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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1904
Page
4
Editor and Proprietor announces weekly edition in Westville Indiana with 1 year subscription 1 advance. Advertising rates on application. Obituary notices over 10 lines priced at 1 and poetry at 10 cents per line. Professional bio cards 8 per year for six months. Submissions due by Wednesday.
Porter county rounds out two costly trials as Truman Beam avoids conviction for the Lawrence girl murder near Valparaiso. The article notes extensive expert testimony and public discussion, concluding the state could not prove guilt. Also mentions John Dooley jailed for four cents stolen at Wanatah, with speculation on the philosopher Dooley’s fate.
The piece muses on constitutional challenges to the apportionment law, hints at Republican gains in Laporte and Starke, and notes A. H. Leist seeking space for more post office work in Michigan City. It closes with a light jab at a new government building for Albert.
Mrs Polly Mauisby of Dexter Indiana visits her brother Nelson Barnard. The masquerade ball at Cattron hall Friday evening was one of the season's most successful events. The Laporte Michigan City electric line faces litigation with creditors seeking a receiver for about 282000 in debt and a possible management change.
Mrs. Garwood announces Scott's Emulsion benefits for pale blood disorders and offers samples. Local notices report births, deaths, legal actions, storms, a divorce petition, a wolfhound fund drive, burglaries, medical updates, and railroad delays amid a broad village news roundup.
Jeremiah B. Collins former legislator lobbyist and prosecuting attorney from Laporte county clashed with plasterer Charles Ephlin after Ephlin confronted him over a letter Collins wrote to Ephlin’s daughter Miss Marjorie Ephlin. They fought in a saloon with Collins knocked down and bruised. Authorities did not file charges and the incident was hushed up.
William H. Darman of Valparaiso Indiana proclaims his wife Carrie has left his home without cause and instructs others not to sell or extend credit to her I will pay no bills contracted by her official notice dated January 21 1904 and signed by Darman.
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