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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1897
Page
3
Historical market quotes list prices for wheat oats corn clover seed hogs hides tallow butter eggs potatoes bacon lard chicken turkeys ducks and other farm goods per bushel per pound or per lot. Values show varied cents to dollars with occasional notation errors. the data reflect a local midsize market.
Lent begins with notices of illness and sales, travel ads on Nickle Plate Road, and local social tidbits. Births, marriages, and anniversaries share space with robberies, court notes, and church events across LaPorte and surroundings.
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a fat making food to cure sleeplessness and nervous prostration. It claims thin people lack nourishment and that cod liver oil with phosphates plus the emulsion will build tissue and nerve strength. Free book offered. rival druggists priced at 50 cents.
A Farmer City reader praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as an excellent medicine used by his whole family including a six month old baby. He notes he would not be without it and mentions 10c 50c and $1.00 sizes available at E T Scott's.
Purdue bulletin cites potato scab cause as a surface germ and presents formalin as a nonpoisonous, inexpensive treatment. Soak seed tubers in eight ounces formalin per 15 gallons water for two hours before planting. Indiana farms grow over 90 000 acres and about 6 million bushels of potatoes annually, and this method could raise market value and profits.
H B Herrold announces daily bread starting Saturday September 19. The notice lets customers know fresh loaves will be on hand each day.
Mrs. Eliza Beth Martin, aged ninety one, hosted a social birthday gathering at her home near Westville. About fifty six guests from Kosciusko county LaPorte Westville and nearby areas attended with baskets of provisions and a fine dinner. The event featured stories of ancestry and family history, including a grandmother saved after a fort battle and an ancestor kept as a captive.
Nick Geisen offers 13 cord of dry four foot maple wood and 100 cord of buzzed wood in 16 and 18 inch lengths. Call to arrange purchase or pickup.
Real estate for sale of the late J. M. Ray holding 18.64 acres in section 28, township 36 north, range west. Mrs Elizabeth Haus invites reasonable offers from Rensselaer Indiana, dated March 4, 1897.
A special committee of the common council met county commissioners to discuss a bridge over the Romel ditch on South Franklin street. City Engineer Renkowitz presented plans for a brick and stone bridge with stone abutments, concrete foundations, a three foot abutment height, a three layer brick arch, six feet rise to the arch center, and a ten foot span, to be paved to street level.
Court opened Tuesday morning before Judge Hubbard. Cases advanced include Lou Farland vs Guenther executor of Catherine Rector estate with deposition of Mattie Pinkerton published. Others: Mary A Talifaro vs Carrie Neat et al partition amended complaint filed and non residence affidavit. Anna L Anderson et al. vs Swar Johnson et al on note with motions and dismissals. Sellars et al. and John W Newkirk vs Ned Williams on account. Alvira B Towner et al. vs Hayden S Bales et al. partition with consideration taken.
Ad copy extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a pleasant tonic that eases constipation and digestion problems. It claims strong effectiveness and lists sizes 10c 50c and 1.00, with prices and a Scott brand attribution.
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