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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
2
The notice mentions obituary rates and publication details while reporting a court appearance. In LaPorte Justice Grover's court Gagniewicz was bound over to the circuit court in the sum of $1,000 after confessing guilt, with checks totaling over $500 flagged in the locality.
Local officials push higher valuations and frequent reviews while state boards push large jumps in assessments. Critics warn of rising taxes with little relief, citing costly public works and high salaries, and praise Judge Harry Tothill for arguing corporations are not guaranteed unbridled profits.
A recently enacted statute directs that any spy observing thistles over inches and not cut after notification may be reported to a road supervisor within five days. The trustee issues a written statement of action, assigns work to remove the thistles for compensation, and files a bill for labor and costs as a lien on the property to be collected with the next tax duplicate.
A historical advertisement extols Dr. King's New Life Pills as painless purifiers that cure headache and biliousness, claiming health benefits and pleasurable memories tied to their discovery.
Residents and visitors are noted at multiple homes including Herman Timm and wife at Richard Dodd’s and Dr Frank Martin with family at Charlie Barnard’s. Several trips to Valparaiso and South Bend are logged, along with property sale by Wm Trost and a strawberry harvest at Dodds vines.
For constipation there is nothing quite so nice as Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. They always produce a pleasant movement of the bowels with no disagreeable effect. Price 25 cents. Samples free. For sale by E. T. Scott.
In this verse fragment Dame Nature moods through a winter night as snow begins to fall then changes to rain. The poet contemplates Nature’s shifts and writes an ode titled Snow with passion and vivid imagery.
The article recalls a small schooner loading 3 tons in four days and unloading in about four hours. It contrasts with the Augustus G B Wolvin steaming 10 000 tons of ore in eighty nine minutes and notes a major ore cargo moved in just over four hours, reflecting rapid Lake Superior shipping efficiency.
Brewer Mr Shibata orders a solid gold pan with capacity near 100 gallons to temper sake. It will take two to three months to craft, during which the goldsmiths house will be specially guarded by the police.
A Brussels correspondent reports a petition to Parliament urging all motor vehicles in the country be burned in a single bonfire before 190S. The resulting metal is to be sold to aid those maimed by automobiles.
A Washington Star quote criticized Sliggins for poor money management saying he only goes into debt enough to keep credit but not enough to gain financial standing. The remark frames him as financially unstable and cautious about true credit strength.
A newspaper ad touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a great 19th century kidney and bladder cure. It claims effectiveness for kidney liver and uric acid troubles and Brights disease, offering free samples by mail and listing Binghamton New York as the address for orders. It notes standard bottle sizes and urges readers to buy locally from druggists.
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