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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1896
Page
2
The notice highlights legal and business ads in a Westville Indiana issue dated Thursday August 13 1896. It mentions a price list and personal notices including obituaries and cards, urging readers to peruse the advertisements and noting rates for various listings.
Judge of the Sabor Court Tarry B Tuthill runs on the Republican National Ticket with William McKinley for President and Garret Hobart for Vice President. The slate lists state officers including Governor Lieut Gov and Auditor with several district judges and county officials also named.
A historical critique lists twenty two silver mine owners and their vast holdings, arguing they would gain from free silver and devalue the dollar. The piece accuses them of monopoly, calls Wall Street sharks, and attacks demagogues while urging calm political argument.
Reports from western and middle states indicate silver craze waning. Missouri likely to vote McKinley and Hobart, with northern states giving large Republican majorities. Voters are waking up to the impracticality of the free silver policy.
The era sees nine-tenths of business done on credit while cash deals are rare. The author argues that this dependence on credit means any shake in credit or drop in confidence harms commerce, noting free silver agitation as especially damaging in recent years.
The article argues that about 14 million dollars paid weekly to U S workers constitutes a creditor class. Since these workers rely on weekly pay for livelihood, they have a stake in preserving the highest and best money standard possible.
The latest State Bureau of statistics bulletin lists LaPorte county crops and livestock. Wheat covers 43 915 acres yielding 489 150 bushels. corn 49 069 acres. oats 20 839 acres. rye 9 884 acres. barley 78 acres. potatoes not fully readable. sheep 9 186 with 54 065 pounds wool. hogs 3 370 died. dogs killed 481 sheep. disease killed 639 sheep. Cattle and horses include 9 134 horses 182 mules 9 167 milch cows 6 300 other cattle with prior year deaths 436 horses and 6 mules.
The Joint Convention of Pulaski Starke and LaPorte counties to nominate a representative for the next legislature will be held in Winamac Pulaski county Ind on Aug 20 1896 at 2 oclock p m LaPorte county gets 21 delegates and all attending Republicans may sit as delegates By order of the county central committee Julius C Travis WM Higgins Secretary Chairman
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as superior merit in medicine and the world’s largest seller. It asserts cures for indigestion and headaches, claiming real merit and easy dosage as key benefits.
Knigh ts of Pythias excursion rates for travel via the Nickel Plate road from August 23 to 30 are on sale. Ask agents for details.
The issue features nine color plates on autumn dress and millinery with special mourning and bicycle attire plates. It includes Clementine de Vere Sapio on singing as a profession, plus interior decor kitchens and floral work for autumn. The piece notes a fashion and activity spread for young women with stories and departments.
Peter Surprise, living with his son Henry northeast of Lowell in Lake county, observes his 103d birthday. Likely Indiana’s oldest man, born August 8, 1793 in lower Canada, moved to New York in 1819, then Chicago in 1820, becoming an Indiana resident when it was still a wilderness.
An old advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pegesin as a pleasant liquid laxative for babies and mothers alike. It claims both babies with constipation and mothers with indigestion or headache benefit, asserting it to be effective and agreeable in taste.
You and your grandfeyd are urged to rely on modern medicine as you compare stage-coach travel with electric cars. Hood's Sarsaparilla is prepared by modern methods using scientific knowledge and acts on the blood to create pure rich blood, curing disease and restoring health.
Mrs Will Jardine is sick and Mrs Nelson Barnard is ill with malaria fever. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Dowd last Monday. Richard Hill visits Minnesota to see his son Schuyler. Ed Massey of Texas visits relatives. Very hot weather with a few showers. Ada Brewer travels to Davenport Iowa to visit her parents. Oats nearly ruined by rain are now being threshed. Willie Greening was run over by a wagon and has a lame knee. School starts four weeks from last Monday. Florence Beach and Raymond Eggleston return from Valparaiso Normal. Dallas Sarver's dance failed due to rain and is postponed two weeks. John Cole lost a horse hauling tiling. heat is hard on horses.
The community reports hot weather causing dairy cows to dry up and strains on milk supply for the creamery. Local visits include Mr and Mrs S Wilson to friends and Clarence Geist with his wife at his parents. Farm troubles grow as stock loss and heat take a toll on residents and livestock.
Mr. Tom Herrold was on the sick list last week. Rev. Garth of Westville spent the wanent of last week with Mr. Otis Wicker sham. Mr. Gust Johnson went east last Saturday, having been west several times concluded to try the west for awhile. Mrs. Charley Cole and Harriet and Florence started for Michigan to visit Mrs. Cole's mother. Mrs. Rose Herrold's cousins Ivie and Earl Goldsmith returned to Whiting after weeks with relatives. A very heavy rain visited the evening of the llth with wind and some hail, cooling the air after days of heat.
Yardmaster Kupps of Monon and four companions were sitting near a barbed wire fence in Monon yards when a bolt hit the fence at about five o'clock. The lightning knocked down the four men and paralyzed Mr Kupps left leg, raising fears he may never regain use.
The Nickle Plate Road offers excursion tickets August 30 31 and September 1 with through Chicago sleeping cars and Diners on through trains. This service is associated with the G. A. R. encampment in Saint Paul and targets veterans and attendees.
Mothers should closely watch and regulate children to prevent long term trouble. The digestive organs and bowels must be kept in good condition to insure health now and in years ahead. Dr Caldwell’s Syrup pepsin is presented as a harmless, bases...
Garland Travis of Pleasant township and William Way of LaPorte drowned Saturday evening while fishing on the Kankakee river. Travis fell into the water while driving a trot line and could not swim. Way, trying to reach him, exhausted himself and both men perished. Their bodies were recovered after hours of searching and taken to LaPorte. They were sons of prominent county farmers and well known locally. A companion witnessed the sequence from the riverbank.
The Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World tour comes to Michigan City on August 15 with trains offering low roundtrip rates. The exhibition, renowned across Europe and the United States, promises man for man and horse for horse marvels that drew crowds in Chicago 1893 and New York 1894.
Members of Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah draft formal resolutions mourning the death of sister Jennie Matotte. They express sympathy to the family, vow to preserve her memory, and publish the record in the Westville Indicator with the lodge charter draped in mourning for thirty days.
A Warren Independent note condemns envy as a contemptible trait that harms successful businesspeople. It argues failure stems from lack of effort, while diligent workers prosper, and credits honest success as a societal good. The ad then touts One Minute Cough Cure as a safe immediate relief for coughs, especially for children, sold by all druggists.
Kate Cord of Wanatab area was bitten by a rattlesnake while drawing water from a well. She died from the bite.
A 19th century Q A outlines United States coin tender rules. It covers full legal tender status for standard silver dollars, copper cents and nickels, subsidiary silver coins, and redeemability in lawful money. It also notes silver dollars are not redeemable by law and includes a notarized oath from Frank J Cheney in Toledo Ohio. Hazlitt Catarrh Cure advertisement appears.
The Nickle Plate Road announces excursion tickets go on sale August 3 with departure details to follow. Officials urge rail enthusiasts to secure seats early as demand appears strong.
Warden Harley reports Bat Warden North earned 85 000 dollars this quarter for the state, and the 100 000 legislature appropriation will be covered by prison earnings. He cites over 900 inmates in 720 cells, urging repairs, extensions, and authority to create three parole classes with varying food and privileges. All arrivals would begin in the second grade.
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