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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1899
Page
4
Clerks in Havana earn from 5 to 65 dollars monthly based on value and language fluency. Clothing prices range from 25 to 50 dollars for a suit and 60 to 100 pounds for a dress suit.
Experimental tests show leeches fed on persistent cigarette smokers die with traces of dangerous empyumatic oil from tobacco. In contrast, excessive pipe smokers suffer no apparent harm to leeches.
The excerpt advises bathing with alcohol to prevent injurious effects from poison ivy and to treat exposure by applying a wash of alcohol with sugar of lead until milky. It cautions that this wash is for external use only and not a cure.
An automatic loader design features a long tube with longitudinal chambers matching the revolver’s cylinder. The tube holds cartridges that are pushed into the six chambers by springs, enabling simultaneous loading.
In brutal Alaskan winters mustaches are useless as moisture from breath freezes instantly into a solid ice cake. Men protect the throat and face with full beards while keeping the upper lip clean shaven to prevent lip frost.
A new industry grows in northern Mexico with wells sinking for salt water to produce salt for mining and domestic use. A company has claimed 120000 acres of salt water land at Camaron, 120 miles south of Laredo, and found water containing 12 percent salt worth from 1 to 1 cents per pound.
Parisian meat consumption shows a strong shift toward horseflesh with over 10,000 horses eaten last year alongside 500 donkeys and a few mules. Official 1872 figures recorded 9,000 plus horses and only 66 donkeys and 5 mules.
A German inventor who supports labor saving devices has patented shears with a spring attachment. When a cut is made and the blades close the spring opens them slightly. When wide open for cutting the mechanism assists in closing. The two actions lighten the cutter's work.
A West India lady devised a revolving toothpick. The brush is circular and attached to a spirally grooved handle sliding in a frame. Pressing the end of the handle causes the brush to revolve. releasing it resets the handle and yields another revolution, sustaining motion.
THF Queen of Italy praised for charity and welfare concerns but accused of lavish dress. The king worries she sets a bad example yet she defends her conduct, saying Italian ladies favor display and she merely upholds her status as national head.
T. R Ksowres of Dexter Me. possesses a pair of iron-bowed spectacles claimed to be two centuries old. The hand forged bows are stout and heavy, enough to fashion several modern pairs. The glass magnifies only slightly and sits farther apart than contemporary designs.
Colorado notary public who recently married asked the attorney general about changing her name. He replies she must sign as before marriage since no law requires or authorizes a name change by marriage or otherwise.
An official paper outlines world beer consumption at 17.7 billion litres or quarts. Germany Britain and Ireland lead with 5 billion quarts, the United States 4.79 billion, Austria Hungary about 1.05 billion, France and Livonia around 0.4 billion, with Russia at 0.4 billion quarts.
The Philippines hemp plant produces two fibers. The outer leaf yields coarse strong fiber ideal for sailcloth and cordage due to saltwater rot resistance. The inner stalk fiber is finer and weaker, used to weave textiles noted for softness and lightness compared to top Russian hemp.
An autopsy on the remains of Mrs Ross Funk of Bloomington, Ohio, shows she died from myoderma, a rare disease. Doctors had diagnosed ossification of tissues, but autopsy contradicted that finding despite symptoms suggesting ossification.
A weekly roundup summarizing Washington, eastern, western, and southern news items. Highlights cover political developments, policy debates, and notable national events with emphasis on their broader implications.
The mint director estimates global gold output this year at 1000000000 dollars, about 40000000 more than 1698. The secretary of war orders ten infantry regiments for two years. Brig. Gen. Wheeler to report to Manila for Philippine duty. Many former Spanish American War officers offer service again. Mrs Dickins dies in a Washington residence fire and explosion. Governor Roosevelt travels to Washington at the president's request for Philippine war talks.
