Syplica to The Westville News Obit And Snafu Items
Obituary notices and varied notes from Westville Indiana 1897 include frost damage to Argentine wheat, US divorce statistics, a 118 year old claimed by a Muncie resident, Pinkerton trial costs in LaPorte County, and a fake Walla Tonehka death story. Also reports on G A R meetings at Columbus, Culver Military Academy expansions, Elkhart grand jury indictments, rural free delivery in Delaware County, a counterfeit bill incident, and a charity prayer-meal anecdote.
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Walla Tonehka
Tonehka
Elkhart County
Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
Albany
Eaton
Selma
Daleville
Indeterminate sentence law seen as costly and reformative
Report from Indianapolis says the circuit and criminal court judges find the new indeterminate sentence law more expensive than the old system. Criminals no longer plead guilty for light sentences, since sentence length now depends on conduct in prison. Officials claim better prisoner reform justifies the higher cost.
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Indianapolis
Kankakee Improvement Association Elects Directors
The Kankakee Improvement association held a stockholders meeting at Wilder's on Saturday electing officers for the coming year. Directors named include W. H. Coffin Frank M. Trissel John Diskavisa J. R. Patterson C. L. Becker Steven Bailey W. J. Ahigrim. The engineer confirmed project feasibility and the board will finalize officers soon. Work starts at Fort Wayne crossing and extends to the state line through English Lake aiming to drain land for beet growing.
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Kankakee
Fort Wayne
English Lake
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Promote Restoration
An old advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures catarrh by eradicating taints from the blood. It asserts the remedy works after other treatments fail and promotes Hood's Pills as prompt reliable and easy to take.
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Hood
Teachers Institute Held at Westville High School
The third Teachers Institute for New Durham and Clinton townships met at Westville High School. Students and teachers presented papers on reading, language arts, and arithmetic with discussions led by E. G. Small, Herm Goodwin, and Prof. Lewis. The program adjourned to meet December 11.
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New Durham
Clinton Townships
Westville
Anna Adelaide Proctor
Breganz
Pearl Poston
Mable Irven
Effie Imea
Pheadrus
Herm Goodwin
Institute
Julia Sullivan
Agnes Brown
Rose Cattron
Cure Deafness by Constitutional Remedies
Ottowa based advert claims deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tube lining. States nine of ten cases due to catarrh. Offers $100 for any deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars free. price 75 cents from druggists.
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Hall
F. J
Cuergy & Co
Toledo
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Cures Salted Corns and Blisters
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for relieved feet and comfortable walking. It claims cooling relief for smarting feet, corns, bunions, blisters, and sweating, with a trial offer and distribution via druggists and shoe stores. Address given for Jeree Be Olonstead, LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Ell Drageiste
Mad Shoe
Jeree
Allen. S. ‘Olonstead
LeRoy, N.Y
Partnership Between Hin and Sova Involving Arson
A damaged clipping references a partnership involving Hin and arson connected to butcher Sova. Details are unclear but indicate a criminal inquiry. No dates or locations are readable. Further text needed to confirm individuals, roles, and actions.
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Sova
Grand lodge hall rising as one of Indiana’s tallest buildings
A plan proposes a 176 foot high, 6734 foot frontage steel skyscraper on Washington Street with 10 stories. The first story holds business storerooms, stories two through eight are offices, the ninth hosts grand lodge offices and two lodge rooms, and the tenth features a 30 foot high ceiling gallery seating 2,000.
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Grand Lodge
The Inner Experiences of a Cabinet Member's Wife
The Ladies' Home Journal will serialize intimate letters from the wife of a cabinet member detailing her Washington experiences. Written for private family readership, the letters reveal high official life under a sharp light with fearless insight.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Washington
The Delineator Christmas Number Highlights
The December issue features rich color plates on fashion trends including the Russian jacket and blouse and flare skirt. It covers Christmas litera ture and stories, holiday church decoration, Christmas dinner pages, social themes, Arctic explorer Nansen, and health beauty notes, with fashion Needlework and new book notices.
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Agnes Repplier
Lucia M. Robbins
Mr. Vick
Alice Morse Earle
Alec Tweedie
Nansen
Christiania
America
Frances Courtney Baylor
Cadwallader Jones
Emma Haywood
Last Resort claims cure for consumptive son in six weeks
C C Polk of Valparaiso Indiana reports his son Harry, deemed hopelessly consumptive, recovered enough to attend school within six weeks after starting Last Resort. The ad asserts cures for lagrippe hay fever and coughs and lists E T Scott as the seller.
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C.C. Polk
Valparaiso
Ind
Harry
E. T. Scott
Wisconsin Central’s Fast Daily Trains and Wisconsin Lands
The Wisconsin Central lines run two fast daily trains between Chicago and St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth, touching key Central Wisconsin points. The company offers thousands of acres of fine farming lands in Northern Wisconsin for sale. For complete information address Jas C Pond General Passenger Agent Milwaukee Wis.
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Wisconsin Central Lines
Chicago
St.Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Wisconsin
Jas. C. Pond
L Pass
Milwaukee
Wis
Beauty and Blood Cleansing Cascarets Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as beauty aid. It promises clean blood improves skin and liver function, claiming to banish pimples boils blotches and a pale complexion. Available for ten cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
Winterset inventor backs Dr Miles Heart Cure claim
R C Shults of Winterset Iowa, an inventor and manufacturer, says after a La Grippe attack left his heart weak he used Dr Miles Heart Cure. He reports better sleep, reduced pains, regained weight and improved health after following the remedy and gradually reducing doses.
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R. CO. C
Miles
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Weatville
Argentine
United States
Lynch
Pinkerton
LaPorte County
Baliff
Anderson & Crabill
J. C. Richter
T. W. Slick
South Bend Times
J. 8. Dodge
Columbus
Woman's Relief Corps
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Sons of Veterans
Culver and Sons
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Marshall County
Kankakee River
Teachers Institute
O. Burner
E. Ligets Wagner
Addie Leo
Gower
Standiford Wpeeees
LaGrippe
DR. Miles
Mis
Valparaiso ST
Hays Blacksmith Shop
Picoe Aj
Shlil
Frank P. Herrold
Peninsular
Dorit
Ooness
Cherie Exter
Oaklands
NYE Stoves Ranges
Round Oaks
Beckwith
Garlandair
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