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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1903
Page
4
Cuas E Mastin editor proprietor announces weekly publication each Thursday in Westville Indiana with 1.00 year advance and advertising rates on request Obituary items priced by length poetry lines and professional cards offered To submit notices and ads must arrive by Wednesday noon for publication
A Kentucky judge orders public whipping for drunkenness as part of a controversial punishment. The item sits amid a杂 array of notes on politics, royalty, sport and health remedies, reflecting a busy July 23, 1908 page with varied civic and social topics.
Obituaries and notices mention the death or retirement of Mr Darmian, longtime engineer at the city waterworks and Ford shops, and local social ties. Married life, a run away accident near Flint Jake injures three, and Knickerbocker Ice appoints William E Pinney as co trustee to secure $2.5 million bonds. Laura Johnson’s suicide attempt prompts medical aid and cautionary remarks. Post Office rural delivery plans for Indiana face delays after headquarters shifts.
The last evening session concluded the preparations for the Rathbone Sisters organization with plans for future meetings and activities.
John Barker, head of a large car manufacturing plant in Michigan City, warns he will close the plant rather than endure union organizing among workers. The piece argues the looming clash between capital and labor could threaten government foundations, noting Barker’s past wage concessions and loyalty to employees.
A local Valparaiso mill strike over nonunion workers sparks discussion on wage increases and union power. Contractors report higher bids amid union rules while labor demands shrink hours and influence hiring, signaling tense labor conditions and possible market shifts.
The note warns cholera infantum is deadly in infants yet curable with prompt treatment. It urges using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with castor oil per bottle directions, promising a cure. Product marketed by E. T. Scott.
The Indiana division of the G A R shows increased membership over January with Kokomo post adding 323 members and rising to second in the state. The George H Thomas post in Indianapolis remains largest with 416 members as the department reports a 40503 balance and $81500 in relief expenditures over six months, including 196 deaths.
The wives of James Braggs and Henry Spier will file two suits in Laporte circuit court seeking 85000 each for damages after their husbands died in an LaCrosse rail accident. Darrow and Worden will represent the widows in a negligence claim against the railroad company.
A 600 miner strike over a mule beating was deemed unjustified by opponents of organized labor. A district miners union committee found the facts and condemned the strikers while supporting the discharged torturer. They ordered the strikers back to work, arguing the incident should not undermine labor movements.
A July 12 1858 go time card on the Monon railway reveals rules for cattle on tracks and manual whistle signals. The card records a single daily through train from Louisville to Michigan City with stops at Salem Bloomington Lafayette and Michigan City and times given.
A story recalls the St. Louis express linking Louisville Lafayette with a three hour run by the Bs. O. W. line and a snow storm delaying a passenger train. It notes Indiana figure Hanlon and the Louisville Louisville to Lafayette round trip, plus John B. Anderson as a railroad superintendent. Valparaiso school board intends to rebuild Central School building.
Take Foley's Kidney Cure. It has cured when everything else has disappointed. Sold by all druggists.
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