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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
2
The Incubator is published every Thursday at Westville Indiana with second class matter at the post office. Terms are one dollar a year in advance. Advertising rates are reasonable and made known on application. Obituary notices over ten lines cost one dollar and ten cents per line for pastry. Professional cards are five dollars per year or three dollars per six months.
The new law defines standard weights for grain and products. It fixes a sixty eight pound bushel after December and a seventy pound bushel before then. It imposes misdemeanor penalties up to twenty five dollars and as low as one dollar for violations.
The article argues the new sugar schedule may boost beet sugar, citing New Mexico Utah California Nebraska and others as成果ful early adopters. It predicts plant expansions and new factories, with secretaries and soil tests shaping profitable adoption and potential world markets. It also cites Egypt borrowing ideas from Populists and contrasts pay as you go with debt culture.
Ex President Harrison plans to reveal the social life of the president in the April Ladies' Home Journal. He will describe dinners receptions and the White House dining room and silver closet and note questions about his savings. Also noted are Ira Sankey's new sacred song for outdoor singing and Jerome K Jerome's new short story A Portrait of a Lady illustrated by W T Smedley. The obituary of Mrs Elizabeth P Cattron is briefly summarized with family details and funeral notices.
Advertising copy promoting Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure all. Claims cleanse blood of impurities and germs, strengthen the body and prevent disease. Urges immediate use to guard health against illness.
Services at New Durham Saturday 10 30 a m sermon by Dr Beck followed by quarterly conference. Saturday 10 30 a m sermon and Holy Communion conducted by Dr Beck service in the afternoon. Program forthcoming based on notes.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims relief from back pain frequent urination scalding urine and liquor aftereffects and promises samples by mail to readers who mention the Indicator. The ad notes prices of fifty cents and one dollar and assures genuineness of the offer.
Massachusetts and Illinois legislatures attack prize fighting and outlaw kinetoscope showings and witnessings. The discussion notes the moral decline from pugilists and their entourage, while lawmakers also issue tax and assessment guidance for merchandise and mortgage records.
State officials fear the upcoming compulsory education law as it mandates a truant officer for every incorporated town or city. A five member board will appoint these officers, including the county superintendent, two local school officers, the secretary of the state board of charities and a member of the state board of education.
McClure’s Magazine for April highlights Will H. Low’s paper on decorative painting and its rise in the United States with illustrations from Baudry and Chavannes. It includes a Rodgers of General Sherman letters to a young woman, a second installment of Stevenson's St Ives, and fiction by Maclaren Thanet and Kipling, plus Hamilton portraits and a life sketch by Henry Cabot Lodge.
The area extending from Sioux City to the Missouri and across southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa covers over 7,168,000 acres of rich arable soil. It boasts deep black loam, warm sand, and fertile subsoil ideal for corn and cereals, with abundant grasses and strong stock-raising potential. Land values have risen from 5–10 dollars per acre years ago to about 25 dollars or more today. For more, contact W. E. Powell, General Immigration Agent, O. M. & St. P. Ry., Chicago.
Travelers holding through tickets east to west north or south may stop over in Washington at no extra fare by depositing the ticket with the B O station ticket agent on arrival. Washington attracts visitors during Congress with its public buildings monuments museums and thoroughfares.
Notice from H. B. Herrold that fresh bread will be available daily starting Saturday September 19, with ongoing availability.
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