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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
1
Governor Hanly signed six measures including road and school law reforms, jury procedures, cemetery care, private bank supervision, and parole cash grants. Emergency provisions accompany several bills, with several others awaiting action in the next days.
In spring 1847 a young physician and wife arrived to help shape Westville. Dr A G Standiford rose to county prominence. their family included three daughters and a son. On Feb 10, 1894, the doctor died, leaving his widow cared for by their daughter and granddaughter. Monday evening a pretty party marked Mrs Standiford’s 80th birthday with fifty guests, luncheon, and a cake displaying eighty candles.
Legislature adjourns amid new marriage provisions. Applicants must list their and their parents details including names color occupation birthplace residence and ages to obtain licenses. Clerks deny licenses for imbecility epilepsy or unsound mind or if a party is intoxicated or in an asylum inmate within five years. Appeals go to circuit court. Violations incur up to 5000 fine and possible docket fees. false licensing or aiding noncompliant marriages punished. If couples wed out of state to avoid the law their marriage is void on return unless bona fide residence established.
George Link, the county clerk-elect, appointed Benjamin Franklin Veal of Laporte as his deputy for Michigan City. Veal, a current rural mail carrier, will remain in that role until Link assumes office, possibly this spring or next winter. Veal succeeds John H. Lord, with Charles Backus named Laporte deputy.
W E Rockwell headquarted in Valparaiso ran a lucrative scheme under Best and Crown Manufacturing Co makers of ladies protectors. He paid 20 dollars per hundred copied letters and charged applicants 75 cents for a protector and 20 letters to friends chain. The post office closed him after observing daily 200 letters. All correspondence was diverted to the dead letter office or returned to sender. Rockwell must revise his system.
Statistics show alarming death rates from appendicitis and peritonitis. To prevent and cure these diseases, Dr. King's New Life Pills are recommended. M. Flannery of 14 Custom House Place Chicago says they have no equal for constipation and biliousness. 25c at E T Scott's druggist.
Mercury containing catarrh ointments are dangerous and should be avoided. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is mercury free and acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists at seven cents per bottle with testimonials available. Hall's Family Pills advertised as the best.
Patent hog remedy claims to prevent and cure hog cholera. Advert shows product name and promise. No verified veterinary approval cited. Product targets farmers and swine operations with potential health claims.
The M I S C gathered March 9 at Mrs Charles Baird home with several absent due to illness. Members chose Mrs Ora Baird and Miss Agusta Baird to assign work for six months. New member Miss Emma Baird admitted unanimously and treated the group to lunch. Next meeting at Mrs Emerson Payne’s home.
Mr and Mrs John Smith near town welcomed twenty friends Saturday evening for Mr Smiths birthday anniversary. Pedro led the diversion and after games a sumptuous supper was served. Guests praised the ideal entertaining at Laporte Argus Bulletin.
About fifty guests attended a six course dinner Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hutton four miles southeast of town in celebration of their wedding anniversary and Theodore's 27th birthday. The afternoon featured music and social conversation.
A vintage patent medicine ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for inflamed lungs. It claims rapid yield, prevents pneumonia and consumption from a hard cold settled on the lungs, and notes E. T. Scott as the seller.
The great railways series by Frank H. Spearman in the Saturday Evening Post has been published in book form by Scribners. The Chicago & Northwestern Ry chapter is issued in pamphlet form by its passenger department and mailed for 2 cents postage on request to W. B. Kniskern P. T. M. Chicago.
Governor Hanly authorizes publication of facts about the new election by April 27. The first city election under the new law will be on November 14, the first Tuesday after the second Monday in November.
Warden Reid plans to employ more convicts on state contracts and hire a supervising architect as the legislature provides 282000 dollars for improvements. A west cell house with 230 cells, a new dining hall for 1200, and a two story store building housing cold storage bakery and tailor shop are funded with 92000, 15500 and 319500 dollars respectively.
Taylor Fenton died at his home in Elkhart aged 27. He is survived by his wife Anna May Deshler Fenton and their nearly three year old son. The couple married four years ago in Valparaiso, where the body was taken for interment and where Mrs. Fenton’s stepmother resides.
The Methodist church moves evening preaching to 7 30 p m with Epworth League at 6 30 p m. Morning sermon title is The Only Fellowship Which Can Endure and evening title Christ s Generous Invitation to all Men. Class meetings 9 a m Sunday school 10 a m prayer meeting Wednesdays 7 30 p m Junior League Saturdays 2 30 p m.
Seventy five years ago this month Indiana began the Michigan state road from Michigan City to Madison. The Pottawatomie ceded a 100 foot right of way from Michigan City to the Wabash river for the road, later extended to the Ohio. The route became a vital traffic artery though praised less in the automobile era.
Advertised by H. B. Gerrold as a cure all the Lump Jaw remedy faces scrutiny as readers question efficacy and safety. The small notice promotes the product with minimal details and seeks public attention.
Stepher L Bartholomew of Valparaiso died Saturday at Longcliff after a month there. He was a former Porter county sheriff and a respected business man. He died of pneumonia and his body was taken to Valparaiso to be buried beside his daughter.
Mrs W M Hailman dies at her home in North Reading Massachusetts on Friday. She was the wife of Prof Hailman longtime Laporte city schools superintendent. Their son is now connected with the Laporte school.
Mrs Elizabeth Johnston aged 65 died Saturday in Michigan City. She had lived in the county for about fifty years.
Christopher Roeske, 69, died at his home in Michigan City on Wednesday from pneumonia. He is survived by his widow and one son.
A. P. Kent argues in the Elkhart Review that unmet social longings among women fuel unhappy homes. He warns marriage tied to social ascent often ends in disappointment, waning love, and discord, especially among the middle class.
The Crumpacker automobile bill becomes law when acts are published. It establishes state wide speed limits eight miles in closely built up areas, fifteen elsewhere in cities and twenty outside. It requires machine registration with the Secretary of State and bans municipal control. Penalties max fifty dollars with no accumulative fines or imprisonment for later offenses.
J. W. McKinney of Talladega Springs Alabama writes of pneumonia relief after starting Dr King's New Discovery. The medicine is advertised as a sure remedy for sore throat bronchitis coughs and colds. Guaranteed at E T Scott's drug store with a trial bottle free and prices 50c and 1.00.
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