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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
3
Local items mention Dr Miles pain pills and Hood’s Sarsaparilla ads. Notes include Prof Lewis ill with peritonitis delaying school opening, Dr J K Blackstone’s death in Hebron, ice harvest updates, and various community happenings in Laporte Valparaiso and surrounding towns. Encounters with revivals, social events, court cases, and business notices fill the column with brief updates.
The Porter county Republicans elect B M Burns as chairman with W L Wright as secretary and A C Smith treasurer. Sixty two farmers near Knox Starke county agree to grow sugar beets next season. others near Hamlet plan same. Thos McCoy re elected district chairman in Lafayette. Y M M E A invested in instruments including an organ for practice. orchestra planned. Bert Argin and Gertrude Miller reportedly to marry tomorrow. The INDICATOR touts its job office as the county’s most complete. Republican committee at LaPorte re elected C B Simmons and M A Schutt. party aims for a united campaign. A merchant jokes about reading advertisements on fences upstairs.
The paper acknowledges a missing item from January 6 announcing the marriage of Miss Pearl Gardner to Mr. Robt Ansley of this place. The couple wed New Year’s day in a modest ceremony as the groom begins work as a surveyor. the piece lauds Gardner and notes Ansley’s standing amid local politics.
The YMMA and A extend thanks to their many friends especially the young ladies for valuable assistance and public liberal patronage in their first effort in the dramatic line.
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