The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-03
WHITING NEWS

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Patrick Gaughn viii go to work at
Gibson tomorrow morning.
Miron Jones. the contractor, was at 1
Indiana Harbor yesterday.
Mrs. Catherine Stewart visited with
Mrs. Catherine Garvin in Chicago yes
terday.
Miss Nellie wycon is recovering from
the typhoid fever.
Alec Slower still remains in critical !
condition at the Hahnemann hospital |
Sheriff Fred Carter of Crown Point
was in Whiting yesterday.
Mrs. Walter Gets of Englewood was |
here on business yesterday.
William Record. who has been the !
guest of his brother, c. 2. Record OF |
the telephone exchange. returned to
his home in Aurora, H.. yesterday.
Mrs. Charles A. Johnson of Crown |
Point visited with Mrs. George Girard !
yesterday and also attended the meet |
ing of the Ladies of the Maccabees.
large number of Whiting people |
are planning to attend the love feast
which will be held in East Chicago to-
night.
Leslie and Frank Miles saw Eat |
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last night.
Miss Hulda Lager of East chicago, |
who is stenographer for Judge G. w. |
Jones, is confined to her home by i'll
ness.
Mrs. A. J. Lauer will entertain the
Magazine club at her home in Oliver
street tonight.
Mrs. George Hornecker IS now past
all hopes of recovery, having entirely
lost her power of speech. Mr.. Hor-
necker and her father Rev. Phi. Willie
were with her the greater part of the
day.
One Of the foremen of Graves Tank
works of Dixon, Ill., was here yester-
day after men to go there on a job
which will last for three months He
succeeded in getting Harry Kiefe, Bill
Horton, Henry Harms, Gene Biesen
and Andrew Kendra to go back with
him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hoppe left for
their home in Milwaukee last nlsnt a.
ter an extended visit with their parents
They were accompanied to Chicago by
Misses Paula and Lydia Lott and Misses
Emma and Amelia Hoppe and Julius
Hoppe.
Mrs. William Collins and her grand
children, Milton and Ruth, left for
Morocco. Ind, last night, where they
will reside. Clay Collins accompanied
them, but returned today.
Lawrence Lencioci. proprietor of the
fruit store next to Waywood's barber
shop, on 119th street has added much
to the appearance of his ice cream par
lor by purchasing new tables and
chairs.
The high school candidates of the
| Whiting track team did their first
training for the coming spring meet at
! Crown Point, last night. They are
training under the direction of form
er coach at Wheaton college, and there
are good prospects for some very en-
couraging work.
The Mems club of the Plymouth Con-
gregational church held an interesting
meeting in the church parlors Monday
evening. Each member was to earn
a dollar for the club outside of their
regular business, and it was the source
of much amusement to hear the diff
ferent ones relate their experiences.
Some men washed dishes for their
wives, and others dug garden for their
neighbors. 1t was understood that no
tainted money would be accepted so
the guests were very careful haw the
money was earned. Much good is be
ing done through the efforts of this
club, and the attendance at the church
has been greatly increased.
Mrs. Morton Trout of 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue was hostess
to the Fortnightly club Monday night
at one of the most successful meetings
OF the year, civil Improvement being
the chief topic of discussion. Mrs.
21enry Fifield was the first to respond,
her subject being The City Beauti-
full" Her paper was exceptionally good
as she had given the matter thorough
consideration, and she spoke OF many
different ways In which city may be
beautif1ed. Mrs. Frank Long was the
next on the program, her subject being
What Can We do for Our City?" She
encouraged the park question and sew
eral other points of vital interest but
she urged chiefly. home discipline. Last
but not least was Mrs. L. H Mattern
in What Other Cities are Doing" She
used Chicago and several other large
cities for example. and said in part
that for a city to be beautiful it must
also have a good moral condition as
cleanliness is next to Goodness" At
ter the program was completed cleo
ton of officers for the coming year
took place. Mrs. r. Z. Humphreys
was elected president. Mrs. ]. NJ. Art
man, vice president; Miss Carol NJ
Riefe. secretary and Mrs. w. o. Walker,