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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1897
Page
2
The issue notes editor and proprietor at Westville Indiana, with local ads and figures. It covers public notices from the Laporte region, court decisions on school tuition funds, retirement of Justice Field, and municipal water plans for Laporte. It reports fires at Hitchcock Chair plant, deaths of Price Brooks and Ellis Michael, a charity journey for Julia Work, and various local curiosities and adverts.
Sheriff Hayes announced warrants served this morning on Henry B. Crawford and Frederick Friedly for embezzlement and record alterations. Others named include George Crawford, Henry Burge, Marcus M. Towle, Max W. Crawford, Thomas Holden, Otto Whitelieb and Frank Baugh for various offenses. Jamos C. Hall, Laporte County leader, dies at 29 after a career in New York and Indiana public service. he leaves six children.
Sugar beets grown in Laporte Pulas ki Porter Lake Newton and Jasper counties on marsh grounds test very high in sugar quality. Chicago capitalists plan to build a major plant in the region, signaling a new industry that could surpass all others for these marsh lands.
A dense docket lists dismissals and filings in many cases. Foreclosures against D C Decker and Aaron Pepple proceed. various notes and attachments sued on. injunctions and replevin actions noted. jury pools and verdicts include a not guilty in state case and an indeterminate sentence for Wickiter. Multiple defendants face demurrers, amendments, and continuances across Tippecanoe County court actions.
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