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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1897
Page
4
A narrator schemes to recover a forged dummy letter linked to Green's death and a Cotley barber note. He waits for Professor Lawrance to leave and plans a quick exchange at the street doorway and upstairs to the hair cutting shop.
A narrator in a hairdressing shop adopts a disguise to spy on a professor’s letters. After a tense offer to collaborate, he secures work behind the chair and follows a suspicious visitor, only to discover the professor mocking him from a nearby corner. The caper ends with the professor’s loud, teasing laughter.
The narrator recalls curious experiences while helping a barber and betting agent as he hunts for Captain Shannon. He notes the professor would bet to clients, possibly hinting at spies, disguises, and the espionage surrounding the correspondence.
A professor, in high good humor after a successful rase, agrees to fetch a cough remedy. The pair discuss plans, joking about a secret target and a nod to recent events, as Downy Tom jokes about pigeon's milk and Old Tom.
A narrator schemes to identify a target by feeding false names to a professor who guards letters. He intercepts and returns a letter to lure Jeanes, then bribes the professor for tips. The professor reveals Jeanes’s likely route via the Railway Hotel and a London express.
The line advertises through trains to New York City or Boston with palace sleepers, fine day coaches, and uniformed porters ensuring passenger comfort. Magnificent dining cars and the popular low rate on the short line are highlighted.
John Ohlfest of LaHarpe recounts moving from Indiana in 1870 to a 160 acre Kansas farm. He details $50 per acre value, $1,600 debt repaid by $3,000 in improvements, yearly profits around $1,000, a 60 by 80 barn, 3,000 bushels of corn, and a 12 million foot per day gas well. He stresses saving over speculation and urges hard work and market study for farming success in Kansas.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway urges National conventions delegates and interested travelers to use its routes. It promotes two daily Omaha to San Francisco trains, six daily Chicago to Milwaukee trains, and four routes to Minneapolis with through services via Omaha or Kansas City. Tickets through agents or Robt. C. Jones in Cincinnati.
Rock your ideas they may bring wealth. John Wedderburn & Co., excellent attorneys, Washington, D. C., offer a $1.8 prize and a list of two hundred inventions sought.
Langley to publish epoch making account in McClure's June issue detailing the Smithsonian Secretary's self powered craft. Anthony Hope's new Zenda novel A Constable of Zenda to appear in McClure's September installments with illustrations by C B Gibson.
The North-Western Home-Seeker offers facts on South Dakota advantages for agriculture dairying and cattle raising and invites settlers to obtain the paper free by mail from D W Aldridge at 127 The Arcade Cleveland Ohio.
Deer Park offers health and pleasure on the Allegheny crest at 3000 feet with lakeside scenery, golf and tennis facilities, cricket and ball grounds, furnished cottages, and pure Boiling Spring water. Located on the Baltimore and Ohio main line with Vestibuled Limited Express trains, season tickets available until October 31. Season begins June 21, 1997. for rates and rooms contact D C Jones, Manager, Camden Station, Baltimore, Md.
North Western Line advertises over 400000 acres in Northern Wisconsin for sale at low prices and easy terms. Land seekers excursion tickets go on sale April 20 May 4 and 15 with low rates. Inquiries directed to the nearest ticket agent or C N W Ry Chicago address 208 Clark St. for maps and land descriptions, G W Bell, Land Commissioner Hudson Wis.
Try Grain-O the new food drink that replaces coffee. Children may drink it without injury and adults like it. Grain-O has a rich mocha color but is made from pure grains and agreeable to delicate stomachs. Priced 25 cents per package and 4g for cotta? Sold by all grocers.
Rail line promotes halt rates to Arkansas Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and Indian Territory via the Cotton Belt Route. Tickets go on sale April 16 20 May 4 13 with one fare plus 22 round trip and stop overs on the going trip. For full information contact W A Mequown T P A Louisville Ky.
Public notice announces two fast trains daily between Chicago and Duluth via St. Paul Minneapolis and Ashland stopping at Central Wisconsin points. It notes thousands of acres of fine farming lands for sale in northern Wisconsin and provides contact for more information.}
Bucklin Arnica Salve advertised as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions and claimed to cure piles or no pay. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded priced at 25 cents per box sold by E T Scot.
On May 4 and 18, 1897 the North-Western Line will sell Home Seekers' excursion tickets at exceptionally low rates to many points in Northern Wisconsin Michigan Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota including the Black Hills. For full information apply to Ticket Agents or address D. W. Aldridge TP A 127 The Arcade Cleveland Ohio.
The Cotton Belt Route invites readers to request free illustrated booklets about Arkansas and Texas. It promotes land, climate, healthful living, and job prospects, highlighting immigration trends and the appeal of the Southwest. Pamphlets include Homes in the Southwest Texas Truth About Arkansas Glimpses of Southeast Missouri Arkansas and Northwest Louisiana Lands for site along the Cotton Belt.
The ad proclaims Electric Bitters as a seasonless medicine easing languor and liver torpor, preventing bilious fevers, and relieving headache indigestion constipation and dizziness. Sold by E T Scott's drug store at fifty cents and one dollar per bottle.
Property offering 20 acres with water power saw mill blacksmith shop cider mill planer emery wheel buzz saw and orchard. Widow owner seeks quick sale. Bargain price set at 1500 dollars and inquiries welcome at the office.
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