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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
2
Editor and proprietor notice details post office entry and weekly publication in Westville Indiana. Rates include obituaries over ten lines at one dollar and poetry ten cents per line with professional cards priced five dollars yearly or three dollars half-year. Advertising rates available upon application.
The Grant monument costing $600,000 at Riverside Park New York will be dedicated April 27 with President McKinley delivering the address. The piece follows criticism of tariff reform and references to the Wilson tariff and foreign powers.
The piece surveys alarm over California missions dwindling from 200000 to 2000 and calls for irrigation expertise. It critiques Peru for detaining a sailor without trial, warns against kinetoscope prize fights, and comments on silver's slump and a Missouri law restricting noncitizen ministers from performing marriages.
An account recalls Cretan Christian victory over Turks at Malaxa amid Western fleet bombardment and then shifts to U S politics with commentary on Democratic gains, Republican promises, labor discontent, and predicted post election reactions to McKinley prosperity and policy.
Mrs Katie Thullen of Shelby Indiana reports Hood's Sarsaparilla restored her impaired vision and saved the sight of the other eye after a period of poor blood and weakness. Her husband also benefited from the remedy. Hood's Pills cure every liver ailment.
The article argues that a $9 million March surplus signals rising imports and bonded goods withdrawal in anticipation of the tariff, implying a temporary dip in future revenue. It condemns the surplus as akin to borrowing from importers and urges action to raise government receipts under the Dingley tariff.
The readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. The ad claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces strengthens the system and defeats the disease, offering a reward for verification.
An early 20th century advertisement claims Swamp Root relieves kidney and urinary troubles including back pain frequent urination and urgency. It promises cure for liver bladder and urinary passage issues and urges readers to request a sample and pamphlet by mailing address to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
The community reports plowing most wheat for spring crops. Wim Fuller leaves the Truesdell house and plans to move with his family to Michigan. Miss Ann Howell visits her brother Simon Hall in Valparaiso. Tom Taylor and Nat Osborn move into Fuller's vacated house. August Peters of Cass township scouted farms nearby for potential purchase. Walter and John Osborn attend a teachers meeting in Elkhart last Thursday and Friday.
A proposed Indiana law empowers common councils of cities to license tax and regulate clairvoyants street fakirs itinerant dealers vehicles poles used by telegraph telephone electric light and street railways branch stores department stores and other temporary businesses within city limits.
The Cotton Belt Route promotes Arkansas and Texas as healthy, thriving states with abundant livings and good climate. Readers are invited to request free illustrated pamphlets titled Homes in the Southwest, Texas, Truth About Arkansas, Glimpses of Southeast Missouri Arkansas and Northwest Louisiana, Lands for sale along the Cotton Belt from B. W. LaBeaume, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, St. Louis.
A two week tariff clash shows Bailey of Texas lacking real generalship and boldness. The opposition to the Dingley bill is weak and undisciplined, with leaders like Crisp and McMillin failing to counter the majority. The piece argues the Democratic party must purge populist demagogues and reclaim sanity and decency.
Wm R Hayes of Payne Indiana writes that four months after the agency opened he gained 27 pounds from 150 to 177 and feels better than ever. He notes the remedy as excellent and cites price for 10 dose 10 cents, 50 cents and 1 dollar at E T Scotts.
A Washington telegram reports Congressman Crumpacker has about seventy five post office appointments in the Tenth District, most already settled. Twenty two presidential offices exist here with seventeen settled. Monon Michigan City East Chicago Rennse laer and Whiting remain unsettled. Monon term ends 1900. Crumpacker praised rivals Hanley and Hatch by allowing their postmaster preferences.
Tickets on sale on April 6 and 20 and May 4 and 18 for travel to Arkansas Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and Indian Territory via the Cotton Belt Route. One fare plus 82 cents round trip with stop-overs on the going trip. For full information write W A Mecquown T P A Louisville Ky.
The great success that Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has reached in so short a time. Those who once give it a fair trial become walking and talking advertisers of this great remedy. Constipation, Indigestion, Indigestion and Sick Headache cured. Get a 10c trial size, larger sizes 50c and $1.00 of E. T. Scott.
Beaversville Illinois pharmacist G Caillouette credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving his life after la grippe left him near death. He consulted multiple physicians before starting the remedy from his own store and recovered after three bottles. Free trial offered at Scott's drug store.
A new law extends criminal penalties for passing mutilated or defaced coins to one to five years in prison and fines up to 2000 dollars. It bans giving gold or silver coins with donor initials as bangles and shuts down traders who buy mutilated coins at a discount and repair them.
An advertisement urges spring cleansing by eradicating winter impurities from the blood. It claims impurities cause fatigue loss of appetite and illness and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the only true blood purifier that strengthens the body and ensures rich healthy blood.
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