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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
2
Obituary notices over ten lines cost 31. Obituary poetry priced at ten cents per line. Professional cards five dollars per year, two dollars per six months. All articles and ads must reach the office by Wednesday noon. The paper notes readers should peruse the advertisements.
Many short items from Westville and nearby towns recount visits births and illnesses. Clarence Daggy and Marion Young visit relatives, Mrs Chay travels from Michigan, and Mr Herrold plans a winter trip. A box social and a public sale are announced, along with local weather and a minor arrest at a camp.
The county commissioners and council prepare to contest action while noting that the murderer of Wesley Reynolds remains unsolved and likely to be found by detectives. A rail project between Laporte and the Manor is nearly ready with a list of 19 stations. A fatal train derailment near Pine Station injures several. relief teams respond. A concert contract dispute leaves Tilton's tour in doubt as performers head to Lafayette.
A fragment from a 19th century ad notes a Benjamin Beitoe or Scot's drug store sells a salve for sores burns and wounds claiming quick relief. The reader is urged to use the earth salve for feton pain after a mill scene reference in Cospel Mill North Carolina.
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