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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1898
Page
2
Obituary poetry priced at ten cents per line and professional cards at five dollars yearly. Advertisements note rates and submission details for this issue published Thursday in Westville Indiana.
An unnamed writer critiques roller skating’s social impact in small towns. He argues parents barred daughters from the rink, citing moral contrasts between couples and the rise of a flashy vulgar crowd. The piece recalls why the previous craze collapsed and notes calls to reopen rinks should consider those circumstances.
Governor Mount condemns a supreme court ruling barring the tax board from listing paid up and nonforfeitable life policies. He cites Indiana life insurance totals near 2.12 billion and 5.6 million in annual premiums, arguing taxation unfairly hits laborers and farmers while large policies escape.
The annual report filed with the governor shows 206 girls in custody at the end of October, in quarters designed for sixty. There are 43 women prisoners total. Yearly expenditures reached 10 499 01 with net state maintenance 21 572 94. Since 1873 eighteen hundred and nineteen entrants. Salaries were reduced per cent following the governor’s suggestion.
A Valparaiso dispatch says farmers in Porter and Western Laporte counties were duped by fruit tree men who obtained signed contracts for an acre of ground to plant fruit trees. Eastern nursery company would plant and care for five years then transfer to the landowner. Farmers are told their trees are in Valparaiso and to pay 50 to 100 dollars to collect. Fourteen farmers paid 100 dollars. six others may sue.
An ad-like fragment urges readers to choose Hood's Sarsaparilla over boy substitutes. It claims superior merit and honest value, urging consumers to profit from others' experience and wisdom in health choices.
The report remarks on winter lingering, sleigh bells, and church attendance with plans to move Sunday evening services to better suit the community. It notes several residents attending the Farmers Institute at Laporte despite bad weather and lists visits from Edith Harris Matie Harris Mable Winters and Charley Winters to Allen Harris.
Miss Agnes Sullivan of Wilders visited Jennie Harrington while Maggie Rhodes stayed in Westville with the Taylor couple. A Friday social dance at Tomelsons drew good crowds. A sickness kept Jennie Selvage home part of the week. A young group met at Alice Yeakel’s with cheerful mischief. Tomelsons and Leak callers visited Sunday. Medaryville friends visited W R Hayworth in Valparaiso last week. The infant of Mr and Mrs John Stinson died Thursday and was buried at North Judson, sorrow shared by many. Allie, a lonely boy, keeps silent about his troubles.
A blizzard swept through our city Saturday night. Mr Spade traveled to South Chicago and returned with a black eye. Several residents including Mr Walker Mrs Nelson and Miss Wright are noted for illnesses visits and social events. A surprise party at Mr and Mrs Gentzen drew many locals while a dance at Stemper's disappointed some attendees.
Riverside and vicinity face about two feet of water as a sparring match between Hall and Hanna draws a crowd with light betting. Knox’s Tom Quirk replaces Frank Obrien in the C. and E. Ry. office. I France attends court at Valparaiso. Residents plan a Jacksonville trip while Mrs. Brown recovers under Dr. Agnew. Buffalo Bill comments on water and lemon rye. A baby is born in the Franckey household. Max receives congratulations. Judge Meyers, a trusted local businessman, receives a mail lot with shamrock leaves from an east letter. Doc Watson comments on Meyers not entering the king row. G. R. Walter visits English Lake.
Mrs Cory of Chesterton called on Burdick friends Friday. Uncle Henry Kilmer did business in Michigan City Friday. Mrs John Zink went to Whiting Saturday to visit relatives. J R Hall spent Saturday with relatives at Quaker Dam. Caspert Holler visiting Michigan with grandma. Lec Reynolds of Chesterton joined rabbit hunt Monday. Mrs Eggleston and daughter Bertha of Jackson Center visited. Ed Eggleston and family returned to Chicago Monday. Dave Reynolds and family visited Jake Bogue. Enos Zebroski tried sleighing to Michigan City. Edith Henry boarded train west Monday. Mr and Mrs Chas Williams of Wilmet, Ill visiting sister Mrs Williams Hacket.
Fred Warnhaus was seen out Monday taking the ladies sleighriding. Olsohn Sackman says he truly loves the sport and the festive season in the village.
Trials to be held at Justice Kincaid’s today. Oscar Bear suffers from La Grippe. George Wherrett works at Granger. Timothy McMahon returns from Chicago. Thomas O’Reiley to occupy Charles Bradley’s house. Butcher shop to change hands. Prayer meeting at Salem next Wednesday evening. Farmers’ Institute attendance noted. Little daughter of Mr and Mrs McChristian ill with lung fever. Peter Swartz seen on streets last week. Claim Agent Wood in town last Wednesday.
