The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-07-10

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the Wanner Malleable Iron company.
CONDUCTOR No 1872 on the Green
line takes of his cap to all passengers
who present one Of the IA for 81 tickets.
He keeps the tickets in his cap.
PATROLMAN John Kosmala Of the
West Hammond force is back travelling
his beat after a two-week's vacation.
Wednesday he helped land 43 fine crop
pies at Cedar lake.
JOE TODD is one Hammondite who
will be in Marion, o. next week when
Senator Harding is notified of his nom
nation. He is trying to get bunch
Of his friends to so along.
JUST when Hammond folks had
hauled their bathing suits out of the
moth balls. the weather has taken an
other ornery streak 80 that it IS a lit
tie too chilly to use the bathing beach
". {. BELMAN Of the First National
wants to walk to and from his work.
but his wife insists on taking him there
and coming for him with a machine, and
if that isn't tough luck what is?
SINCE the Calumet avenue water
main has been re-connected and the two
new boilers installed at the pumping
station. few complaints are being heard
about the water pressure. Sec0nd-story
dwellers breathe deep sighs of relief.
RECENTLY a number Of interesting
contributions intended to be published
under Voice Of the People" have found
their way into the waste paper baler
of The Times. all because the writer's
neglected to sign their names. No un-
signed articles Will be published.
WILLIAM c. NORRIS and wife.
druggist OF 1872 State street. are back
after a transcontinental trip with the
Shrine They went BY way Of the Can
adam border and returning played tag
with Mexican bandits along the Santa
Fe trail.
ACCORDING to the stories the Shrin-
ers are telling. Pote. Andrew ]. Smith
Of Hobart was the butt of some good
natured kidding by the ballyhoo on the
rubberneck coach as they were passing
the convention hall in a sightseeing
trip in San Francisco.
ALDERMAN Harry VOORHEES, who.
through an error Of The Times was
vice president OF the council for two
days. is an optimist oh. well.' says
he. IL Smith attends as regularly as
the mayor did I'd never have had a
chance TO occupy the chair anyway"
GENE Mckay. the cowboy who man
aged to stick for seven minutes on the
broncho AT Grant park. Is brother Of
Charley Mckay. who Is employed by the
Public Construction company in Ham
mond Gene formerly lived at Calu-
met park. before the family moved west
THE committee from South Holman
street property owners with members of
the board of works went to Chicago
Thursday to sec how street repairing
was done there in the hope Of getting
some suggestions on their own problem
ARNOLD FAVERTY. who was sell
ing shares in cooperative stores this
spring has given up the work for a
while and is now representing the Amer
lean Automobile Underwriters Of IL
linois in Hammond and West Hammond.
POLICE of Hammond Central station
thought the long expected race riots
lad broke loose when information was
dramatically conveyed TO the station
that Mrs T. J Mcneil. 1o45 Ray street.
had smashed into a pole at Indianapolis
Blvd. and Calumet avenue and broken
off the telephone box.
RESIDENTS of Lyndora hotel and
vicinity we're startled last night when a
drunken special railroad policeman
"shot-up" the community. No one was
injured. The policeman. II Is said. a.
tempted TO engage several bystanders in
battle. He was not arrested.
TUESDAY through this column Atty.
F7ovd Murray rapturously exclaimed
we have found our Moses, etc" refer
ring to the nomination Of Cox. which
brought forth the following from
charles Surprise Of Republican faith
Murray must have forgotten that
Moses himself failed to reach the
promised land Vow I prefer to llken
Harding 10 Joshua, who actually cross
Cd the Jordan on dry ground and LED
his. people to final victory
" w1CKEY of East Chicago. who
directed the campaign Of Senator HARD
ing in Lake county. says that II Is grad-
fyinE to receive the many assurances
of satisfaction that have been expressed
. 70 him by Republicans from every sec
tion Of Lake county and even from Port
, er county Mr.. Wickey was persistent
in his belief that Senator Harding would
be nominated, and he is happy over the
result and exceedingly so because IN
nomination has met with such uni
versal approval.
| +. r. McILLROY. 1e Detroit ST
! attended the theater a few days age
/ with a friend. name on application
! They sat in a box. Suddenly MoIllroy
! gave shrek. reports the friend and
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