Happier news out of Crown Point, where 18-year-old Elmer Bullock has been demonstrating his musical abilities.
Beyond that, the news was disorderly drunks and a raid on a still.

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From the Hobart News 14 Apr. 1921.
(I believe Floyd Bayor was a Ross Township native, son of Frank and Flora Bayor. In 1920, he was a 41-year-old bachelor living in Hobart with his parents, plastering houses for a living. As for Walter Hensel, he is a mystery to me.)
The Gazette's description of the seized still was a little more informative.

From the Hobart Gazette 15 Apr. 1921.
I believe that the previous still raid mentioned was in 1919.
Neither paper ever gives "Mr. Osborn" a first name, so I'm not going to try, either.
… And in other places, other Prohibition-flouters.

From the Hobart Gazette 22 Apr. 1921.
If "sand-hills" = "sand dunes," that seemed to be a popular location for illicit stills.

From the Hobart Gazette 27 May 1921.
I like the way they reassembled the still and put it on display so the public could come and get still-making tips.
Sources:
♦ 1920 Census.
♦ "Capture Another Still in Hobart." Hobart Gazette 15 Apr. 1921.
♦ "Local and Personal." Hobart News 14 Apr. 1921.
♦ "Local Drifts." Hobart Gazette 15 Apr. 1921; 22 Apr. 1921.
♦ "Was Making Good Whisky." Hobart Gazette 27 May 1921.
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