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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1894
Page
2
A local writer lauds Ferdinand de Lesseps as a great Frenchman whose Suez Canal endures while Panama failed and damaged many reputations. The piece critiques ex commissioner Birchim over a county court house project costing about 350 000 dollars, suggesting hidden debts and political blame, and calls for truth from the Argus about contracts and costs.
Miss Lulu Kimball of Michigan City visited friends this week. Cora Fleming of Porter County and uncle of Lincoln Neb spent last week with Jas Flood family. About sixty guests joined Hixon for Thanksgiving roast pig and delicacies. Gaylord Jessup left the farm to become a Westvillian. Hunters lost overnight in Ed Hixon swamp should have a string attached. Ten couples from Door Village surprised the McKellips boys. James Wickersham, an older farmer here, is ill with erysipelas. Clarence Geist visited his parents briefly. H Martin added a new milk house. Door Village Library Association's entertainment drew locals Friday.
Local ad asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Described as not a quack medicine and prescribed by leading physicians for years. Claims tonics plus purifiers cure nasal and throat symptoms. Includes invitation to send testimonials and notes price 75 cents.
Notice states Ninevah Encampment 147 I C O F will hold its annual election of trustees on Tuesday evening December 18 1894. J L Dopp C P J V Cattron Scribe.
An old medical claim describes rheumatism as a blood disorder caused by lactic acid from tissue decomposition. It asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism by neutralizing lactic acid, purifying blood, and strengthening the body's functions, with back and shoulder pain highlighted.
Neighbors Frank Huimmer and Perry Emerick quarreled late at night on Mishawaka street after Emerick warned Huimmer to go inside. Huimmer was stabbed and died Thursday. Emerick, a married man with three children, is held without bail on murder charges in circuit court. Local ads and notices follow, including medical and promotional blurbs.
Ira P. Wetmore of San Angelo Texas credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with curing his baby’s colic and dysentery and says a bottle is essential at home or on trips. Scott sells the remedy and One Minute Cough Cure is praised for quick relief.
Advertisements promote Electric Bitters as a remedy for female complaints and various ailments with a money back guarantee. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is touted to heal burns, chapped hands, wounds, sores, and piles. A county notice reports LaPorte pays 15 cents for each woodchuck scalp seized from Michigan shipments.
Canardarie New York resident Y. W. Fuller praises Dr King's New Discovery saying it always yields best results for his family and he would not be without it. G A Dyke druggist Catskill New York agrees it is the best cough remedy used in his family for eight years. Trial bottles free at Scott's drug store and regular size bottles priced at 5ue and 1.00. One Minute Cough Cure also advertised as prompt and permanent by E T Scott.
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