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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1895
Page
3
The ad urges vigilance in choosing a grocery store, promising relief from anxiety when shopping at the right place. It invites confidence and patronage, claiming the seller offers the best market quality at moderate prices and asking customers to choose trust over continued doubt.
For sale 100 acres located east of LaPorte Indiana, north of the city, easy distance. Property includes 15 acres in orchard, 70 acres under cultivation, 15 acres of timber, a good large house in first condition and a large barn. One half down, balance to suit purchaser. Asking price $8,500.
Local brief items across towns mention Dr Miles nerve plaster sales, sicknesses, deeds and mortgage blanks, social at M E parsonage, Barnard reunion, rain, a damp town life, political commentary, county superintendents, court house bonds, and various notices from Mishawaka La Porte Michigan City and Valparaiso including births deaths and community events.
James Flood of a locality two miles east of a point will hold a sale of his stock and farm implements on Monday August nineteenth, starting at 10 o'clock in the morning.
A reward is offered for returning two blankets and a fur overcoat found between New Carlisle and Weatville. Bring them to the office for payment.
A. B. Taylor will run a Sunday excursion to Chicago on August 18 leaving Michigan City at 8 a m and returning from Chicago at 6 p m. Round trip fare is 50 cents. W L Rawlings, agent, Michigan City Indiana.
Mrs. Dr. Mary E. Jackson of Hammond will address Westville ladies tomorrow at 2 PM at the Baptist church. The talk is expected to complete the society’s organization.
A Laporte man mistaken fed his cow a mash of sawdust instead of bran. The cow seemingly endured the economy joke, but at milking time produced a half gallon of turpentine, a quart of shoe pegs and a bundle of lath, revealing the blunder.
An advertisement states deafness cannot be cured by local applications, due to blockage of the Eustachian tube from inflammation. It claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness it cannot cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure, inviting readers to request circulars.
The Kankakee Illinois asylum farm shows striking crop gains under irrigation. Last year drought ruined yields, costing $15,000 in vegetables, while this year 5,000 to 8,000 bushels of potatoes are forecast from a 40 acre patch. Peas and other vegetables flourish, cherry trees survive, and officials urge farmer institutes to note the method. An irrigation plant costs about $10 per acre to set up, with annual fuel and labor as the main ongoing expense, and windmills or steam engines can be used.
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