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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1904
Page
8
Otis notes report several residents improving homes with new windows additions and paint. social visits include John Glass and family with Seberger relatives and Otis arrivals from Chicago attended a Forrester’s Hall dance. Also mentions L. S. M. S. work train accident injuries and local illnesses with a promotional block for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
A mix of social visits and farm improvements. The Bairds visited son Charles in South Bend. Pearl and Bertha Poston visited parents. Merrick Baird improves his farm by removing a hedge fence. Seventh and eighth graders took exams at Laporte. Goose kills by Robert Brooks and John Hillman weighed 103 and 134 pounds. Prof John Hillman attended an institute at Westville. Mrs Lela Cathcart spent Sunday at home. Mrs A W Cole seeks treatment with Dr Payne in Laporte. Mr and Mrs Cora Henton visited parents John and Mrs Herrold. Clifford Hog Cholera Remedy marketed by a Westville firm with a guarantee. Daniel Kelly and wife met President Roosevelt through Rep Crumpacker. Kelly later admitted to Supreme Court on Crumpacker’s motion. Wabash announces Sunday round trips to Chicago from Valparaiso. Dr J A Ryan buys 1460 acres near Canton Miss and Henry Lemster buys 1030 acres there. Canton lands draw local investors. Lake storm damages harbor pier estimated at 8000 dollars. creakwater ships warship-like damage. Indian Fred Thompson, 17, jailed in Valparaiso for robbery. accused of breaking into Frank Youngdale’s chesterton-area home. He claims to have been in Valparaiso last week and stole food from a store.
The Laporte Democrats named councilmanic nominees across five wards. Second ward selections included J. W. Broefils and John LeRoy but faced defeat for councilman Broeffla amid the Sutherland brokerage. Emmet Scott won in the Fourth ward over George Brust.
The Peter Hack oil well reached 270 feet and halted at hard rock. Previous attempts failed at similar depth, and a new well drilled away from the first to avoid the rock also stalled. Hack sent for sharper drills from Chicago and remains confident oil lies below the rock, awaiting breakthrough.
Indiana division G A R defeats Central Passenger association over travel rates for the statewide encampment to be held in Warsaw in June. The association initially refused more than a cent and a third per mile but later offered a rate of one cent per mile for the event.
A fragment notes a single horse present and a set described as single harvest with names JOHN KIMBALL and Westville referenced in the terse line.
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