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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
2
The Michigan City News lists obituary ads and professional cards with rates for notices and editorial guidance. It invites notices reaching the office by Wednesday noon and condemns factional quarrels while urging Republicans to unite for future campaigns.
Michigan City faces a feared scarlet fever outbreak with the health board urging schools and teachers to report any signs among pupils such as throat troubles or skin peeling. Some cases mimic tonsillitis, delaying proper diagnosis, as authorities monitor spreading symptoms and seek rapid action.
The report details Indiana school system figures for 1909 including 43,236 enrolled in commissioned high schools, 26,376 in private and parochial, 6,159 graduates from commissioned, 335 district schools, and 6,715 school houses. It notes 80 fewer in use due to consolidation, with 118 stone, 4,773 brick, and 4,364 frame houses, and mentions log schools in Clark Dubois and Harrison counties.
St Paul reports J J Hill warns the United States faces a coming wave of extravagance and debt. He cites battleships Panama Canal expenses and rising federal outlays from 1892 to 1896 as signs of systemic over spending and urges productive investment over non-productive ventures.
Henry Crone, a Delph groceryman, was fined 18.95 after a pure food inspector observed him spitting on the floor. The piece laments regulatory limits on personal habits and defends liberty in a satirical tone.
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