The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-26

Mrs. smith is Oh rest visit
THE cement floor has been complete ed
in tire new basement which is being
constructed under tile WhiteseI 8 Recs
store.
JACK METIAN. the Thornton street
grocer Who eheHed the recruiting han
quet The other night. certainly knows
low TO fix up a roast
pr ~ b. NICHOLS is in favor of
starting 4 contest i'll Hammond Ia which
prizes win pc given for the cleanest
door9 ards during the eoming summer.
ATTY JOE CoNRoY deserves a lot
Of credit for hawnng out the long -uinded
speakers and putting pep into the rest
of the program at the recruiting banquet.
HAROLD CROSS Of cary was in Ham
mond yesterday. lie is much in love
with his new duties a. tho Indiana steel
CO. plant.
THE poor Erie j. certainly hard driven
Is earn iittle money. 1t has begun
to tack up cigarette advertising now in
the interior of its trains
TIE recruiting officers and men sent
70 Hammond and adjacent cities to work
up recruits are about the finest looking
let of soldier boys in carriage. dress and
department ever seen in the county
EDWIN s. MONROE head OF Ham
mond schools. is attending the national
convention of school superintendents OF
the n T. a. at Cleveland. lle Will re-
turn Saturday
REPRESENTATIVES, Of the East
Coast Fisheries. seliing hsh from the car
in Hammond. presented tho Carmelite
Sisters orphanage with 100 pounds Of
fish this morning.
FRANK DUCOMB IS nr1nly convinced
that IN two or three years drinkers Viii
forget there ever was such a thing as
whiskey and the country viii be all the
better Tor IT,
HENRY DoELL. alias Hawkshaw. has
Joined the. Indian wigwam and purchased
sn Indian rnoto-cycle. according TO a
friend who is somethins Of a Hawkshaw
himself
DAD RICHTER who lived up in the
IRON River country al ono time SAYS
that the people are %ery clannish and
stick together Ike leeches and that's
why the dry forces have had such hard
sailing.
DAVE BOONE. who recently returned
from a trip south. thinks the southern
people very hospitable ana claims that
they viii give YOU anything they have.
tt,st 4f,a+ +l... +r-,fi,lr e. +Lat -f7r--
have nothing anyone wants.
HENRY Is. SNYDER. formerly in the
WINERY law office. IS to practice Law in
Gary. lie was overseas with the Goth
division Oklahoma division. and
goes into partnership with Patrick Ma
loney.
HERE'S little song that Miss Della
Dorton of the cify clerks Office loves
to chant "Oh. AT that glittels is not
gold nor diamond rings betrothals: and
IT, young man. you get too bold I shall
have nothing 90 say. You may leave.
Good daN. Good night,
CHARLES scHoNERT. assistant city
engineer has been seen strutting about
The furniture department Of one of the
i'eal STORES anu es'iHE VIZ" iiii'-
mating care and nonchalancc born Of
leisure the numerous hne baby carriages
now on display.
SUPERINTENDENT JOHN F. IN
pERwoOD Of f. O. Minas Co. after
being puzzled for some time to account
for the large amount OF money being
spent by people who formerly spent but
little. has now decided that the men
ramflv fbey uscd y spend for drinlx
PETITIONS viii he presented within
a few days 20 the Board Of Public Works
through Mr.. jim. president Of the Ham
moud Bo8Ier Works. for tho widening az
Holman I'll. III the east side. between
carroll and Russell SIS. This Is ono &c
The latest proposed improvements for
enc of Hamnonds main thorougbfares.
THE police reporter. SO the STORY goes.
has permitted gaIIantry to play the bet
tar part of reason and II confronted
thereby with thc problem Of locating. FOR
several future meals onc-arnled bean
cry. The youth SO the story continues.
has discovered toehis more or less sor-
row. that the pcnchant for chance IS not
confined solciv to the stcrner seN.