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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1898
Page
2
The notice lists publication details for Westville Indiana including weekly schedule on Thursdays, post office entry as second class matter, annual terms at $1 in advance, advertising rates by request, obituary poetry priced per line, and professional cards at $9 yearly or $3 six months.
The Republican State Central Committee orders county precinct meetings on January 23 1898 to elect County Central Committee members and arrange for a Congressional District Convention. Counties receive representation by 200 votes plus fractions for Henry G Thayer Elector at Large. The call is issued in Indianapolis by KOE Mansfield and Gyo F McCunlocn.
The article defends M. A. Hanna against widespread denigration. It argues he is a kind, philanthropic, and capable man with a strong balanced mind and wide executive grasp. It praises Ohio for electing him to the senate as a model for other states.
Mrs. J. B. Hall entertained her Otis sister Mrs. C. Allison. The Jackson and Pine township institute met at the Burdick school house with an informative program. J. V. Cattron, former Westville principal now with Westville INDICATOR, attended. Numerous letters and sickness updates followed, including pneumonia cases and Epworth League attendance. A Polish wedding occurred at Otis Catholic church with two days of celebration. Other items include local travels, debates, poultry trade, and a juror at Valparaiso court.
A report notes that Panning Lene is in very critical condition. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
Mrs. L. Osborne in critical condition with dropsy. Bailey Town lawyer Carlson in town Wednesday. Mrs. Chas Weisman hosted sister from Chicago. Mrs. Lettie Redell visiting relatives. Eggleston family from Chicago staying here. Edith Cotton hosted friend from Laporte. Miss Salma Lorance funeral after diphtheria. F A Gust did business in Michigan City Tuesday. Oyster social at church Thursday January 27. Otis youth Epworth attendance. Frank Felich telegram from Chicago. funeral trip for brother-in-law’s child. Mrs. O J Sackman improving. John Frames shipped corn to Chicago. Wedding bells cited for John Bedell. New Burdick dance well attended. Henry Bedencop toured Chicago. Polly Sackman hosted county line guest. William Norton crowned town checker champion. William Hall next. Mrs. Booker bought lot near Brook Gust store. plans new house. S S Morris canvassing for nursery firm with fair success. Shaner family hosted son-in-law from Chesterton. Squire Reynolds ill.
In Chesterton the town reports three new diphtheria cases among H McPherson’s children and the death of Bertha Stevens, 13, from lung fever after diphtheria. Miss Selma Lawrence, 22, also died from the illness. Bertha’s loss follows her bright school and music talents.
Union Mills reports Mr and Mrs Carl Terry are proud parents to a young son. Guy QC Clark visits friends in Whitings. Earle Howe spent Sunday with Mae Atwater. A L Logan is elected chairman of the central committee by Republicans Monday evening. Harry Gard purchased property from T McLane and plans to move here soon. McLane will move his family back to Laporte. A large crowd attended the Kingsbury dance Friday. Mrs Libbie Carpenter is ill and not improving. Earl Bennetham of Laporte spends the week with Frank McLane. Mabel Hawley, last year with Herman Ketchmark, returned home Tuesday.
Miss Maggie Groth accompanied by her aunt Mrs. McMichael visits Wanatah while Lulu Groth returns to Valparaiso for school. Terry and Goodwin purchase Sites feed mill in Wanatah amid church services led by Rev. Waller and condolences for Mrs. Bower's loss.
A call for enterprising men to explain property value shifts and attract business, a public library and reading room, and a 25 laborer job-creating enterprise. The piece notes 175000 invested in churches, thirteen saloons, and mentions John Cameron of Valpo brass foundry heading to Klondike on Feb 15 for two years or longer if fortune favors.
Teacher's institute will be held at this place next Saturday. Dora Cooper suffered from influenza at home. Mabel Wilson is ill. Jennie Baxter will visit Door Village for several days. The dance was well attended last Friday. Salem church services are planned for next Sunday evening. August Kempf returned from Plymouth after a railroad trial. Institute was held this Saturday. A trial occurred at Justice Kincaid's yesterday. Herbert Kissell and family visited on Sunday. Mrs. Martin Pee visited her parents in Laporte. The barber has left town. Many young people attended church at Kingsbury during meetings.
