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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
8
Corrected Westville price list shows dairy eggs butter and meat rates including corn soy and live poultry with per unit figures for the week. Measurements in bu and lb indicate market values for creamery butter lard bacon eggs and potatoes.
OTIS notes report Sue residents and visitors. Will Ritenour returns to Chicago from a week here. Miss Myrtle Morton visits family, while Miss Ruth Curran hosts friends. Florence Winters resigns as primary teacher. Mrs Florence Ward takes the post. Wedding chatter and health updates fill the column. Dr Johnson busy. two new horses bought for 150 dollars each.
An advertising notice touts Bucksea's Arnica Salve as the cure for cuts wounds bruises scalds sore feet and stiff joints. It claims it also treats piles and promotes purchase at E. T. Scotts Drugget.
A church wood delivery by Dewey A W Cole is noted along with a home dance for Miss Edith Peters. Earl Payne returns from Grand Rapids and Detroit. Local figures attend events, with music by La Crane of Durham Station and various visits and chores mentioned.
Mrs Johanna Soderholm of Fergus Falls Minnesota dislocated her shoulder. A surgeon set it but pain persisted. Her son bought Chamberlains Pain Balm from E T Scott which quickly eased pain and helped her sleep. He then recommended it to others.
An old advertisement offers Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for ailments like indigestion constipation and headache. The copy guarantees a money back offer if the product fails to help, available as tea or tablet form for 35 cents.
A collage of 1890s ads and tidbits runs from patent medicine pitches for California Prune Wafers to news on ships, politics, and local events. Mentions include the St Louis tarter, Emperor William, and various civic notices, with a thread of health cures and wartime speculation threaded through the page.
The Indianapolis News reports that Congressman Crumpacker of Valparaiso is believed to be weighing a U S Senate bid. Several associates have discussed the possibility, and Crumpacker is said to be close to a decision within days, though no certainty exists.
The piece notes leap year as a time when women may propose for marriage, citing the calendar’s extra day added every four years and the eight year gap since the last leap year. It argues for broader female agency in choosing partners and mentions astrologers’ view that leap year marriages tend to be happy.
Executors instruct sale of the De Fravel Homestead in Woastville in a bargain sale. For particulars contact C E Wolf LaPorte ed Abstract of report shows totals of receipts expenditures and balances of Clinton township trustee settlement with advisory board Laporte County Indiana December 31 1903.
Financial snapshot shows balances and receipts for Township Fund Tuition Fund and Special School Fund. Disbursements and year end balances noted with totals for all funds and a 1904 tax levy breakdown by fund totaling 4350.02 4018.39 4538.18 4935.23.
An advertisement extols California Prune Wafers as a safe laxative and liver regulator. It warns against excessive medicine use and promotes the wafers for indigestion biliousness constipation and related ailments claiming quick relief and blood purification. 100 wafers cost 25 cents.
Advertises Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy with a money back guarantee after two thirds used. Claims best remedy for lagrippe coughs colds croup and whooping cough and safety. Sold by E T Scott with statement it prevents cold progression to pneumonia.
Interlaken Sanitorium marketed as an ideal facility for invalids. Described as well equipped with special appliances for rheumatism and nervous diseases. Managed by H. Wardner, superintendent, in Laporte Indiana.
Advert says many cough medicines contain opiates causing constipation and risk to children. Foley's Honey and Tar is claimed opiate free, safe, and nonconstipating, available from all druggists.
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