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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1904
Page
8
A Chesterton Tribune piece by Walter Jankins laments small town gossip. It contrasts urban anonymity with close knit towns and warns that idle minds fuel slander, urging moral awakening and social shunning of defamers to restore truth and charity.
An advertisement proclaims relief from dizziness backache liver complaints and constipation through Dr Kings New Life Pills. The copy claims gentle thorough action and urges purchase at E T Scotts drug store for 25 cents with a guarantee.
The Northwestern Line added parlor car service to Omaha with no change of trains. Depart Chicago 10 15 a m daily arriving Omaha 11 40 p m. Buffet smoking and library cars open to parlor car passengers. Other fast trains run from Chicago at 7 00 p m 8 00 p m and 11 00 p m daily. Tickets from home agent or address A G Wagener Trav Agt 22 Fifth Ave Chicago Illinois.
Tickets to California and return fare offered via Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line. Low rates from multiple points. Sales Aug 15 through Sep 10. Daily fast trains on double track Chicago to Missouri River and direct westward routes. The Overland Limited runs year round with under three days travel. Inquiries to A H Waggen er Tra Agt 22 Fifth Ave Chicago.
The Wabash Railway announces round trip tickets to St Louis at 86.95 on Tuesdays and Thursdays this month. Daily through the fair until Dec 15, rates include 15 day, 60 day, and season options with specific departure and arrival times for No 5 from Chicago and corresponding return trains. A change in schedule is planned around June 19. D N Snively Agt.
A detailed critique of Judge Parker’s acceptance speech highlights vagueness on key issues. The piece contrasts Parker with Clark of Missouri and questions his stance on the gold standard tariffs and trust laws while forecasting a weak political impact. It draws parallels to past figures and predicts Parker’s ridicule by voters.
An advertisement urges Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a preventive for fatal infections from minor injuries. It claims even small scratches boils or ulcers can prevent serious harm and pitches the product for 25 cents at E T Scott’s drug store.
The article notes welcome rain in Quakerdom after a dry spell. It reports social visits including Mrs Isaac Martin dying while visiting daughter Olga Barnard, and mentions Mr and Mrs Frank Burner visiting Orlando Bargards, Fred Warnhul and wife with child at Ed Greenings, a new baby girl for Ira Barnard, Miss Florence Link returning from Chicago, and Lincoln Dodd with daughter Ethel visiting Will Links.
The Laporte County institute opens Monday at the high school with Dr A L Foley Indiana University Wilbur Gordy Springfield Indiana and Miss Mary Whitehead Rolling Prairie among instructors. Topics cover arithmetic electricity metric system telegraph wireless study history science manual training and teaching methods. The program includes a trustees day Thursday and a county fair break.
A. J. Forbes announces a large consignment of Pitts burg and American woven wire fence arriving at greatly reduced prices. The notice emphasizes bulk availability and discounted rates for immediate purchase.
A writer in the Ohio Farmer notes efficiency gains from machinery reducing time and cost to grow crops. He cites corn, hay, and shelling rates, with dramatic percentage and dollar changes, and adds a playful tally of the miles a farmer must walk to tend forty acres, totaling 750 miles plus 50 more for husking.
A fragment notes a sale listing for Chamberlain's 3 Stomach and Live Vab lets by E. T. Scott, Druggerist. The OCR reads as a minor catalog item with no further context or dates.
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