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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
8
The readable text implies discussion of advances or monthly payments and timing. It mentions a present time, wanting to simplify calculations, and references counting months and debts. Specific names or places are not clear in the fragment.
Community news items report visits and travels of residents including J G Muhr Leona Kreisel Emma Reglein and families. The column notes petty thefts ducks clothing and bedding stolen from Dankert and Lake Shore boarding car and social events from birthdays to anniversaries.
An itemized notice lists holiday offerings at Specht-Finney-Skinner Co including toys and linen handkerchiefs. The Ladies Aid Society hosts a Christmas exchange on December 23, with emphasis on a complete toy department and Christmas gifts.
A promotional piece invites readers to relocate to the Northwest, promising rapid progress and development in the coming decade. It notes farms artisans professionals and manufacturers are welcomed, with cheap tickets and convenient trains. A postal card request will provide more information from J Feavers Gene Pass Agent Chicago B&Q Ry.
Valparaiso Messenger notes Horn Bros and Smuizi captured first prize and top honors for fifty one lambs at the Chicago Fat Stock Show. They previously won second prize last year and third the year before, honoring Porter county lamb raisers.
An advertising pamphlet extols Washington as sharing in many resources with other states, noting iron, lumber, wheat, fruit, fisheries, sugar beets, and more. It invites readers to contact Francis Gane, Pas Agent C B Q Riy Chicago, for detailed information on opportunities and costs.
A University of Chicago professor asks if education truly elevates a person. He lists questions about sympathy for good causes, public spirit, fairness, friendships, self-respect, and seeing good in all things.
A child signed Jim Allison asks Santa for an engine and care a stead horse and mittens and some candy in a nostalgic early 20th century plea form.
Harry Colson of Masonville Indiana testifies that Backlen’s Arnica Salve cures blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. The remedy is also effective for cuts burns and injuries. Available 25 cents at E T Scott’s druggist.
In a sweeping health fad the piece urges readers to eat well and keep bowels regular with Dr King’s New Life Pills. It promises prompt relief for liver and stomach trouble and notes a 25 cent price at E. T. Scott’s drug store with a guarantee.
A Cuba excursion organized by Hall and Forsyth aims to showcase Havana. The trip starts in Indianapolis, travels to Louisville and Mobile, then sails on the Prince George to Havana, totaling twelve days over three thousand miles. Tickets are seventy five dollars, meals not included in Havana, with a 125 page booklet available.
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