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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1897
Page
4
An advertisement explains bladder and kidney ailments arise from kidney issues and urges using Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy. It promotes urine sediment testing, notes sample bottle and pamphlet available by mail, and offers the genuine guarantee from the Kilmer company. The target audience is readers of the Indicator.
Sunday in Chicago was a busy day for residents including Miss Slatten returning to teaching and Emma Williams with Etta Tennia and Grace Oaborn shopping there. Invitations were issued for a euchre party at Mrs Corey s. Social gatherings included the Twentieth Century Club at Beatrice Harper s home and an oyster supper by the Christian church ladies raising about $9. Funeral attendance in Weatville for Walter Payne was reported as Mr and Mrs Clint Williams and family joined. Halloween celebrations occurred Saturday night with two parties and safe festivities. A burglary attempt at Wm Didder s store was thwarted by the night watch before capture.
Mrs. Orange Burner returns from North Judson visit while Mr and Mrs Ek Brant visit old neighbors. Mrs Clara Goodrich arrives from Michigan to spend days with her parents. Mrs John Cathcart’s mother staying with her. Wilbur Benson family returns home with Mrs Peck Cathcart. Lon McKislip couple trip to North Liberty. Lydis and Earl Martin excursion to Grand Rapids. Mrs Lina Leeds of Manchester Iowa visits relatives.
The onset of November brings cold raw rain and a rise in sickness with many catching colds and flu like la grippe. A diphtheria scare at Indian Point prompted a brief school closure.
Philander Baird rode a bicycle Sunday. Charles Baird broke his leg after a rural fall Monday and is resting easier with Drs Fravel and Hollenbeck attending. Will Garwood and two mute companions from Chicago rode Sunday, as did Mr and Mrs J A Forrester and Wayne at C Garwood's. Herbert Poston of Union Mills visited a village. Jim Herrold and Billy Maxwell moved Monday. The fall wind brings cloudy, dreary weather.
A pie social at Loomis school house hosted by Miss Kate Fisher and Chas Croup drew a large crowd. Friday saw Willie Loomis of Gas City visiting, while Misses Ella and Clara Learn attended The Gindy Headhunters. Louis L. Thomas of Evanston lectured at the M. E. church Friday and Saturday evening. A. C. Teeple and E. C. Clarke began a bicycle trip to Michigan, with Teeple returning home alone after Clarke fell ill. Glenes Miller and Joe Deitz will join Standard Oil Co. in Whiting, and Miss Bessie Freeman recovered enough for teaching duties by Miss Mattie James. Mrs. Myrtie M. Garwood visited town. May Learn of Stillwell housed Saturday with Nellie Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Ash and Vene Dorland visited Learn family. Robert Buck of LaPorte was in town on Monday.
J W Cattron was in town Wednesday. Miss Lena Drayes now rides a wheel. Wm and Charlie Dudley of Mill Creek attend school here. The family of Robert Kincaird arrived Saturday night and will remain residents. Ed Wadkins moved away. Cal Collins will leave soon and Mrs H S Jack will take the hotel. David Bradley has gone to South Bend. A prayer meeting was held at Mrs Bradley's last week. Blanche Pearson of Valparaiso is visiting several days.
J W Kuhn and family visited friends in Michigan City Sunday. Wilbur Redding of Chicago is visiting friends here. Herman Keinitz reports a good time on an Indianapolis excursion. Lulu Renner drove to Michigan City Monday. Gus Hibner couple celebrated a silver wedding Saturday with dancing. Guz Dick Tim O Connor and John Kuhn hunted rabbits Thursday without success. Fred Stabno quits flour wagon. Andrew Renner now drives the four wagon.
Mrs Ed Walton’s sister Miss Lake returned home to Dowsgiac Michigan last week while her mother came back in her Johnnie Adams is improving. Born To Mr and Mrs Ed Warner a daughter Mrs W P Yarger spent days in Chicago with his brother family en route to Kansas. Rev Waller spoke at prayers Friday. Sunday school lesson set for next week includes the theme. Next Sunday services in the M E church will be led by Rev Waller with Epworth League in the evening.
