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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1903
Page
4
Late buyer for England at Kansas City settles in Laporte and will be found at Summerfield's Livery. Diseases of all animals treated. E. L. Reynolds, Optician. Glasses Fitted.
The Westville Indicator announces weekly publication every Thursday managed by editor E Cunn MARTIN. Subscriptions cost 1 year in advance, with obituary notices over ten lines priced at 1 dollar. Advertising rates are available on request and all content must arrive by Wednesday noon.
A Pennsylvania railroad case ends with a verdict blaming neglect for a cow’s death after a train failed to blow its whistle. In Porter county Indiana a horse was killed and a mother and child injured when struck by a fast passenger train. A crew member sustained internal injuries but is expected to recover. Other items note a town hall dedication plan, kidney care praise for a trainman, a Florida visit by Mrs. Boyeson, and a railway company election in Laporte with officers named and a new line completion pledge.
The rural free delivery chief hopes to add at least 2 500 routes by May 1, with Indiana expected to receive about 125 to 150 of them. The statewide total would exceed 1 000 routes and nationwide total rise to 15 000.
The list of jurors drawn and subpoenaed for the Laporte circuit court includes Paul D. White and others from Laporte Kingsbury Michigan City Waterford and nearby townships. The petit jury features Andrew McClellan M A Schutt George Teeter Thomas Mann and additional residents from Michigan City Rolling Prairie Clinton Township Lacrosse Union Mills and Laporte.
Laportys county representatives introduced a bill to authorize the governor to issue a patent for Michigan road land to A Palmert to clear title. Garman's bill goes to judiciary. Pepple's measure to allow corporations to increase capital stock outside annual meetings moves to corporations committee for action.
Armands Barnard Williams born July 5 1826 Wayne County Indiana. Married Dec 13 1850 to Thomas P Williams. Lived Porter County then Westville 1882. Death Jan 22 after eight weeks illness aged 76 years 5 months 17 days. Survived by six children 12 grandchildren one brother in Oklahoma and many friends. Funeral Saturday 10 30 a m from family home Rev E T Scott officiating.
The funeral for Mrs. Nancy Kimball will be held at the M. E. church in Wearville tomorrow Friday January 30 1903. She died January 28 at her Frankfort home. The body is due to arrive this evening on the Monon passenger. She was a sister of John Kimball of this place.
John Bartels, aged 76, died at his Michigan City home Wednesday night after a three month illness. He is survived by his wife and eight children. John Rabe, over 80, an elderly Springfield township resident, died Tuesday night of general debility and is survived by his wife.
A.S. McClure, an elderly Laporte resident, died this morning at age 81. He had lived in Laporte county for 46 years.
A letter from Roy Kemp of Angola Indiana praises Foley's Honey and Tar claiming it cured him after four weeks with lagrippe and recommends it for his family. He warns against substitutes and notes the product is for sale by all dealers.
An old advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion as the best treatment for consumption now known as tuberculosis. It urges early action, rest, fresh air, and good nutrition, and promises a free sample while noting cost and availability from Scott & Bowne in New York.
Beaver Dax wife of Mrs. Noaker returns from a month long stay in Illinois with her sister. Amanda Hibbard suffers a severe neuraglia attack. Van Wilkinson’s brother Lewis lives on an Oregon farm. Dewey church oyster supper scheduled Thursday evening. Dave McKellips trips to Valpo. Weather: snow one way and mud the other with a thaw and fog. Beach’s son, E Geist, ill with pneumonia shows some improvement with sister aiding care. Roads remain muddy but not deep.
A Chester Michigan postmaster says his daughter fainted from a croup attack and was treated with One Minute Cough Cure. The remedy reduced swelling and mucus, eased breathing, and she quickly recovered. The ad touts the medicine for coughs colds grippe and throat and lung troubles.
J H Weber of Cascade Iowa praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a highly recommended remedy. He urges readers to try them for dullness after meals bad taste bilious feeling loss of appetite or constipation and notes E T Scott is the local seller.
A testimonial by E. T. Scott extols Kodol as a scientific discovery that does for the stomach what it cannot do alone. It supplies natural digestive juices, relaxes nerves, and allows inflamed stomach muscles to rest while digesting food into rich red blood.
The notice warns that the tax including dog tax and poll tax must be paid on or before the third Monday in March 1908. If unpaid, the amount becomes delinquent with a ten percent penalty. Marshal Hermas Warnee signs the notice.
The eyeglass trade requires skilled fitting and careful selection. Oberreich & Arnold employ a specialist to fit glasses and spectacles, offering eye two repair services and adjustments with no charge for crooked frame straightening. They claim to fill all orders and repair all kinds of specs, with a policy of fitting and eye care over generic, cheap options.
An old health ad warns that overwork harms kidneys and blood purity. It cites uric acid, heart strain, and general disease beginning in kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as a remedy with sample offers and mail order info from Binghamton New York.
An old advertisement touts Benson's Plasters as superior for coughs colds chest diseases rheumatism grip neuralgia kidney trouble and other winter ailments. It claims widespread endorsement by physicians and druggists and offers mail order with prepaid postage.
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