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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1899
Page
4
A professor of politics would hold a sinecure in America says the indicator. Ward meetings teach the rising generation what politics lacks. Klondike booms with bogus nuggets sellers and winter amusements. Byron relics fetch 2750 dollars in New York auction, though total value seems 300.
An order for 130 American locomotives goes to the Midland Railway of England. Tests abroad show the engines lead in speed power and general utility.
Officials report since opening on October 9 1898 the Washington Monument has seen 1 169 631 ascents. The record stands unchallenged with continued public access and growing crowds.
A 50 foot long device planned for Sandy Hook will be mounted next September. It fires a 2400 pound projectile with ramming force akin to a battleship at 14 miles per hour. The system is described as the most powerful yet built.
The piece promises America’s exhibit at the Paris world fair will likely travel from St Petersburg to Glasgow for exhibition. It notes that the advertisement will be beneficial, explaining that advertising pays both nations and individuals.
A Missouri paper notes Mr. Coffin visiting his cousin Mr. Graves in Tombstone on a pleasure trip though the tone reads somber and funeral in effect.
A Missouri physician asserts discovery of a life extension remedy named capricornus lymph after suggesting age defiance in breakthrough style. The report contrasts this claim with the legend of Ponce de Leon seeking youth in Florida's Everglades.
An inventor derides Americans as lazy and unveils a new hat accessory shaped like a wire spring. It grips the inside band of a hat and loops around a man's ear to secure the hat. The remark about noses and cigars links the gadget to broader mockery.
The Brazilian coffee crop is valued at 140000 dollars with most of the yield sold to the United States. The text notes deceptive labeling using names like Java and Moche to disguise it. It describes the resulting beverage as unlike any parents brewed.
William Lh Twembly of Company DE Twentieth Kansas swam the Rio Grande under fire with Col Funston to lay a rope for ferrying rafts. At 22 he is the sole son of a Kansas City widow. History records few acts of such bravery.
Workmen felling oaks at Cottage farm in Josion Massachusetts uncovered large quantities of grapeshot embedded in the trunks. The shots date back about 124 years, tied to the 1775 siege of Boston that swept this region.
A Cumberland County Pennsylvania farmer replies to a question about marriage failure. He praises his wife Lucinda for her daily labor milking cows starting children at school caring for animals and helping in the field, arguing he could not hire anyone to match her work.
Lieut Col Lee of the British army and veteran of Shatter's army before Santiago attended the St George's Society of New York dinner. In a brief speech he lauded the endurance courage royalty and steadfastness of the regular United States army and noted seasoned volunteers are as good as the regulars.
A periodical outlines methods of cooking with electrical contrivances at the table. The new process would let hosts assemble guests and chat as meals are prepared. It envisions 45 volt butter and watt pie with short circuit crust, battery cakes, and meals that may be charged.
An exchange extols the country newspaper as the broadest trust, loved by people for its openness and wide network. It notes the industry’s heavy load yet claims proprietors receive a small share, with every city hosting a branch office. The piece ends with a quirky aside about hickory nuts and air.
Treasury figures show China's imports from the United States for fiscal year 1899 will exceed 13 million dollars. The president and party have returned to Washington after a 12 day vacation at Hot Springs Virginia.
Rhode Island loses its status as a capital. Ex president Harrison sails to England to represent Venezuela in boundary arbitration. Charles W. Briggs dies at 74. James A. Clemmer is hanged for murder. Russell Sage donates 50,000 to Women’s Hospital. Stock exchanges report 1.91 trillion in weekly volume. business failures total 147. Buckalew dies at 78. Flower leaves 6 million to widow and daughter. Newcastle yard flogs 15 cyplits. National League baseball standings show St. Louis and Brooklyn leading.
Expenses of the last legislature run to 337060 dollars, the populists denounce fusion, and a creclone wrecks near Colesburg killing Lang and two others. West Alexandria reports a murder suicide by Frank Campbell, while John F. Potter dies in East Troy at 82. Go mezs Cuban manifesto urges work. Wittenberg College admits women to theology. Pfeffer returns to Republicans. Ore vein found near Custer City. German American publishers form in Chicago. Portland arrives with deserters from Manila. Dubois commits suicide in Colorado. Pana dispute ends after 14 months. Jerome Arizona suffers fire losses. a murder-suicide occurs near Middleville. Dawson City burns with 111 buildings lost. Julia Fanning dies in Valparaiso at 150. Reina Mercedes arrives at Fort Monroe. Washtub and Starr flogged for cattle thefts at San Bois. A Texas horse accident kills Livejoy and injures two women.
A Manila cable reports Admiral Dewey will reach Hong Kong on May 25. At the peace conference opened by the czar in The Hague sixteen nations are represented with M. de Stnal named president of the council. Armenian Christians face renewed outrages in Diarbekir as the czar orders a commission to study alternate penalties to Siberian transportation.
