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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
5
The Wholesale Grocers and Tobacco Jobbers of Indianapolis plan to join Continental Tobacco Co. pricing and form a state wide combine. A single broker would buy all tobacco for firms, with fixed compensation and enhanced pricing power for members, aiming to induce all jobbers to join.
The Indiana Supreme Court reversed a Moravian circuit court verdict of 11890 in the Ella Bowman versus Peter Bowman breach of promise suit. The court cited fatal error that the plaintiff’s attorney previously represented the defendant, gaining intimate knowledge of the couple’s affairs.
Dr. Franklin P. L. Gillaspy of Glenns Valley was sentenced to three years hard labor at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus plus a $100 fine and costs. Federal agents labeled the case a major counterfeiting operation with others involved. A petition from more than 200 neighbors praised his prior good name, but mercy was denied.
Mrs. W. H. Myers sues Fu Wayne Gas Co. for 10000 damages claiming Wayne Street leaks last spring caused illness and blood damage. Her husband, a leading local physician, may testify in the noted case.
Cant Wilkin son of Peru high school was knocked causing a hip fracture and serious internal injuries in the Thursday game against Muncie high school. Franc Lockwood also suffered a broken tendon in his left hip, with doctors predicting lifelong impairment. In Goshen Indiana, M Mo Latin, 80, a pioneer physician, was found dead in his office chair after Friday night.
In Lawdescebcrs Indiana on December 1 Wesley Butler’s team was struck by a Big Four train. The horses escaped with light injuries and the wagon was a total wreck. Butler leaped to safety avoiding serious harm.
In Elbyville Indiana on a Wednesday evening ten-year-old Joan Rhodes attempted to crawl down the wheels of a moving wagon as part of a playful wager. The child was crushed to a pulp in the accident. Nearby Dizisgono Indiana reports the incident occurred near the town. Earlier, the Rev Harvey Harris of Rising Sun died recently. he read the Bible yearly for three years and served as pastor of the Dillsboro M E Church for two years.
Wayne County Fair Association in Haverstown Indiana announced officers for the year. The fair grounds were released for ten years and new buildings will be erected on the site.
In Hicknel Indiana Charlies Slackwell aged 21 attacked Sylvester Guyer stabbing him near the heart. He then shot Rosa Elora in the neck and both men are dying. Slackwell is at large and Rosa Elora Horn is the target of concern as authorities pursue the case. Separately H O Smith will manage the Indianapolis rubber tire plants for the Rubber trust with operations expanding through winter.
The Southern Indiana Railway Co officials say the extension into Terre Haute will be completed and trains running by May 1. They also announce the general offices will move from Ledford to Terre Haute around that date.
Reports from Ixpianarotts and nearby towns describe grading of a new baseball ground in Ixpianarotts with preparations for a grand stand and bleachers. Other notes include archaeological bones found at a depot site in Elnora and a late year wedding in Auburn between an American and a Cal owner.
The Evening Tribune was sold to E L Golding formerly managing editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser and to local Republicans who had sought to acquire the Morning Express.
Lafayette Indiana reports George Neithermer an aged farmer killed instantly Thursday morning when his wagon was struck on the Lake Erie crossing. The incident suggests the victim was likely asleep at the time. The report notes a separate boiler explosion at a saw mill near Aldfordsville injuring Ira Horrail who is unlikely to survive. Engineer also hurt. In Ebagerstown Maud Porter and Frank Larke wed on Thursday. Porter a daughter of Knude Porter a state agriculture board member. Larke a Newcastle businessman.
London unveils a non sinkable boat as a new life saving invention. Hostetter’s stomach Bitters advertised as a life preserver cures dyspepsia and stomach trouble. A Georgia solicitor reports overheard talk about funeral flowers and a nurse’s morbid plant idea ending with a melon vine joke.
An 19th century advertisement declares deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness due to catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, urging readers to send for free circulars from F. T. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Pills sold by druggists for 75 cents.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote recalls a man Briggs who carries a letter for weeks. He asks his father in law for guidance, receives eight replies, and discovers a second pocket letter about tamarind jelly. He discards the find and laughs at the idea of a hidden burden.
Rev J W Blosser MD reports a remedy for catarrh bronchitis asthma and related conditions using a penetrating smoke vapor treatment. The offer includes a three days trial postpaid to any addressed recipient at 114 Broad St Atlanta Ga.
A collage of brief quotes from newspapers includes inquiry into a Circassian and a Wild Man tale with a manager's critique, a bemused question about family tree and a woman’s willowy appearance, and a testimonial praising Piso's Cure for Consumption from Baltimore.
The piece touts mild Gulf Coast climate and hunting and fishing access from Mobile to New Orleans along the L and N Railway. It invites readers to request folders from J I Ridgely in Chicago and highlights John M Smyth Co mail order house with cheap sewing machines and a wide catalogue mailed for a small fee.
The Monon Route and C I & D Ray offer four daily trains from Chicago to Cincinnati. Day trains depart Dearborn Station at 6:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. with parlor and dining cars. Night trains leave at 8:30 p.m. and 2:35 a.m. sleepers and compartments, with occupancy ready by 9:50 p.m. Tickets available at 252 S. Clark St. Chicago.
An old time medicine notice claims Lane's Family Medicine keeps bowels moving daily and acts gently on the liver and kidneys to cure headaches. It lists prices of 25 and 50 cents.
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