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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1896
Page
2
Entry notice from Westville Indiana newspaper The Expreator describing publication details, rates for obituary notices and poetry, advertising terms, and misc. notices. Includes pricing for professional cards and subscription costs, urging readers to check advertisements.
Eugene R. Moore of LaPorte announces his candidacy for county treasurer at the request of many friends across the county. He seeks the Republican county convention's decision.
March receipts fall short at 24 million with the year’s deficit hovering around 18 million. Editor urges Congress to pass a revenue bill now, warning continued deficits threaten public credit and U S finances. The piece contrasts Senate inaction with House readiness to act.
The article argues Spain will exhaust its funds by July 1 while seeking a $200,000,000 loan backed by Cuba’s tobacco crop. It warns that tightening funds and disease strain Weyler's forces as insurgents threaten key Cuban ports. Autonomy or independence for Cuba is proposed as the least costly exit.
The April McClure's Magazine features a frontispiece portrait of Professor Rontgen and an in depth report from his laboratory on the discovery of cathode rays, plus a supplement on The Rontgen Rays in America. It reviews new Anthony Hope romance and Kipling ballad Soldier an Sailor Too, and includes Lincoln courtship legends and a debate with Douglas. Artwork covers Barbizon painters and Mr Low's A Century of Painting, with contributions from Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and others.
An advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as the great blood purifier and nerve tonic for a season of cold weather, claiming it strengthens vital forces and purifies the blood. Hood's Pills are recommended as a cathartic, with all druggists selling them for 25 cents.
A short lecture to mothers by Amber urges turning clubs into a training school for mothers. She emphasizes vigilant, loving guidance, home entertainment over shallow socializing, storytelling, reading, piano time, and guarding daughters from risky outings. Better mothers, she argues, yield better citizens.
A testimonial asserts One Minute Cough Cure quickly eases coughs and colds. The message urges readers to try the medicine for better results and purchases.
Public health notice warns against catarrh remedies containing mercury. It explains mercury harms mucous membranes and urges prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio is mercury free and taken internally. Testimonials available.
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This is the best medicine for bowel complaints. It acts quickly and can be depended upon. When diluted with water it is pleasant to take. Sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by H. N. Nichols.
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station promotes oats and Canada field peas as green fodder for stock during dry periods. Planting methods vary. a mix of one and a half bushels per acre of each seed yields vigorous growth, though drought hampered progress. Early spring planting, successive sowings, and harvesting near oat head expansion maximize harvest for soiling. Green oats and peas suit horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. unfed remainder may be plowed under or saved as hay. Seed costs range 15–25 cents per bushel for oats, peas cost 90 cents per bushel.
F M Martin of Long Beach West Virginia recounts a winter 1893 cold and persistent cough. He finally used Chamberlains Cough Remedy and experienced rapid relief and complete cure. The remedy has over twenty years in the market and grows in popularity. Sold by H N Nichols at 25 and 50 cents per bottle.
LaPorte county notes report church, shop, and farm updates as Chase & Craft commerce stays strong and Daniel Collings marks an 88th birthday. A mystery case in Twin lake unfolds with Joseph Beaulieu found dead amid rumors of bigamy and mob action in Bourbonnais.
In Valparaiso Catholic circles charges were brought against Rev. Dempsey of St Pauls parish. A six member committee visited Fort Wayne to present the accusations to Bishop Rademacher. They allege drunkenness improper pulpit language petty gossip school neglect and unbecoming conduct toward parishioners and Catholic normal students. The petition seeks removal from the parish and the Bishop will investigate.
Charles H Wetzel of Sunbury Pa swears on May 11 he bought Chamberlains Pain Balm at Melicks drug store to treat inflammatory rheumatism and after using three bottles he says he is completely cured. The notice states 50 cents per bottle and is sworn before J P Walter Shipman on August 10 1894.
Mrs. Mary A. Bryson Potter aged eighty years seven months and seven days died at home. Born Mary A. Greer she married Isaac Bryson in 1836 and J H Potter in 1853. Survived by Ephriam M. Bryson, Mrs. S J Concannon, Mrs. L V Fogleman and Silas H. Potter. four children from first marriage and two from second. She joined the Presbyterian church at twenty and faced six months of illness with cheery fortitude.
160 acres of well improved farmland near Bigelow five miles south of Westville. Owner plans to move to California. P. Q. Wanatah New Jersey address listed. Gardener listed as seller contact.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad receivers announce under United States Circuit Court order that the relief department funds are safe and benefits, pensions, and deposits will continue as before. The Savings and Building Center will keep lending to employees, with no change in management or protection.
This note extols St George Commandery March as a beautiful and catchy composition suitable for piano band or orchestra. It highlights an elegant lithograph title page and announces a half price dealer offer at 25 cents to introduce the piece from Isaac Doles of Indianapolis, author of My Sweetheart of Years Ago.
Advertisement for elegant title page and waltz accompaniment. Buy the song St George's Ceremony March or both works for 25 cents, or regular prices 40 and 50 cents. Send to Isaac Doles, publisher, Indianapolis Indiana. Includes offer of eight two cent stamps.
Covington Tenn. Mrs Julia A Brown wife of the electric plant chief describes her long struggle with nervousness and indigestion. She notes that after two years of treatment by Drs Barret Maley and Sherod she found no relief until now.
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