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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1900
Page
2
Publication details for Westville Indiana newspaper paid in advance at 31.00 yearly and Thursday issues. Obituary notices over ten lines priced by line, professional cards yearly, and submission deadlines require all items reach the office by Wednesday noon. Readers are urged to review advertisements in this issue.
Edmund Etherington announces his candidacy for Sheriff of Laporte County subject to the Republican nominating convention decision. He seeks the party’s support in the upcoming race.
A reformatted reminiscence sent by Miss Goldie Pearl Welton recalls a Barnard reunion at Mable Arbor Farm. The poem laments lost friends and home memories, urging old playmates to rest and speak of shared woes, as they remain bound by memory and affection.
Mrs John Dowling of Butler Pennsylvania endured a three year struggle with a malignant stomach condition causing nausea and indigestion. After failed remedies she used Electric Bitters for two months and reports being wholly cured able to eat anything gaining vigor. It aids digestion improves appetite and renews life. Price 60 cents at E T Scotts drug store.
A Cole family reunion occurred Saturday at Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cole's home. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. N. V. Cole of Michigan City, Mrs. Freeman of Ashland Kentucky, F. B. Cole and wife of O'Neil Nebraska, and Lottie Beecher of Englewood, granddaughter of Mrs. Freeman. The Cole lineage is closely linked to Westville.
Fred Miller reports oil found across the Kankakee river on the Rodgers farm with a syndicate partner receiving half the output after paying half the costs. Gas was encountered at a shallow level but not yet profitable. workmen are assembling tanks to store the oil. Also listed are Clinton township teachers hired for various districts including Grace Phillips, Julia Sullivan, Alice Slocum, Herman Goodwin, Genevieve Forrester, Adaline Lee, and Bessie Doolittle.
The advertisement promotes Cuts and Bruises Quickly Heated Pain Balm by Chamberlain applied to cuts burns and sprains to ease pain and heal faster with no scar unless injury is severe. It notes sale by E T Scott and Mr and Mrs Silas Allen of Ankeney Iowa visiting nearby.
Miss Minnie Mitzner spends a few days at home as James Eaton visits with Jacob Eaton. Dutch Henry heads to Chicago to enlist in the Navy. A busy note on court juries, new teachers, and local travel fills this county page with names and events.
Dan Jessup visits old friends and relatives. Carl Eahart visits Philander Baird’s. Emma Small calls on friends Friday. School starts this week and children are eager. James Benson and wife visit his parents. Tom Garwood Sr attends Superior Court in Michigan City. Will Garwood hosts two Indianapolis friends. Many sick people, Mrs Slater worse and Anne ill. Wm Garwood and son Raymond visit Mishawaka for two weeks. Lewis Kaupka and Ada of Door Village visit Chas Garwood. Chas Slebring of Medaryville visits. Rev Stockbarger preaches farewell at Pinhook as he moves.
Carl Johnson returns from Ann Arbor while Will Smith decorates the schoolhouse. Chas Cathcart plans Purdue study as Hannah Jarret visits from North Judson. Mrs Gormley of Polo visits aunt Gelat after the G A R encampment. Henry Poston travels to Green Castle with relatives from Nettawaka. Henry Poston’s party returns from Pikes Peak where a 43 year old climbed to the top and the sunrise was praised by the Denver paper.
The speed program outlines September events with Trotting and Pacing classes on the 12th and 13th and a Free-for-all for Trotting and Pacing on the 14th plus a Gentlemen driving class and running mile. Westville photograph gallery sold to J R Remmert of Fort Wayne who begins weekly Saturday through Monday service. Local notices include visits of Mr and Mrs Alcott and Andrew Young, hotel management by Mrs Green, Chamberlain's tablets advertisement, Lowenstine's bus schedule, and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets advert claim for cold relief.
New Durham to start next Monday with teachers Otis W H Hillman Mrs Rambo Burgess Miss Bell Clark Kreisel Miss Arrilla Herrold Eahart Miss Emma Baird Pinhook Mrs P Standiford Beaverdam Miss Malchow Bryson Miss Grace Medarris Holmes ville Mr Anderson The Nickle Plate offers excursion tickets to Fort Wayne Indiana Sept 9 12 for one fare round trip returning by Sept 18 for Union Veteran Legion encampment. Also local notices on voter residency and a Chamberlains Cough Remedy endorsement.
San Antonio man J M Garrettson credits a roaring fire and Dr Kings New Discovery with curing years of asthma and choking attacks. The ad proclaims the medicine a universal remedy for consumption coughs colds and all throat chest and lung troubles. It notes price 50c and 1.00 with guarantees and free trial bottles at E T.
Advertises Halls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment that works through the blood and mucous surfaces. Claims to destroy the disease foundation and build up the patient, with a $1000 offer for any failure to cure. Proclaims testimonials and directs readers to Toledo based firm F J Cheney Co and local druggists for purchase.
An old newspaper ad proclaims a powder mill explosion as harmfully drastic and promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills for drastic relief. It also touts Laxative Chromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day, with money-back guarantees and E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Prices listed at 25c and 2c.
Ask your grocer to show GRAIN-O the new food drink that can replace coffee. Children may drink it without injury and adults like it. Grain-O has a rich mocha like color but is made from pure grains and gentle on the stomach. Price is the cost of coffee lic. and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers.
F M Higgins of Seneca Illinois describes long lasting piles unrelieved by doctors until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. He reports two boxes wholly cured him and calls it infallible for piles with a cure guaranteed. Sold by E T Scott druggist.
A reader advocates Grain-OI made from pure grains as a superior drink over coffee. She notes initial dislike gave way after a week, praising nourishment and suitability for children. A grocer package with plain directions guarantees a delicious healthful table beverage. 15c and 25c. Also notice of Nickel Plate excursion tickets to Fort Wayne for Grand Circuit Race meet with single fare round trip between Bellevue and Valparaiso, valid Sept 17–21 and return by Sept 22.
Frank Poston Burdick visited his mother Mrs. Brooks on Sunday. The pusher will soon be taken from this place after eighteen years and moved to Chesterton.
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