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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1896
Page
1
Electric Bitters is praised as a seasonable medicine to relieve languor, liver sluggishness, and malarial poison. It claims to prevent fever, cure headaches, indigestion, constipation, and dizziness, with two bottle sizes priced at fifty cents and one dollar at E. T. Scott's drug store.
Teeter eczema and skin troubles are cured by De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. It soothes at once, restores tissues to normal condition, and never fails to cure piles. All Druggists.
A Bucklin's Arnica Salve advertisement touts the product as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and even piles with a money back guarantee. It lists a price of 25 cents per box and sales by E. T. Scott.
A promotional note asserts digestive trouble is common and serious and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy. It touts a 10 cent bottle as a quick aid to restore vitality, attributed to E. T. Scott.
Property offered by a widow includes a 20 acre lot with a good house barn and diverse features such as water power saw mill blacksmith shop cider mill planer emery wheel buzz saw and fruit. Priced at 1500 dollars and advertised as a quick, thorough bargain with prompt inquiry at the office. Also promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills noting small size large results.
For best boots shoes and oxfords in Westville go to Wm A Punsky. tf.
Indianapolis dispatch reports Gen. Harrison resists cabinet offers. Indiana politicians say he wants to finish literary and legal work in peace and shun active government, while gold Democrats debate unity and currency reform moves.
The Indiana Liquor League received word that Rev S J Nicholson plans amendments to the recent temperance law. Proposals modify enforcement, add penalties for officers neglecting duty, address Stehlin case nuisance limits, restrict evidence to nearby property owners, and tighten remonstrance procedures to withdraw signers. A second item from Veedersburg ends mid sentence.
A tramp near Mitchell Indiana at 1 a m discovered dynamite and nitro glycerine on the track prepared to wreck an express train. He signaled the engine by tearing off a lamp and rushing back as shooters fired at him. he was found unconscious by trainmen after warning the approach.
Addie Derby, a village resident, hired a horse and buggy to visit John Barker. She did not return. her uncle searched and found him driving away alone after her disappearance, with authorities reporting a poisoning and a missing lover case in the Kingman area.
Mrs Jen ie Rogers swore warrants for Charles Rogers and his three brothers Eck Ad and Will after they seized an infant girl from her arms in Holmes restaurant. The quartet escaped while the ex husband was captured. child remains missing.
A cyclone in western Decatur County Indiana gathered all the corn from nearby farms and deposited it on one farm. Farmers cannot identify their property and sue to recover after the landowner demanded a description before returning it.
Paoli Indiana November 11 Harry Wells charged with murder of William Johnson at a Republican rally indicted for manslaughter by Orange county grand jury. Wells at liberty on $2000 bonds. Johnson family reportedly does not desire prosecution.
A grand lodge committee in Indianapolis authorized the construction of a new nine story temple on the current site. The project aims for a total cost of about 200000 dollars.
In Rushville Indiana on November 11 the case of election bribery against City Engineer Kelly a Republican was dismissed after a court hearing. The charge was filed by Democrat William Dugan.
The Hadson council unanimously approved purchasing three voting machines, one for each ward. The device, used in the recent election, produced results within minutes and was the first hailed nationwide. Major McAinley reportedly learned of the victory from Hudson due to this machine.
John Rogers a Bran employer coachman killed William Smith who worked nearby during Monday night and yesterday after trying to kill Henry Wells another coachman. Rogers then fatally shot himself with a shotgun. No motive is known.
The weather indictions for twenty-four hours from yesterday show Illinois and Indiana clearing with decidedly colder air and strong southerly winds shifting to northerly. Michigan expects rain or snow, colder with strong southerly winds shifting to northwesterly. Wisconsin will have snow then clearing, colder with northwesterly winds. Iowa expected fair and colder with northwesterly winds.
The New York market shows money on call easy at 4 4.5 percent with mercantile paper at 3.5 to 7 percent and sterling weak. government bonds remain firm. Chicago Board of Trade quotes list wheat, corn, oats, and rye futures with mixed openness and closes, and precious metals and currencies noted. livestock prices at the Chicago Union Stock Yards show hogs, cattle, and sheep ranges and receipts for the day.
Across editorials in The Times The Standard The Post and other papers reactions to the Venezuela settlement are mixed praising diplomacy and predicting a future arbitration court. They note Lord Salisbury and President Cleveland deserve congratulations and discuss implications for future joint actions and limits on claims.
The Washington pact designates King Oscar II as fifth arbitrator to rule the Venezuela boundary case. Fifty years actual possession will confer title, with four other arbitrators chosen by each nation's judiciary. The court may meet in Stockholm and cover Venezuela. U S and Britain arbitration to be negotiated later.
A Wall Street broker warns of a coming surge of fake mining and railroad stock schemes. He predicts a flood of money within two weeks as many aspiring traders in New York seek gains, urging victims to beware and protect their savings from con men.
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