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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1896
Page
8
The readable fragments describe a grocery sale or advertisement urging timely purchase of goods. It references coins and scots and mentions goods now available for customers. The text is incomplete but presents a brisk sales pitch for immediate buying.
Detective Barnes confronts Mr. Mitchel over a forged jewel list and a possible duplicate. the pair exchange theories on theft and murder aboard a train. Mitchel offers to aid in exchange for freedom, then signals for an upstairs witness to join.
In a tense exchange, Mr. Mitchel exposes key evidence tying the jewels to his ownership while denying involvement. A wager dates the case, and a ruby is proposed as a gift to Miss Remsen as the investigation continues.
Mitchel returns ruby to Tiffanys and plans its setting while Wilson notes Mitchel's outing with his fiancée. Randolph visits Mitchel with news of a newspaper wager he made, prompting a tense exchange about rumors and read papers.
The Wabash Line offers round trip excursion tickets to Hot Springs Arkansas valid ninety days with through sleeping car service and one car change in St. Louis. Hot Springs is government run with a climate like Italy and over 200 hotels. The waters are said to aid rheumatism blood and skin ailments female complaints stomach liver and kidney troubles insomnia and nervous prostration. Pamphlets available from ticket agents or C S Crane in St Louis.
Mothers urged to closely watch and regulate children's health to prevent long term troubles. Dr Caldwell's Syrup OpEIn is promoted as a harmless yet potent remedy for digestive issues. Twenty doses for children priced 10 cents at E T Scotts.
Local ad touts a universal salve for cuts bruises ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains and skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles with no payment required if not satisfied and lists a price of 25 cents per box sold by E T Scott.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for acute throat and lung diseases including colds and whooping cough. It cites a testimonial about a child with a bad cold and cough, noting the 25 cent bottle cured fast with no danger to children. Available from H N Nichols.
In Rowan and Morgan counties Kentucky Dr C Hi Porter reports a life changing recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He cites a rheumatism case and a neighbor's scrofula improvement, urging others to try the remedy. Pills claim to restore blood and nerves and are sold by druggists or via mail in Schenectady NY.
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