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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
3
A garbled OCR list outlines unit prices for farm goods including wheat oats corn hogs hides tallow butter eggs potatoes bacon lard chicken turkeys ducks and live weight cattle and dairy items are noted with per bushel per pound or per dozen figures though specific values are not readable. The fragment suggests a local market price sheet from a historical newspaper page.
Local items report Mrs. Lee Reed and others, travel notes for Nickel Plate sleepers from Chicago to Boston, and social visits. Married news: Mrs. Lydia Wright wed O. W. Mason in Lafay ette. Lunacy case: Mrs. Sarah Petra to Logansport after commission report. Legislature praise for cigarette bill. prison clothing order for graded system to begin April first.
Local items report Kouts to incorporate, court cases set, and community updates. News covers a postponed suit for Hixon vs Sigler, exchanges about county affairs, medical, post office, and transportation notes, plus marriages and local society events in LaPorte and Wanatah.
One third of all children die before five from disease and malnutrition. Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites is advertised as a remedy for children, claiming to build sound flesh and healthy bones and nerves, preventing soft or flabby fat.
Beginning Saturday September 19, H B Herrold will have fresh bread available daily.
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