The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-12-30

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SIGN in Holman 81. bank window an
/ uounces a supper at the Presbyterian
church. Dccember 5. They're starting
! to advertise pretty carly.
( AUGUST LONG, a Michigan Centra
7 conductor, we'll known here for 80 year:
a conductor, has been retired on pen
sion. lie is 10 years of age.
ANOTHER Old-Timer wants 10 know
I what has become Of the old fashione,
sleigh carrying 2. sheet iron stove an,
an honest-to goodness fire.
DON'T set fused UP over the col,
weather. Two cIrcuses have aIread.
put Hammond on their visiting list TO.
the summer. soon 10 be here
HoLDUPs hve been few vithiu tn,
last week indicating that the rough
necks probably went home to spend Tho
/ holidays.
OFFICIALS OF all city department.
arc busy these days bringing thel-
annual reports down to date so thai
they can be turned in as soon a. pos
sible after midnight tomorrow night.
OFFICES Of Cleveland & Cleveland
the lawyers. are closed these days for
both members Of the firm. CLYDE aud
Henry, are tied UP al home Win the
grip.
COL BILL LEWIS. Of THE TINES
got a photograph of pair of buster
twins from down Boston way that made
his heart glad for the entire holiday
season.
TIE Hammond Country Club is plan
ming one Of the biggest New Years
celebration ii has had since before tho
war started ana has provided an e&ten-
slve program.
A CONFERENCE OF county agents
and farm bureau presidents from this
district was held In South Bend yester-
day and several from Lake county at
tended The gathering.
H #. SCHNEIDER, the restaure MT
man who has been confined to his rooms
for three weeks with influenza and a
slight relapse Is convalesccnt. though
not able yet 10 get outdoors.
MAYOR BROWN is doing his level
best TO get out Of the grocery business
and yesterday and today has been con-
ducting his absolutely last. final. ulti-
mate. conclusive closing out sale"
MORRIS DoBsON has been acting
as publicity man for the illustrated
lectures on Past and Modern Life iu
Palestine" which will be given free at
the Jewish Synagogue on Stbley St at
5 O'Clock tonight
HoMEwoop residents are complain
ing about two young petty thieves,
boys about II. who steal In broad day
light They walk into the yard and
steal snow shovsIs or anything in sight,
even going on the yerRndahs to steal
SOME Of the younger male citizenry
Of Hammond have fallen for the very
swagger golosh this sloppy weather
Like the girls, who introduced the fad.
tho lads come down the line with buc-
kles all ATOP and look real chic. and
sweet.
ABRAHAM LEOPOLD. Of Rensselaer,.
quite well known here. has received
word of the death of his sister. Miss
Henrietta Leopold at Neistadt. on the
Hart. Germany, her death occurring on
November 23 Miss Leopold was eighty
eight years old.
wORKMEN are busy redecorating
and changing the interior Of the old
St. Pauls Lutheran school and making
it over into a first class Labor Temple.
Tho labor organizations hope TO move
into their new qurters the first Of the
year or shortly thereafter.
BoDIE. the photographer. was visited
BY a deaf and dumb man tho other
day. lie read tho card p'hic> asked
for a dime end said: ~YTould you just
as soon to a dollar" sure" c.
claimed the mute" unthinkinEly. Then
he beat it for the street with Bodio
right behind him.
WE'LL. one boy saw santa Claus.
Christmas night he and his brother.
sons Of a prominent merchant. decided.
after being put TO bed. they would keep
N6AIl1 C4lt soon 1eL4 aSlSFR- Early
Christmas morning the latter asked his
brother had be seen Santa. Yes" he
replied, I saw him so over there by
the fireplace, fool with our stockings
a Httle bit and then be went and sot
In bod with mama"
DOWN in old IaForte they have
prudent reporters. 4 little story from
a LaPorte paper:
1t seems that the Bechtol woman
had been in trouble before when the
house OF Jottie Adams was ''pinched."
last week and in some manner IS al
legged 10 have become incensed At the
walker woman ard IS said 10 have
~pcacbed" - tbe officers with tse re
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