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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1896
Page
3
Local items report people visiting from Chicago and Arkansas, a Destructive fire near Valparaiso, travels and rail rates including B&O Sunday excursions, summer tourist rates to Colorado, and several residents’ comings and goings with mentions of J B Green insurance and Scott’s products.
The U S Gov Reports claim Royal Baking Powder superior to all rivals. Apples from Smith’s orchard yield about 1500 bushes, similar to last year, with regular spraying. Numerous local items note accidents, cures, visits, and community notices across Westville and Valparaiso including burglaries, church events, and Fourth of July activities.
An English doctor warns that contagion can spread through crowded air in summer. The piece contrasts disease risk with health, urging readers to maintain a healthy weight to resist illness rather than catching disease.
Advertises cod liver oil as condensed nourishment to build the system against disease. Urges sensible summer use for those under health standards and those losing ground. Sold by all druggists at gu. and Gi.08.
Courtney Smith, 15, son of J N Smith of Chicago, drowned about 3:30 PM Tuesday in the lake front basin while swimming with friends. He could not swim and fell into a hole while at the lake with cousin Charles Seymour and companions. He was spending the Fourth at the home of Gifford and was nephew of Joseph Dolman.
A bold ad encourages settlers to take up one thousand farms along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway in Dakota. Lands span twenty counties with prices from 87 to 15 dollars per acre, promising doubling value in months. It touts schools churches markets and diversified farming with W E Powell as the immigration contact in Chicago.
A group of Masons from LaPorte Michigan City and Valparaiso visited Westville lodge No 192 F and A M last night. They arrived by buses and private conveyances around 4 pm, were welcomed and entertained, observed the lodge work, enjoyed a banquet, and heard several addresses. Attendees from Michigan City included A S Nichols A G Tillagson T M Godfrey E E Nichols George Culbert J F Kenney Sp Benwell Benj Zener Will Dabb Pigiai B Ashton C A Mannier F H Englehart A J Mammero John White Harvey Johnson C Mc Donald J B Bouchard and Percy Saunders.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad offers round trip tickets to Washington D C at one fare for Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor Convention on July 4 5 6. Return validity extends to July 15 or July 31 if deposited with the joint agent in Washington D C before 6 p m July 14. For details contact a B O Ticket Agent or L S Allen Assistant General Passenger Agent Chicago IL.
Clarence resident Clark Smith writes that Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cured his constipation indigestion and dyspepsia after using the remedy for over a year. He declares it excellent medicine and essential for his health.
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