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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1913
Page
4
A humorous dialogue quotes Mr Lilsbeau denying sense to stay out of rain while Miss Kitty insists on trusting father guidance. The exchange highlights playful banter and family dynamics.
Festus J. Wade of St Louis, a member of the American Banking Association, told the House banking and currency subcommittee that the central bank feature of the Aldrich plan should be considered. Chairman Glass urged witnesses to move beyond that topic, noting opposition in the Baltimore platform.
In multiple states on January 16 the legislatures elected United States senators. William Alden Smith in Michigan, W. E. Borah in Idaho, John F. Shafroth and Charles S. Thomas in Colorado, Thomas Walsh in Montana, and John W. Weeks in Massachusetts were chosen by party or joint ballots following November elections.
In a sensational duel on a busy Nashville street Tuesday afternoon Capt. T. M. Taggart shot and killed Deputy Sheriff T. R. Westbrook. The feud traces to Westbrook’s discharge as a pilot by Taggart years ago on the Cumberland river.
In New York Joe Rivers the Mexican lightweight edged Leach Cross in the Empire Athletic Club ten round bout. Rivers used a late rally to secure the decision over Cross a well regarded East Side fighter.
Washington on January 16 the house approved the post office appropriation bill carrying about 278 million dollars. The Cullop civil service amendment for fourth class postmasters was defeated.
Harry Thore ton Peck once a Latin professor at Columbia University filed a bankruptcy petition in New York on Tuesday His romantic affair with Esther Quinn was aired in the courts partial details given about the case reveal the financial move and involved persons Esther Quinn and Professor Peck were named in the filing.
In New York on January 16 thirty five thousand dress and waist workers joined the stoppage, swelling the total number on strike in the great garment dispute to around two hundred thousand workers.
A playful exchange between Mrs Blow and a child turns on the joke that she is always blowing her own horn. The daughter asks if she belongs to a brass band, and the mother replies with a witty retort about family chatter.
Parisian dressmakers unveiled three new creations named Triple Alliance Triple Entente and Political Horizon as they adapt wares to customer conditions. The note adds that neutral state women will wear the last.
A Philadelphia couple describe years of hating meals and coffee related illness. After trying doctors and tonics, they switched to Postum coffee substitute, reporting relief from indigestion and renewed energy. They endorse Postum to others harmed by coffee.
The report details a found body identified by a letter from Brooks in Dayton and a murder case in Bicknell with Sullivan Hooper facing trial on murder charges. Also noted are the death of E H Nebeker, a jail self surrender in Montpelier, wreck injuries in the Breeze yards, a railway passenger suit in Bartholomew County, a custody dispute in Cincinnati, county legislator opposition to a highway commission bill, and a large painters exhibition in Fort Wayne plus postal letter re-discovery at Richmond and bogus drafts in New Albany.
An old advertisement touts Toris compound with syrup of Sarsaparilla as a cure for chronic and acute rheumatism and backache. It instructs mixing equal parts with whiskey, dosing a tablespoon before meals and at bed, promising quick results and urging readers to request the original sealed yellow package from a druggist.
Mrs Kathryn Krafft reports eighteen years of blood poisoning and a blistering rash with weight loss until using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She bathes with Cuticura Soap and applies the Ointment nightly for two months, claiming complete cure. The advertisement notes Cuticura products sold worldwide and offers free samples with a 32 page Skin Book.
A quip from the Boston Transcript contrasts inflated currency with money blown in as officials wrestle with economic concerns. The exchange highlights public doubt about fiscal policy and the cost of government actions.
An advertisement urges mothers to inspect bottles of Castoria. It proclaims a seven signature mark and notes the medicine has been in use for over three decades. The copy emphasizes safety for infants and children and mentions that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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