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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1904
Page
3
A physician questions a patient about smoking and cautions moderation. The patient replies he never smokes more than one cigar at a time, illustrating restrained habit and humorous restraint observed by the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Mrs H C Harty of Lowndes Missouri reports springtime health improvement after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She notes long term back and head pain relief and increased strength, claiming the pills brought a decade long weakness to an end. The ad pitches the product as a top spring tonic used in many families.
Assisted by dressings of Caticura this treatment claims to stop hair loss remove scales and dandruff destroy hair parasites soothe irritated scalps stimulate follicles nourish roots and grow hair on a healthy scalp while offering an external and internal regimen including soap ointment and pills for $1.00 a set.
An advertisement extols Moravian Barley and Speltz for hog and cattle fattening across Dakotas Montana Idaho and Colorado plus Salzer’s Billion Dollar Grass Teosinte Earliest Cane 60 Day Oats and hundreds of seeds. It invites readers to mail 10 cents for the big seed catalog and samples noting the lingering Shadow of Debt.
A vintage advertisement claims Allen's Foot-Ease cures painful swollen emitting and sweating feet and makes new shoes easy to wear. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores with a free sample. Address A. 8. Olmsted Le Roy New York. A Uncle Eben remark about self praise noted from the Washington Star.
The snippet collects patent medicine claims for coughs and colds, laxatives, and dyes, paired with wry quotes. It cites Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Laxative Brome Quinine, and Putnam Fadeless Dyes, plus sayings about children and listening to others. Named places include Ocean Grove New Jersey and Chicago Daily News.
The first civil tribunal of the Seine ruled for the Panama Canal company, dismissing Colombia’s complaint and ordering costs. The decision clears obstacles to transferring the concession to the United States, prompting Roosevelt and Attorney General Knox to discuss the implications and urgency of the transfer.
Cleveland reports Federal Trust company assigned to Canadian Trust amid disappearance of a top official and suspected $1,000,000 in deposits. Vice President Hart says a $18,000 shortage exists and Bankers Surety will indemnify George Clewell. Boston notes Union Trust closed with $1.6 million liabilities and $1.6 million assets, led by ex congressman William E. Barrett, blamed on heavy withdrawals.
W Augustus Heinze, A L Frank, and J H Trevise were found guilty of contempt of court by Judge Beatty in a Butte federal case. They entered the Michael Davitt lode and extracted ore from the Emargite vein, with Heinze fined $20,000 and Frank and Trevise $1,000 each. Carlos Warfield was found not guilty.
In New Haven on Thursday the jury found that a sealed letter in which Philo S. Bennett expressed a wish that William J. Bryan and his family receive 50 000 was not part of the Bennett Bryan will. Bryan will appeal to the supreme court, arguing the letter should be admitted as part of an established trust.
New York on April 2 death of author Guy Wetmore Carryl reported from Roosevelt hospital. Born March 4 1873 in New York he graduated from Columbia in 1895. He became editor of Munsey's Magazine and Paris representative for Harper Brothers. He later served as foreign correspondent for Munsey's Outing Collier's and other publications in 1898 and 1899.
A trio of deadly rail accidents reported: Locust cut near Terre Haute involved a head on collision of two Vandalia freight trains killing Fireman John Tumblin and Richard Simmons and Frank Hickey while engineer Burns and Conductor White resigned after admitting responsibility. At Pottstown Pennsylvania an express collided with a coal train killing Andrew Fegley and a man believed to be Sig Hirsch, with several injured including James Chafey Henry Heist James Wheat William Cavanaugh and Mrs. Farley. In Clarksburg West Virginia a rear end crash in the Baltimore and Ohio yards killed Thomas Quinn John O'Brien and Charles Shafer, all riders on the pilot.
Ottawa reports a Sunday blaze gutted the new wing of Rideau Hall the governor general’s residence. Lady Minto with a fractured leg was moved to safety as domestics and guests fled in night attire. Fire crews battled two hours to control the fire while officers and staff escaped.
Reports from Evansville and surrounding areas detail vast flood damage along the Ohio and Wabash rivers. Wheat losses in Indiana reach a quarter of a million dollars, with hundreds of thousands of acres underwater and numerous bridges washed away. Multiple towns report power, gas, and water disruptions as rivers rise and recede, and livestock losses mount.
London April 4 Mr Candler Daily Mail correspondent wounded during March 31 fighting between British and Tibetans at Guru Tibet and his left hand amputated recounts the attack I was watching Tibetans being disarmed when I was attacked by a swordsman The onslaught was sudden I threw the Tibetan but I was dragged down and cut down by several swordsmen who were later shot.
Salt Lake City April 4 The seventy fourth annual conference of the Mormon church opened in the tabernacle Sunday with over 10,000 members in attendance. President Joseph F. Smith spoke of divine protection and the church’s growth, avoiding any reference to the Sen a tor Smoot investigation or polygamy.
News from Tuna in British India reports two engagements between Tibetans and Col. Younghusband’s mission. About 1,500 Tibetans fought with matchlock rifles and suffered heavy losses, while British forces repelled the resistance and began disarming the Tibetans. Heaps of dead and wounded extended toward the rear.
Charlotte April 2 E Spencer Blackburn ex member of Congress was nominated for Congress by Republicans of the Eighth North Carolina district.
An old preacher credited Peruna with restoring health as his mucous membranes revived his hearing taste and digestion. The ad claims Peruna acts on all mucous membranes and notes one bottle convinces users leading to lifelong use by young and old.
Reverend J N Parker of Utica New York recounts restored hearing after using Peruna first noted in June 1901 when losing hearing. He credits Peruna with reviving his health and easing rheumatic pains and praises Dr Hartman and the Peruna Medicine Co for guidance and springtime rejuvenation.
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