The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-05-03

The regular meeting of the Fort
nightly club was held in tho public IL
brary assembly room on Monday night.
Mrs. Robert Humphreys read a paper
on Alaska" and Mrs. John G. Hall gave
book review of Emerson Houghs
$40 or Fight" Miss c. NJ. Keife
read a paper on tho Famous Authors
of Today" and Mrs. l. H. Matterns
paper was on the Modern American
Artists" The papers were all very
good. and after they had been read
quotations from American authors were
given by the club members.
City Clerk George w. Jones was in
Crown Point on business yesterday.
Mr.. Larkin of Chicago was a Whit
ing visitor on Monday evening.
Charles Peterson was in Crown Point
yesterday on business.
| Miss Lindsay Campbell of Lake For
est university. who spent the week end
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Campbell of Pennsylvania avenue has
returned to Lake Forest. Miss Camp
s, bell had as her guests Misses Ethel
Falkner and Maud Alternately, two of
her schooImates.
| The Ladies' Aid society of the
| Christian church will serve dinner at
noon tomorrow as usual from IL
o'clock to 80 p. M
Miss Grace Wilkinson of Laporte av-
enue entertained Miss KIttie O'Brien
and Messrs. Daniel O'Brien and Thos.
Phillips OF Chicago Sunday.
/ Henry Poppen of Bisbee. Ari.. left for
his home yesterday after having spent
a few days with his father. Albert
! Poppen. Sr.. of Fischrupp avenue.
Frank Tilton and mother Mrs. Irene
Tilton of Lowell. Ind, are here visiting
| at the home OF their brother and son,
Harry o. Tilton, of Laporte avenue.
superintendent w W. Holiday was
day. taking over the annual report
of the whiting school census.
Horace GLADDEN. of Sheridan avenue
is i'll with the chckenpox.
Miss Mae Eaton of Chicago visited
Mrs. NJ Hayes of 10th street on sun
day.
The members of the city council met
| IN regular session Monday evening.
The first business of the evening to be
taken up was that of awarding the
contract for the laying of new water
mains on 121st street, Indiana boule-
ward and Clark street. Bids were open
ed Those contractors submitting bids
| being ". +. Brunt of Hammond Nedj
& Greenwald of whiting and T. w
Inglehard of Chicago. Brunt from
Hammond. being the lowest bidder
was given the contracts. City Clerk
Jones was instructed to subscribe fol
eight copies of the public officials
magazine monthly. Applications were
received from several saloonkeeper'
for city licenses, which were granted
/ TO all applicants. The street and alley
, J committee were instructed to have th'
valve box on 18th street raised t,
grade. The N l. C. and E. Co. were
requested to move their gas mains from
Fred and John streets to the alleys
City Engineer Waite was instructed I,
prepare plans and specifications for
sewer on 121st street, from Indian;
:. boulevard to Atchison avenue TIL,
resolutions confirming the preliminar.
resolutions for the paving of Sheridan
avenue. from 1f7th street to the lax
front. and also the laying of cemen
sidewalks on both sides of the stree
from 117th street to the lake front wer
u adopted 1t was decided that Judg
Gillette and Attorney Frank \. Gavi
be employed to assist City Attorne,
| westfaI in the park condemnatio
n proceedings. After allowing old bill
: and new bills were read and referred
. the city dads adjourned.
One of the saddest funerals he'll
l. in Whiting for some time was that o
Mrs. Mike Carmody of Indiana boule
ward. which took place yesterday morn
IA ing Mrs. Carmody died last lSaturda
morning having sacrificed her life 70
e that of her babe, whose life was Xix
that of the mother. was not saved. TIL
: child, a beautiful boy with black curl
hair. was laid out In the casket wit
u his mother. The infant clasped in tn
u arms of his mother. gave one the i'm
E. preston that they were simply enjoy
8 ing sweet repose instead of the slice
that knows no waking. The mass owe
't the remains was read by Rev. John
Berg at the Sacred Heart church. Ia
Their Berg spoke in the highest posi-
BILE terms of the deceased. and held he
n, as an example of true motherhood
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