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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
2
Westville Indiana newspaper prompts readers to note advertising rates obituary charges and subscription terms. Editor E Martin provides price list for obituaries poetry and renewals with a weekly Thursday publication schedule and in advance annual rate.
In May 1899 a London-era paper reports mounting pressure on State Superintendent Jones as he challenges a law expanded by the legislature. The act extends supervision beyond city schools to county districts, sparking debate over fairness between large corporations and smaller town schools and potential court action.
The piece reviews Indiana voters facing two proposed constitutional amendments in the next election. It criticizes Edward Atkinson and Professor Laughlin as un American in ideas, cites Lincoln’s wartime rhetoric, and notes a rising boycott threat against W J Bryan over imperialism. It also mentions the dowager empress of China and Helen Gould’s charitable expenditures. A railway excursion rate to Denver is advertised, with travel details and contact.
Pleasant surprise party given by Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Joseph for Miss Estella Reynolds last Thursday evening May 11 with music and charades. Attendees include Estella Reynolds Nellie Flegel Lyndia Warnka Rose Koontz Grayola Reynolds Emma Kalies and others. Also listed are Dr. Kelly Ray Reynolds Charlie Kalies Walcott Flegel Jim Benson Theodore Marvel Frank Cole Addie Hoard Roy Brown Lee Hamilton John Kannealy Ophy Matotte Elia Marvel Ida Marvel Lizzie Manlove Emma Marvel and Tricky.
GC A Zigler reports county school enumeration by township. Laporte loses about 200 children in a year while Michigan City gains 369, leading the county with more than one third of all school children. Enumeration determines each township and city share of state school funds.
During the Presbyterian General Assembly annual meeting the Chicago North Western Railway offers low rate tickets to Minneapolis with return by June 3 1899 at one fare plus 2.00. Travel on the North Western Limited electric lighted train departs Chicago daily at 6 30 p.m. Other Chicago departures are 9 00 a.m. 10 00 p.m. and 10 15 p.m. For details contact any ticket agent or A H Waggener 6 Jackson Place Indianapolis Ind 3 4.
May term jurors listed for Laporte circuit court include Grand Jurors S J Keseler Martin Lori C A Dabbert Albert Kreidler W Robinson W Werner and others. Petit Jurors include W M Garmon W A Martin CABS E Goodall J M Ludlow BR Cowden Clayton Weaver O P Clendenon E Moore Chas R Baird Louis E Bramen Wm Hood Charles Barney.
Winter epidemic case cites using Chamberlains Cough Remedy for severe coughing in children with full cure. Advertisement notes sales by E. T. Scott and calls for agents to promote Poultry Mixture with salary of 815 weekly plus expenses. Bustiers wanted and a mailing address provided for American Mfg. Co. in Terre Haute Indiana.
Lumber and posts and sills available for barns of various sizes including 20 by 30 and 30 by 40 feet. Requests can be tailored to 16 18 20 or 24 foot lengths and other dimensions as needed.
A new law allows applicants to have papers graded by the state superintendent of public instruction. Licenses issued will be valid in any Indiana county for 12 24 36 or 60 months. The first three license holders qualify for common branch teaching while the 60 month license covers noncommissioned high schools.
Warden Harley begins a prison farm program with 100 acres of Blair lands west of the prison leased to the state. Fifty inmates are at work ditching plowing and planting vegetables including potatoes onions and cabbage. Surplus produce will be sold in Chicago. More prisoners will join as needed.
Wabash and vicinity are flooded with letters from Universal Publishing Company of Philadelphia offering 850 a month to agents who stay at home and do no canvassing. Some farmers quit farming to join the scheme, one man even offering his farm for sale. Local banks see no such company. many applicants sent 50 cents for details and now regret the loss.
Purdue Universitys state agricultural experiment station reports over 1000 people received free seed from the U S Department of Agriculture via mailing privilege. The key to beet raising success is using the best seeds. In a survey growers were asked if they could profitably raise beets at 4 a ton. 41 gave no reply, 84 said yes, and 49 said no.
The piece argues that lack of common sense is not universal and that judgment varies with experience and role. A scholar may misstep in etiquette while a fashion leader falters at a simple problem, and a merchant may misread a son’s art over business, revealing differences in knowledge rather than innate deficit.
A Laporte young lady formed a matrimonial alliance with a western suitor after correspondence. The couple met yesterday and the union is described as mutually satisfactory, likely to be recorded as a love-at-first-sight match. Laporte women are noted for original courtships.
A historic survey of government fights against trusts across Europe and America notes Britain Austria Russia France and Belgium have all faced combinations of capital. The piece cites a Vienna gun factory bicycle and a costly diamond gift as well as a trend toward dyeing poultry feathers to imitate rare plumes.
The Exclusive Clothier and Furnisher invites the public to call for prices before purchasing. It offers clothing for men, boys and children and the largest up-to-date stock of furnishing goods in Valparaiso.
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