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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
4
Obituary notices exceeding ten lines cost 1. Advertising terms listed. tainted with unusual spellings and garbled phrases. The item requests all submissions reach the Westville office by Wednesday noon for Thursday publication.
A 1903 snapshot notes tall corn yields in Kansas, a Staten Island infant named Thomas Lipton Bergner, and assorted international musings. It covers czarist reforms, naval strength rankings, labor disputes, and regional curiosities with a satirical tone.
A long letter recounts a July holiday trip by JOB Barnard visiting Valparaiso Crown Point Manteno Chicago Aurora Des Moines Dexter Atlantic Omaha Denver Altamont Colorado Springs Manitou and Montreal. He notes visits with Polly Wylie Uscle Elam Maude Gus and others while noting white clover English sparrows and a busy travel schedule ending with a return to Boston and court duties.
An old advertisement claims Dr. King's New Life Pills end suffering from dizziness backache liver complaint and constipation. It touts gentle thorough relief and a 250 guarantee by E. T. Scott Drug Store.
Mrs. A S Biggs of Porter County near Winslow on the Pennsylvania Railway is beaten by a man identified as John Wilson. She suffers a broken collar bone three broken ribs a scalp wound and throat injury. Wilson fled on a freight train after a posse pursued him. Deputies restrained mob action and he was jailed at Valparaiso after confessing to the crime.
The Lafayette Journal urges teaching citizenship in schools, enforcing obedience to the law, and warning against personal vengeance. It notes wrongful accusations and the need for lawful punishment, stressing the law as the people’s will to protect the community. It advocates instilling civil government principles in every child.
The family of the late L. J. Wolfe expresses gratitude to friends for many acts of kindness during his illness and after his death, for support and sympathy shown.
Marion Lee of Dunreeth Indiana says diabetes in its worst form plagued her until Foley's Kidney Cure brought relief after eight doctors failed. The testimonial notes three bottles cured her condition and asserts the medicine is sold by all druggists.
An early 1900s patent remedy claims to cure Bright's Disease Diabetes Stone in the Bladder and Kidney and Bladder diseases. It is advertised as 6 percent and sold by all druggists.
Levi J Wolfe died Saturday morning after months of illness. Born April 10, 1819, he was one of seven surviving siblings and married Ella Link on March 3, 1872. He left six sons, one daughter, and a widow. A former assessor and township trustee, he also ran a threshing business early in life. Funeral Tuesday at 11 from his home, Rev Rodgers officiating, burial in Westville cemetery.
Huntington county commissioners authorize 260000 dollars for a new county court house to be erected soon. The rural community faces various health notices and local ads promote Foley's Kidney Cure and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets sold by E T Scott.
Colonel Bryan urged the Democratic party to face the future in a recent speech. The speaker noted the party should confront its past, especially the era Bryan has been closely tied to.
An advertisement claims a preventive for death by own action has been discovered and offers Electric Betters as a tonic to strengthen nerves and regulate stomach liver and kidneys. The product is sold by E. T. Scott Drugzrist for 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
Describes an old allegorical image of a girl alarmed by a grasshopper while stepping on a snake, contrasted with a man spending vast sums on a cyclone cellar yet neglecting Cham berlain's remedy for bowel woes. The remedy is praised as prompt and reliable and offered by E T. Scott.
An old promotional piece extols the Ames shovels as stable currency and praises Benson's Porous Plaster as superior external remedy. It claims universal trust, multiple cures for coughs and rheumatic ailments, and notes 5000 physicians recommending it with 55 top awards. Sold by druggists with mail order from Seabury Johnson in New York.
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