The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-12

when some one turned in an alarm
from the east end of town. Investi-
cation found that the prairie grass had
taken fire and had to be extinguished.
This was effected after some difficulty.
Assistant chief of the department,
Paulson, who evidently had charge of
the run, failed to ascertain whether the
boys had sufficient hose for an emery
ency and had the fire been confined to
a house in that locality, destruction
would have been its fate
Misses Maude Mitchell and Jeanette
McNabb spent Friday evening at Lans-
fields Harbor roller rink
Messrs. Stirling, McKelvey and HaviIl
viii open their dancing school next
Thursday evening with Prof. Well of
Woodlawn instructor The dances
will be held every alternate Thursday
and will doubtless be patronized by a
large crowd of East Chicagos younger
social set
Hoyt o. OGram Of Whiting was in
East Chicago last evening.
Candidate Thomas Grant and his
brother. William Grant, of Lowell, last
night announced that they would
spend three or four days of next week
Z In East Chicago, making a house to
house canvas in the interests of Mr.
Grants political preferment.
Messrs. Edward Cadman and William
Ball of Pullman, ILL.,, were the guests
of James Cadman of Magoun avenue.
They will shortly leave for New York
state, where they will engage in mill
operating.
Mesdames C. H. and D. D. Dixon,
Brundson, Henry and Williams at
tended the funeral of the little Rick
etts boy at Hammond yesterday.
A. P. FELTON, of Magoun avenue tran
sacted business in Chicago yesterday
Constable c. H. SpauIding was
Whiting visitor yesterday, transacting
commissioner business.
Mrs. Thomas G. Davis is seriously
i'll at her home on Magoun avenue.
Her disease has been diagnosed as ap
pendicitis,( although physicians have
not yet decided that an operation Will
be necessary.
Miss Marie McKenna will resume her
labors in the f. ]. Fife establishment
on Monday. after weeks vacation.
Misses Belle Donovan and Marie Nc |
Kenna were guests of friends in the
Harbor Friday evening.
Charles Jahnke and Leslie Lightner
of Hobart will be the guests of friends
! in East Chicago Sunday evening.
James Morelli of the Chicago avenue
fruit store transacted business in Chi |
cago yesterday.
Fred NJ Henoch, chairman of the
Laporte democratic central committee.
was an East Chicago visitor yester-
day
DR.. A. G. Schleiker returned yester-
day from a brief business trip to Mil
waukee, Wis.
Harry Greenfield OF Akron. O.. is
visiting his brother, Louis Greenfield.
of Olcott avenue, for a few days.
Miss Nellie Scott of One Hundred
and Forty-fifth street was a Chicago
visitor yesterday.
Miss Nellie Mckay visited Pittsburg
friends in Chicago yesterday.
David Campbell of the Ladd Cigar
store, saw THE Fighting Parson" at
the Towle opera house last night.
A. Goldsmith of the Whiting Liquor
company, transacted business in East
Chicago yesterday afternoon.
T. r. Ladd attended last nights per
formance at the Towle opera house in
Hammond.
DR.. Solomon NJ. Goidberger of olcott
avenue transacted business in Chicago
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. H. Specter of st. Louis left
yesterday for a few days visit with
her sister in Chicago.
Manager H. Z. Wallace of the Hanna
lines was an East Chicago and Harbor
visitor this morning.
Fifteen East Chicago couples mar
ticipated in a hayrack party to High
lands and return last night and en-
1oyed splendid few hours ride. A
camp fire was built in the woods be-
tween Hessville and Hammond and a
large basket supper eaten in its flick
ering light
Mr.. and Mrs. A H. W. Johnson will j.,
leave this evening for Grand Haven.
Mich, where they will spend a few
days as the guests of friends in that
city.
Miss Hattie Zacharias will visit with {
friends in Chicago tomorrow. 2
The troubles of a newspaper man !
are many, but Editor A. p. Brown of 1
the East Chicago Globe certainly has t
more than the usual allotment Brown l
has been troubled by the depredatio I
committed in his grape arbor by a \
band of youthful burglars and this {
morning secured a warrant for the ar L
rest of Paul Zugoditz. The latter has d
confessed, 1T is said. and implicated V
the sons of several prominent families. {
sidney H Veaco, the drug MAN. Z
spent the day in Chicago.
Miss Cora Chatham will attend to-
morrow evenings performance of the
Girl at the Helm" at the La Sale
theater.
Miss Edith Evans will leave tomor-
70" Tor two weeks vacation in Nun 4
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