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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1899
Page
5
Prices for grains and livestock listed with per bushel and per hundredweight figures. Local notices include court appointments, marriages, revivals, road petitions, and obituaries with names such as Miss Emma Augustine and John Arndt, Rev. Stewart and Elder, and W. L. Dodd insurance offerings.
Expresses gratitude to friends for unstinted ministrations during the illness and death bed of Mrs. SaviAh Reed. Acknowledges hands and generous hearts provided every attention available.
Dr D B Cargile of Washita Indian Territory reports that four bottles of Electric Bitters cured Mrs Brewer of scrofula after years of suffering. She had sores on her head and face and physicians offered no help, but she recovered fully and remains healthy.
Public sale to be held at the residence four miles west of Westville on Tuesday February 14 1899. Bills provide further details.
A bill proposed by Mr. Loutitt of Ft Wayne seeks to slaughter sparrows for a 1 cent per head payout from the state treasury. Slaughterers must prove they are not running reused heads and the heads presented must be destroyed.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal cure for grip with symptoms like sore muscles chills fever sore throat and cough. It promises healing of inflamed membranes killing germs and preventing after effects with a 50 cent to 1 dollar price and a money back guarantee. A trial bottle is offered at E T Scott’s drug store. Walton’s Straights are advertised as unchanged.
Four cents in stamps requested for an illustrated booklet issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Describes a direct continental route to the New Trans-Pacific possessions. Useful as a reference and school textbook. Address E G Hayden, Travelling Passenger Agent, Cleveland, Ohio.
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