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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1897
Page
2
The January 7 1897 issue comments on Democratic prospects for 1900 Bryan and McKinley politics and Anglo American treaty arbitration. It notes tariff debates and the Gold Standard, remarks on prize fighting laws after Duffy's death, and urges legislative attention to prize ring homicide. It includes publishing details and rates for the Westville Westville Ind paper.
Rochester churches suffer from financial hardship as Catholic, Christian, Episcopal, Adventist, Spirit ualist, Presbyterian and Baptist congregations fail to pay pastors and close their doors. Only Rev. C. A. Brooke of the Methodist church and Rev. C. W. Spangler of the Evangelical church remain to keep the faith.
Mr G Caillouette a druggist in Beaverville Illinois states discovery tone saved his life after being taken with La Grippe and trying various remedies. The fragment hints at a medical testimonial about a treatment or discovery.
A New York Advertiser analysis argues that regional resentments in the West and South, fueled by the McKinley victory and free silver debates, could threaten national peace. It urges Republicans to seek sectional compromise, moderate rhetoric, and broad ally-building to unite divided interests and dampen demagoguery.
Purdue University bulletin discusses national sugar beet expansion, noting California Utah Nebraska and new factories planned. It covers profitability thresholds at four dollars per ton, need for large scale plants costing around two hundred thousand dollars, land and cultivation requirements, and seed quality sources from factories and the USDA.
Readers learn of Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to cure catarrh as a constitutional disease. The ad states the remedy is taken internally and builds up the system, offering 100 dollars for any failure and inviting testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio with a 75 cent price.
Engineer George Crocker has estimated the Kankakee river capacity at its minimum flow of 3 265 barrels per minute. The Royse ditch would raise this to 23 238 barrels per minute, about seven times the present capacity. The channel’s reservoir capacity is 40 million barrels, equating to ten square miles of water one foot deep.
A map of Wisconsin shows the Wisconsin Central lines running from Chicago and Milwaukee to St Paul Minneapolis Ashland Hurley Ironwood Bessemer and Duluth touching a large network.
After three days of rain and a warm spell the earth is now covered by snow. Farmers note the change may help wheat. The item mentions Mrs Teeter's funeral and a series of local visits and gatherings around Beaver Dam and Wanatah with names such as Smith Lon McKellips the Long family and others.
Advertisement urges readers with colds to use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Poesia as a mild stomach and bowell remedy to cleanse the system and hasten relief. Trial size ten cents, larger sizes fifty cents and one dollar, available at E T Scotts.
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