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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1897
Page
3
Community notes include visits from Mrs. Hiram Burner and Mrs. Golding, a Berkshire hog weighing 610 lbs, and school closures in Jackson township due to diphtheria. Local tradesmen advertise Universal Ointment and Hood's Sarsaparilla as remedies. real estate, court, and railway news follow with transfers and appointments.
A social gathering Monday at the home of Miss Isabelle Rose Shannon near Laporte Indiana celebrated her 21st birthday with about a hundred guests. Attendees included Misses Lizzie and Margaret Keach Miss Lyman and Mr B Creed of Chicago and Mr S Culbertson editor of the Kankakee Valley Eagle Wheatfield. Guests enjoyed a carpeted dining room repast and music before departing late. Miss Shannon is highly regarded in the county and received many gifts.
Scott's Emulsion is a strengthening food and tonic noted for its flesh forming properties. It blends cod liver oil emulsion with hypo phosphites of lime and soda to amplify potency.
A historical line asserts a remedy “will arrest loss of flesh and restore to a normal condition” for infant, child, and adult, claiming it is the blood of the anemics as its healing agent.
The Clinton and New Durham township teachers held an institute at Westville High on October 9, 1897. C O Burner presided, Harriet King led morning exercises, and J B Gower and Mrs J B Gower spoke on Plato's Protagoras and Symposium. Florence Winters, Florence Doolittle, and Addie Lee led Language Arts discussions, Esther Anderson presented Geography, and Emma Small discussed music education. The session adjourned at 3 30 with three visitors attending and will resume on the second Saturday in November.
The 20th Indiana regiment reunion ended Thursday in LaPorte with a ladies of the W R C banquet. Permanent officers named President J E Luther Crown Point Vice president J A Clark Lowell Secretary William Roots Downers Grove A committee was announced to select the next meeting location.
The document outlines who may be exempt from jury duty including the deaf, those under 21 or over 65, felons, and those who cannot read or understand English. It also lists professions such as ministers physicians lawyers teachers dentists and various court officers who are exempt.
Advert for Royal Baking Powder of New York claims superior leavening strength and faithful performance. It assures food against alum and adulteration common to cheaper brands, emphasizing purity and reliability.
The Indiana state board of health prepares circulars for officers and the public detailing quarantines and early disease eradication. Advice covers household management, clothing changes, and disinfection, with a note to treat similar illnesses as diphtheria until proven otherwise. Anti-toxin production involves horse immunization and blood extraction to yield large protective doses.
Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney & Co of Toledo swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case cured by Hants Catarrh Cure. Notary A L Gleason witnesses this on December 6 1886. The remedy is sold by druggists for 75 cents and is taken internally acting on blood and mucous surfaces.
The Literary Society presents a play titled A Regular Fix in the school building on October 22. Cast includes Hugh De Braas Homer Ansley Mr Surplus Utis Wickersham Chas Surplus Jarod Hixon Abel Quaick Jess Dolman Me Smitler Hugh Hixon Porter Guecas Hixon Mrs Surplug Polly Jessup Edna Hixon Mrs Carter Goldie Barnard Matilda Jane Rose Cattron Admission is 10 cents.
Forty members from Silver Star Lodge No 183 joined Mary Hilton Lodge in Union Mills on Tuesday evening. They enjoyed warm fellowship, degree work, and a fine supper. Westville Lodge members attended, including W L Deda G W Hartman and many others, plus telegraph students for Dodge Institute of Telegraphy ads from Valparaiso Indiana.
A brief notice invites three or more performers to send names and addresses for a piano or organ music offer priced at ten cents per simple 78 popular song arranged for bingo and organ.
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