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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
2
A compressed digest lists bank failures including Doylestown National Bank of Pennsylvania with liabilities of 215000, political shifts like Secretary Cortelyou appointing Herbert Knox Smith deputy commissioner, and social clashes from Boston to Texas. It covers fires, drownings, lynchings, indictments, train collisions, and financial statistics including deficits and debt.
A list of obituary items and marriages including A B Youngson death in Meadville Pennsylvania. Anna Agnew Davis widow of Cushman K Davis and Hunter Doil wed in Knoxville Tennessee. Battle Creek centenarian Benjamin Williams noted. Tom L Johnson opened Ohio Democratic campaign in Canton. Col Edward M Brown editor dies at 82. Frank J Zimmerman editor dies in Warsaw Indiana. Jeannetta White dies in Wichita Kansas aged 136 with a family Bible birth date. Lydia Hancock dies in Palmer Massachusetts aged 100 years. William M Fogo editor dies in Richland Center Wisconsin. Jane Burke Calamity Jane dies in Terry South Dakota.
Reports span violent events and trade data from early 1903. Babi sect reformers in Yezd Persia were killed, and mobs dragged bodies. Philippines customs for four months reached 2 921 782 dollars, down from 2 991 011 year earlier. German exports to the United States totaled 119 778 625 dollars for the year ending July 1, up 18 064 561 from the prior year.
Reports say lack of work in Roumania drives a large scale migration of Jewish laborers to the United States. Annotated figures show a Cuban treasury balance of $5,500,000 on July 31, up $400,000 from June. A royal visit to Ireland by Edward and Queen Alexandra concluded with a Cork Queenstown welcome. In Peking a Chinese journalist, Shew Chien, was whipped to death by order of the empress.
Admiral Cotton entertains the Portuguese cabinet aboard the Brooklyn with toasts to President Roosevelt and U S prosperity. Sixteen injured in Hartford City wreck. Jett testifies in Marcum murder case. Roosevelt gift to Theodore Roosevelt Signet. B L lockout hits Pittsburg. several deaths and crimes noted.
President Smith of Trinity College receives a $3000 yearly lifetime pension. A possible reciprocity push with Canada may arise this fall. The census office plans a religious census early next year. Japan seeks peace but will enforce its rights, says a Paris official. Dayton relatives learn of James B. White’s death, Lincoln's former law partner. Navy surgeon Berryhill claims open air treatment cured his consumption. AFL delegate Rosenberg says Filipino unions formed in Manila. A New York jeweler notes rabies can be produced like gems. Chinese reformers face repressed policy and arrests for sedition. Ottawa committee backs compulsory voting law. New Hampshire savings banks show deposits up over $3.6 million. William Smith to found a Women’s College at Geneva, NY. Burr of Cornell on bicycle tour researching witchcraft. Police assess American Finance and Mortgage profits at $500,000 amid many dupes.
A blast at the United States Cartridge company's magazine in South Lowell explodes, killing more than a score with about 30 injured. By July 31 officials report 15 dead and nine missing, with extensive property damage and a city in panic requiring militia aid. a later bulletin cites no more deaths and narrows expected fatalities to under 25.
The agricultural department sought treasury approval to sample and chem ically analyze imported foods. An official examination will assess health risks and whether products are prohibited in their country of origin. If harmful or prohibited, entry and sale will be barred.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports for the quarter ending March 31 that 300 people were killed and 2,834 injured in train accidents. Including employee and passenger incidents the total casualties reach 827 killed and 11,481 injured. There were 1,650 collisions and 1,181 derailments causing 2,491,065 dollars in damage to cars engines and roadways.
In Huntington West Virginia on August 1 a Chesapeake and Ohio express train No 1 was halted by about 200 men who attempted to seize two black prisoners from the train. More than 100 shots were fired, 200 bullets lodged in the smoking car woodwork, and all window glass was shattered.
Robert Lee, the African American who shot Policeman Louis Massey in Evansville on July 3 and sparked a riot causing deaths and injuries, died in Jeffersonville prison from lung wounds inflicted by Massey’s bullet. Lee’s wife was killed by a train days after the riot.
A London note recalls a soldier listed as killed in South Africa then found alive. The sergeant added a death entry, the man died from prior injuries, and a colonel ordered a reclassification as dead again.
In Frairpoint Mississippi August 3, the Butler boy with spinal distress worsened for two months until Dodd’s Kidney Pills were tried. After eight boxes, he fully recovered and his father urged others to give the remedy a fair chance. The tale appears amid a Town and Country exchange.
An old marketing note promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve hot aching feet and ease new or tight shoes. It urges asking today for a trial package and gives A. S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York as the address. It ends with a quotation from Puck about criticism.
A collage of old advertisements and quotations includes patent remedy pitches for Yake Laxative Bromo Quinine, Piso’s Cure, and quick refunds if ineffective. Miscellaneous lines note a four foot woman shrinking a six foot spouse and a railway boast about the Overland Limited Chicago to the Coast. Local real estate and debt notes appear, with farm pricing and diverse quotations.
A reader from Edgerton Wisconsin, Mrs May Haute, reports relief from back and menstrual pain within a week of using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She gains weight and says she would recommend the remedy for female troubles, noting a 5000 dollar forfeit for proof of genuineness.
In Philadelphia a man jokes with a passerby about his new racing auto as a good woman admires it. She mistook the horn for the fish peddler, prompting a lighthearted exchange about the noisy vehicle and the surprise of onlookers.
The Chicago and North Western remains the sole double track line between Chicago and the Missouri River as the Ram's Horn laments the incolent lack of rest.
A testimonial claims Dean's Kidney Pills end kidney and urinary problems including back pain swelling dropsy and gravel. It reports relief from heart palpitations sleeplessness headaches dizziness and nervousness and cites Mrs. James Beck of 314 West Whitesboro Street Rome New York describing long kidney trouble.
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