOIST TURNS IN FALSE ALARM OF FIRE The fire department was called to the corner of Weston avenue and Chicago streets last evening about 8:30 o’clock by an alarm sent in from a box at that location. A lady living in the vicinity of the place saw an automobile stop and then later drive away [...]

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August 13, 1921

August 13, 2011

TWO ARRESTED ON SUSPICION IN WARK ROBBERY Sheriff Pennington arrested two men yesterday in connection with the robbery at the Wark hardware store Wednesday night of last week. The men now in custory at the county jail are Richard Kimmell, a student at the university, and Eugene Lee, a federal board student. Both have confessed [...]

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July 30, 1921

July 30, 2011

AUTO THIEF CAPTURED HERE TAKEN TO PLYMOUTH Anton Pianto, 19 years of age, who was apprehended here last Wednesday by Policeman Jerome Frakes on suspicion of having a stolen automobile in his possession, was taken back to Plymouth yesterday afternoon by the sheriff of Marshall county. The machine, a Ford, was stolen in Plymouth by [...]

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July 19, 1921

July 20, 2011

FORD SEDAN OF JOHN MARKS STOLEN DURING NIGHT The Ford sedan owned by John Marks, proprietor of the south side barber shop, was taken from in front of the Marks home on Monroe street some time during the night. Mr. Marks allowed the car to stand outside the home so that it would be handy [...]

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July 15, 1921

July 15, 2011

CAR BURNING MYSTERY NEAR WHEELER SOLVED The burning of the big Cole car on the county line west of Wheeler, on Wednesday evening of last week, has been cleared up, according to the Chicago papers. The machine beloned to Willie Howard, one of the star players of “The Passing Show,” now playing at the Apollo [...]

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July 06, 1921

July 9, 2011

LAKE ELIZA FAST BUILDING UP AS A SUMMER RESORT Lake Eliza, one of the most beautiful little bodies of water in the county, is fast taking on the aspects of a summer resort. John Fitzgerald, owner of all of the land abutting this pretty lake, has gone to great preparation and expense to make this [...]

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June 24, 1921

June 26, 2011

WILL DRILL FOR OIL IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP Ben and August Koselke, who own a large farm in Jackson township, have leased the oil rights on their property to two Chicago men who will begin at once the drilling of two oil wells. The farm is adjacent to the scheme where oil drilling operations were rampant [...]

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June 15, 1921

June 15, 2011

TWO BOOZE RUNNERS CAPTURED BY PENNINGTON Sheriff William Pennington apprehended two booze runners early this morning on the Valparaiso-Chesterton hightway, three miles north of the city. The men, who gave their names as John Spadzinski and F. Winters, or Gary, had forth gallons of whiskey in a Buick automobile. When the sheriff came upon the [...]

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