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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1895
Page
2
The issue lists publishing details and rates for The Indicator of Westville Indiana. It quotes editor Henry Stanley on African railway plans, cites mock coinage in a trade example, and parodies Senator Ingalls criticizing President Cleveland's finances.
A Burlington Hawk Eye reader recounts a laborer responding to tariff rhetoric by noting he has been out of work since the Wilson bill passed and his savings are gone. The exchange highlights the perceived downsides of tariff policy on ordinary workers.
The Paris to Bordeaux motor race and return, about 850 miles, showcased petrol powered carriages. Promoter James Gordon Bennett led the venture, and the winner finished in a little over forty eight hours at roughly 154 miles per hour. The piece notes potential threats to bicycles and hints at American funding for oil as Paris supplies the kerosene carriage.
The South Bend tribune reports the estate of Mrs. Ira J. Chase, widow of Indiana’s ex governor, is dire. She is blind and in poor health with debts consuming the estate and a mortgage on the family home. Friends are urged to aid the widow who faced hardship after her husband’s death.
The essay argues against sectionalism in favor of national cohesion. It praises Western and Eastern unity, denounces demagogues like Altgeld Bryan and Tillman, and asserts no inherent conflict between regions. It defends capitalist interests and highlights charitable giving by wealthy individuals and institutions.
The essay argues wealth supports public welfare rather than harming it. It contends fortune enables railroads, ships, telegraphs, and factories, creating employment and affordable goods. Most fortunes arise from beneficial enterprises and wealth is invested to widen opportunities and promote prosperity.
McClure's Magazine July presents a global telegraph expansion at lower cost, a dramatic Tammany chapter on Tweed’s autocracy, Sir Robert Ball on life beyond Earth, Hamlin Garland on Edward Kemeys the frontier sculptor, Cy Warman’s London Paris locomotive ride, Pinkerton theft tale of a $41,000 parcel, a Stevenson tribute poem and stories. Price reduced by ten cents per copy, or one dollar yearly.
Northfield Ohio June 17 1895 readers see a silly Cow themed school composition with verbose mock scientific praise and a humorous reply from a dairyman. The letter from G W Gleason notes local life including crops droughts, potatoes and beetles and town details such as four churches a graded school and a railroad effort as the town ripens toward progress.
The advertisement touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as pleasant pills that regulate the bowels and cure sick headache. It emphasizes a small dose and small pill size credited to E. T. Scott.
Old settlers of this place praised Friday’s La Porte gathering as one of the county’s most interesting. Mrs Theodore Armitage, the county’s oldest living white resident born in the area, spoke on pioneer days. New officers named: Lafayette Crane president, S M Pease vice president, George W Rogers secretary, Timothy McLane treasurer, I N Evans and Mrs D P Grover musical directors. Also notes on railroad fare sale for July 3 and 4 1895 for Monon line listeners with return through July 5.
Mrs Adda Miller of Mill Creek Indiana reports a strong recovery for her weak buck and her daughter after a spring bout of scarlet fever. She credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with restoring health after one bottle. Hood's Pills cure biliousness.
The Fourteenth International Convention of the United Society of Christian Endeavor and the National Young People's Christian Union will be held in Boston July 10 to 14, 1895 with Wabash RR round trip fares. A Denver educational meeting follows July 5 with a special low fare plus a $2 membership fee. DeWitt's Colic and Cholera Cure is touted as an immediate remedy for summer stomach ailments with testimonials from E. T. Scott.
Advertises prompt settlement of accounts for a drug and grocery store sale by H. B. Herrold. Includes offer of note payment if cash unavailable and a testimonial to DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for burns and skin conditions.
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