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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1897
Page
2
The notice lists publication details for The Indicator at Westville Indiana a Thursday weekly paper with second class mail status and annual subscription price of 1.00 Advertising rates are stated as reasonable with pricing for obituary notices professional cards and advertisement placement in the issue dated January 21 1897.
The San Jose scale, a tiny yet destructive pest, has spread from California nurseries to several Indiana counties via infested stock and wind. Experts warn of rapid spread, urging strict nursery controls and a lawmaking crackdown similar to Ohio and Illinois to curb sales of infested trees and protect fruit growers.
Capt E T McCrea of Montgomery county introduces a bill requiring parents and guardians to ensure children aged six to fourteen attend public school for a set number of months each year unless ill. Teachers must record local children and report nonattendance to the prosecuting attorney. Violations carry a fine from five to twenty five dollars per offense. exemptions apply if a child finishes the common school course before fifteen.
LaPorte correspondent notes ex-State Senator Jonathan W. Crumpacker seeks the United States marshalship. The LaPorte post office is valued at 2400 dollars yearly. Petitioners include Eugene Spueth and W. A. Banks among others. civil service rules govern the hands, and no local posts may be filled before midsummer. Westville reports no local interest in the office.
A watchman spotted a small man entering the governor's office at 7 30 am. The Indianapolis News reports Governor Mount, rising with farm customs, already had the office and desk work done. Clerks arriving later were surprised by the governor's progress and janitors were urged to move quickly.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity for catarrh a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. The remedy is taken internally and claims to act on the blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease's foundation and build up the patient. The proprietors offer a reward for a failing case.
Condensed testimonial from Chas B Hood Columbus Ohio certifying the cough remedy as unequaled. J D Brown Fort Wayne Indiana testifies two year cough cured by the remedy. B F Merrill Baldwinsville Massachusetts praises reliability and prefer it to doctors. Mrs Hemming Chicago keeps it at hand for immediate relief from croup. Free trial bottles at E T Scotts drug store.
McClure's Magazine for February will include a sea poem by Rudyard Kipling illustrated by Oliver Herford. The issue also carries H J W Dam's popular account of the Bible's principal manuscripts with facsimiles and a view of the Oxford University Press Bible production. Hamlin Garland writes on Grant in the Mexican war with recollections and letters. The issue continues the Life Portraits series with thirty portraits of Washington and accompanying study by Hart and Trent.
The article details G W Gleason's reminiscences and a Minnesota inventor Brambel who has developed a compact 40 hp rotary steam engine. An English syndicate offered about $1.6 million for rights and a raise from another company was rejected. Brambel describes years of trial and error and optimism that his design may be highly influential.
You can be well when your blood is pure rich and nourishing for nerves and muscles. The blood is the vital fluid and when it is poor thin and impure you must suffer distressing disease or fall a victim to sudden exposure or overwork. Keep your blood pure with Hood's Sarsaparilla and be well.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Pills as the best after dinner remedy to aid digestion and cure headaches, priced at 25 cents.
Advertises Electric Bitters as a remedy for female complaints and a range of issues including loss of appetite constipation headaches fainting spells nervousness sleeplessness melancholy and dizziness. Claims health and strength are guaranteed with large bottles available at Scott's drug store for cents.
Beavers report several locals ill with quinty and lingering sickness. Visitors include Mr and Mrs McDowd of Union Mills and Mrs Dalla Posten of Horton Kansas with family. A Poverty social in Westville drew many locals for a laughable time. Delbert Burner is calling on friends as Carlie Geist stays a couple weeks. Mrs Belle Miller of Westville visits McKellips with Andrew Johnson. Bolster, Charlie McKellips’s uncle, canvasses the county dehorning cattle.
A penniless widow posing as Mrs Gastings from Iowa traveled through Peru Frankfort and other towns seeking marriage and funds. She claimed betrayal and theft, prompting local officials to advance cash and send her to Iowa before resurfacing as Mrs Sangerford of Wisconsin seeking another groom. The man she planned to marry allegedly borrowed funds from her.
In South and North Dakota, relating their own personal experience in those States, have been published in pamphlet form by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. One copy will be sent to any address on receipt of two cent postage stamp. Apply to R. C. Jones, Traveling passenger agent, 40 Carew building, Cincinnati, O.
A widow sells 20 acre lot with a good house and barn, water power, saw mill, blacksmith shop, cider mill, planer, emery wheel, buzz saw, and more. Splendidly situated for many tasks. Bargain price 1500 dollars. Inquiries at this office.
They are small in size yet act quickly and thoroughly. The famous DeWitt's Little Early Risers are promoted as gentle, effective pills available at all druggists.
An ad advocates Dr Caldwell's Syrup Poesia as a mild stomach and bowels cleanser to hasten a cold's departure. It claims the remedy works better than quinine and similar medicines and lists trial and larger sizes with pricing and the seller E T Scotts.
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