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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
2
The INDIGATUL of Westville Indiana lists publication details and rates. Obituary notices over ten lines cost one dollar, obituary poetry ten cents per line, professional cards three dollars for six months, and all material for publication must arrive by Wednesday noon. Advertising rates are available on request.
A congressional committee advertises the Republican district convention to nominate a candidate for November 2008. The meeting is set for Monday at 1 30 pm at the Grand Opera House in Slich gan City. Delegates and alternates will be chosen by county, with apportionment listed for Benton Jaspar ake Isporte Newton Porter Tippecanoe Warren and White rivers counties.
Voters in Laporte County and allied townships are urged to gather March 14 to elect delegates to state and congressional conventions. Michigan City voters meet March 13 for similar purposes. Delegation, alternates and apportionment by township are detailed, with conditions based on last November’s vote totals.
Notices announce Republican caucuses in Laporte area and New Durham township to select delegates. Also covered is new postal law limiting second class newspaper credits and steps for publishers to comply by March 31, with emphasis on subscriber accountability and reduced delinquency.
The article discusses skin conditions like eczema and barber's itch and praises Chamberlain's Salve for rapid relief. It also reports optimistic views on the October panic, with reassurance that confidence is returning and trade is resuming normal channels.
Norman R Coulter of the Albert Building in San Francisco endorses Electric Bitters as a universal tonic. He says it remedies stomach liver and kidney issues quickly and strengthens the system. A blood purifier and best spring medicine, 50 cents at E T Scot's drugstore.
An American mocks English understanding of height comparing a New York lift scene. A man covered in bearskins explains he lives at the top of a building where snow covers it year round.
A chemist is awoken at 1 am by a small request for camphorated chloroform. He grumbles at the paltry order but helps the man, who reacts with insult and vows to seek another chemist, then leaves.
An advertisement for Champberisio's Stomach and Liver Tab claims a pleasant mild cathartic effect. It promises gentle action and a pleasant result. Free sample offered at ELT Scott's Gray store.
A historical ad-style notice claims kidney and bladder issues affect both genders and even children. It promotes Swamp Root by Kilmer and Co with sample bottles and mail order details, urging readers to mention the paper.
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens the younger son of the novelist died in Sydney at fifty one. He served six years in the New South Wales Parliament and once faced repeated interruptions by a member named Willis. He quipped that his father coined the line Barkis is willin then teased Willis with Barkis is barking.
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