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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1898
Page
2
Obituary notices extend over ten lines with ten cents per line. Professional cards cost five dollars per year. Postage matters and advertising rates advertised as reasonable. The notice includes town Westville Indiana and references to economical terms one dollar yearly in advance.
Valparaiso and surrounding areas report marriages and births with numerous names and dates. Licenses granted in Valparaiso and Laporte include Oben Moon Dobson and more. weddings occurring in Michigan City and Valparaiso with officiants and witnesses. Births list multiple families across Porter and LaPorte counties, along with obituaries and court actions.
A roundup of civil and domestic actions with default judgments, demurrers, and dismissals. Cases include Halling divorce, several assumpsit and note suits, demurrers overruled, receiver appointment discussions, and multiple cases continued.
A Beaver Dam Tassinong notes column reports social visits in Valparaiso and nearby areas. Mrs Gordon Reynolds spent a day in Valparaiso with her mother Mrs Drago who is poorly. Several locals attended gatherings including birthday parties and rag bees with various relatives and visitors noted.
Spring arrival brings pew sidewalk work and active community life. Presiding Elder Beck preached twice and Rav Davis led a Christian church song service with a Sunday sermon. Irvin Brush moved to Porter as stable boss for Hydraulic Brick Co. with family. Public school runs eight months, closing in seven weeks. Chicago day trips noted and brick work underway for Catholic school and new Main Street church.
William Cain shows improvement after illness. Mrs Anna Cooper and daughter visited South Bend Friday and returned Sunday. E D Leroy moved to Michigan City for work. F L Taylor plans a family move to Michigan City. Prayer meeting hosted by Mr and Mrs J Hastings Thursday. Amy Short visited parents George and Mrs Short Sunday.
Parks seen driving through streets Monday. Ora Brick visited Union Mills last Monday. Bessie Kimball hosted Cora Stewart of Plymouth over the weekend. Albert Warner of Crown Point visiting his relatives. M L Brink at Kingsbury then with daughter Mrs Frank Travis. Thora Campbell ill. Fannie Noe of LaPorte stayed with sister H J Fitzpatrick. J W Parks house now occupied by Snyder family. Gus Peterson of La Porte visited Kimballs. Ladies Aid met to sew rags for Mrs Flood of Beaver Dam.
The piece records spring weather and visits by Jas O Connor now a Chicago fireman with Michigan Central Co who called on friends last Saturday. A benefit social for minister Kelley was hosted at Robert Wallace’s with sermons at Jackson Center church. Charlie Wolfe visited from Chicago. youths attended a party at Mrs Stafford Iseminger's. Jennie Barnard visited Belle Bloomhuff in Westville. overall a cheerful community update.
Mud and movement dot Kingsbury crowds as H H Roe moves to a Door Village farm and Adam Soliday settles southeast of town. U O F ledge splits for a month to contest new members with a banquet for losers. Rev J C Rhodes’ status hangs on a possible recall, while Mrs Rhodes gets sewing aid.
Mayne of Laporte visits the Misses Learn. Carrie Franklin visits Mr and Mrs Frank McLane. Miss Myrtle Miller spent Tuesday in Laporte. Hal Learn of Stillwell was here Sunday.
Shifts of moving households, business visits, and social calls fill the week in Porter County. Lester Hollar ships goods to Elkhart while Jack Woshnock hauls lumber from Michigan City. families visit La Porte Valparaiso and Whiting. teachers meet at Hackett school. and many residents travel to Chicago for errands and visiting kin.
In Valparaiso the field grows crowded with mayor and council hopefuls. Editors note candidates vary from public service seekers to those seeking favors, with concerns about independence from corporate or state employment and fair taxpayer interests guiding selection against limited ward representation. E. D. Crumpacker’s return from Washington sparks speculation on a local delegation, while talks of a high priced water plant, a canning factory, and a sanitarium loom as potential agenda items.
Mr John Allen attended a Morgan literary gathering with two young ladies from Bigelow on a Saturday evening. The fragment notes their arrival and attendance at the event.
Fragmentary OCR shows a land transfer reference mentioning Louis F Lehman to A A McGene or related parties, with a Julius Kindla or Kindla’s to Paul Romel’s addition to Mict likely misread. Reads as a property transfer notice with uncertain place names.
Father Raszkiewicz is described as the oldest Brest to point in the diocese and perhaps the state. He has been stationed at Otis for nearly twenty years, building up the parish from nothing to a very good one.
The advertisement claims electric bitters provide prompt relief for liver and stomach issues, loss of appetite, and general debility. It emphasizes direct action on the liver, stomach, and kidneys, promises a life renewal, and offers a price of 50 cents per bottle at E. T. Scott's drug store with a guarantee or refund.
Valparaiso Republican leader Chairman Burns announced the county central committee picks for the coming campaign. The list covers Center township M L Demotte John W Lieb Dr J R Pagin and Wm Alpin of Valparaiso Porter Samuel Adams Hulburt Morgan Amel Grieger Wanatah Westchester Alex Ericson W Soper Porter Pleasant Starr Stowell Wilders Gottlieb Jesse Kouts Boone Jerome Massey C H Coplin Hebron Washington Portage Elmer Wolfe Wheeler Union Thomas Frame Jr Deep River Jackson Nate Dodd Westville Liberty William V Johnson Woodville James D Hollett Valparaiso Pine Charles Westfall Furnessville.
Mrs Ada E Hart of Groton South Dakota credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a severe lung illness that nearly ended her life. She says four doctors gave up on her but after eight bottles she recovered and thanks God. Trial bottles are available free at E T Scotts drug store with regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar guaranteed for refund.
The grand jury reported to Judge Biddle that many Laporte county justices of the peace failed to turn over to the school fund fines collected as required every six months. They recommended remedies but made no formal action, warning that further steps may follow if delays persist.
Ad copy touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as preventing blood impurities and a depleted condition, claiming it cures spring humors boils eruptions and sores by enriching the blood. Hood's Pills are advertised to relieve nausea sick headache biliousness and liver ills for 25 cents.
Pat Clifford secures a contract to construct three miles of railway in Pennsylvania and buys a new steam shovel in Valparaiso. He departs for Pennsylvania next Monday. The Forresters lodge at Kingsbury reports about 75 members with 11 new applications this week and a building dedicated to Forester brotherhood. Kosciusko county constable seeks to arrest a woman described by features. John Crumpacker, 80, now in Oklahoma, farms wheat with 500 acres planted. last year he harvested about 6,000 bushels as Port Arthur Texas railroad plans boost demand and prices.
Advertisement from F.J. Cognex & Co of Toledo Ohio offering one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. States deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and urges constitutional remedies with local applications ineffective. Sold locally by Druggyste for 75 cents.
The ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for painful swollen smarting feet and bunions. It claims instant relief from tight or new shoes and helps sweating and corns. Sold by druggists and stores, with mail options and a trial package offered.
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