Reports note Bishop John P. Newman dies at 73 in Saratoga Springs and Robert Uonner, founder of the New York Ledger, dies at 75 in New York. Fire losses for H1 1899 reach 65.7 million in US and Canada. Grain on hand in US: wheat 3.62 million bu, corn 13.83 million, oats 5.95 million, rye 0.72 million, barley 0.95 million. Coke firms resume operations. Clearing houses show 1.65 trillion in weekly exchange activity, up from last year. US business failures total 1236 in the week ending July 7, with year-over-year gains. July market volume up 36 percent from year prior. At Allentown, Knauss shoots 18-year-old Mrs Deiffenderfer and kills himself after she refuses to elope. A cloudburst floods Lower Germantown, Conn., displacing 400 residents.
A series of disparate events from across the nation include Coulterville and Bakus towns hit by fires and a deadly shooting suicide. Chicago and Waldron rail incidents with injuries. a Wisconsin Central bid to reorganize valued at 7.36 million dollars. The Savings Bank of St Paul and Medina losses, along with other crimes, political reorganizations, and notable deaths, mark a day of varied calamities and legal actions nationwide.
Across the nation reports detail killings in West Virginia and Ohio, a bank run forcing Citizens National Bank in Niles to shut, Texas flood devastation with thousands homeless and millions in losses, plus Herbert M. Harriman winning the American amateur golf title in Chicago.
Ex king Milan narrowly escaped assassination in Belgrade. In Madrid Admiral Cervera and other Spanish fleet commanders acquitted after the Santiago battle. London Ontario streetcar strike sparked rioting with martial law imposed. Cape Town diamond mine landslide kills 11 and leaves 16 missing. Manila dispatch reports 30 Spanish military prisoners and 17 civilians released.
Advices from Manila say outpost firing near San Fernando continued with no move by Gen. MacArthur to drive off the enemy as he pursues peace proposals from insurgents. Aguinaldo leads northern forces intrenching positions. numerous other updates follow.
The items note liquor sales bans at Canadian military camps, Sam Jones income figures, Sarah Bernhardt birthplace claims, Gov. Stanley naming a charity committee wife, a Disciples of Christ jubilee in Cincinnati with 10000 delegates, and London charity income exceeding 25 million dollars annually. Also mention the Gettysburg Reynolds statue unveiling, Edgar Crawford the 17 year old Atlanta bar admit, a Kentucky cave larger than Mammoth in Victoria B C, Col. A Britton death near Washington, Gen. Wright death in Washington, Hawaii outlook from Lorin Thurston, and Hawaii political notes.
Detroit July 10 reports at the Christian Endeavor peace jubilee all Anglo-Saxon speakers urged friendship between the United States and British subjects and called for the speedy establishment of an international tribunal of arbitration. A memorial signed by global Christian Endeavor members urged Congress to support arbitration with Great Britain and to unite the Anglo-Saxon world in peace.
A Dallas dispatch reports Gov. Sayers urging that money clothing and provisions be sent to flood districts with prior communication to ensure proper distribution. Estimates show up to 100000 in need. deaths around 37 to 50. crops and livestock devastated across Brazos basin, with extensive property losses and rail damage. Relief trains are organized from Houston Galveston and San Antonio and feed operations extend to thousands of evacuees including about 200 square miles of cotton land submerged.
Seven members of the Reinhard family are struck at the Woodward Avenue crossing near the state fair grounds. William 41, Rachael 40, William 12, Arthur 9, Karl 7 and Edward 5 die. Clarence 14 survives with a fractured collarbone. The Surrey and horse are destroyed as the westbound train, due at 3:15 p.m., sweeps through the crossing already obscured by a high fair grounds fence.
Rain and storms flood the American South and Hay lines area for two days. Pasay’s 13th Infantry is nearly surrounded by water with bridges washed away. Bunks sit three feet above water, cooks wade knee deep, roads become impassable, and Manila Bay blocks navigation as the Centennial awaits discharge soldiers.
Citizens' National Bank of Niles Michigan shut at 10 am Saturday after a rapid run following a officer change. Two days earlier rumors swirled as a steady withdrawal drained funds. deposits totaling 23 000 had been paid out before closing. A crowd of several hundred gathered before opening, about 15000 more was paid out within an hour, and Bank Examiner J W Seldon of Lansing ordered the doors closed as funds ran out.
