28 Jun 1894
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1894
Page
1
Local retailer promotes summer wear as highly popular and affordable. Storefront signs tout low prices and wide selection attracting shoppers seeking light, breezy outfits. Customers report good value on basic dresses and casual separates.
Washington letters summarize the end of testimony in the sugar trust investigation. Senator Allen favors a sharp report and naming Havemeyer and Searles for Grand Jury indictment. The note also covers tariff politics, Greenbacks, Nicaragua canal bill, and comments by Representative Sibley and Senator Smith over wage disputes and pottery imports.
A historical advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and offers a hundred dollar reward for unrecovered cases via Hali's Catarrh Cure. It promotes constitutional treatment and catarrh as the cause, with Toledo based FBI, Cueney & Co. and Druggista outlet details.
The La Porte area meeting drew a large crowd and marked one of the most successful committee sessions in years. The secretary logged 122 member deaths for the year and officers were chosen for the next year: W. W. Fuller Rolling Prairie president. James H. Buck LaPorte vice president. Charles Carpenter Kankakee township treasurer. J. E. Bowell Galena township secretary. Prof. Guffy Rolling Prairie musical director.
A message from K. R. Johnson, president of the Co. S. 8S. Union, Door Village, dated June 20, 1884, announces re election of Albert Nichols as secretary and Johnson as president at Union Mills. He urges pastors, superintendents, and teachers to support ongoing county school work, noting each township has a president to organize others and calling for a successful year under divine blessing.
In Valparaiso on Wednesday June 16th Sam Eggleston and Sophia Shrowder wed then traveled to Chicago for house keeping. The couple will be missed by friends while wishing them happiness and prosperity. Will Barclay and family have moved to Chicago. Mrs Sophia Arndt suffers rheumatism. Miss Ida Marttel of LaPorte visited her parents. Charlie Scharnau is building a barn on his farm.
Relatives express gratitude to the choir for the music at the funeral services of Mrs. Warren Cole. Reed pays your fare.
In Norwalk Ohio on June 18 1894 G W Gleason writes about idle times and political discontent while juggling a half acre garden He recounts hiring a German descendant to plow with a comical sham team of hats and two “animated” horses He describes hard labor blistered hands and an attempt to raise early and late potatoes with mixed success and asks for potato culture advice and a possible INDICATOR column.
J H Allison announces candidacy for Township Trustee subject to Republican convention. D F Flynn and K E Rogers also declare runs, pledging hard work and fair dealings. A playful note about Colorado potato bugs hints at harvest timing and local humor.
Good all purpose mare and colt available in trade for a reliable livery horse. Contact C. M. Williams for details.
Mr Caffee sues Mrs Rhodius for 83 000 damages alleging burial of his wife in the Rhodius cemetery plot. He discovered two other bodies in the same grave and seeks 3 000 for the affront and distress from the alleged interment.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will sell excursion tickets on July 3 and 4 within 200 miles of origin at one fare round trip. Tickets are valid for return through July 5, 1894. For details contact any B&O agent or L S Allen Assistant General Passenger Agent Chicago IL.
The Times urges keeping the plug in the Michigan City gas well to stop the hydro chemical danger. A 170 pound plug failed to seal a 1300 foot depth, dancing like an imp before wedging and cutting off some flow. The dispatch warns that removing the plug risks flood and legal trouble, while allowing a small beneficial stream.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as vitalizing the blood to cure many diseases caused by impure blood. It also promotes Hood's Pills as after dinner aids for digestion and to prevent constipation.
A World’s Fair citation honors Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder with the top award for food products. judges praised its quality and consistency among competing brands at the exposition.
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