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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
5
Decoration day observances and community notes from Westville and surrounding areas include visits by relatives, home improvements, a porch addition, and a porch across the Gardner home. Local trades adjust for a construction contract near Durham, and social news lists marriages, auctions, and upcoming conventions in Laporte and Chesterton.
The Killorglin festival known as Puck Fair is tied to legends of Cromwell era troopers chasing goats. A horned goat led the goats into town, prompting locals to beat off the troopers and spare the town. In gratitude they named a king for a day.
An old-time advertorial extols outdoor exercise for complexion and promotes pure olive oil as a skin enhancer. It claims olive oil cleanses pores, smooths wrinkles, and nourishes tissues, urging massages with Messner's oil sold in quarts and gallons.
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