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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1899
Page
2
A late 19th century Westville issue lists editorials and notices including Mrs. Martha Cannon's Utah senatorial candidacy, Shideler's convict labor bill advancing, and Indian school funding. It also comments on Cleveland's expansion policy, 1898 railroad gains, the German emperor’s tensions, an Indianapolis smallpox scare, Beveridge's Senate seat, and army navy officers' exhibitions shaping public opinion.
The Indianapolis Journal reports Furness’s bill providing money and clothing to paroled prisoners from the state prison, matching disbursed amounts to discharged inmates, with an annual appropriation of 15000. It passed 75 ayes to 9 nays as Democrats decry expansion amid political rhetoric about progress and national unity.
The piece notes that many freight cars lack automatic couplers and air brakes while new cars meet the standards. Authorities set eleven months remaining to comply with safety laws. The Chicago Tribune advocates pension cuts to fund a larger army, arguing taxpayers face growing burdens from pensions and a 100000-strong standing force.
Fragmentary text shows an unclear report mentioning Democratic members and a term Brasp with no verifiable context. The readable parts suggest internal party dynamics but lack concrete facts, dates, or named entities to form a precise modern news item.
The fragment presents a poetic critical reflection rather than a report of events and lacks identifiable people organizations places or dates to form a proper newspaper card. It reads as literary commentary on crisis framing and theatre like behavior rather than a discrete story.
The Medaryville Advertiser argues typographical mistakes arise despite care due to vast type handling. It outlines weekly steps from copy to press, noting around 210000 pieces touched weekly and stressing careful proofreading at each stage to reduce errors.
Constituents in La Porte and Porter counties back Representative Herrold against using prisoners for truck farming and market selling. The issue risks depriving farmers of market access, raises escape concerns, and questions the measure's cost to rural communities. A proposed fix suggests replacing open market with New York market. Women urged to recognize kidney and bladder symptoms as underlying causes, with free sample and booklet offered by Dr. Kilmer & Co.
The Pulaski county commissioners debated letting three bridges to the Rochester Iron Bridge Co. at 50 and 35 foot lengths. Commissioner Follmar protested awarding to a higher bid, urging lowest bidder after proper advertisement to save taxpayers $125.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cure case Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot treat. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo as makers and endorses Cheney as trustworthy. The note mentions price of 75 cents per bottle and says Druggists sell the product.
A Scientific American survey urges Americans to embrace edible weeds as greens and salading. It highlights dandelion winter cress dock purslane chicory and other wild plants as valuable food sources used in Europe and by American farmers and Indigenous peoples, noting their culinary and medicinal potential.
The committee favorably reported house bill 26 on employing state prison convicts. A minority report urged indefinite postponement which was tabled. The bill orders 400 convicts to contract labor and up to half if over 800 to contract. land leasing for farming. surplus sale. 125000 for tools. clothing and money for paroled prisoners amended to bar reuse of clothing and legal allowances after discharge.
An explanation claims Hood's Sarsaparilla offers positive cures and enjoys strong American confidence. It notes Hood's Pills treat liver ills and mentions mail order at 25 cents from C. I. Hood & Co. of Lowell Massachusetts.
A Rochester business promotes a guide by selling goods then crediting the buyer for the amount paid. The Vicks Garden and Floral Guide is a colored litho artistic volume with many plant and home illustrations. It is offered with a 15 cent price on a 25 cent seed due bill.
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