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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
2
Editor and Proprietor Westville Indiana announces publication each Thursday. Subscription $1.00 yearly in advance. Obituary notices over ten lines priced at 1. Advertising rates available on request. Professional cards $5 yearly or $3 six months. Readers encouraged to peruse advertisements.
The piece argues that improved conditions under President McKinley depend on restoring stable, honest monetary policy and conservative press education. It warns against false booms, calls for support in upholding the gold standard, and predicts political and economic struggles ahead if reforms falter.
A Farmer City gentleman writes that he has used Dr ell op Pepain and finds it good for his needs, noting satisfaction with the remedy and its effects.
The piece surveys 1896 polar and geographic efforts led by Dr. Nansen Borchgrevink Belgians and British explorers. It notes Nansen’s northern record 86 degrees 14 minutes and Arctic sea depth discoveries, plans for Antarctic expeditions, and Africa’s Niger River mapping by Capt Hourst.
Starr of One Toledo Lecas County Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co promises one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn December 6 1886 before A L Gleason Notary Public. Cure taken internally acts upon blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. Sold by druggists 75 cents.
The Louisville and Chicago road, renamed the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville, will keep the Monon trademark. Samuel Thomas and E. H. McDoel announce the reorganization preserves the roster, with a strong financial outlook and plans to purchase five large passenger engines. The Lafayette shops run full, employing over four hundred, and upgrades include heavy rails, renewed bridges, and ballast on most lines.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a superior kidney remedy that relieves back and urinary pains, corrects incontinence, and reduces night-time urination. It claims quick, notable effects and offers samples by mail to those requesting the pamphlet and full address in exchange for the INDICATOR.
The Knights of the Maccabees of Indiana closed a two day session at Marior Wednesday with Milo Meredith of Wabash re elected great commander on the first ballot. Officers elected include Horace G. Kenney Rochester and J. W. Reprogle Goshen among others. Next retreat slated for Huntington on the third Tuesday in May 1899.
Prediction on tariff bill passage places mid year milestones in the House Senate and White House. Attorney General enforces new anti quart shop license law with fine penalties up to 200 dollars or one percent.
The piece explains the editorial we shifts by context. It notes that we can denote the editor in chief, the full staff, or a broader audience such as the town or nation depending on the sentence.
An advertisement asserts thousands feel unwell though not sick and urges Hood's Sarsaparilla to tone the stomach, stimulate appetite, purify blood, and restore vigor. It promotes now as the optimal time to try the remedy.
Hood's Pills claim to cure nausea sickness headache indigestion and biliousness. Available at all druggists priced 25 cents. Sold by Hood and Co.
The Argus reports that every man employed by the M. Rum ley Company was at work this morning, an unusual occurrence for such a large factory. Streamlined, the notice notes full staffing at the Rumley works.
The Duncan trustee bill makes county commissioners act as an audit board for township warrants, requiring monthly meetings to verify legitimacy of expenditures. Disputed warrants go to circuit court, and taxpayers can recover twice the amount of fraudulent warrants plus attorney fees from trustees' bondsmen.
The March issue of McClure's Magazine will publish St Ives the unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Letters to Sidney Colvin show Stevenson worked on it until his death and left a summary of the final chapters. Readers hail it as a lively engaging love story with a compelling heroine. McClure's acquired serial publication rights soon after his death.
A long catalog lists post offices by county and town including Porter Hebron Lafay ette Hammond Michigan City LaPorte Rensselaer and other locales with named postmasters. The piece closes with a Massachusetts governor’s proclamation declaring inauguration day a holiday in public schools noting the President’s elective sovereignty rather than hereditary rule.
Readable text fragments show unclear symbols and numbers. No coherent event or names emerge to describe a full news item or notice.
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