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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
3
Market report shows miscellaneous agricultural prices with grain per bushel figures for wheat oats corn and other commodities including hogs hog products butter eggs potatoes and poultry all stated per unit. The data appears incomplete with several values unreadable or missing.
Local brief items include health remedies from Dr Miles and Hood's Sarsaparilla, travel promotions by Nickel Plate Road, real estate deals in Morgan Township, and various visits, illnesses, and social gatherings in Valparaiso and Mishawaka. Obituaries mourn Lou Webber and other residents while railroading incidents spark security notices.
Mr Peas of Rolling Prairie visited Mr Bartmes family Sunday. Frank Turner had a runaway with minor scrapes. Roy McKellipp hosted a lawn party last Friday. A party at Ea Hixon's honored the Misses Swan and Truesdell from LaPorte. Miss Cagle of Minnesota visits Andrew Johnson's family. Lon McKellips tours for Runley machines. Mrs Atwater of Union Mills calls on old friends. The McKellips children had a Bick spell last week. Mrs Fay Long entertains guests from Wanatah. Mrs Adam Salida improving. Mrs Chas Garwood returned from Grand Rapids Michigan.
Mr and Mrs Frank Webber express heartfelt thanks to friends for sympathy shown by words and deeds during their bereavement. The kind gestures are deeply appreciated in this time of sorrow.
For sale a ready to operate barber shop with residence. The shop is 16 by 24 with glass front and a good stand. The two story residence sits on a large lot and is a short walk from the shop in a pleasant location Westville Indiana offered by W. W. Williams.
Local notice announces a new feed mill adjacent to S G Haus blacksmith shop in Westville and invites trial. Debtors of Shafering Rhem are urged to settle with A J Rhem promptly. Advertisements promote Universal Laxative Pill and Last Resort remedies sold by E T Scott and Dr Fred J Smith comments.
Nickel Plate Road advertises an excursion from Aug 3 to 23 to Vermilion for Religious Meetings at Linwood Park Assembly Grounds. Price 50 cents for 14 to 18 year olds. Also promotes Dr Miles Nerve Piastrons for spinal weakness, 25 cents at all druggists.
Rail ads announce August 16 Niagara Falls and Toronto excursion via Nickel Plate Road with sleeping car space, low rates, and dates. Also an Aug 17 Monon low rate Michi excursion and Niagara Falls via Nickle Plate. Wabash offers cheap home seekers excursion tickets on select dates in 1897. E L Reynolds to continue feed mill business. cider production planned at one cent per gallon.
Mrs. Z Ackerman of California Street Indianapolis reports relief from headaches and fatigue after taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills praised as the favorite cathartic. She notes improved complexion and rose glow in children’s cheeks.
Electric Bitters is a seasonable tonic and alterative for languor, liver sluggishness, and malarial poison. It claims to prevent bilious fevers and relieve headache indigestion constipation and dizziness. Available at E. T. Scott's drug store for fifty cents and one dollar per bottle.
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