President McKinley will treat Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines as government property not part of the United States. The insular commission calls these islands temporary possessions until Congress acts. Cuba and the others are treated as prizes of war under administration policy and fully subject to congressional disposal.
Lewis Mc Elroy, exporter in the Hotel Richelieu, who was arrested in Chicago for stealing 6600 dollars worth of diamonds from Mrs. William G. Weld in May, will not be returned for trial. The jewels are recovered and held by Police Chief Lees. Mrs. Weld declines to prosecute due to notoriety, and Chicago is to release Mc Elroy.
A fire at the Como electrical exposition in the marine section caused buildings to burn to the ground. Three people were killed and 20 others wounded as visitors panicked. Losses top 5 million lire with priceless Volta relics destroyed and insurance covering at most one fifth.
Toledo July 10 plans have been formulated for a large cooperative colony on Lake Erie near Toledo with 000 acres to be used for farming and manufacturing. Joseph A Johnson of Washington leads the project with local partners of means. The promoters aim to build a city focused on commercial trade with profits equally shared among members.
A Sentinel special from Gresham Wisconsin reports Sheriff McDonnell arrested A J Welch on a murder charge linked to a long standing feud with Wallace W Tousey. The arrest likely prevented a lynching after the shooting on the Fourth of July.
A freight train in Elko Nevada derailed twelve miles east of Wells. Six cars carried horses four left the track and most animals were killed. The cause was a horse kicking open a front door and falling onto the rail. No people were injured.
President McKinley will visit Peoria during the first week of October to attend the unveiling of the new soldiers' monument in the courthouse square. The trip marks a notable civic event with the national figure attending the local ceremony in Peoria.
In Tuscumbia Alabama on July 10 E A Weatherford a Southern railroad engineer was killed in his sleep on a passenger coach early Saturday. Bloodhounds traced the scent to the home of John Weatherford son of the murdered man. John Weatherford denied the crime when arrested.
W D Bloodgood son of a New York broker wins a decree of divorce from Katherine Bloodgood on grounds of cruelty. Mrs Bloodgood is a noted contralto formerly with Calve's company. Fargo North Dakota dispatch reports July 10.
A local obituary notes the death of a prominent philanthropist on June 6, detailing contributions to community projects and charities. Authorities list no further public details pending family statements.
Official Manila report says 30 military prisoners and 17 civilians held by Filipinos have been released. Madrid notes the release occurred as of July 10.
disaster at jagirsfontein diamond mine buries workers after heavy earth fall. among the missing are 16 people including an Australian named forsythe. several others injured and Australians reported killed.
A quiet smooth-shaven man registers at Grunewald parish and asks the clerk to hold a package overnight. The bundle contains ten dollar bills totaling sixty five thousand, wrapped in old newspaper and tied with string. The man pockets a receipt and leaves, revealed as a country banker delivering a deposit.
A husband returns late and, to avoid suspicion, takes a bath before bed. His wife awakens to his noisy splashing and cold glare. He lies about it, insisting he is bathing, while she coldly suggests he remove his underclothes. The scene ends with her retreating in disbelief.
A Latin professor explains the origin of ostracise from ostreum the Roman shell. He notes how citizens marked the accused on shells, and consuls used the shell to banish or remove them. A student oddly contrasts this with the Coney Island shell game in a humorous punchline.
A solemn gentleman recalls a burglary scare where his shout of robbers was misheard as rub ber causing neighbors to ignore the alarm. The anecdote highlights how slang can alter meaning and public response.
A Michigan man cited by sources as sharing life tips in “How to Enjoy Country Life” prompts a strip of dated humor and remarks. The clipping includes short humor lines about mortgages, employment, fame, loss, friendship, and family, reflecting a bygone newspaper feel.
Miss N J Lockheart of Eiza Beth PA writes of relief after five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and two boxes of Liver Pills. She describes long standing dropsy kidney trouble fainting spells and tumor sensations resolved by the remedy.
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