Indiana News Primer and Gossip from Westville
The February 4 1897 issue notes editor and advertiser details for Westville Ind and lists obituary pricing. It reports on Kroemer lodge Knights of Pythias Indianapolis case and parleyed quips about Bryan McKinley and tariffs. It cites severe urban cold hunger in Chicago and child fear studies by Prec G S Hail. It closes with political notes on the Indiana senate seating Uriah Culbert amid post election contention.
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Westville
Ind
Indiana Supreme Court
Kroemer Lodge, Knights of Pythias
Indianapolis
Supreme Lodge
Origin and spread of Yankee Doodle across nations
A 19th century note traces Yankee Doodle’s varied roots from English ballads to Dutch and French tunes and even Hungarian air. It recalls Dr Richard Shuckburgh’s 1755 joke on Continental troops and how the tune later accompanied Cornwallis’s surrender as the colonies rose in prominence.
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England
Charles 1
Richard Shuckburgh
Braddock
Lord Cornwallis
America
Ladies’ Home Journal
Republican stance on election results in LaPoi county
Republicans in LaPoi county condemn the act honoring Culbert. They argue the party was not harmed by losing the 11 senate race and say accepting the returning board results, with an 18 vote county margin, would have shown greater honor than seating Rogers who they claim had a questionable right.
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State Senate
Uriah Culbert
G. W. Rogers
LaPoi
Senate
Culbert
Rogers
Two Lives Saved by Dr King’s New Discovery
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City US was told she had consumption with no hope, but two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her. Mr Thomas Eggers of 139 Florida St San Francisco recovered from a dreadful cold to almost consumption in two weeks after one bottle. Free trial bottles at E T Scott’s. Regular size 50c and 1.00.
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Phoebe Thomas
Junction City
Dr. King
Thomas Eggers
Florida St
San Francisco
Dr King
E. T. Scott’s
Pioneer resident Catherine Koontz dies at 68
Catherine J. Koontz was born in Giles County Virginia on June 16, 1828 and died January 28, 1897 at age 68. She married Addison Koontz in 1841 and had nine children, seven living with their father. Surviving are Joseph and seven daughters residing in the vicinity. Her death marks the passing of an early settler and pioneer mother.
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Catherine J. Koontz
Giles County
Addison Koontz
Joseph
Susie Young
Thomas Hoard
Frank Thompson
W. T. Hartman
Elizabeth Reed
Jennie Wright
Hall's Catarrh Cure Reward Ad and Endorsements
An advertisement offers one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh cure. It features endorsements from West Truax and Waxnrna Manvers as Toledo O wholesale druggists. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure acts internally on blood and mucous tissues. Price per bottle is 75 cents and sold by all druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Coeney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Toledo O. Waxnrna
Kixnax & Manvers
O. Hall
Electric Bitters Promised for Elderly Health Needs
Advertises Electric Bitters as a tonic for old people needing medicine to regulate bowels and kidneys. Claims no whiskey, mild stomach and bowel action, strengthens organs, aids digestion, and boosts Namore in function. Priced fifty cents per bottle at Scott's drug store.
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Scott's Drug Store
Four Tolleston guards face threats as mob grows outside
Prisoners John Blackburn Charles Blackburn Alfred Taylor and Barney Whitlock appear nervous as threats and profanity erupt from a hostile crowd. The scene turns tense when they hear the crowd outside and witnesses react with anger and fear.
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John Blackburn
Charles Blackburn
Alfred Taylor
Barney Whitlock
Tolleston
Wanderlust and Polar Curiosity in A World of Discovery
The piece laments endless global exploration as nations probe polar ice and distant lands. It critiques explorers like Peary and Nansen, while applauding the Atlantic monetary debate and urging the South and West to build local industry to avoid dependence on New York finance.
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Africa
Siberia
North Pole
Antarctic
Peary
Labrador
Dr. Nansen
Wabash Launches California Flyer Overnight Service
The Wabash Railroad in partnership with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe offers through vestibuled sleeping cars to Los Angeles with no change, claiming twenty one hours faster travel from St. Louis than rivals and improved times from other origins. For details contact a Wabash ticket agent or C. S. Crane in St. Louis.
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California
Wabash Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Wabash
C. S. Crane
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Ad Promoting Health
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the medium carrying nourishment to the body. It claims pure blood prevents disease and promotes health, and touts Hood's Pills as easy to take remedy for indigestion and biliousness, priced at 25 cents.
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Hood
Mulefoot Hog Sighted Near Springville
Herman Shultz of near Springville raises a young hog with horselike hind hoofs and split noncloven fore feet. The mulefoot hog, debated as mythical by many, is reportedly found in Arkansas mountains. This may be a freak or a genuine primitive case, awaiting scientific confirmation. The rest of the litter appears ordinary.
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LaPorte Argus
Herman Shultz
Springville
Arkansas
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