The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-12-23

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fn"nd's witch healer. winds up fifte
uaSs s"1ourn at the county Jail torno
row.
IN addition to his Hammond acti
itles. Doc. Sharrer is branching out al
Is also stockholder in the Gary Tri
: & Savings Bank
z c. sPRoAT is taking no cf.anc,
on slipping thi$ year and has cans.
to be made for himself a pair OF ant
slip anti-sluSh kicks.
CAPT. J. H. VAN HOOK Of tn. fa,
eral spongemen. is enjoying a brief vs
cation from his task of supervising u
apprehension OF bootleEg@rs.
A HASTINGS Express truck la.
night backed into the ornamental uKh
! post Ia front OF the Army Store q
State street. breaking it to pieces.
II. R. SCHNEIDER. the restaurants,
! has been i'll at his Fooms with the In
huenza for the past few DAYS. bur hi
condition is not regarded as serious
DEPUTY Revenue Collector oeorr
Stehorn Of indianapolis, ts hack a
Hammond this week caring for tha ioca
orice while Dave -4avengood enjovs
vacation.
MAN notes that the price of w,ve,
IN central Africa has gone up from fou,
10 eight cows and says that In thI.
country it takes a great deal OF bul
to win q wife.
AT the next session Of the ci+v co,,,-
ell new member will be appofnted n
the Library Board and already there Is
some Jockeying to have fayortte can.
didates appointed.
A MOVEMENT has been st,rt.d -
have the ornamental light on State st.
changed to conform with the single
lamp plan of Holman st. Calumet ave.
and East State street.
HAMMOND girl. on being asked nv
teacher. II humans descended from mon
Keys. what do monkeys descend from
answered: Trees" And It wasn't such
a stupid answer at that.
HAMMOND banker says that since
Eddie Fitzgerald was ntcked for his
diamond stick pin. at least twenty peo-
pie have called at his bank and de-
posted their rings and pins for safe
keeping.
MANY married men have been called
to tho revenue office this week because
of the fact that the reports filed by en-
ptoyers last year did not have a place
on the blanks to indicate whether en-
ployes were married or single.
THE benumbing effect Of modern
liquor on the human mind was shown
his morning when George Farrell. ala
Sibley st.. was fined 81 In police court
Asked where ne got the stuff. George
explained Hanged If knowl"
TOMORROW is the day when A. G.
Tolea- Indiana Harbor's alleged speed
'ter lawyer. is supposed to learn from
Judge Kfotz what disposition has been |
made Of his case which has been be-
ore the city court for several weeks. |
BRIGHT snappy weather TODAY /
'rought out the Christmas shoppers in i
4SNNc oAAA LAC SNoTcH ~ report neaYY
'uy1ng. IF we could only have had
his weather during December" said /
ne, lit would have been a. record
reaker."
THE w. b. ConAey Co. has put out
. patrons this year one of the hand
omest and most novel calendars ever
rinted. The leading events OF modern
istory are calendarized from month to
lonth and the calendar is a mine OF |
lost valuable information.
ALDERMAN. FECKLEMAN says that
improvements in the city's water de-
artment should not be made until the
eople have taken referendum vote
I the expenditure at the next general
cotton Is there anyone in Hammond
opposed to the Improvement?
A COMPANY at Dayton, O.. recently
ivertised street and afternoon dresses
a special sale. And the ad man made |
mistake and illustrated the dress sale
ith a big cut showing two young la
es airily attired in union suits and
,thing else.
SUPT. GEORGE BLoCKIE of the
ater department favors an ordinance
ohibiting the dumping OF certain
ticles in the city sewers Every day
so the pump of the Calumet avenue
wer is clogged by accumulations OF