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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1898
Page
2
The LyDIcATOR from Westville Indiana notes second class mail at the Westville post office. It lists term prices: $1.00 yearly in advance and advertising rates as available on request. Obituary poetry priced at ten cents per line and professional cards at five dollars per year.
The Globe Democrat argues the United States already spans the globe with daylight across continents and vast territories. It claims America surpasses other powers in area and wealth and that new possessions would bring productivity, settlers, capital, and a global spread of American civilization.
The Indianapolis sermon compares the newspaper to the church, noting the press reaches millions while the church speaks to fewer. It highlights the newspaper’s pictures and messages filling public sight and ear, and questions the influence of circulation figures.
The passage argues journalism should inform the public about murders without dwelling on revolting detail. It states proper reporting uses home circle language and emphasizes purpose and treatment over sensationalism. It contrasts clean and unclean media based on presentation rather than subject.
Do You Read. What people are saying about Hood's Sarsaparilla It is curing the worst cases of scrofula dyspepsia rheumatism and all forms of blood disease eruptions sores boils and pimples It is giving strength to weak and tired women Why should you hesitate to take it when it is doing so much for others.
Hood's Pills are advertised as a reliable gentle remedy touted for family use. The copy presents them as a dependable tonic for digestion and liver support, emphasizing safety and trust.
Polaski King longtime Laporte merchant and influential county figure died at his Laporte home Friday after a brief illness dating from Thanksgiving. Born February 25 1823 in Onondaga County New York he lived in Michigan City and Laporte, co-owned Holbrook King Mercantile firm, died leaving eight children three surviving.
An Ohio advertisement asserts that deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally, blaming catarrh for most cases. It promises one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure and directs readers to request circulars.
Discussion in the general assembly favors radical measures to abolish township trustees. Proposals shift duties to the county superintendent for schooling and to the commissioners for ditches and poor relief, with trustees losing a $300 annual salary as a saving.
This old promotion claims danger from liver and kidney impurity causing rheumatism. It asserts Hood s Sarsaparilla cures the disease by neutralizing blood acid, relieving aches other medicines miss, purifying and enriching the blood, and aiding stomach, liver, and kidneys. It promises winter health and protection against pneumonia fevers bronchitis colds and grip.
The body includes insurance workers count two, lawyers sixteen, farmers fifteen, manufacturers one, editors one, physicians thirty five, printers one, merchants eight, machinists two, teachers two, bankers two, bookkeepers one, court reporters two, a contractor one, and a plumber one. Also present are an ex mayor and a county auditor.
The Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds has donated over ten million trial bottles. It claims to cure asthma bronchitis hoarseness and lung diseases. Callon E T Scott, the local druggist, offers a free trial bottle with guaranteed satisfaction or refund.
Donations total for Greensburg Indiana I O O F homes include land valued at 86000, Greensburg Lodge I O O F 24000, E Ingals president Big Four Ry 81000, John R Walsh Chicago president Indiana Southern By 250. Building contract priced at 40000 to be let immediately with cornerstone laid at the May Rebekah assembly meeting and dedication planned for November 1899 during the Grand lodge meeting.
The Sunshine Route offers Pullman Tourist Cars for first and second class passengers leaving Chicago Saturdays at 2 PM via Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway to Kansas City then California via Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe. It promotes an early afternoon departure to avoid morning delays and appeals to families with attentive service.
A 1778 report describes a footman mocked for carrying an umbrella he'd brought from Spain. He persisted for three months, insisting on the umbrella in public, until onlookers ceased to react to the novelty, as noted by Harper's Round Table.
A St Louis Republic commentary cites Colonel Leonard Ainsworth of Arkansas noting that rural residents speak softly while city dwellers raise their voices. The piece contrasts city noise with quiet rural life and includes anecdotes about Indian speech patterns and general urban loudness.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch recounts a 1617 event in Vitry where Marshal d Ancre was killed and his corpse desecrated in public. Reports claim mutilation, tearing, burning, and auctioning body parts, with the heart allegedly eaten, and the marshal’s wife faced charges of sorcery and execution.
The piece argues floods rise as river mouths choke with earth from erosion and sediment. It cites landscape gardeners noting narrowed conduits and outlets reducing capacity. It suggests jettying or new outlets to carry waste earth away to curb growing flood risk.
Mr. Clayton of the Blue Hill observatory near Boston notes clouds at 8000 feet move about 60 mph in midsummer and 110 mph in midwinter. The fastest measured cloud flight reached 280 mph. The Manchester ship canal now runs a steamship service between the cotton metropolis and London, offering big savings on freight dues despite a longer route.
The article notes that European royal women are on average mentally and physically stronger than men. Col. Chas. Jewett resigns as judge advocate at Mavills and plans a return to Indiana. He cites extreme heat in the Philippines limiting work to two hours daily. He had a fine field but could not stay. The Longcliff hospital board of trustees for the Ansan related in tie.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary ailments, offering free samples and a book by mail. Local items report deaths, births, a holiday cash gift, court staffing changes, a wreck injuring three, a name change for Wanatah Times, business developments, an acetylene gas explosion injuring John Johnson, a desertion arrest in Michigan City, and a near fatal accident for John Diehl on an icy street.
Official returns show Hunt, Republican, leading the Indiana head ticket with 285,643 votes, Ralston 269,125, Morrison 5,867, Yockum 1,795, and Worth 9,961, for a total of 574,388. Hunt’s plurality stands at 17,518, compared with Governor Mount’s 26,177 plurality two years ago.
Abraham Hare of Belleville Ohio claims Electric Bitters are the best selling bitters in 20 years of experience. The tonic is said to toning stomach and liver, purify blood, strengthen nerves, and lift weak or run-down people. Sold for 50 cents by E T Scoot and guaranteed. A La Porte lab and Chicago HQ for The Juniper Remedy Company are noted. Locally, a larger culvert was installed under tracks opposite the depot to drain north Main Street. Belle Bloomhuff's music pupils hosted a birthday party for Miss Belle Bloomhuff with a rap supper and praise for the Bloomhuff family. Indiana soldiers in Savannah await orders to depart for Cuba with the 161st Regiment, 7th Army Corps, leaving Dec 6, under Gen Lee and Gen Williston, requiring about fifteen transports.
Frank Henderlong et al by sheriff to Geo Henderlong, lot 5 blk 3 Valparaiso. Francis A. Tardiff to J Wm Dehors, lot 3 blk 1 2nd add to Porter. Philo Beach by Atty in fact to Nathan Cooper. Guy F Stinchfield to Sadie Coleman lots 11 12 blk 12 3d add to Porter. Hattie Palmer to Nathan L Agnew and D E Kelley 46 feet off a side lot blk 1 Hebron. Henry & Johnson Arnica and Oil Liniment ad claims cure and money back guarantee for people and animals.
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