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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1896
Page
3
A reader recalls a severe flux attack years ago and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy with curing the illness. The testimonial notes the remedy has remained a household staple in Decaturville Missouri and other households.
A brief notice from Clinton Township states books are for sale at the writer’s home on Tuesdays each week. The message signs “FPF” and is signed by Iseminger, T. T. indicating a personal ad for available textbooks.
O. E. 8 Wearville Chapter No. 188 meets on the second and fourth Fridays each month at Masonic Hall to conduct stated sessions.
LaPorte and surrounding area entries cover court action with H. N. Nichols exemption case and a pending trial, local travel by cowboys, a Springfield township fire loss, fair announcements, illness and visits, school bids, and community events. Mentions include Lake Erie station help, Diphtheria reports, and various residents’ movements and health cures.
Advertisements tout De Witts Witch Hazel Salve and Chamberlains medicines as quick remedies for piles colds and diarrhea. A report notes Rev E D Smiths transfer to Whiting and praises his sermons. Alaska mining at Cook Inlet draws a cautionary three thousand miners stranded by spring surge.
An advertisement urges use of Scott's Emulsion during warmweather to heal throat trouble cough and bronchial issues strengthen the body and prevent weakness from dust exposure. It claims summer is ideal for treatment and advises continual use through the season with druggists selling the product.
Free guide to the West and Northwest hunting and fishing grounds with an excellent lake-region map of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan. Send request to W. B. Kniskern at 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago. Also advertise best boats shoes and oxfords in Westville to Wm. A. Punsky. tf.
Westville hosted Walkerton in a tense return game on Wednesday afternoon. Albright started for Westville, but Walkerton dominated early, errors plagued both sides, and disputes arose over umpire calls. The game ended with Westville conceding 11 to 12 after a ninth inning stoppage, and Walkerton’s Glen Rambo sustained a nose injury after colliding with Albright.
The piece denounces the silver movement, accusing its advocates of manipulating ballots in Alabama and Arkansas. It contrasts those states with Maine and Vermont where voters’ ballots are counted as cast, criticizing a partisan control of elections since the Civil War.
The Valparaiso district M. E. conference announces appointments across towns including Samuel Beck Valparaiso Brook Sawer Chesterton J S Wright Crown Point Isaac Dale Cresser A A Dunlavy East Chicago J B Ross Francesville H Weston and others across Indiana towns such as Hammond Hebron Hobart Kentland Kouts Lowell Leroy Medaryville Michigan City Monon Moroco Remington Rensselaer Reynolds Roselawn Royal Center Star City Valparaiso Wanatah Westville Wheeler Whiting Winamac Wolcott.
A meeting of the Kankakee River Improvement association at Hanna Saturday elected a permanent board including J S Long C F Holmes James Gilchrist D W Place John Donelson William Schilling and Abraham Stowell from multiple counties The group plans to reclaim about 50000 acres of waterlogged land in the Kankakee valley with a river straightening project at the Illinois state line and aims to start work next spring.
Elder Broadax urges voters to support sound money and protection while denouncing free trade and anarchist elements. He advocates moral governance, honest weights, debt avoidance, and loyalty to the nation, urging turnout to defend labor, industry, and equality.
Notice announcing daily fresh bread available from Saturday September 19 onward, presented by H. B. Herruld.
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