12 Feb 1885
Page 3
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1885
Page
3
The readable fragment notes a morning news item at 901 a m with references to censors and a cautious report. No clear events, names, or locations are identifiable in the fragment, leaving the main action ambiguous.
Reader is informed an X mark indicates expiration and urged to respond within one week to renew. otherwise the paper will assume continued interest and enter the subscriber’s name.
Village notes report Miss Lou Sholtz visiting Michigan City and family news from Dexter Iowa and LaPorte. The column mentions residents at Weir furniture stores, a $50 cow death, a transients house, church and school events, a winter storm, skating contests, and local business ads with promotions for rail tickets and Kansas land.
A small-town dispute unfolds as a wagon shop refuses to donate repairs to a publisher who runs a printing office. The editor counters with his costs and circulation figures while an ad by the shopkeeper contrasts with the publisher’s need for cash flow. A second item advertises Buckwheat flour and a medical treatise review amid insurance notices and travel fare discussion.
Notice states an almost new rubber shoe is found and can be claimed by the owner by calling this office and paying for the notice.
Dr McComber dentist offers services the first Tuesday of each month with all work warranted. Call early in the day for appointments. Also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a constitutional remedy for catarrh, claimed to reach every part of the system. Manufactured by Q. Moody & Co. Lowell Mass.
Joseph Luiley of Union Mill continuation of boot and shoe supply shifts to cash sales only. Abandons credit and promises bottom prices on all items to patrons, highlighting cash discounts and rapid turnover.
For sale at a bargain forty acres of ind and grist mill with all appurtenances, located one and a half miles northeast of Otis at the junction of the lS, M.S. and J.N. A. & G. Rys. Cash sale or trade for Kansas land. Mill in good repair. Contact E.G. Wea D for particulars.
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