Mrs. G A White travels to Lowell Michigan for a week away. Mr Titus suffers a nosebleed but doctors stop it after hours and he improves. Mrs White's appointment as post mistress prompts a possible change in post office duties for Mr Robinson. Ina Terry visited with Mr Mayer last Friday. Mr Glassmyer of Defiance Ohio stays at the Mayer House. Our saw mill resumes running and will restart this week, the whistle soon.
The item mentions Guy Clarke addressing friends, a Friday night dance in Westville, and the death of Gusta Miller near Pin Hook with funeral at Pin Hook church led by a German preacher from Otis. It notes attendance, family grief, and sympathy for bereaved parents, plus several local visits, marriages, and health updates among residents like Ella Garwood Roe and Nellie Johnson.
The report mentions calm weather with smiles, a school closing for a few days due to grippe, a two year old dying of diphtheria near Henry Schaline, ice house progress by Frank and Punch Reynolds, and Mr Badur hoping for a few days of zero cold. Ben Ritenour gains a railroad chief engineer post, Alex Booth enters seed potato business, LOF of A plans a masquerade ball on Feb 22, and John Chatam from Holmesville visits Otis.
Henry Dankert traveled to Chicago with John Krantz for medical care after a two week spell of hemorrhages. Mrs. Lou Snyder hosted Otia area women for a quilting gathering with a large supper at five. Two Schlene children aged two and five were buried Monday as diphtheria afflicts the family. E Wilkinson hosts Mrs. Sanders of Elkhart for a few days.
The town reports unusually fine winter weather this season. Frank Griffin of Union Mills was seen on the streets last Monday. John Wherrett of Haskell Station has suffered a grip this week. Mrs Ed Slocum returned home from Whiting last Wednesday. Mrs S P Howell and Miss Annie Jacobson visited Union Mills last Monday. Miss Peters of Cass township visited Miss Lily Fenski earlier in the week. Mr and Mrs Frank Rice hosted the latter's parents over the weekend.
An advertisement extols Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for coughs colds and croap and notes its price of 25 cents. A separate obituary fragment mentions Prairie aged 50 and two infant deaths from diphtheria in Valparaiso and Chesterton with dates in January.
In LaPorte and Porter circuits a flood of docket items include a not guilty verdict for Robert Langman on petit larceny and trespass, foreclosures with defaults, receivership filings, ejectment and quiet title actions, damages awards, divorce grants, and adoptions. A Stavior case verdict of guilty carries a one to three year sentence, and other cases await hearings or judgments.
Paul White suffers rheumatism while J W Cattron visited town on Monday. Ralph Roe wed Miss Ella Gorwood in Laporte January 11. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Will White on Sunday January 16. Eva Norton funeral held in Laporte after dying in Chicago. Robert McCormick family moved to farm two miles northwest. Whooping cough spreads among schoolchildren. Revival continues this week.
A late January set of marriage notices lists Charles Kipphut and Bertha Krieman at St John’s Laporte, Ralph Roe and Ella Garwood, Alvin Lightfoot and a Miss Bane, and Leila Skinner with Harold Larsen among others. Obituaries note deaths of William Fayette, Eva Norton, Charles Shuster, Gottlieb Drager, Grandmother Steel, and several local residents with brief burial details and family mentions.
A report notes a pest called the screw worm threatening livestock, entering ears or nostrils and laying eggs, soon causing severe worm damage. The Laporte County Agricultural Association directors named executive, finance and advertising committees at last Saturday’s meeting.
On a Hobart Gazette page Carl Kietzman declares he will not be responsible for his wife’s debts. The next page Mrs. Kietzman offers five dollars to anyone who can prove she bought even one cent on his account, claiming she has always paid her own purchases.
Ida Ault of Aroma Indiana says a fever left her weak and nervous with bad blood. After three bottles she felt stronger than in five years and recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic and blood purifier for the family. Hood's Pills are easy to take and operate.
Literary notes announce a Gibson drawing of C. D. Gibson’s daughter titled My Valentine to grace the February Ladies Home Journal cover. The issue plans modern portraits of five Americans McKinley Cleveland Twain Jefferson Edison with unpublished anecdotes, no authorship attached.
Fragmentary notice shows a $100 reward for a cure and a testimonial for Hall's Catarrh Cure. It mentions F J Cheney and an endorsement by Lake Shore & Truax Wholesale Druggists.
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