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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
3
The list shows prices per bushel for wheat and corn, per pound for clover seed, hogs and hides, tallow, butter, eggs, potatoes, bacon, lard, chicken, turkeys, and ducks as read from a historical market page. Prices appear uneven and partially garbled with several letters and placeholders.
In this cluster of small items Dr Milea cure for neuralgia and local trades appear. Residents D Baughno and Campbell report visits, projecting daily life at Scott's store, schools, and fairs. a river pike haul and a baby born to Emery Cites are noted among many community snippets.
Descendants of Joel and Elizabeth Martin gather at the old Martin homestead near Pin Hook for a reunion expected to draw about 200 people from Kosciusko Marshall LaPorte and Porter counties. Grandmother Martin aged 91 will be the honored guest with a social program, lawn games, and a large communal feast planned.
A cautionary verse compares a dangerous downhill sled ride to life’s risks and urges prompt action to halt decline. It extols Scott's Emulsion of Cod liver Oil with Hypophosphites as a brake to deteriorating health and promises a fresh start at the uphill return.
Electric Bitters is advertised as a seasonless remedy for languor, liver sluggishness, and malaria poisoning. It claims to prevent fevers and alleviate headache, indigestion, constipation, and dizziness. Sold at T. Scotts Drug Store for 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle.
The ad promotes a new garment cutting machine offered by Irwin and Zigler in Westville. It promises easy savings and reliable work, inviting customers from anywhere to visit the store and try the plan for fun. It claims skilled teachers and a simple terms structure.
An inland excursion runs from Aug 3 to Aug 23 via the Nickel Plate Road for Religius Assemblies, scheduling travel for a religious gathering.
The undersigned announce a new feed mill established next to S G Haas' blacksmith shop in Westville. They invite the public to give a trial and promise to please customers.
New and well located barber shop 16 by 24 with glass front and good business. Residence is a two story building on a large lot, a block and a half from the shop in Westville Indiana offered by W. W. Williams.
Frosty spell continues in Beaver Dam with cool weather and local updates. Charlie McKillips recovers from illness while Irene Cathcart tends a sick mother and Bertram relatives visit E. Gerst. Folklore and social events fill the page with bees stings and lawn parties among locals and visitors from Chicago Indianapolis and Kingston. Grandma Hixon returns from the Pacific slope with curious tales of onions lettuce and seed crops observed for Eastern markets.
Mrs. Jacob Link has been sick the past week. Mrs. Richard Lytle and two children of Valparaiso visit at Michael Link's. Mr. M Williams ill with bronchitis attended by Dr. Hollenbeck. E T Louden of Valparaiso spends weekend at Jacob Clarence and Grace O Neil in Chicago, visiting Cash Mannerings. Our schoolhouse is being repaired and repainted by Allen Barnard. Miss Allie Lumkins of Westville and Mr. Baughn of Muncie called at Orlando Barnards. Messrs John and Wm Mannering, Jacob Link, Wm Wood and Dave Gibbon went to Buffalo to attend the G A R grand encampment. Mrs. Charlie Glass of Chicago took her cousin Roscoe Sofer to live with her. he had been with his grandmother Mrs. Massey since his mother's death.
Mr and Mrs Jacob Sargent and Miss Maud Belmore extend heartfelt thanks to friends for support after bereavement. Also promotes a medical tonic C C C claimed to cleanse kidneys liver and bowels and cure headaches fever constipation and biliousness with dosages 10 25 50 cents. Sold and guaranteed by druggists.
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