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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1895
Page
2
The IndicaTOR, editor and proprietor, published every Thursday in Westville Indiana, accepts obituaries over ten lines at one dollar per ten lines and obituary poetry at ten cents per line. Advertising rates are reasonable and professional cards cost three dollars semiannually.
The article notes 26 000 personal crisis reports in four years in France. It mentions Moore law restricting liquor sales within two miles of cities. It cites Russell Sage saying business has hit bottom but improved after Congress adjourned. It also quotes Frances Willard on the ideal woman's mission to make the world homelike.
The thirteen annual gathering of about 1000 teachers opens at First Presbyterian church in South Bend on April 4 5 and 6. The three day meeting hosts educators from the region with sessions planned across the city.
The Supreme Court of the United States disposed of 58 cases in a single day. It was the heaviest day of work in the court's history, and observers note that if such pace continued daily, the court might clear its docket in a couple of years.
A state law targets wearing GAR badges as a misdemeanor with fines up to twenty dollars. Pennsylvania officials plan to test trolley use in steam raids. Georgia aims to organize a 50 000 Americans colony in Laurence and Johnson counties. Plymouth meeting reports 1400 joined. May 1 launch. George Du Maurier interview in McClure’s April issue. A Charlestown resident, nineteen year old Fred Heinz, towers at 6'10" and 250 pounds. Texas legislature proposes a fifty dollar annual tax on unmarried men over 30, with an affidavit loophole. The Indictator’s ads are praised for merchant exposure. A gardener shares moon-based planting lore for crops.
A neighbor’s few yellow cucumbers contrasted with a man’s bushels as he recalled learning a planting rule from a successful German gardener. The rule consistently produced abundant harvests for him.
Investigation links the Wooster Ohio outbreak to clothing worn by a diphtheria patient 35 years ago. A child died in the original family. the mother hid the garb in the garret. The present occupants used it, causing six infections and one death.
Peter Humphrey of St. Joseph died leaving a sizable estate. Probate investigators, suspecting more property, searched the woodshed and unearthed a brass kettle containing $2,000 in gold coins and several hundred dollars in other coins hidden under the floor.
Cook county Minnesota had 98 people in 1890, up 63 in ten years. Bowman North Carolina had 6, Sheridan 5, Chateau 8, and Martin. Texas counties Lamb 4, Palmer 7, Yoakum 4, Loving 3 show minimal growth. sparsely settled areas in new states likely changed little since 1890.
The Young Ladies Christian Temperance Union held a program at the Christian church on Friday evening March 15 in poor weather with a small congregation. Rosa Cattron spoke on the society’s purpose, the opening voluntary was sung, Rev. Hufford read the scripture and led prayer, and E T Scott gave a solo. Flora Winters read a paper followed by a duet by Adda Harris and J V Cattron, Mabel Winters recited a poem, J V Cattron gave a reading, Ada Herrold read a poem urging support for temperance, Edith Harris played an instrumental solo, a collection funded the desired books, and the benediction ended the service. Flora Winters, Rec. Sec.
The LaPorte County Pastors Club held its March meeting in the M E church with public attendance. Rev C D Royse opened with a sermon, Rev E B Widger spoke on hindrances to young men becoming Christians, Rev Newcomb discussed Christianity and worldly amusements, and Dr Addison Parker reviewed Drummond s Ascent of Man for LaPorte schools.
Westville's Leader store opened on Tuesday showcasing tasteful decor and neat goods. Luna Reynolds and proprietor Charles Herrold receive praise for their fitting roles, as the new shop looks set for a strong start with attractive displays and confident service. The U S Gov t Reports praise Royal Baking Powder as superior to all others.
Mrs. Orville Allen has been quite sick with lung fever. Mrs. James Haskell is ill with grip. Spring birds have returned and Spring seems near. Mrs. Shinabarger of Haskell Station will move into Charley Hall’s former house. Some wheat fields look poor and may yield less than half a crop.
Advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and strength builder. It claims the tonic cleanses taints like scrofula and salt rheum while boosting overall health and purity of the blood.
The Lewis family expresses sincere thanks and heartfelt gratitude to many friends who assisted them during their recent affliction and bereavement. Joseph S. Lewis and family.
An 1886 Toledo filing reports Morey seeking a court of claims ruling to restore a pension denied after choosing the larger Mexican War pension. The case, tied to a contested cross law, interests veterans who served in both conflicts and may set a precedent for similar claims.
Old People find Electric Bitters a mild tonic aiding digestion and bowels without alcohol. Price fifty cents at Scott's drug store. Local social notes include a rag bee at Wilbur Benson's, May Wilson's visit to Valparaiso, and various influenza cases. Dr. Edson warns against neglecting colds. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is recommended. Also notes on local moves, sickness, and an April 2 Wabash Home-seekers Excursion offer to Arkansas Texas and Louisiana.
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