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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1895
Page
3
The text urges careful selection of where to buy groceries. It compares wrong places increasing risk with right places providing relief from anxiety. It promises moderate prices and best market quality if customers trust the advertised grocer.
The Westville market lists prices for wheat oats corn clover seed hogs butter eggs and other staples with per bushel and per pound rates. A land sale ad offers 3 500 dollars for 5 acres in orchard 70 acres cultivated 15 acres timber near LaPorte with home barn and partial payment terms through O E S Westville Chapter 138 O E S holds meetings monthly at Masonic hall.
Local items note drugstore sales, public notices and court actions. Mentions DeWitt's medicines, trustee reports, and waivers. Citizens include M. C. News, E. T. Scott, and area families with travels, visits, and town business updates.
The advisory discusses township road work including two new stone culverts at Heaton farm and Deshler's, plus grading and gravel for the Valparaiso road. It also previews the Port Fair dates September 24–27, notes Westville’s Encampment delegation to Louisville, announces new county asylum superintendent Irwin Kern, and cites a public records law update on relief to the poor.
In New Durham township trustee Wolfe outlines building two roads at Clear Lake and near Otis with a proposed 30 cent levy by cutting tuition and school taxes. He argues spending 1000 to 1500 dollars less could meet requirements, avoid debt, and prove him a hardworking, efficient official.
O H Smith announces his mill is now in operation at this place and will grind apples daily. Bring your apples and be served promptly.
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease taken internally and affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer 100 dollars to any case it fails to cure and urge sending for testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists for 750.
Between New Carlisle and Westvile two blankets and a fur overcoat were reported missing. A suitable reward is offered to the individual bringing them to the office.
Wm. A. PUNSKY announces a steady daily arrival of new stock at the boot and shoe store. The notice emphasizes fresh merchandise and continual restocks for customers.
The editor heads to the G A I Encampment and the INDICATOR will publish from the force's grease mechanic group. Those with complaints are advised to wait until the editor returns when a few stubborn teams will unite to stand by him.
An English sportsman recalls John Thomas, a trusted servant, joining David Livingstone and Oswell on their Lake Ngami quest after a group decision. Thomas volunteers to accompany the explorers, showing loyalty beyond race as the party agrees to press on together despite delays and hunger. An unrelated note extols apples to stave hunger.
The Keystone Watch Case Co of Philadelphia introduces a rigid bow ring for Jas Boss filled and other cases, designed to resist twisting or pulling off. This secure bow prevents pickpocketing and accidents tied to the old friction-held bow, enhancing watch safety.
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