19 Dec 1889
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1889
Page
1
Practical advice covers potions and poultices with tissue paper for coverage, cold water hand care, thin paper lids for jelly tumblers, combing damp fringe before ironing, scrapbooks of portraits for children, peppermint essence for pain relief, and cautions against applying near the eye due to smarting.
A frail Boston girl sent to the countryside longs to see a hand organ. Her nurse explains its path, but the organ man passes by. The child laments that God and hand organs seem alike, both heard often yet unseen.
Concise wrap of events: Louisiana hangings, deaths of Oliver Johnson and Mrs. Scott Lord, river pirates in Cairo, a post office blast in Salisbury, telegraph of Cherokee outlet talks failing, steamship Ems storm voyage, Gulf vinegar store glycerine explosion in Butler. Also labor, politics, emigration plans, and a bill proposed to fund emigration with 25 million dollars.
Reports note Emin Pasha’s improvement as cholera spreads in Bagdad and influenza roils Germany. Dom Pedro plans Madrid travel December 21 while a German Swiss printer strike and Saxon dyers wage protest unfold. Browning dies in Venice and France-UK tensions loom over Canada French-Canadian questions.
A new measure by Senator Chandler would require U S circuit judges to open registrations and appoint election supervisors if ten voters in a district file affidavits alleging state control would unfairly affect the outcome. The plan sets officials, inspectors, clerks, and possible bailiffs to run the polls.
Senate postpones bill to incorporate smaller national banks and debates Mr Turpie on trusts as a major issue. Call proposes Spain Cuba republic talks. Cuba natives urge support. House backs ballot box forgery probes and Silcott defalcation report with $370 708.95 shortage and forged notes cited. Adjournment to Monday.
The centennial celebration of George Washingtons inauguration filled the House hall with Congress members Cabinet officers and officials. Chief Justice Fuller delivered the address urging cautious optimism and a steadfast course amid future storms and rising stars in public life.
A mosaic of reports notes mild influenza in Rome, a Buffalo elevator fire with $275 000 loss, speeches at Plymouth Rock and a governor elects wife illness, Kilrain found guilty in Purvis Miss prize fight, and a private audience for US minister Porter. Other items include church member losses, a legislative bribery claim, a wreck near St Louis, leprosy studies, and local court disputes.
Reports from London describe a massacre of Siberian exiles attacked by police and soldiers after hesitation. Six killed including a young woman, nine wounded. A court martial condemned three survivors to death and others to long terms. One wounded man was carried to the gallows on a bed before the bed was removed.
A fragment from the magazine shows a classroom exchange where a teacher and Jenny debate taking two apples from a boy. The dialogue captures a moment of moral challenge and youthful discipline.
News from Rio de Janeiro describes the uprising that deposed the emperor, the swift Republic measures to secure power, and rumored fate of imperial officers. The piece also explains Congress aims to resolve all contested elections in January, detailing salaries and precedent for seating and paying contestants.
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