Commerce: William Raschka

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In the 1927 edition of the Aurora, as Hobart High School's yearbook was then called, William Raschka placed the advertisement in the upper left corner of the page above, to publicize his grain and feed business.

Check out that phone number: 1621-R-1.

In 1904, the Rev. T.H. Ball described Mr. Raschka as "a merchant of Ainsworth, Indiana" who married Carrie M. Chester, daughter of Henry and Harriet Chester. The Raschkas had at least one child, Wilma.

A William Raschka, age 90, died February 12, 1959 in Hobart, Indiana, but I can't determine if it's the same person.

Sources:

• Ball, the Rev. T.H., Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana, with a Compendium of History 1834—1904: A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation (Chicago, New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), as transcribed at USGenWeb Archives.


• Casey, Robert, Interactive Family Histories, http://www.rcasey.net/steven/stemclan.htm.


• Porter County Public Library System, Vidette-Messenger Obituaries, 1950-1959, http://www.pcpls.lib.in.us/Gen%20ObituaryIndex/ObitIdxR_50s.html.