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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
2
Obituary notices over ten lines cost one dollar and obituary poetry is ten cents per line. Professional cards run five dollars yearly or three dollars per three months. All submissions must reach the office by Wednesday noon. Advertising rates are available on request.
Thursday March 29 1900 editorial argues the majority remain passive until stirred by events and urges early civic instruction to empower citizens. It cites leaders shaping policy, warns against demagogues, and stresses personal responsibility in public life. It notes rail fare offers to Indianapolis and promotes Meissner's Wine of Beef and Iron at Meissner's Pharmacy.
A vintage classified style ad touts MacIntosh coats with precise measurements and custom tailoring. It claims a perfect match to customer figures and emphasizes unbeatable value, pricing around two hundred with express service options. It highlights features like waterproof fabric and detailed stitching as selling points.
A neighborhood note recalls subscribers including Darius Green from Valpo and John B travels with his wife. Frank Wiseman and G W Caldwell are praised for prompt payments while Obie from Westville is mentioned. Readers Webber Iseminger Hilfiker are listed with dates of receipt in the county report.
Try Grain-O shown by grocers as a coffee substitute for all ages. It imitates mocha in color but is made from pure grains, easy on sensitive stomachs, and sold in 15-cent and 25-cent packages with 25 points per package.
Mrs W H Stapleton of Harminie Pennsylvania declares Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieves rheumatic pain after years of suffering. She says one application moves the pain and recommends the product sold by E T Scat.
Mrs. Gertrude Peters of Michigan City Ind invites buyers to visit the Specht Finney and Skinner basement room for great bargains on a small stock of millinery goods offered at a bargain if taken at once as the owner goes out of business.
Specht Finney and Skinner bought the $1 000 stock of mens and boys clothing from J M Green for under half a dollar on the dollar and offer the goods at less than wholesale prices. Sale began Saturday at Green's old stand and all stock must be sold at once. Buy today for elegant suits at very little cost.
Circular advertises a fall plush cape in Balt's seal plush with fur trim. Prospective buyers must provide weight height measurements to receive samples by express and may pay per mileage charges. cape stocked in black blue or red with silk lining and beadwork. Catalog available by mail from Sears Roebuck & Co Chicago.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for Bright s Disease and kidney and urinary troubles. It claims rapid restorations after other efforts fail and offers sample bottles and a free book by mail from Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
An advertisement lists a private sale at Mrs. Andrews residence 164 tooth steel lever drag 1 corn plow 1 single shovel 1 double shovel plow 1L colt 1 survey set of harness 1 wagon. Mr S H McCorp sells a yearly newspaper subscription for one dollar offering fifty two weeks of reading matter.
J R Garrison cashier of the Bank of Thornville Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery with his recovery from a severe lung ailment after a chronic illness. He praises its effectiveness for cold and lung troubles and keeps a bottle on hand. Trial bottles are free at E T Scotts drug store and it costs 50 cents to a dollar.
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