Mr and Mrs Ed Freese of Wellshoro spent Sunday with Mrs Freese’s mother Mrs Hansen. The blind people’s Saturday evening entertainment was hailed as the best of its kind. Mr and Mrs Warren Clay of Oak Grove visited Rev Hensinger’s home Saturday night. Miss Arzellie and Orpha Glasgow visited Walkerton returning home with Mr and Mrs Mc Cabe who attended the blind concert.
A cryptic Chicago reference notes Willis being identified as a father figure in a local Olannie item. The brief mentions Sly as a related figure, with no further context or dates provided.
An attempt was made Friday night to break into the G A White store. The burglars cut a hole in a rarely used door near the lock and attempted to enter three windows. Two barrels of sugar blocked entry and a store dog scared them away. This marks the fifth or sixth inside robbery attempt at the store in two years.
Several visitors attended in Epworth as news from Chicago arrived last Friday about a granddaughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Sackman at their daughter Mrs. Al Reynolds. Community reports note visits from Holmesville, Valparaiso, and Chicago with various family and local residents mentioned.
Workmen uncovered a human skeleton while moving an old house on the Gurney place at Stillwell prairie. The missing man vanished about thirty five years ago, and residents believe the skeleton belongs to him. Nearby residents and visitors attend social events and note school progress as Thanksgiving approaches.
Fragmentary notice column lists numerous marriages on dates in 1897 across Indiana and Illinois towns including Laporte Michigan City and Valparaiso. It notes deaths of local citizens such as David Shearer and Gustave Wice, plus age details and survivor notes.
The piece recounts the first foreign born woman to receive citizenship in Indiana during the forties, Irish widow known as the Widow Ryan who settled in Davis County. It notes her family, including James B. Ryan, M. L. Brett, Lieut. Col. Richard J. Ryan, and Thomas F. Ryan, with a side anecdote about his travels and a later health testimonial for Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
A late 1897 notice lists several births including a Sept month daughter and twin boys born Oct 28 near Laporte and Michigan City plus an Ex-President and Mrs Cleveland birth in Princeton New Jersey. It also notes multiple marriage licenses in Valparaiso and LaPorte including Salman and Henry Maxwell and Keppen and Loetz with several other couples.
This old advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla improves health by purifying impure blood and aiding the body. It touts cures for scrofula salt rheum rheumatism catarrh and other diseases linked to a low state of the system. Hood's Pills are described as easy to take and to cure indigestion and headache.
The partnership between Hill and Hixon in a Chicago area butcher shop is dissolved and to be settled by meat shop accounts. Ralph Hixon reports from Werstorner Indiana, noting downtown traffic congestion and predicting a subway system as needed, referencing the recent Boston example.
Old people needing medicine to regulate bowels and kidneys are urged to use Electric Bitters. The tonic acts gently on the stomach and bowels, strengthens organs, aids natural function, improves digestion, and provides tone. Price fifty cents per bottle at Scott's drug store.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin offered as a palatable remedy for constipation indigestion sick headache and general stomach or bowel trouble. Sold in 10c bottles with 10 doses and in 50c and 1 sizes by E T Scott.
An advertisement touts Cas carets Candy Cathartic as a guaranteed cure or money back for constipation and liver sluggishness, offering 10c 25c and 50c boxes with a free sample and booklet. The ad urges readers to see the big ad for more details.
James Jones of Jones and Son in Cowden Illinois testifies that his wife nearly died from La Grippe and progressing to Consumption. After using Dr Kings New Discovery she improved from the first dose and fully recovered. Free trial bottles offered at E T Scott s Drug Store.
Rev. S P Klotz of Waterloo Indiana reports over twenty years of dyspepsia relief after using Caldwill Syrup pepsin. He states after nearly a large bottle taken he feels like a different person and credits the remedy with notable benefit reported by E T Scoot.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a pleasant medical discovery. It claims to cleanse kidneys liver and bowels, dispel colds cure headaches fevers constipation and biliousness and urges purchase in 10 25 or 50 cent boxes with a guarantee to cure by druggists.
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