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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1895
Page
2
Obituary notice pricing listed for over ten lines at one dollar. Obituary poetry priced at ten cents per line. Professional cards available at five dollars yearly or three dollars semiannually. Publication is weekly on Thursdays with one dollar yearly advance rate. Advertisements urged for reader attention.
On March 7, 1895 the Michigan City Hammond and Valparaiso superior court bill passed the senate 40 to 1 and awaits the governor's signature. Jubilant Michigan City residents reflect on political victory and share humorous observations about people’s behavior in church and at horse races.
Canadian papers warn the Chicago drainage canal could drop Lake Michigan levels when opened. Projections vary from a three to nine inch fall, with a ten thousand cubic foot per second outflow carrying sewerage to the Illinois river and ultimately the Mississippi. A one foot drop would force dredging and wharf building, incurring large costs.
Blanche Leon once married to Barnum's famed clown lives with many children in dire squalor on Ninth Street New York. At 47 she spoke many languages and worked as the cannon lady in the circus performing nightly shoots. She is mother to 13 children, first ten born in Paris, many dead, husband left her years ago, and she struggles to support those who remain.
An editorial urges citizens and business leaders in Westville to actively promote local trade through newspaper advertising. It argues one person cannot boost a town, calling for concerted action, support from capitalists, and public cooperation to attract attention and build the town’s trading image over the coming year.
An Indiana Legislature libel bill would require notice to publishers three days before suit and allow recovery of actual damages if the article was printed in good faith and a full retraction is made. editors say it protects press freedom by discouraging frivolous suits and blackmail.
The excerpt promotes a new treatise on the heart describing its tiny size and immense labor. It notes a pulsation generating 50 pounds of force, about 3 600 beats per hour, and 5 184 000 daily. The text praises colorful plates and accessible writing and offers free copies via a postal card to readers addressed to The Miles Company in Elkhart, Indiana.
An advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy for female complaints and general ailments. It claims to restore strength and tone, ease loss of appetite constipation headaches faintness nervousness and sleeplessness with health and strength guaranteed. Large bottles priced at fifty cents at Scott's drug store.
A collection of humorous vignettes mocks modesty fears such as seeing dressing in a restaurant and leaves in autumn forests. Separate jokes include a watch in the bosom and a muffler over the head. The ad also promotes DeWit’s Little Early Risers and Dr Milew Pain Pills as headache remedies.
Rev. J. C. Reed, former East Portland pastor, attempted a bank robbery at the First National bank with nitro glycerin threat and a disguise. Teller Edwin Holgate and cashier D. C. Southworth helped thwart the crime. Reed was arrested and jailed, with insanity defense anticipated. The incident shocks Oregon City residents who recall Reed’s past service.
A collage of 1886 ads and notes includes a notarized Frank J. Cheney affidavit, claims for Hall's Catarrh Cure and One Minute Cough Cure, praise for Chamberlain's Pain Balm by J. H. Lopez, and Dr Syrus Edson's cold prevention warnings. It promotes Chamberlain's remedies, Royal Baking Powder superiority, and Scott's drugstore offerings with testimonials and prices.
James N. Hutton & Sons of Door Village Indiana advertise a variety of poultry eggs and ducks with per dozen or per pair pricing. Listings include Leghorn eggs 75 cents per 13, Wyandottes 75 cents per 13, Light Brahmas and Rhode Island Reds 1.25 per 13, Partridge Cochins 1.50 per 13, Pekin ducks Rankin strain 2 per 11, Pekin ducks 75 cents per 11, Toulouse geese eggs 2 per 12, and bone cutter service.
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