The British Woman's Temperance association reelects Lady Henry Somerset as president. Other items note Prof Nathorst's Arctic expedition sailing from Stockholm seeking Andree, cholera outbreak in British India, and various shipwrecks and political tensions during the era.
Aguinaldo's commission met the American commission in Manila and heard that McKinley would offer a government with a president appointing a governor general and cabinet allied with a mixed American Filipino judiciary, plus a people-chosen advisory council.
Reports include Wichita streetcars declared a public nuisance and halted. Newport lawyer Charles Acton Ives dies on a bicycle ride from heart disease. Silver dollars rusted in Philadelphia mint vaults after a leak. Rough Riders' first reunion set for June in Las Vegas with Gov Roosevelt and star. Frick’s Carnegie syndicate built on coke industry bets. Ex Queen Natalie of Servia writes an autobiographical novel in fiction guise. New Rochelle boasts the nation’s largest mayor, Michael J. Dillon. Dickens’s third generation turns novelist. Mathias Steinberger regains memory after 53 years. Massachusetts Supreme Court allows baggage injury damages from last carrier. Sleeping Bear Gros Ventre runs a Great Falls store with limited credit to whites. Bell Telephone purchase makes Cleveland Telephone the world’s largest. 115,734 miles of wire, 75,000 subscribers. Marion Chester Stone, 57, inventor of cigarette holder and other items, dies in Washington.
Report from Manila notes Maj. Gen. Otis refuses an armistice but orders a temporary suspension of forward operations. Filipino commissioners admit no binding power and refer results to Aguinaldo as talks with Schurman Worcester and Denby proceed. Autonomy remains goal. brokers expect possible American protectorate like arrangement. Washington awaits Otis updates on negotiations.
Washington May 22 It is understood that the house republican committee appointed to frame a scheme of currency reform has agreed on a measure including gold redemption of all government obligations on demand and reissue of greenbacks only for gold. It also permits national banks to issue notes at par value of bonds deposited, lowers minimum bank capital, and preserves a limited scope for reform.
Admiral Dewey sails aboard the Olympia from Manila for Montpelier after a farewell in which ships, forts, bands, and thousands of spectators joined in the homeward salute. He plans to return to Vermont, calling for a subdued reception and noting the insurgents' split prospects amid ongoing commissions.
A Sunday murder case unfolds in Middleburg Logan County Ohio. Mrs Rachael Austin and her son Austin are killed and their house burned. Ernest Austin is wounded and under suspicion but claims robbers shot him and burned the home. Separately in Marinette Wisconsin floods from dam failures at Stoddard Long Pond and Don McAlester on Pike river cause $50000 damage after three days of rain.
A building under construction in Crefeldt, Prussia collapsed on Saturday killing 12 workmen. Also noted is US thanks to Britain for honoring Rear Admiral Spotts at Port Stanley, Falklands, and the resignation of the Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba per a Rome dispatch.
The article extols the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line as the through car route from Chicago to the Pacific Coast, tracing the journey from Illinois across the Mississippi to Council Bluffs, Omaha, and Julesburg. It describes key cities, valleys, and landmarks along the rail corridor including Cheyenne, Laramie, North Platte, the Continental Divide, Echo Canyon, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Donner and Lake Tahoe areas, and Sacramento to San Francisco, highlighting the scenic and commercial evolution of transcontinental travel.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify blood and enable easier work, claiming perfect health and easier exertion. It promotes Hood's Pills as a non irritating liver remedy and a suitable companion to Hood's Sarsaparilla for cleansing and cathartic effect.
Portland, a chief city of the north Pacific coast, offers routes to Chicago via the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line. The Oregon Railway & Navigation Co operates magnificent steamers between San Francisco and Portland. Tourists may choose rail or boat between Portland and The Dalles, with stop-overs west of Shoshone to view Shoshone Falls.
An amusing Times letter notes the auctioneer mispronouncing vase as varse depending on value. A cloisonne piece draws laughter and a student’s remark on education at a women’s college, with the line between art and language framed by price.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications but requires internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It is claimed to be a reputable prescription from a leading physician, with testimonials available. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
A shopper asks for a husband birthday present as a clerk and rival banter riff between shopwalkers unfolds. The exchange hints at a decade of marriage and directs to a bargain counter to the right.
The notice promotes the Grand Trunk Railway System as the ideal route for summer travel to East Coast resorts. It mentions direct connections with Lehigh Valley R. R. and vestibule service and offers full literature from J. H. Burgis, Chicago city passenger and ticket agent, at 949 Clark Street.
A collage of short quips and jokes from several newspapers includes a courtroom line about a prisoner, a business exchange about Johnson, a gag about a mud bath, a Yonkers election note, a proverb on mood, and a cold cure ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced 25 cents.
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