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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
1
A proposed elementary agriculture course appears in the state manual issued by Fas sett A. Cotton. It is optional and can be taught whole or in part, weekly or as a before or after school program. The outline covers crops, stock, soil, moisture, tillage, fertilization and simple plant life experiments.
The Portsmouth peace commission’s session concludes with Japan gaining what she fought for and half of Sakhalin Island. Russia loses most of its bargaining gains, while Japan is praised for chivalry and magnanimity. President Roosevelt earns broad praise for brokering the settlement and may enter the annals as a peacemaker.
On Wednesday August 23, Mr. and Mrs. Robert White of Scipio township celebrated their sixty-ninth wedding anniversary. They are noted as the oldest married couple in Laporte county and perhaps northern Indiana. Mr. White turned eighty eight in June, with Mrs. White approaching her ninetieth birthday in November. The couple married in 1836 and have long resided in the same area.
An Indianapolis man earning 85 dollars per week was convicted of bigamy after proving in court he supported two families well on his limited income. The case highlights questions of motive and his ability to provide for dependents.
Rev Arthur H DeLong elected field agent and assistant general secretary of Indiana Methodist Hospital board to travel the state visiting churches and soliciting funds. Indianapolis site bounded by Senate Capital avenues and 16th 17th streets bought and paid for. About 100000 secured. building will be fireproof brick and stone 134x143 feet. goal 200000. When completed it will be the largest best equipped hospital in Indiana.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar for immediate relief in severe asthma and claims it will cure if taken promptly. E. T. Scott druggist is named. The ad also mentions smoking Waltons straighte geme and duchess.
Indiana hosts twenty four traction companies totaling 913 miles of track. Most lines were built in the past seven years and all within the last decade, reflecting rapid growth in electric rail services across the state.
Monon will sell tickets to Indianapolis and return for 4.50 dollars. Sale runs September 11 to 15 inclusive with return limit September 18. T. T. Strims, Agent.
The Tuley and Leming families from La Porte County gathered for a picnic near Wanatah at Alard E Gardner's farm on Saturday. The two lines joined about seventy years ago through marriages between Milton Tuley and Simeon Leming, tracing roots to Ohio in 1836.
The Methodist church will host a Sunday 11 a.m. sermon on The Ose Remedy for Lawlessness and an evening talk The Law of the Lord as the Education of Men. A special Wednesday 8 p.m. business meeting for all official members of the church Sunday school Leagues and Ladies Aid Society is urged.
The Indiana board of tax commissioners completed its work last week showing total state assessments up by 21,559,243 dollars from last year. Most rise stems from corporations including railroads interurban lines telephones telegraph pipelines and other carriers with railroads up 3,508,864 and interurban lines up nearly 2,000,000 due largely to increased mileage from 993.17 to 1,135.56.
J. D. Runyan of Butlerville reports remarkable relief from indigestion and biliousness after using Dr King's New Life Pills. He claims the remedy cures dizziness sour stomach headache and constipation. Guaranteed at E T. Scott's drug store for 25 cents.
Two Huntington youths narrowly missed a northbound Lake Erie train and were held up at the depot by two strangers. A revolver-toting pair forced the victims to surrender twelve dollars before vanishing into darkness. Police suspect two outsiders, one posing as a pugilist, were involved and likely fled the city.
The August term of the Michigan City superior court begins with eight state cases and sixty civil actions including multiple damages lawsuits and twelve divorce suits. New filings include Greer-Wilkinson Lumber Cove. Frank Storms and William Trowbridge lien cases. multiple administratrix actions. various divorces. injunctions. and a brewing company dispute on appeal.
Drilling for a mineral well at Porter station near a projected sanitarium yielded a daily flow of 50 000 gallons. The well was secured by cleaning and digging a basin around it, cemented for an attractive basin. A sewer to the Calumet river is needed to carry off the flow, and until then the well will remain almost wholly plugged.
