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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1895
Page
2
Entered at the Westville Indiana post office as second class matter. The Lyptic4 Tor published weekly on Thursdays in Westville. Annual subscription $1 in advance. Advertising rates available on request. Obituary notices over ten lines priced at $1. Obituary poetry ten cents per line. Professional cards priced at $5 per year or $3 per six months.
A reflective essay extols Chicago's growth from swampy frontier beginnings to a leading commercial hub. It credits citizen enterprise, public spirit, and united effort for progress, warns against jealousy and pettiness, and urges ongoing civic work and charity to sustain a thriving city.
A movement in the eastern states aims to remove prohibitive amusement rules from the Discipline, leaving decisions to individual churches. Clergy spearheaded change with expectations the General Conference will expunge the clause. An exchange notes the era’s crop-centric national outlook and rural prosperity tied to agriculture and farmers.
The Walkerton Independent reports the newspaper has switched to a new cylinder press, praising Brother Endley for his enterprise and the prosperity it brings to the publication and town.
Former congressman Conn plans to transfer ownership of the Washington Times to Murat Halsted. Republicans have shown a preference for Democratic newspapers in past dealings.
The Westville Indicator, a valued exchange, enters its fourteenth volume and is praised as an excellent, well managed paper. Harrison’s boom for president continues to grow, seen as the logical Republican candidate. The course of events points to Ben as the likely outcome.
A Canadian report from Labrador claims 160 Indians died of starvation last winter while Quebec joins the province. The piece contrasts Canadian neglect with U S policies that favor Indians and remunerate Indian agents.
The West Baden Journal quotes a practical view advising people to avoid politics and office, pursue honest work, follow the golden rule, serve God humbly, maintain even conduct, and seize opportunities to do good. It emphasizes living quietly and doing good as a measure of happiness.
The Monroe Doctrine arises as a longstanding policy guiding United States relations with European powers. It asserts noninterference with European colonies while opposing European attempts to extend influence in the hemisphere, viewed as unfriendly to U S peace and safety.
Otis Township Schools stage closing exercises with grades 11 to 19 including Mary Marjorys Mannac Grace Medaris Reading, biographies of Benjamin Franklin by Fred Knaack, songs and solos by Mamie Hetfield Paul Reed and others. Valedictorian Paul Reed and farewell song by the class conclude the program led by teachers Mrs Ora Baird and Miss Emma Williams Flora Winters Lizzie Wagner Effie Imes.
The Laporte Herald reports Sheriff Small received a fake telegram from a Wisconsin sheriff asking to arrest a man near Chesterton described as a horse thief. A telephone call revealed the message was fictitious, aiming to trap the sheriff into false imprisonment.
The World's Fair tests showed no baking powder 80 pure or so great in leavening power as the Royal.
At Laporte on Friday May 24 the first annual Laporte county schools graduation exercises will be held at Hall's Opera House at 10 a m with an address by Hon Mortimer Nye and presentation of diplomas. A park picnic will follow with band music games races and prizes for county pupils ages 6 to 18.
A health ad claims fatigue nervousness and debility stem from impure blood. It argues blood purification with Hood's Sarsaparilla will feed the nervous system and organs, restoring sleep strength and happiness with persistent use.
Overcrowding at Indianapolis Central hospital for the insane forces thirteen discharges last week as beds and space run out. Supt Edenharter blames grippe for rising insanity in the district with 250 patients beyond capacity and a 10 percent appropriation cut worsening care.
Local brief notes Lay's Restaurant in LaPorte markets its best meal for 25 cents. The playful pitch highlights value and hometown flavor, inviting patrons to sample the affordable option.
Purdue University Experiment Station reports a plague of apple tree aphis. Eggs hatch into green aphids on twigs in spring, all female broods reproduce quickly, males appear in fall to form next season’s egg stock. Control by kerosene emulsion mixed with soap and water. preserve ladybird beetles, natural aphid predators.
Westville Maryland ladies library report lists 699 bound and 240 paper volumes with 576 good 74 fair and 49 bad. It notes 232 tickets 26 catalogues and 38 bound volumes purchased since May 9 1894 plus several named donations. Also details ticket sales fines and readers numbers, and mentions summer review courses and conventions with travel rates and dates.
Statewide enforcement preparations are under way as the Nicholson bill nears effect on June 15. The Indianapolis Sentinel notes a likely court challenge from saloon keepers who plan to resist the law as unconstitutional. Police anticipate lively June activity.
Auditor Doran sent the state auditor a semiannual report showing the first tax installment of 180655.19 and 847000 designated to the state. Funds include State Revenue Benevolent Institutions State Debt to apply on 3942 and Permanent Endowment. The remaining amount needed to reach 47000 is delinquent.
The article notes a Kokomo birth setting a unique family record as the fourteenth daughter of a fourteenth daughter arrives to J. H. Burt’s home. Mrs. Burt, formerly Harriet Bond, is thirty-eight and the mother of fourteen children, eleven of whom survive, none twins or triplets in the line. Also mentions Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and local druggist E. T. Scott.
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