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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1895
Page
6
Editor and Proprietor announces weekly publication from Westville Indiana with annual subscription and advertising rates. Obituary poetry priced per line, professional cards offered, and advertising terms described for readers and local merchants.
Washington reports indicate President Cleveland may call an immediate extra session of Congress or bluff to block action on the unlimited coinage of silver. The House and administration aim to prevent a vote by letting appropriation bills pass and using Senate rules to stall the silver measure. The outcome depends on new member sentiment and the pace of gold withdrawals from bond sales. The income tax was amended in conference with changes favoring deductions and employer anonymity. Senator Voorhees, a steadfast Democrat, escorted Senator Wilson to the Vice President's desk, underscoring bipartisan ties amid silver politics.
The Louisville Courier Journal editor Henry Watterson is quoted praising Protection as it gains ground in the South through new manufacturing and diversified industries. He argues the South’s shift reflects a return to “the father of the Republic” era, while critics call Protection class legislation.
The caucus result yields three member nonpartisan boards for benevolent and penal institutions, chosen by Republican state officers. Southern prison candidates are Arthur Mayer and H. M. Matthews. northern prison contenders are Senator John T. Crumpacker and Charlie Harley, both seasoned politicians. Changes elsewhere look limited.
An advertisement extols Hoods Sarsaparilla as the cure for impure blood and a safeguard for health, claiming it drives the disease from the body and restores vigor for years. The copy frames the product as a weapon in a lifelong battle for wellness.
In this old advertisement Hood's Pills are advertised to cure nausea stomach sickness and bilious digestion complaints. The pill price is listed as 25 cents.
Compared with two years ago the present general assembly is farther along with bills. The editor notes fewer rushed measures and more in formative process after five weeks, contrasting endgame work with earlier embryo stages. The piece ends with a local endorsement of DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
A Tacoma dispatch reports five prophets predicting the world ends in 2897. Rev Jeffries, Rev Price, H C Leuters, Henry Baker, and Mrs Cliff warn of a false Christ arriving then. They claim nine tenths will perish in five years by war, plague, famine, pestilence, quake and hail.
Beaversville Lil Absent minded Druggist G Caillouette reports trial of La Grippe and near death until Dr Kings New Discovery was used. After three bottles the patient recovered and was up and about. Store offers free trials at Scott's drug store.
A Georgetown Kentucky report describes two Black women convicted of vagrancy being sold into six months of servitude at a public auction for 1.05 and 2.00 dollars. The piece condemns the practice as a revival of antebellum chattel slavery and calls for an end to such trafficking.
The account recalls Gen Miles noting the Union flag predates other nations, then shifts to a February revenue shortfall of 5.6 million dollars as expenditures exceed receipts. It urges passage of a bill raising Indiana’s age of consent from fourteen to eighteen, condemning current law as it endangers girls and fuels prostitution.
An advertisement asserts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve will cure piles based on hundreds of cases, with the claim attributed to E. T. Scott.
$100 Reward, $100. Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to cure catarrh at all stages as a constitutional remedy. Internal use said to reach blood and mucous surfaces, destroy disease foundation, and strengthen the patient. Proponents offer $1000 for any failing case and invite testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists 75c.
An old advertisement touts Dr Miles Nerve Plasters and Dr Miles Pain Pills as remedies to stop suffering. The copy invites readers to try the products for nerve and general pain relief.
A testimonial states DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured J. G. Gorrell of a severe eczema in Indiana. The ad claims the remedy also heals scalds burns indolent sores and piles. KE. T. Scott.
The Gold Flower Hypericum Moserianium, grown from M. Moser of Versailles, is promoted as hardy and versatile for borders and pots. It explains a 25 cent price, a 10 cent guide offer from James Vick and Sons, plus a $300 prize for a new Sweet Pea name, and ends with a cough remedy advertisement.
Franklin Van Dusen is jailed at Hammond on charges of crime against his 18-year-old stepdaughter. He attempted suicide with a jail knife after confinement, and reports claim he has resisted prosecution out of fear and pursued illicit relations dating back to when the girl was 10, resulting in two children.
A full description of Vick's Floral Guide for 1895 promises a comprehensive list of seeds plants and flowers with prices and novelties. The advertisement highlights colored plates tinted inks a silver and gold binding and offers items like Sweet Peas for 40 cents a pound and a unique name for a New Double Sweet Pea.
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