Indiana readers know Dan Patch 1:56 the world champion pacer. He will pace an exhibition mile on Wednesday Sept 13 at the Indiana State Fair, brought by M W Savage of Minneapolis who owns him after purchasing from Messner of Oxford Indiana. The horse was foaled 1896 and trained for speed, with a 1:56 mile paced in Memphis on Oct 26 1904. Hoosier State residents will have a chance to see this famed racer in action at the fair.
An advertisement advises giving Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to the mother in law to make her healthy and content. It promotes tea or tablets priced at 35 cents and is signed EK. T. Scott.
A facetious Illinois editor ridicules Indiana's new marriage law by recalling memory of license questions. The Danville Illinois Democrat cites absurd queries about age, birth, finances, family, employment, education, and even suspect ancestry to lampoon the process.
Gav A Eyler of Cumberland Maryland relates a dramatic recovery story from a serious throat illness in his infant daughter. Doctors had given up, but after four bottles of Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds she recovered fully. Trial bottle offered at E T Scotts drug store.
The body of Walter Hale, a Nickel Plate section man, was found in Valparaiso Indiana with throat cut. A razor and revolver lay nearby suggesting luring to death. Hale, awakened by a stranger, disappeared with an accomplice sought by a posse. leaves a wife and four children.
The fifth quinquennial meeting of the Eleven Branches of the House of Barnard was held August 19, 1905 at Rhoda St Clair’s farm five miles north of Valparaiso Indiana. About 90 attendees enjoyed meals music and literary exercises despite rain. Names of present members and numerous guests from Chicago Valparaiso Westville Kensington and other places were recorded with O W Barnard as president and Jos Barnard as secretary.
Wm Bedell of Flat Rock Michigan praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for ulcers sores and cancers claiming it heals better than any dressing. The ad notes it soothes cuts burns and scalds and is sold at T Scott’s drug store for 25 cents.
H. B. Herrold advertises a cholera remedy for chickens claiming guaranteed cure and urging readers to try the formula for poultry health.
Annie Gondeck died this morning at a friend's home near Otis after coming to town to attend Miss Prahl’s funeral. She had lived with the Pascheck family for 37 years and was likely well over 95, possibly near 100, with no living relatives in this country. Her remains were taken to Mr. Pascheck’s home for funeral arrangements at Ols, where she belonged to the local Catholic church.
Elwood Stanton of Rochester Indiana died suddenly on August 24 at about sixty five. He is survived by his widow three daughters Mrs H C Shafer of Chicago Mrs Frank intern er of Rochester and Mrs George Liogan of Danver Colorado and one son Harry C long connected with Weller resort Laporte. Anna Anderson of Bailey town Porter county died aged 88 leaving a husband and three children. The Andersons lived together for 68 years and came from Sweden 51 years ago making Westchester township their home.
Mrs. Diehl wife of Engineer John Diehl formerly of Laporte died in Las Vegas New Mexico at 6 p m Saturday of consumption. Her daughter Celeste accompanied her and will return with the remains to be laid to rest in Chesterton Thursday at 10 a m.
Dallas P Cross a Civil War veteran died Thursday evening in Laporte Indiana He was born in Kingsbury Laporte County aged 60 and left a wife and eleven children He served in Co I 87th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the war.
William Harrington of English lake reportedly collected 700 pearls from Kankakee river clams.
Dr Geo Ewing of Smiths Grove Kentucky reports his thirty year struggle with kidney bladder and enlarged prostate relieved after three bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure He now recommends the remedy to patients and other physicians KE Scott the local druggist corroborates the claim
Mary H. Waltere of Columbus Ohio reports long illness with fever ague and nervous breakdown. She credits Electric Bitters with rapid relief and cure after starting the tonic. Sold with guarantee at E T Scott's drug store for 50 cents.
The Wabash has raised the round trip rate to Chicago to $L.81. New rates from nearby stations include Kingsbury $2.24 Magee $2.15 Crocker $1.81 and Aetna $1.55.
A historical advertisement touts Herrold's Hog Cholera remedy claiming prevention and cure for cholera in swine. The notice markets quick results and easy use for farmers facing hog health issues.
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