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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1896
Page
4
An advertisement touts Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with Dr Caldwell's blend to relieve stomach and bowels and aid digestion. It claims miracles when combined with faith in Christian science and notes availability in 10c 50c and $1 bottles at E. T. Scott's.
Detective Barnes presses Mitchel for help in a murder inquiry tied to a westward journey and a ruby theft. A discovered button, bearing a subtle initial, sharpens the case as Barnes shifts from suspect to ally and uncovers a forged Juliet button clue.
In a tense interception, Mr. Mitchel reveals a cautious plan to delay arrest until a wager date while supplying Mr. Barnes with critical leads. He drops the name of a Paris jeweler linked to the stolen buttons and funds, and explains covertly coordinating with them to keep the case moving.
From July 15 to 18 1896 the North Western Line sells excursion tickets to Milwaukee and return at one fare. The Lake Shore Route runs Chicago to Milwaukee in under two hours. For details contact ticket agents or A H Waggener Indianapolis.
The North Western Line offers Home Seekers excursion tickets at very low rates on June 9 and 23 1896 to many points across Northern Wisconsin Michigan Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota including Black Hills district. For details contact ticket agents of connecting lines or A H Waggener I P A 7 Jackson Place Indianapolis Ind.
A satirical primer suggests a foolish path to marriage by flaunting fortune news, while Austria proposes a two year detention for habitual drunkards. The plan allows voluntary or court orders with inebriates tried and examined by doctors and witnesses.
An advertiser urges readers to use One Minute Cough Cure to prevent pneumonia consumption and other serious lung troubles from neglected colds. The pitch frames the remedy as a simple beneficial preventive measure.
Mr Gilmen Brown of 34 Mill Street South Gardner Mass reports doctors gave up on his son with lung trouble after typhoid malaria. After trying Dr King's New Discovery a few bottles, the boy recovered enough to work as a perfectly well man. Free trial bottles at E T Scotts drug store.
Free sample box of Dr King s New Life Pills promoted by H J Bucklen Co Chicago for constipation headache malaria and liver troubles with vegetable ingredients and no harmful substances. Regular 25c per box sold by Scott druggist. Also Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy advertised as a safe summer bowel remedy priced 25 cents and easy to take when diluted with water.
McClure's Magazine July will publish portraits of Longfellow from Miss Alice Longfellow and a Kipling profile by a former India editor. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps recalls Longfellow Whitman and Holmes, plus an illustrated piece on the horseless carriage by Cleveland Moffett. A Matterhorn ascent tale and a Robert Barr love story appear, with insurance ads by J. B. Green.
Cripple Creek Colorado and other areas report daily mining production surging, with 1886 output estimated at two hundred million dollars. Cripple Creek mines yield over one million dollars monthly and rising. mining stocks climb rapidly with dividends of thirty five to fifty percent. J B Morgan Co of New York act as agents for Prudential Gold Mining Co and others in the district, offering free literature on mining firms and investment books. DeWitts Little Early Risers advertised as liver cleansers and blood purifiers.
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