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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1904
Page
8
An advertisement urges avoiding excess medicines and promoting California Prune Wafers as a natural laxative and liver aid. It claims they relieve biliousness indigestion constipation and various ailments without pain or nausea and offers 100 wafers for 25 cents.
Lake Michigan lies completely frozen from shore to shore for the first time since 1880 as an unprecedented winter drives the lake to a still, icebound expanse. Winds have ceased shifting the level, while 15 foot high windrows and 30 foot iceberg summits dot the frozen surface.
A local coupon ad-style notice praises Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick cure for croup. It quotes Mrs. P. L. Cordier of Mannington Kentucky whose child allegedly survived after the first dose. It warns against substitutes and lists E. Z. Scott as the seller.
Brig Gen G H Burton completes inspection of national soldiers home findings show 33 157 elderly veterans cared for in the past year per capita maintenance 141 70 up 20 in three years due to food cost rise 25 168 receive pensions 6 to 72 monthly totaling 3 166 734 eleven have over 1 000 cash balances deaths 1 363 first admissions 3 582 indicating higher death rate acres cultivated 1 441 farms 98 vegetable gardens farm product value 59 051 maintenance cost 92 403 including lawns gardens transport and tramway
A subscriber letter refuses to renew the paper citing lack of editorials on "live topics" and dissatisfaction with obituaries and local notices. The writer complains the sheet ignores a pork, mules, and other local items, threatening not to renew unless more news is printed.
Mrs J A Moore of North Star Michigan praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best for coughs colds and croup. She expresses strong confidence in its effectiveness and notes it is sold by E T Scott.
February will begin with a storm bringing rain snow and sleet. Expect multiple distinct storm periods through the month with heavy sleet potential and cold waves followed by rising barometer and warmer interior weather toward month end.
Pretty Miss Nellie Hascomb of Omaha says her health and looks improved by Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Tes or tablets. She reports full recovery and urges others to try the 35 cent remedy from E T Scott.
John H. Minneman, trustee of Eel township, brokered a reconciliation between Harry Gossow and his wife after Gossow, with their four month old baby, seized the infant at the Shields home and followed his wife to Logansport. The plan to transport them to Michigan City ended with a reunion and travel to Peru then Michigan City.
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm as an antiseptic quick healer for cuts bruises and burns claiming prompt use prevents blood poisoning and severe injury. It credits E. T. as the author or advertiser.
Fort Wayne Sentinel quotes an Ossian weekly ad promising fantastic benefits to advance subscriptions. The spoof promises safety from troubles, luck in games, perfect health, and ideal outcomes, then praises the Ossian paper as a model for subscribers. Also mentions Rocky Mountain Tea and early morning birds as famed.
City authorities acknowledge at least 90195 children cannot attend public schools full time due to overcrowding. The report casts a shadow over the metropolis as it confronts a space crisis behind the broader education struggle.
A jumbled column reports patent counts, Washington affairs, and St Louis Fair readiness. Cited items include lighthouse funding for Indiana Harbor, peace prospects, and cough remedies from Foley’s Honey and Tar sold by E T Scott. Also notes American naval posture near Subic Bay, Kishineff fallout, and a divorce suit by Prof W O Henry Paul over a prior marriage.
Wade Cole a 15 year old boy and son of Columbus Cole remains in Holy Family hospital after the November boiler explosion at Kankakee station that killed his father and injured others. Doctors say his death is expected soon as he endures severe injuries that would leave him blind and repulsively scarred if he survives.
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