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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1898
Page
2
Chas E MaRTIn Editor and Proprietor announces weekly publication from Westville Indiana. The notice lists pricing for obituaries and professional cards and invites readers to review advertisements and terms for the issue.
The La Porte County Republican voters are urged to assemble in township and ward mass meetings on May 7 1898 at 7 30 PM to elect delegates and alternates to the state and tenth district conventions. Delegation apportionments and a May 11 1898 convention in Rensselaer for Congress are outlined.
From a bushel of corn a distiller makes four gallons of whiskey selling at $16. The government takes 3.60, the retailer 0.36, the distiller 4, the railroad 0.81, the farmer 0.40, while the consumer faces ten days or more in the cooler and earns the police and judge well for sending him there.
The passage proclaims Commodore Dewey’s fleet defeating the Filipino forces near Manila. It contrasts “the highest intelligence” against “the lowest,” noting the odds were with the ignorant yet they lost, asserting a clear win for the American fleet.
The Elkhart Review describes Filkhart Farmers' Home of this county, based in Elkhart, as a mutual fire insurer. It shows 707 policies totaling $838,243 in coverage, expenses for the year ending April 1, 1898 at $3601.58, five losses totaling $1,000, and 31 years of average assessments at 12 1/2 cents per $100.
The piece states the average human life is about thirty three years and outlines age milestones seven twelve seventeen. It estimates global population 1,000,000,000 with 33,333,333 dying annually and 60 per minute. It notes the United States manufacturers joining with farmers in combining efforts.
Advertised claim that Hood's Sarsaparilla prevents impurities in the blood and a depleted condition by enriching and vitalizing the blood. It touts curing spring humors boils eruptions and sores and overcoming tiredness. Hood's Pills priced 25 cents cure nausea sick headache biliousness and liver ills.
The article notes strong enlistment in the army and navy and outlines pay scales. Private soldiers start at 13 dollars monthly, rising by one dollar per year to 18 dollars by year six. Sergeants reach up to 30 dollars, engineers and related corps up to 50 dollars. It highlights commissions as a real path for educated ranks, with officers sometimes encouraging their sons to enlist as privates. In the navy, wages for sailors and petty officers are higher than merchant service pay.
An advertisement claims deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It asserts nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, with mail circulars available.
Mudge of Chattanooga Tenn owner of the gallery announces a move later in the season and a few weeks offered cabinet prices at 21.50 per dozen. The work is first class not cheap. Mudge will attend sitters personally and is regarded as a leading southern photographer. Now is the time to get photographs this season.
An ad claims Electric Bitters cure back pain kidney and malaria troubles. It touts benefits as a liver stimulant blood purifier nerve tonic and laxative for constipation headaches sleeplessness and melancholy. Bottles sold for 50 cents at E T Scotts drug store.
Five officers raided a rob ber gang den in Mishawaka recovering several thousand dollars in jewelry and merchandise. Nine gang members aged 18 to 52 were captured, with one confession tying them to multiple regional robberies including Lake Shore and Grand Trunk stations and a Wakarusa bank.
The Knox Agricultural society will stage trotting and running events on July 2 and 4 with purses totaling 400 dollars.
The Michigan City Wheelmen lost to the Chicago Records on Porter diamond by a 20 to 12 score. Chicago Heights visitors Charles Powell and Arthur Greer plus Gerry Kimball were noted in town. Chas Jackson died after a winter illness. funeral held at Congregational church.
Miss Ida Bailey and others attended Grand Chapter as Dorland Chapter delegates in Indianapolis. Mr James Miller, treated there, expected home this week as he improves. Twelve Patriarchs Militant of Laporte guests. Rev C A Shook’s sermon praised. Local residents and visitors named include Edith Dowd, Lucian Barkdull, Malley Freeman, H B Gard, Kate Fisher, F F Betts, M C Croup, Benethon. Township schools to close Friday.
The majority of Morgan township students and patrons joined the school picnic at Wanatah on Friday. Many locals were seen in town or visiting, including the Fudenski and Tilden families, with social calls and weekend activities noted around Wanatah.
