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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1895
Page
3
The speaker stresses it is crucial to know where to buy groceries and to remain vigilant about choices. He invites trust and patronage, promising the best market quality at moderate prices and offering reassurance if satisfaction is not found.
Corrected weekly Westville Market lists prices for wheat oats corn clover seed butter eggs potatoes bacon lard and poultry with live weights and per pound rates. A sale ad offers 100 acres east of Michigan City and north of LaPorte for 8500 with 15 acres orchard 70 cultivated 15 timber a large house and barn, partial down payment and terms. Westville Chapter No 138 O E S holds meetings on the second and fourth Fridays at the Masonic Hall.
County Fair runs Sept 24 to 27 with vendors and contests. Joe Reed attended the fair at Valparaiso on Friday. F P Herrold made a pleasure trip to Manon Friday. Noel Hixon won races at New Carlisle last Thursday. Miss Emma Williams of Chesterton visited Westville Friday. William Felke and Phil Zorn of Michigan City were on the streets last week. Trade ads note Dr Miles Nerve Plaster, J B Green insurance, and White Indian 5c cigars.
Local items report on Porter's fair events and visitors including Miss Edna Smith, Miss Eva Smith, and Miss Addie Harris. Mentions peaches, hog shows, and wall paper sale offers, with notices on fires, weather, and community visits across Westville, Porter county, and nearby towns.
O H Smith buys B M Zener's shop lot. W B Webster and D Tuley attend Louisville Encampment. Marion Robertson visits Lake county, and Ed Higgins suffers typhoid fever. Mrs Kimball visits, trustees order lumber for church walk, W C T U convention at LaPorte, Culbertson plans Arkansas trip, and many local errands. School term beginnings noted, clock and pump issues observed.
The field day exercises organized by Col Hess begin at 9 a.m. with Westville and Koots clubs playing first, followed by Michigan City versus Laporte and Wanatah against Hebron. Events include bicycle feats by Gussie Steele and A J Nicolet, horseing spectaculars, a five mile handicap, and a grand promenade musicale by Ames Union Band. Football between Calumet High and Chicago University starts the morning, with a final ball game to crown the championship and a Monarch balloon ascent plus fireworks and music at night.
Read that Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to cure catarrh by constitutional treatment. The ad offers $100 for any failure to cure and invites readers to send for testimonials and mail order details from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A search warrant served at 218 Franklin street, Michigan City, uncovered stolen hardware items including 300 pocket knives, 100 pair shears, razors, and other goods traced to Horton Gilmore Co of Chicago. Captain Seth Baldwin and his wife were arrested after authorities found the trunk and reflected a connection to a July theft from Claypool station. Baldwin and wife were taken to Warsaw for questioning.
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