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Westville Indicator

Location

Westville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1903

Page

3

Beauty and skin cures extol Cuticura remedies

The text extols Cuticura products for skin and blood disorders, praising Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as superior treatments. It lists symptoms from eczema to scrofula, claims rapid relief, and touts worldwide acceptance and a simple regimen including hot baths and routine use.

Socrates Plato Theocritus Theophrastus Carncades Ilomer Ovid Aristotle Cuthura Cuticura

Grave Robbing Trial and Indiana Legislature Battles

Indianapolis reports a busy legislative week with multiple tied issues. Labor leader Feltman presented 12 000 signatures urging Sunday baseball while ministers oppose it. Senate debates include funds for a Rog ers Clark statue and tax board pay raises. a riot on the floor is averted. The grave robbing trial of Dr Alexander nears conclusion as evidence disputes arise and the defense seeks dismissal.

Indianapolis Joshua Stansfield Senate George Rogers Clark Vincennes Northwest Statuary Hall Washington Thomas A. Hendricks Committee On Morals Circuit Courts Indiana Jeffersonville Reformatory Jeffersonville State Senate State Board of Tax Commissioners William A. Kittinger Anderson

Fire destroys Scottsburg business block

Scottsburg Indiana February 7 Fire swept the north side of the public square consuming an entire block. The blaze began in Ed Fitch grocery and razed J H Dismore millinery Elt Dismore W A Horde shoe shop Ed Fitch general provision Lee Joseph furnishing house Jas Beggs millinery Helmick meat market and Harrod rental office. All structures were wooden and uninsured with an estimated loss near forty thousand dollars. The town lacks fire protection.

Scottsburg Ind Ed Fitch J. H. Dismore Alta Dismore W. A. Horde Jas. Beggs Lee Joseph Helmick

Pilot Saves Dairyman in Railroad Collision

Evansville Indiana February 6 a Florida flyer on the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad struck the milk wagon driven by dairyman John Colton. The horses were killed and Colton was hurled ahead of the engine but escaped without a scratch as the pilot pulled him clear before the train stopped.

Evansville Ind Florida Flyer Evansville & Terre Haute John Colton Colton

Roller Polo League eyed with regional expansion

Anderson Ind Feb 6 A movement aims to form a roller polo league next season. Proposed cities include South Bend Fort Wayne Grand Rapids Goshen Elkhart Toledo and Chicago. E B Doran of South Bend seeks to link South Bend with the Western Polo league.

Anderson Ind South Bend Fort Wayne Grand Rapids Goshen Elkhart Toledo Chicago E. B. Doran

Judge Rules State Law On Sheriff Vacating Office Unconstitutional

Sullivan Ind February 7 Judge O S Harris circuit court sustains demurrer in suit by state on relation of Coroner Maxwell against Sheriff John S Dudley holding the law depriving a sheriff of his office for failing to protect a prisoner from a mob is unconstitutional The governor had declared the office vacated but Dudley refused to surrender The court found the state's complaint bad and upheld the defendant's demurrer.

Dudley

Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Co Elects Officers

Charles L. Henry is named president and will move to Indianapolis to run operations Eph Marsh of Greenfield becomes vice president W L Taylor secretary and T M Johnson treasurer The company plans a double track system with bridges laid for two tracks and 80 pound rails A high speed road is eyed with a large work force in spring and a power station likely at Rushville

Indianapolis Ind Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Co Charles L. Henry Eph. Marsh Greenfield W. L. Taylor T. M. Johnson Henry Rushville

Floods sweep Indiana rivers amid heavy rains and thaw

Dispatches report most large rivers in Indiana in flood as rains and thaws continue. Wabash low lands flood near Lafayette while Evansville sees the Ohio River flooding business districts and closing factories. A 12 mile long lake of water covers banks along the Wabash between Huntington and Fort Wayne.

Indianapolis Ind Wabash Lafayette Evansville Ohio Huntington Fort Wayne

Coal in Transit Causes City Fuel Shortage

A Dunkirk Indiana committee led by city officials seized three car loads of coal at Panhandle railroad yards. The coal was for the Chicago Manufacturing Co. The city has had no coal at water and light plants for six weeks and no fuel is available in the area, leaving families in the cold.

Dunkirk Ind Pan- Handle Railroad Chicago Manufacturing Co

New Weapons for the Indiana Militia

The adjutant general announced the War Department has shipped 2,000 of the latest six shooter magazine rifles with smokeless powder to Gov. Durbin for use by the Indiana militia, with another shipment expected soon.

Indianapolis Ind Adjutant General War Department Gov

Peruna praised by Sister Beatrix from Columbus Ohio

A letter from Sister Beatrix of Columbus Ohio extols Peruna noting that eight bottles cured four years of lung catarrh and that it helped several sisters with coughs colds, claiming no catarrh case remains uncured.

S. B. Hartman Columbus Ohio Beatrix

Sisters Praise Peruna in Catholic Institutions

Catholic Sisters across the United States report Peruna helps treat throat catarrh and laryngitis in care of children. A Detroit charity letter to Dr. Hartman from the Sisters of Charity lauds relief and cure, urging others to seek free advice from Dr. Hartman in Columbus.

Sisters of Charity Peruna Hartman United States Detroit Mich S. B. Hartman Columbus Ohio Hartman Sanitarium

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