Dr. Brode will relocate his office at once to rooms over the estate building formerly occupied by R. N. Bennett. A house warming was held at Henry Fox's new house Monday evening. Miss Mae Atwater fell very ill Saturday and is slowly improving. Mrs. W. Brewer remains very ill with Dr. Fahnstock in attendance. Deane Zeigler bought E. A. Carpenter's barber shop. Carpenter will start a new business in Grass Lake Michigan.
Mrs Badur recovers from diphtheria as Dr Warren aids. Shaline family also improves while Mrs Shultz sick. Open Window Club meets Saturdays in the high school. Grace Reynolds of Westville visited Ethel Burner. Wm Shafering and Andrew Kiefer of Westville spent Sunday at the hotel. No school Wednesday and Thursday due to primary teacher Mrs J B Gower's illness.
Snow continues to fall as residents report visitors and activity. Chicago visitor W Gardner stays at Mayer house while George O Hara hauls logs to the saw mill and Harry Mills returns from Whiting. Crumley B and O night operator visited Chicago. Powell of Laporte tours town in Republican work.
Burdick unearthed 3 500 bushels of wheat as farmers in Portage Jackson Liberty and Westchester hold about fifteen thousand bushels in their bins. A dollar is needed to move the crop.
In Cass County the supreme court ruled a township trustee may end a school in a building if done in good faith with sufficient reasons, enabling gathering of all pupils into the township school. The decision upholds that while size changes are not allowed, ceasing operation in one location is permitted.
The pamphlets describe mining in Colorado California and other western states. Klondike is an illustrated folder on Alaska gold mines with fares and arrival guidance. Free by mail with four cents postage to Geo H Heafford Chicago.
The passage links eye color to longevity and describes an old man living on a farm with his son and wife. Faced with aging, he agrees to a sunlit room addition and sleeps in the hay-mow while meals come from away from the dog behind the granary. Case remarks question how common such scenarios are.
Ad promotes Cascarets as a blood purifier and liver cleaner to banish pimples boils blotches and a pale complexion. It claims quick results and urges starting today with a 10c 25c or 50c supply from druggists.
A western state minister declined free hymn books from a patent medicine house that demanded an ad. He received three dozen but found no advertisement. He distributed them and asked the congregation to sing No 169, only to hear a satirical hymn praising Johnson’s pills instead.
A Persian native enters Northern Indiana Normal as a student. An Indiana townships trustees association forms to discuss school legislation. The county meeting condemns excessive technical teaching and supports truancy law upheld in Hammond Jeffersonville and Indianapolis.
A叶ief from the life records lists marriages in Laporte and Valparaiso, births in Michigan City and nearby areas, and deaths including Henry Kiefer of Coolspring and clergyman Rev Peter Roth. Entries name spouses, ages, and locations with short funeral details and church ties.
Court notes list cases in Porter and LaPorte circuits. Logansport asylum approves Peter Rotherwal’s application with guardian for John Marine named. several cases named include Pratt vs Tolleston club, Frans Didley et al vs James C Burke et al, Rastatear Co. v Allen Mfg Co, and others with judgments, dismissals, or rulings noted.
Popular Saturday California excursions for first and second class passengers conducted by courteous couriers en route. Included are Midland Route tourist sleeping cars with a two person berth rate of 9.60 from Chicago to California. Contact local agents or Eastern Manager Midland Route at 95 Adams Street Chicago for folder and details.
A terse advertisement notes Dr Ball's Cough Syrup as an excellent and invaluable remedy for cough cold and hoarseness. The phrasing emphasizes its curative value and usefulness as a trusted treatment.
A sequence of parcel transfers in Scipio Coolspring Michigan Union and other townships shows buyers such as C Arnt Mrozinska Kellogg Wursch and Sway as well as trustees and sheriffs transferring parcels in Michigan City Laporte Hanna Cass and other localities. The clipping ends with an employment notice for the INDICATOR job office.
The February Ladies' Home Journal will feature a Gibson girl drawn by C. D. Gibson, his one year old daughter as the model, captioned My Valentine. The magazine will modernize celebrity sketches in 1898 with articles on McKinley, Mrs. Cleveland, Mark Twain, Joseph Jefferson, and Thomas A. Edison, each containing 15 to 20 fresh anecdotes without named authorship.
Free sample box of Dr King s New Life Pills offered by H E Bucklen Co Chicago. Trial promises prove merits for constipation sick headache malaria and liver troubles with vegetable ingredients and no harmful substances. Regular 25c per box sold by Scott druggist.
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