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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
4
The narrator, recovering from a head injury, reflects on the pursuit of Captain Shannon and the moral dilemma of exposing a crime publicly. He visits Southend seeking details and encounters a sharp detective, defending police against any smears while noting the tension between amateur sleuths and official officers.
Misread patent medicine ad extols Bucklin Arnica Salve as world’s best for bruises and skin eruptions. Mentions alpers saltrheum and a pledge of cures, with garbled claims about wife S and various ailments. product shown as livery cure all for skin injuries.
ILEP rates to Pittsburg via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on June 12 and 14 offer round trip excursion fares for Junior Order events. Tickets valid for return until June 26 with details via B&O Ticket Center or BLN. Nustio, Gen Passer Agent. Also special one fare excursions via Nickel Plate Road July 4 and 5. Exceptional law rates to Minneapolis via North-Western Line for convention events with the Chicago & North-Western connection and deluxe sleeping and dining cars. For full info contact ticket agents or D W Aldridge in Cleveland or W B Kuiskeron in Chicago.
On Monday June 14 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will start daily Observation Car Service on the afternoon Vestibuled Limited leaving Grand Central Station Chicago at 3 30 p m for Pittsburg Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. The new cars run through Chicago to Baltimore via Pittsburg and Weemtag. Fare is ten dollars.
The Wabash Railroad will operate its own trains over its tracks from Kansas City Omaha Des Moines St Louis Quincy Hannibal Keokuk and Chicago to Buffalo after leasing lines of the Grand Trunk Railway between Detroit and Suspension Bridge and the Erie Railroad from Suspension Bridge to Buffalo. Through cars from Kansas City St Louis and Chicago Buffalo without change.
Notice to the public that the Wisconsin Central Lines run two fast trains daily between Chicago and Duluth via St. Paul Minneapolis and Ashland touching all Laypostah points in Central Wisconsin. The company offers thousands of acres of fine farming lands for sale in North Wisconsin. For details contact Jas C Pond Gen Pass Agent Milwaukee Wis.
Tickets from Chicago to San Francisco for 25 dollars on the California in 3 Days route June 2 to July 3 in conjunction with the C. F. E. Convention. Similar coastbound rates available. Inquiries to ticket agents or D. W Midridge in Cleveland, or Wm Naiskern in Chicago.
A new product named GEL AENG appears in stores as a coffee substitute made from a pure ambho. The advertisement claims it closely resembles coffee in taste and aroma, with warnings that small children may react poorly and advising customers to try Grain for comparison.
Wool buyers A J Them announce they will pay the highest market price for wool. Local producers are invited to consign fleeces to the yard and secure prompt payment. Prices offered reflect current market conditions and demand.
The piece urges readers to write to U.S. Senators in Washington to push immediate passage of a Protective Tariff law. It claims government revenue loss of three million dollars weekly and ten times that much in work due to delays, and calls for postal cards urging enactment and adequate protection for American labor and industry.
The Wabash Railway will run tourist sleeping cars from St Louis to San Francisco on June 28 and July 1 in connection with AT & S Pacific. sleepers depart St Louis at 3 pm for members of the Christian Endeavor Society and friends en route to San Francisco. Contact Wabash agents or connecting lines for details.
Arthur Davis of New Penninton, Indiana, once deemed insane and committed to an asylum, reports a dramatic recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He describes severe nervous prostration, dream turmoil, and attempted suicide prior to treatment, then claims full restoration of health, sight, hearing, sleep, and work ability after eleven boxes of pills, validated by affidavits and a physician’s examination.
Fragmentary listing shows sunsail steak pork chops veal entrees breakfast bacon and sausages fried ham liver bacon and other items. Several words are garbled but indicate a diverse meat based menu with multiple preparations and dishes.
The piece touts Arkansas and Texas as prime destinations drawing thousands of migrants. It offers free illustrated pamphlets from the Cotton Belt Route, including “Names in the Southwest” and “Lands for sale along the Cotton Belt.” Contact B. W. LaBeatie, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Cotton Belt Route, St Louis, Missouri.
Cordensed testimony from Chas B Hood a Columbus broker and manufacturer agent asserts no epidemic cough. J D Brown of St James hotel Fort Wayne testifies cured after two years of La Grippe. D G Merrill of Baldwinsville praises it as reliable and effective. Mrs Vennning of Chicago keeps it on hand for instant relief from croup. Free trial bottles at Secutts Drug Store.
The North Western Home Seeker offers practical information for settlers in agriculture dairying and cattle filling. Free copies available from D W Aldridge 127 The Arcade Cleveland Ohio or W B Kiniskers 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago Ill G 10.
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