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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1906
Page
2
The Westville Indiana weekly paper announces publication every Thursday with a 1.00 yearly prepaid rate. Obituary notices over ten lines cost 1.00, obituary poetry ten cents per line. Advertising and professional notices priced on application. all items must reach the office by Wednesday noon.
LaPorte County commissioners let multiple bridge and abutment contracts with names like August Dick, Rochester Bridge Co., and Trail Creek bridge receiving payments ranging from 149 to 2638 dollars. The piece questions favoritism, calls for scrutiny by the prosecutor and grand jury, and notes local context including poker games and civic plans in LaPorte.
The Wanatah physician Dr. Stoddard has disappeared again amid a highly publicized suit filed by his deserting wife. The case drew considerable notoriety a few weeks ago and now Mrs. Stoddard must consider new steps to keep her domestic life intact.
Judge Wiley of the appellate court announces he will not seek renomination at the state convention. Judge Rabb of the Warren-Benton circuit plans to run. The decision leaves the appellate bench without a seasoned jurist. Treasurer Cass reports a further $20,000 drawn for courthouse bonds, plus a remaining $20,000 to be paid on the original coat of 2205,000 and repairs costs.
DeMotte in Porter County forms a creamery company and will build a processing plant. Wanatah shipments exceed prior records with 15 000 bushels claimed from a single farm. An amended Porter County circuit court complaint seeks to stop school board payments.
In Clay County the political groups choose religious leaders as county committee chairs. Republicans named Prof Emory Muncie a schoolteacher and ordained minister, while Democrats tapped Prof Hoffman a schoolteacher, lay preacher, and Methodist worker. Valparaiso saloons face actions as Sunday access cases arise. Peter Martin faces charges for admitting unauthorized persons on Sunday in Fetterer’s court, Moses Lagess is charged with the same and obstruction, and bartender J B Donley is jailed for selling liquor to a drunken man.
Last Friday friends found Wilbur Benson unconscious in his engine room with a head wound and blood streaming over him. He was taken to a hospital where thirteen stitches were required and he remained unconscious for a time. It was later believed he had been thrown from the top of his engine. Mrs. Benson has appendicitis but is improving. Local social notes mention visits and travel through Kosciusko county and Westville, with farm incidents and horse illness en route.
An 19th century advertisement offers a 100 dollar reward for any catarrh case cured only by Halls Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from West Trouax Waxoine Kinsan Marvix Toledo druggists and claims the cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces._sale price 75 cents per bottle with testimonials free and Hall's Family Pills promotion.
The Rev J C Warren pastor of Sharon Baptist Church Belser Ga hails Electric Bitters as a great remedy for weakness and digestive and kidney issues. He says two bottles made him strong enough to walk three miles in 50 minutes and plans to walk more. Sold with guarantee at E T Scotts Drug Store 50 cents.
Chas W Moore a Ford City Pennsylvania machinist burned his hand in an electrical furnace. He used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and recovered quickly with a perfect cure. The ad touts the salve as the greatest healer for burns wounds sores eczema and piles available at E T Scotta Drugs Store for 25 cents.
S G Haas announces he is prepared to do all kinds of wood work in connection with his blacksmithing. Buggy and wagon repairing is offered in a workmanlike manner.
The North Western line offers daily sale February 15 to April 7 for travel from Chicago to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle Victoria Vancouver and other Pacific Coast points. Tourist sleeping cars with double berth for two persons cost seven dollars. For brochures and schedules contact any North Western agent or A H Waggener Trav Agt 215 Jackson Blvd Chicago Ill.
Certification states all druggists are authorized to refund your money. The notice mentions Fol- and implies a consumer refund right.
Obituary notices from Orchard and LaPorte County detail deaths and bereavements. Mrs Greening loses daughter Ning within five weeks while relatives, including Edna Wornhoff and Paul Greening, mourn. Funeral held at MM E church with interment in Westville cemetery. Additional notices list Isaac Leming, Dr E F Yohnn, Arthur Bennett, Gust Young, Charles Barrett, Eliza Darling Hull, Orville Tryon, Joseph Orsabon, and Friederika Joerndt among those noted in the region.
fragmentary notice notes a remedy prepared at Rondout New York with a price cited as 156 dollars for five.
L. C. Snyder and wife spent Friday at Laporte. Miss Clara Mobr traveled to New Carlisle to visit Miss Alice Compton. Miss Ruth Curran visited friends at Westville. Mrs Vogler and daughter stay a week in New Carlisle. Mr and Mrs Swanson hosted guests from Chesterton with music and games. Mesdames Witte and Wells attended Miss Nina Greening's funeral in Westville. Mrs Lowe visited Chicago. E H Snyder and wife hosted a Sunday family gathering. John Z. Isbel remains well at John Mormas's home. Streeter & Boyer advertise farm and property sales in Lansing, Mich.
H L Stanley of Bruno declares himself the luckiest man in Arkansas after his wife recovered from five years of rigorous coughing and lung bleeding. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption, noting immediate improvement after the first bottle and a full cure after twelve bottles. The medicine is sold by A B T Scott druggist with a money back guarantee.
Notice to heirs creditors and legatees that B L Crumpacker as Executor has filed final settlement for Rhoda M Wood deceased in Laporte Circuit Court. Hearing Feb 26 1906 requires all heirs creditors and legatees to appear show cause why account should not be approved and prove heirship. Clerk George Link Laporte Indian Territory February 2 1906.
An old advertisement touts mortgage offers and high returns by promising double income. It warns against banks and recounts a story of a married woman who lost $1000 after a bank failure, with property selling for $1509. Details promised on application.
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