A number from here took examinations at Laporte and Valparaiso last Saturday. Adaline Lee and Florence Doolittle spent Saturday in Laporte. Erney Cue's team took flight at a Gypsy wagon on the way to Wanatah Saturday with mixed results. A broken single tree and a stiff man. School closes Friday with exercises. John Lenic returns to stay with Dick Cites. Mrs. E. Cites and E. Carpenter visited Union Mills on Tuesday. John and Walter Osborne spent Sunday with their mother.
Chesterton resident Rev Wright was a Burdick caller last week. Mrs Wolford of Laporte county visited our town Wednesday forenoon. August F Sabinski of three miles southwest died last Wednesday at 12 30 in his 78th year after dropsy. He was father of Section Foreman Sabenski. O J Sackman did business in Chicago last week. Ralph Wolfe visiting from Chicago. Mrs G W Norton business trip to Chicago Wednesday. Miss Anna Miller spent Thursday in Chesterton.
A list of visitors and local happenings fills the week in Westville area towns. Ed Morgan of Furnessville bought cattle in Burdick, while H W Smith of Nebraska visited relatives. Miss Lottie Reynolds received a gold watch from Iowa, and a charity supper plus quilt sale were announced by the Ladies' Aid.
A west resident crushes a finger in a horse power while a Bigelow man Erney Cites suffers fractured ribs from a runaway team Sammy Campbell south of town. Sunday fishing caused the accident though legal, the Lord’s law and a slippery log contributed. The school year closed Friday with praise for teachers. The Eaton child remains rheumatic after scarlet fever. Deaths and arrivals mingle with local chatter as residents move, enlist, and note weather, fishing, and social life in casual column style.
Proponents note generous giveaway by Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds totaling over ten million trial bottles. Advertised as curing asthma bronchitis hoarseness and all lung diseases with a guarantee or refund offered. E T Scott druggist offers a free trial bottle with regular sizes 50c and 1.
Estray report from R. M. Boore 14 miles west of Otis describes a dark bay horse colt with black mane and tail a white star in the forehead. Missing from April 2 or 3.
A notice states the undersigned will refund money for two Baxter Mandrake Bitters bottles if they fail to cure constipation biliousness sick headache or related conditions. It also offers refunds for a Downs Elixir 50 cent bottle if it does not cure cough cold croup whooping cough or throat or lung issues. A 25 cent bottle of either product is refundable if not satisfactory.
An old advertisement promises constipation relief with Cascarete Candy Cathartic 10c. It claims a refund if CCC fails and urges readers to cure constipation forever through the product.
The ad proclaims Grain-O as a new food drink that mimics coffee without distress to the stomach. It claims one fourth the price of coffee and urges readers to see the pack from grocers today.
Honorary Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College and Honorary Fellow of the Ontario Veterinary Society. Treats all diseases of domestic animals on modern principles. Office at Ryan's Livery Stables 13 South Franklin Street Valparaiso Indiana.
The Republicans of New Durham township will meet in Westville on Saturday May 7 to elect 3 delegates and 3 alternates for the congressional convention at Rensselaer and 1 delegate and 1 alternate for the state convention. B. W. Hollenbeck, Chairman. Also an unrelated ad for Feallock's fit shoes at 421 Franklin St. Michigan City.
An 1895 notice promotes American Popular Music, offering sixteen pages of current songs with full piano or organ sheet music for three months in exchange for three or more performer names and fifteen cents. It advertises Popular Music Pub Co of Indianapolis and notes orders from Orr And Temple in Tecumseh, Mich. for Syrup Pepsin in multiple sizes by E. T. Scott.
An advertisement touts Dr. Caliwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for stomach and digestive issues. It claims pleasant taste, appeals to children, and offers trial 10c bottles with larger 450c and 1.00 sizes from E. T. Scott.
Purdue Agricultural Bulletin discusses cow peas as an alternative to clovers damaged by cold and drought. It highlights advantages such as drought tolerance, suitability for thin soils, rapid green forage and hay potential, and soil nitrogen contribution from tops and roots. Early varieties may seed modestly. vines may dominate on richer soils. It advises turning under crop residues before winter.
The article discusses sowing cow peas for hay or seed, timing after frost, broadcasting or drills, and rates. It notes warm ground and frost danger as conditions, compares varieties for growth and earliness, and cites Jared G. Smith on several varieties ripening in 12 to 14 weeks suitable for northern cultivation.
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