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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
4
The Indicator of Westville Indiana publishes weekly on Thursdays. Subscription is $1.00 yearly in advance. Advertising rates are available on request. Obituary notices over ten lines cost $1 and poetry at ten cents per line. Professional cards run $3 yearly or $8 six months. All content must reach the office by Wednesday noon.
Michigan City officials visited near South Bend to assess an electric line project to Chicago via Michigan City. The traction company may struggle to secure a franchise extension due this month, while a competing South Bend Laporte line proposed by a recent acqusition could be built next summer. Local political notes mention Laporte park plans, Democratic district meetings, and tax-collection changes shifting to the county treasurer.
The passage notes a candidate for joint representative in the new Leporte Porter district and hints at a bid for county auditor. It mentions S J Taylor of Michigan City aiding Dwight Furness in securing reappointment as consul at Guanejanto, Mexico, adding another feather to Sam's hat.
Harper resident George W. Hofman credits seven years of chronic stomach and liver trouble as defeated by Electric Bitters. He urges others to try the medicine, sold by E T Scott at 50 cents a bottle under guarantee to work.
Washington December 5 Speaker Cannon named Indiana representatives to key committees with several chairmanships and favorable placements. Foster handles rivers and harbors, Overstreet chairs postoffsces and post roads, Crumpacker presides over census, Landis and Landis named to multiple panels, Watson seats Ways and Means, and others cover pensions agriculture and elections among duties.
Milford Mali warns that a pride in saying whatever one thinks is not honesty but rude insolence that wounds others. He urges keeping bad temper and grudges private, speaking kindly if at all, and restraining harmful words from public ear.
The Indiana anti cigarette law faces attack on grounds it bans only sale and possession for sale not private use. that prohibiting smoking is unconstitutional. and that the act as a whole is invalid. William L. Taylor argues personal rights exceed state power, while Deputy Attorney General Geake upholds health based restrictions.
The piece blends a Christmas reflection on Santa Claus with a Marion county grand jury report. It notes Santa’s enduring spirit in readers hearts and urges giving to help children in misfortune. It then details the grand jury’s December session, 24 indictments, and the case of John Ward of Monticello, plus forthcoming action by the Indiana railway commission on baggage charges and railroad responses.
A themed meditation on urban risk warns that city life trades comfort for danger. It describes continuous exposure to electrical currents gas mains and boilers, with fires and disasters looming as a constant threat. The piece argues that escape from burning buildings in cities is far harder and that urban carelessness persists despite repeated shocks.
The county commissioners met Friday afternoon to discuss appointing a county attorney to succeed W A McVey the secretary of the county board of health to succeed Dr O L Sutherland a jail and county house physician to succeed Dr Bowel and a courthouse janitor to succeed Stace Burden as their terms expire. They adjourned without action and set December 29 for further consideration.
The passage urges consulting a doctor for a run down condition rather than self treating with advertised remedies. It suggests a concentrated fat food to enrich the blood and tone the system as a likely remedy.
A mix of advertisements and notices tout Christmas gifts from Specht-Finney-Skinner Co including fur sets and accessories. Claims for Scott's Emulsion and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promise health benefits and samples. Also notes about charity events at Longcliff hospital, political reorganizations, and a few quotes and opinions.
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