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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1904
Page
2
Capt Piper the New York police expert hired to inspect Chicago police says the force is deficient and inefficient. He notes officers frequent bars for liquor during duty and paints a bleak view of municipal sanitation and floods shaping the city’s ongoing woes.
A columnist argues Edward Burne-Jones would praise Chicago’s police hospitality but condemn its surface dirt. The piece, noting Burne-Jones did not visit stockyards, suggests the city’s true character lies beneath annual spring cleaning rather than on a February surface.
In a New York Weekly snippet Miss Richgirl doubts her father will consent to marriage. Mr Slimpurse, slyly proposing a ruse, suggests feigning rescue from drowning to win favor. The plan hinges on triggering a bankruptcy scare to gain obligations and approval.
The city sees a flood of injury claims from pedestrians hurt by defective sidewalks, swelling from 46 cases to 2876 by 1904 with damages totaling 38 million dollars. About 80 percent arise from sidewalks and over half in suburbs, risking bankruptcy as yearly interest nears 250 thousand dollars and principal grows by about half a million annually.
A brief cartoon caption summarizes a playful take on budgeting and wifely spending, highlighting a humorous clash between frugality and extravagance in a domestic scene.
A discussion notes that in Hindu language there is no exact equivalent for the word friend. Instead, Hindus use the term brother to address companions and acquaintances.
Reports from Seoul and London describe Japanese troops pushing toward the Yalu river with fighting at Chongju and Wiju. Russian losses are claimed at Chongju, with Japanese casualties around thirty. Dispatches note Sengcheng occupation and preparations for further advance toward northern Korea.
Letters from Miss Iaunt Harcoop of Windsor Ontario and Mrs T C Willapson of Manning Iowa recount relief from salpingitis and ovaritis after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They credit restored health, regular menses, and avoidance of surgery. The notice invites women to seek free consultation in Lynn Massachusetts.
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