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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1896
Page
2
The Indicator is a weekly Westville Indiana publication entered as second class matter. It lists annual subscription at 1.00 in advance and ad rates as reasonable. Obituary notices over ten lines cost 1.00, obituary poetry 10 cents per line, and professional cards 5 per year or 3 per six months.
The passage argues a broad, multipronged defeat of a political movement by exposing its financial schemes and opponents. It criticizes the candidate as vain and weak, and portrays him as manipulated by Altgeld and the Silver Miners' Trust while warning of social disorder and anti establishment conspiracy.
A reflective editorial urges humility after an election loss or win. It warns victors against arrogance and calls for restraint toward the defeated, urging dignified conduct and tempering triumph with compassion, even after a hard campaign.
The speaker labels Altgeld as a snarling beast and accuses him of hoping for destitution to advance his political aims. He portrays Altgeld as powerless, claiming prosperity would hurt his party, and urges the public to overlook his frauds and plots.
A lengthy exhortation to farmers to modernize and unite, arguing dairy farming through co operative creameries yields steadier income than grain farming. It praises shared effort, labor value, and community benefits, urging Westville farmers to join and support cooperative creamery boards to protect margins and profits.
The message urges steady effort despite cheap prices, stressing resilience and ongoing production. It compares price dips to a pendulum and counsels maintaining momentum until prices recover.
A reviewer laudsNickle Plate Road dining cars on through Chicago to New York Boston trains noting rigid grievance committee oversight ensuring hot meals and clean cars. He highlights polite porters and luxurious sleeping cars while citing lower fares between Chicago Buffalo and New York.
You can improve health by keeping blood pure with Hood s Sarsaparilla. The text warns that impure blood causes distress and illness and promotes Hood s Pills as the best after dinner aid for digestion and headache with a 25 cent price.
Government testing cited Royal Baking Powder as superior to all competitors in overall quality and performance. The report highlights its leavening strength reliability and absence of undesirable additives compared with rival brands.
Algernon S Orr of this county builds a steam launch and will depart Chicago within ten days for a voyage to circle the globe. He plans to follow the Mississippi delta to the Gulf of Mexico then coast to Key West Florida and New York, then up the Hudson to the Great Lakes returning to Chicago.
An advertisement asserts catarrh stems from impure blood and cannot be treated with inhalants. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies blood, removes impurities, and has thousands of testimonials of permanent cures.
J B Green announces homeseekers excursions to Northwest West Southwest and South via Nickle Plate Road on November 17 December 1 and 15 with full particulars available from agents. He also notes visits by calling at residence on Saturdays and mentions studying at Valparaiso Normal.
The Decembers issue features The Cradle of Christianity sketches by Rev. Dr. Thomas P. Hughes with illustrations, Amably Fanton’s Southern darkey sketches, Howard Helmick’s six full page drawings, and cheerful fiction by Kate Erskine and Margaret Sutton Briscoe. An Edwin C. Martin sketch of Eugene Feldin Demorest’s Magazine and a piece on Christmas in Several Lands complement the volume. Ernest Jerrold presents The fatal Knot-Hole, and J Herbert Welch writes Smelt Fishing in Northern Waters with illustrations.
The article notes a narrow county ticket defeat for values of 76 for Sheriff Small and 19 for Senator Rogers, with a broad Republican showing despite Populist and Prohibition fusion and a strong Democratic showing earlier. It credits incumbent Republicans for fiscal prudence and public service, arguing the June ticket was weak and unity could have secured victory. It also cites a dubious Scientific American diphtheria remedy involving tar and turpentine.
Wm R Hayes of Payne Indiana writes in February 1896 that since the agency opened four months ago he gained 27 pounds from 150 to 177 and feels better. He touts the remedy as excellent and lists 10c sample, regular 50c and $1.00 sizes available at E T Scotts.
On November 17 and December 1 and 15, 1896 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway will sell round trip excursion tickets from Chicago to numerous Western and Southwestern points on its line and elsewhere at greatly reduced rates. Details on rates and routes available from coupon ticket agents or by writing Robt. C. Jones Traveling Passenger Agent Cincinnati O. 28 30.
In South and North Dakota letters from farmers are published in pamphlet form by the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The pamphlet is illustrated and one free copy can be obtained for a two cent postage stamp by sending requests to R. C. Jones Traveling Passenger Agent 40 Carew Building Chicago.
The advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a great remedy with rapid success. It claims constipation indigestion and sick headache are cured and urges a 10 cent trial with larger sizes 50 cents and one dollar from E T tt.
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