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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
3
A stout, pleasant-faced mother discusses her daughter Loula Mae and graduation gown plans in rhythmic slang. She jokes about cemetery schooling and mocks fashion as the crowd moves on, revealing class pretensions and rural speech through the Inter Ocean report.
The Rock Island line will receive 20 new pattern passenger cars this month with 70 foot chair cars and vesti bulated coaches, 64 twin reclin ing chairs, Pin tsch gas and electric lighting, large glass windows, and Pullman six wheel trucks. Over 4,000 freight cars and 65 locomotives are also due in March, including 2 Pacific passenger, 10 Atlantic passenger, 15 freight, and 20 switch engines, with 50 more locomotives planned for summer delivery. The additions reflect industrial growth and position the railroad among the leading western transporters.
The Chicago Sun notes a lone smoker with a grudge against himself faces no implied social objection. The remark pivots on personal choice and self-directed guilt, spotlighting private conduct rather than public policy or health debate.
Special Excursions to Southwest listed for February and March 1905 by Kansas City Southern Railway. Trips to Port Arthur Beaumont Lake Charles Galveston Houston San Antonio and other KC O. 8. routes with 21 day limit and stopover on both directions. Inquiries to B G Warner WK OC 8. Ry Kansas City.
Indianapolis March 11. A statewide dry town crusade is to be launched by the Anti Saloon League of Indiana led by A G Humphrey. The plan aims to close 75 percent of Indiana saloons within 12 months under the Moore law if $5 000 can be raised. Public meetings will be held in churches and on open grounds as remonstrances circulate, with focus on townships and wards.
Judge Daniel Noyes of Laporte has been hired by Mrs. Jane Tilt and heirs to sue in Pennsylvania for possession of land that created Orwigburg. The $1,000,000 property is tied to a 99 year lease by Peter and Hanna Orwig, now expired, with inquiries into who held the lease. The town was named for the Orwigs and built after their deaths.
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader depicts a humorous exchange where a lady agent refuses to sell cosmetics, saying she never paints, while the other acknowledges it is obvious she could. The brief vignette captures a witty stance on cosmetic sales.
A timid girl at her first restaurant meal responds to a waiter who asks if she has ordered. The exchange captures social awkwardness and restraint in a dining room vignette from the Chicago Tribune.
A brief aphorism notes the fine line between trust and monopoly in relationships. It states that when a girl trusts a fellow she desires exclusive control, likening trust to a monopoly.
About 100 prominent Indiana oil producers met in Indianapolis on March 10 and formed the Indiana Oil Men's Association. The group will base its headquarters in Muncie and aims to secure better terms from Standard Oil, which Dewitt C. Griffith of Indianapolis described as discriminating against Indiana producers in grading oils and prices.
Alston Michigan man James Culet reports twenty years of rheumatism and kidney trouble cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills after wasting money on doctors. He credits the remedy with restoring his health and urges others to use it for rheumatism and kidney issues. The ad asserts kidneys remove uric acid causing rheumatism.
In South Bend Indiana on March 10 a snowball caused severe injuries to two year old Theodore Lerner. The nasal passages and roof of the mouth decayed feeding teeth into the nasal passages and eyes. Dr Nicholas Senn of Chicago performed an operation and the child survived after five weeks between life and death.
Terre Haute March reports show twenty witnesses before a grand jury as they discuss graft claims at county offices. Representative Guirl of Clay county, who alleged a $100,000 bridge contract swindle, is set to appear. Lafayette Bridge Co. says it waived its rights and will furnish information to Prosecutor Cooper.
South Bend, Ind March 10 State Representative Ananias Baker of Rochester backs Congressman A I Brick of South Bend He says I am a friend of Brick and will stick to him as long as he needs help If Brick steps down I am for Uncle Ananias for the nomination Baker started the bribery investigation in the Indiana legislature.
The State Association met in Evansville Indiana and elected James H Healy of Indianapolis as president H H Highland of Indianapolis as vice president G J Most of Indianapolis as secretary A F E Werkhoff of Lafayette as treasurer The next meeting will be in Indianapolis.
United Mine Workers officers were elected for District 8 Brazil Brazil March 10 Philip Roberts Carbon as president Walter Kink Hoosierville as vice president John Fogg Perth as secretary treasurer and William Houston Brazil as national board member.
In Frankfort Indiana on March 9 the case of Western Construction Co. to collect a $409,000 subsidy tax voted in 1878 for the Frankfort and State Line Rail Road Co. was ended when Judge Rabb of Williamsport sustained a demurrer filed by the taxpayers.
The Marion county grand jury met in special session and handed up several indictments regarding bribery charges against ex-Senator O A Baker of Marion, a lobbyist for the Tobacco Combine.
A NSW family claims their infant’s head and face rash vanished after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. W J Morgan from Orchard Town New Lambton asserts the products cured the child without scarring.
Advertising copy touts Pusheck's Euro as a universal medicine that affects stomach blood and nerves to improve digestion purify blood and strengthen nerves. Claims it cures rheumatism pains weakness nervous debility catarrh indigestion skin diseases and all blood and nerve troubles at $1.00 per bottle. Available from Dr C Pusheck Chicago or local druggists with an illustrated booklet.
In Fort Wayne Indiana on March 11 Joseph Yobst shot his wife in the left ear during a struggle at the mother’s home and then fired a bullet into his own head, dying instantly. He was under subpoena in a divorce suit.
Fort Wayne Indiana March 9 Forty or more persons who assisted in the rescue of two smallpox patients from a fire that destroyed the Allen county isolation hospital were exposed. Precautions are being taken to prevent a spread of the disease.
In Kokomo Indiana on March 11 the Peru girls won a tight game against Kokomo with a final score of 8 to 7. The Anderson high school boys defeated Kokomo high school 22 to 2. Also in Warsaw Indiana on March 9 Judge Royse directed a jury to acquit Nellie Blosser in the murder case of her infant son without hearing defense evidence.
Vice President Fairbanks will visit Indianapolis to intervene between the blue lodge and the thirty second degree during a three day spring convocation starting March 21.
Perry Ind March 11 Dee Wilson 21 fatally injured by Shellin Ragen 5 after a back shot. The bullet pierced his lungs and lodged near his heart. condition is listed as dangerous.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy for hot sweaty calloused feet. It claims fast relief for aching feet and swelling and urges purchase from druggists with a trial package offered free. Address given in Le Roy New York.
A drugstore claim offers Pare OINTMENT promising cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding cases within 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. The ad cites the New York Times line about reviving a dead past.
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