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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1896
Page
2
The Indicator weekly notices weekly edition published in Westville Indiana with pricing for obituaries and poetry. Obituary notices over 16 lines priced per line and professional cards listed. Advertising and subscription rates given.
In a Republican state slate, William McKinley of Ohio is named for president with Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey as vice president. The piece endorses protectionist policies, criticizes Democratic free trade and fiat money, and lauds McKinley as a wage-worker champion while referencing Indiana and Michigan political figures.
The Democratic commissioner of Navigation reports shipbuilding totals for 1895 and contrasts them across administrations. Garfield and Arthur built 1,053,672 tons. Cleveland's first term 623,046 tons. Harrison's term 1,094,192 tons. Cleveland's second term three year total 454,436 tons versus Harrison's first three years 894,559 tons. He notes a Republican majority among shipbuilders.
An 1880s style ad offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure failures and states Hall's Catarrh Cure sells for 75 cents per bottle. It cites endorsements from Toledo wholesalers West Truax Waupine Kinnan Mativix and claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces.
A promotional notice invites settlers to take up one thousand choice farms along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway in Dakota. Lands lie in twenty counties with prices from 7 to 15 dollars per acre and promise doubling value in a few months. Immigrant agent W. E. Powell, 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago, IL, solicits inquiries.
Beav er Damn. Engines and threshing machines make almost daily trips to LaPorte for repairs. Nelson John and Neuma Sellers of Hanna picked whortleberries and visited friends Monday. George Russel of Three Oaks helps Charlie McKellips farming this season. Dave McKellips visited Mrs Alta Benson Clara Goodrich and Dave McKellips at Pennville Michigan recently. Several visitors from Valpo and Wanatah noted. Harvest and haying nearly done with thresher calls in every direction. weather cool and pleasant. Whortleberry picnics popular with hundreds of pickers in Cathcart Boheart and Standiford marshes. S Wilson and wife from Valpo visiting. Mrs Martha Long Wanatah visited grandmother last week. Dan Hibbard had a fine fruit crop. Judy and Hellen Flood visited Porter county Sunday. Mrs Orn Baird Mamie Tretfield visiting. Editor of Union Mills News Mr and Mrs Atwater and son spent Sunday with Davee McKellips family. Carlie Geist returned from Chicago after helping harvest but was sick a day or two. Harry Rogers Chesterton spent Sunday with D Hibbard. Grasshoppers causing damage.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad offers excursion tickets to Washington on July 4 5 6 and 7 at one fare round trip for the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor Convention. Return by July 15 with possible extension to July 31 if deposited with joint agent in Washington by July 14. Contact any B and O Ticket Agent or L A Hen Chicago for details.
Fire swept the North Side business district of Chesterton around 2 oclock Thursday morning engulfing the old Mike Herron building and threatening adjacent structures. Residents scrambled to save belongings as flames spread from Krieger and Gabel homes to nearby storefronts with water scarce and winds calm.
Pure blood nourishes nerves and prevents prostration. Hood's Sarsaparilla is presented as the best nerve tonic and blood purifier while Hood's Pills are touted as a family cathartic that is easy to take and operate, supporting overall health.
Eighty railroad men claim to have affidavits and seized evidence against Chicago area railways. Next Wednesday they will file suits for damages in circuit and superior courts, based on alleged blacklisting after the 1894 American Railway union strike and failure to hire workers who spoke the truth about their acts during the boycott.
Advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as beneficial any season, claiming it cures constipation indigestion and diarrhea from digestive disorders. Tr ial sizes priced 10c 50c and 1 bottle sizes offered by T Scott.
The Wabash line begins a daily day train service between Chicago and Detroit starting Monday July 6. Trains leave Chicago at 9 50 a m and reach Detroit at 6 30 p m, with return departures from Detroit at 8 20 a m and arrivals in Chicago at 5 10 p m, all daily except Sundays. Cars are standard day coaches and free reclining chair cars.
The North Western Line offers a one fare round trip excursion ticket to Milwaukee from July 15 to 18, 1896, due to the International Convention of the B Y P U. The Chicago and North Western Bay line is the Lake Shore Route, traveling Chicago to Milwaukee in under two hours. Inquiries to ticket agents or A H Waggener at 7 Jackson Place Indianapolis Indiana.
Report notes tests from the World’s Fair found no baking powder of pure quality. Observers describe results as not meeting expected standards and advise cautious use pending clearer demonstrations of efficacy.
An eastern Second Adventist group shared a tale of predicting the world’s end, buying ascension robes, and mounting a rooftop vigil. Neighbors laughed as the believers were fined $50 for wearing the robes in public, after a string of failed forecasts and frugal mistakes.
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