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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
2
The IndicaTOR of Westville Indiana announces weekly publication every Thursday. Rates shown include obituary notices over ten lines at one dollar and obituary poetry at ten cents per line. Professional cards priced five dollars yearly or three dollars semiannually. All material must reach the office by Wednesday noon.
The attorney general ruled township trustees cannot serve as teachers. The opinion, prepared at the request of state superintendent Frank L. Jones, responds to numerous inquiries across the state on the issue.
Viola Allen ends her Chicago engagement as Glory Quayle in The Christian at Powers Theatre with a brief farewell run starting May 1. Special poster night May 21 offers a collector’s Miss Allen poster. railroads provide special fares to nearby towns for the final performances. Her two year star period has grossed nearly a million dollars across New York and Boston engagements.
A Creston Iowa man claims American Poultry Mixture from American Mfg. Co. Terre Haute Ind boosts hen laying dramatically. The tonic, said to double egg production year round, guarantees a money refund if results fail and is marketed to poultrymen as disease prevention and a direct crow and gizzard a booster.
The notice lists local happenings including Maj H W Johnson of Michigan City delivering the Memorial address in Warsaw, E T Scott preaching the Memorial sermon on Sunday May 27, both at the M E church, and an invitation extended to all. It also notes various personal updates and events among residents.
A reader praises Grain-OI as a coffee substitute noting initial dislike but after a week she would not return to coffee. The ad claims Grain-OI nourishes the system and is safe for children, describing it as a strengthening substance of pure grains. Available from grocers for 5c and 25c.
Testimony from T. L. Martin of Dixie Kentucky describes severe nightly coughing until using Dr King’s New Discovery. He praises it as a universal remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles and claims it can stop coughing and even cure consumption. Trial bottle offered free at E J Scotts Drug Store.
Acquaintances report that George Houser his wife and son are quarantined at their home six miles east of Huntington with smallpox. Houser is known for assisting his brother in local photography. A separate item notes a carload of hops on the Pere Marquette near Hanna caught fire last Thursday. The train was halted to extinguish the blaze, four hours of delay, origin unknown.
A kitten’s hiss is likely an instinctive defense to deter threats, resembling a snake’s warning. Dr. Louis Robinson notes many burrowing creatures hiss when angered to protect vulnerable young. Protective mimicry may target predators like eagles, while the London Monument stands 202 feet tall.
Dr William Savory of Warrington England declares Chamberlains Cough Remedy the best in the world for bronchitis saying it saved his wife after six years of illness. The product is sold by E T Scott.
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