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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1898
Page
2
The INDICATOR weekly newspaper from Westville Indiana warns readers that obituary notices over ten lines cost one dollar and obituary poetry ten cents per line. It lists advertising rates and professional card pricing and invites inquiry for rates.
The New York Tribune analysis traces fifty two years from 1845 showing how protective tariffs and currency policy shaped the U S foreign indebtedness and trade balance. It notes debt peaks after war eras then declines with specie resumption and protection, and cites a huge 615 million dollar trade surplus for the just finished fiscal year driven by reduced imports and strong exports.
A letter cites English hat workers earning far less, arguing tariffs protect American labor. It quotes the Manchester Chronicle praising English pittance wages against American costs. The author claims English sewers earn a fraction of American wages, justifying a 35 to 50 percent tariff on straw hats to balance wage disparities.
The fragment notes daily effort and mentions Beyoud in Illinois as afflicted, but details are unclear. The readable bits imply a health or hardship context with limited specifics. Further text would clarify persons, places, and exact condition.
The text discusses how leases and rents are taxed under a court ruling and notes Governor Mount receiving a War Department communication on state reimbursement for mobilization costs. It states Indiana will not be repaid for expenses keeping men in camp who were rejected, totaling $20,000.
The Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station reports yields for eighteen wheat varieties grown on a farm with rust and a wheat rust disease called wheat cub noted. Several varieties show rust and scab levels while Nos. 4 and 12 are most promising among new types.
Advertisement claims ten million American bicycle riders suffer injuries each season and promotes Henry Johnsons Amica Oil Liniment as a fast bruise cure. It also touts skin improvement and sale details, priced 25 cents a bottle, 50 cents for a larger size, with a money back guarantee. Sold by E T Scott.
Inquiry seeks complete information and sleeping car space from any Nickle Plate agent for the annual excursion to Niagara Falls on August 15. The note references August 15 with a cryptic 15-16 151 along the text.
A Jefferson woman recalls a severe La Grippe attack in 190, leaving her lungs heart and nerves wrecked after four months despite doctors and nursing. She says she could only sleep with opiates and suffered constant coughing and pain until her husband helped restore her health.
A vintage ad extols Electric Bitters as a purely vegetable stimulant that cures melancholia headaches sleeplessness and fainting spells. It claims a mild laxative effect restores natural vigor and guarantees every bottle for 50 cents at E T Scotts drug store.
A boy's letter from the front is printed in several towns where married men serve, claiming peace was declared when his brother went to war. The letter describes mixed feelings at home with a father hoping for a long war and a mother reacting with faith and mourning rhetoric. The piece highlights gendered responses to conflict and rumor.
A five year old girl, Andrew Kanetsky’s child, was playing near the corner of Hoyt and Garfield streets when a large eagle swooped toward her from prison woods. The bird circled and grabbed near the head but caused no injury as the mother chased it away. The eagle fled back toward the woods.
A Civil War era correspondent describes oppressive heat, confined tents, and a near mutiny as soldiers fear malarial fever. Negro and white company tensions flare, strict discipline follows, Willie Bloomhuff recovers from illness, and a sense of uncertain orders hangs over the camp as visits and provisions continue.
Local advertisement touts Universal Laxative Pills as a remedy for torpid liver dizziness and constipation. Dr. Fred J. Smith of Chicago endorses the product and the ad notes sale by E. T. Scott at Feal Lock 421 Franklin Street Michigan City. Big discount prices on tan and summer shoes accompany the offer.
Advertisements claim Hood's Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism and scrofula, with testimonials from M. J. A. Forgeson of Terre Haute Indiana and Mrs Harriz Frey of New Albany Indiana. They report lasting sleep relief and disappearance of lumps after using the tonic. Remember to follow directions for use.
A local ad from Feallock at 421 Franklin Street Michigan City promotes Discount prices on tan and summer shoes. It advertises an Annual Excursion via Nickle Plate Road on August 11 to Niagara Falls with sleeping cars and a $1 add on to Toronto round trip across Lake Ontario.
Readers are told that catarrh is curable in all stages and that Hall’s Catarrh Cure, taken internally, cures constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The proprietors offer one hundred dollars for any failing case and invite testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
A reader from Loutaville Kentucky extols Universal Ointment for sores chapped hands piles ulcers and salt rheum calling it a household necessity. The notice also mentions the International Exposition at Omaha Nebraska up to October 15 1898 with cheap rates and excellent accommodations.
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