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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1895
Page
2
The Indicator of Westville Indiana notes publication every Thursday with a yearly rate of 1.00 in advance. Advertising terms are stated as reasonable and applied upon request. Obituary notices over ten lines and poetry incur ten cents per line. professional cards priced at five dollars per year.
The report claims the recent earthquake increased pressure in Indiana gas and oil wells. It notes political jests about Coxey, Train, and Quincy, and observes officials and spending in government vessels and coal use warnings.
The court ruled township trustees overseer of the poor salary is payable from the county treasury, not a township charge. This benefits townships with large cities by shifting much of destitute relief costs to the county.
The National Soldiers' Home at Marion remains overcrowded with about 1,600 inmates and 250 patients in the hospital. Congress allotted 17,000 to build new structures that will add space for 2,500 veterans upon completion.
The article reports James J. Corbett plans to retire from boxing to pursue theater work claiming no more public championship fights will occur in the United States. It critiques foreign policy and a president’s response as context while mixing domestic political commentary and advice on courting.
A historical advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for female ailments and general nervous complaints. It claims to strengthen organs, relieve loss of appetite, constipation, headaches, fainting spells, and nervous insomnia, with Methe and vigor guaranteed. Large bottles priced at fifty cents at Scott's drug store.
A critical commentary argues populism is exhausted in Kansas with William Peffer urged to resign, while predicting he will push to expand the circulating medium. The piece likens Peffer to James II seeking cash through coinage like kettles and crowbars. It notes western returns do not support immediate action.
Dispatches from Turkey condemn the sultan for indifference to Armenian distress. Fanatical Muslim troops show disaffection, and terror runs through Asiatic provinces. Powers threaten action if outrages continue, but previous promises vanished as the sultan resumes leisure with concubines.
The Philadelphia Record touted 201 new woolen mills since the Wilson tariff, a claim challenged by Republicans as unfounded. Voters noticed the discrepancy as fact contrasts with rhetoric. A Westville school program highlighted Indiana patriotism and Tippecanoe history, ending with a collection for a battlefield monument.
Mrs D Hilligoss of Anderson sues W R Covert for damages claiming his reputation as an opponent of spiritualism harmed her. Covert has offered 500 to any who duplicats a spiritualist phenomenon before a jury, a challenge the suit aims to keep out of trial while Covert reportedly plans to demonstrate manifestations.
The semi annual report shows 365 boys in the reform school for boys with six month costs totaling 16211 dollars. Marion county sends 84 boys followed by Vigo 49 Howard 25 and Allen Madison counties 21 each. No deaths occurred in the period and a large building was erected. The farm has expanded by 195 acres and crop yields are expected to surpass previous years while city boys are trained in trades.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as curing catarrh by purifying the blood and preventing pneumonia diphtheria and typhoid fever. It also promotes Flood's Pills as a preferred laxative, priced at 25 cents.
Emmett H. Scott Edward F. Michael and R. E. Morrison form a capitalist syndicate beginning an eighty mile railroad project in Alger and Schoolcraft counties. The line from South Bay to Munsing will connect with the Chicago and Northwestern and the Detroit South Shore and Atlantic. The group owns 200000 acres of timber in the northern pineries and ten miles have been finished with full operation planned early next year.
Friday the backbone of the drought was broken as Herbert Cathcart moved into the Hixon house. Mr. and Mrs. S. Wilson visited Valpo that week while Grandma Rogers stays with Dan Hibbard and Mrs. Standiford spends weeks in the country. An elderly Ottawa traveler, 76, left for Michigan, suffered a horse mishap in Elkhart and was robbed of 27 dollars on the same trip.
Classified notice from The Dommon Company seeking several trustworthy gentlemen or ladies to travel in Indiana for an established reliable house. Salary 780 dollars plus expenses. Provide references and self addressed stamped envelope. Third Floor Omaha Building Chicago.
Jerome Howard Skelly of Newtown Indiana was born November 4 1847. A skilled millwright and builder of mills and factories in Illinois Michigan and Indiana his exactness and frugality defined a blameless life. He never joined a church but lived by the religion of right doing and was a devoted husband and father.
Canajobarie resident D W Fuller says the remedy gives its family the best results and he would not be without it. Catskill druggist G A Dyke confirms it as an undoubted best cough remedy used for eight years with reliable results. Trial bottles offered free at Scott's drug store with regular sizes 5 and 1.00.
Westville lodge No. 193 F and A M adopts memorial resolutions for Jerome Howard Skelly praising his Masonry and community service. The group extends condolence to his widow and sons and commits copies of the resolution to minutes, family, home lodge, and publication.
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve advertised as best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all eruptions. Promises guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. 25 cents a box. Sold by E. T. Scott.
The Indiana prison board met in Indianapolis on Tuesday November 5 and awarded a contract to employ 250 convicts. A new work building was planned and the board reported improved prison finances. Earlier 350 of 800 inmates were idle with no work prospects. now all but fifty are contracted, projecting a $10,000 annual net gain for the state.
LaPorte Carriage Co seeks shell-bark hickory and white ash butts for delivery to its LaPorte factory. Desired length is any 4 feet or longer, cut to maximum knot-free size. Must have 6 inch or larger diameter at the smaller end.
Jurors selected for the term beginning next Monday include Grand Jury members Joseph Hostetler J J Kinley Orpha Replogle Charles Porter Caleb Harvey John H Peter and Petit Jury members J F McCarthy Janes Fargher George M Adama Jacob May Silas Anderson Fred Pitner Harry Bennett Edward Garwood Chris Herrold W A Banka I D Phelps Christ Roeske. Superior Court jurors for the November term named by Jury Commissioners Vail Grischow and Ohming include W A Long Jacob R May John W Ludlow T M McLane Theodore Wells Lincoln Crosser John N McCurdy C Heuser F Compton Frederick W Steigley Joseph Paris Henry Fullee.
Strate oF On10, City oF TOLEdo, Lucas Coury, Frank J. Corvry makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Coenry & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforenasid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every cage of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Halz's CaTarrh CuRBE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886, SEAL A. L.GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous earfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. F Seld by druggists, 75 cta.
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder earned a gold medal at the Midwinter Fair with judges citing its purity and rising power. The award highlights the product amid other food exhibits and promotional displays from regional manufacturers.
A mix of ads and notices urges immediate settlement of debts under threat of attorney collection. It promotes printed name and address envelopes at 50 cents a hundred, and advertises One Minute Cough Cure with claims of quick, safe relief. Also notes drought affecting the Kankakee river and surrounding swamp land speculations in Porter and Laporte counties.
A 73 year old man long afflicted with heart disease reports being cured by Dr Miles New Heart Cure. The advertisement touts a strong personal testimonial and asserts no other medicine yields such a record.
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