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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1895
Page
2
The INDICA is a weekly Westville Indiana publication noting obituary stories, poetry and professional notices. It highlights advertising rates, subscription price one dollar annually and mentions post office entry as second class matter.
The piece notes Turkish sack of American mission buildings at Kharput and questions U S foreign policy under Cleveland. It contrasts longtime English purchases of American gems, estimating 50 million dollars over twenty five years and 46 million yearly, portraying England as a dominant market force.
A writer notes Japan lacks dairy cattle and meat consumption, has few horses imported for foreigners, and uses carts pulled by coolies. Dogs are rare and not used for work, sheep and pigs are absent from diet, and wool is unused with silk and cotton dominating.
The article argues that a daughter born to the young Czar and Czarina will not bring joy to Russians. It contends the birth highlights oppression since Michael Romanov’s era and accuses the Romanoffs of siphoning annual wealth from the people. It predicts a future uprising as the people seek to throw off the yoke.
Paris Texans denounce Boston for permitting a Faneuil Hall meeting by colored people to protest lynchings in the South. The dispatch says the town held an indignation meeting with bitter speeches denouncing puritanical Boston. The writer notes mixed irony about the protest and praises the venue for such gatherings.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge argues in the London Chronicle that arbitration should settle boundary questions in the Americas and cautions against European territorial gains. He predicts Congress will enshrine the Monroe Doctrine as U.S. policy at all hazards.
Deputy State Treasurer Jer ing tells the Indianapolis Sun that Indiana has a top financial rating, arguing no state ranks higher and some tie or score higher. He notes Indiana borrows money at a better rate than the U S government.
The article outlines Indiana bonds trading around three to four percent, notes the state backing canal bonds in the 1830s-40s, and recounts the 8 percent bonds renewed at 3 percent as the state rebuilt its credit. It discusses market demand, commissions, and the lasting impression of repudiation abroad.
Free sample by mail of Dr King s New Life Pills promises relief for constipation sick headache malaria and liver troubles with vegetable ingredients and no harmful substances. Regular box 25c sold by Scutt druggist and address requested for sample delivery.
The harbor water is the lowest in ten years thirty seven inches below normal. The barge A. R. Colburn arrived Sunday morning drew eleven and a half feet of water and grounded at the east end of the Franklin street draw until late afternoon when she freed herself. Old mariners say they never saw water so low in the harbor.
Advertisements promise free trial bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery and New Life Pills plus a Guide to Health and Household Instructor. Send name and address to BH. Balen & Co. Chicago for a sample box and free literature.
The text argues the Democratic party was crushed nationally in November as voters rejected its two years in power. It blames imbecility corruption and treason, cites opposition to foreign power subservience and protection, and predicts a Republican next president with the Solid South ending.
A vintage advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier that enriches and purifies the blood, claiming cures after other remedies fail. It also promotes Hood's Pills as prompt and efficient without purging, priced at 25 cents.
The London Spectator claims Cleveland’s star is setting, but the piece contends his era ended long ago. It argues three successive U.S. election repudiations show his failure at constructive statecraft and calls the White House a poseur.
The piece notes silver depreciation and its impracticality for money, while claiming Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin helps thousands with indigestion and constipation. It advertises trial sizes at 10 doses for 10c and a 50c or 1 dollar investment.
The piece notes rising English exports to the United States despite tariff polemics and predicts post 1897 protectionist shifts. It urges American workers to prepare for intensified competition with English labor and declares Tuesday’s vote a step toward industrial independence.
The piece argues that party divisions based on geography have ended. Democratic declines in Kentucky and Maryland are blamed on broader shifts, not factional fights. The writer asserts that states will vote by current issues, not old regional loyalties, marking a new political era.
Citizens are urged to search silver dollar piles for an 1804 date coin, valued highly since demonetization. Only eight are believed to exist, with the issue sent to Tripoli to fund U S war efforts and later used as ornaments by locals.
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve promotes itself as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It claims to cure piles and offers two cents per box through E. T. Scott as seller.
In St. Clair county near Belleville a town named Lovejoy is described as having a black majority. The 800 residents include 600 African Americans with three colored churches and two colored schools. white schooling is run by colored officials. The town also has a colored mayor, colored justice, highway commissioners, a collector, and colored police.
The World’s Fair tests show no baking powder as pure or effective in leavening as the Royal. An unrelated ad mentions LaPorte carriage parts and a Toledo firm offering cash for catarrh cures with Hall’s Catarrh Cure touted as systemic remedy.
Terms easy and examinations free offered by L BAGGER & Co. atty s in Wealington Pe C. Prompt attention, send drawing and description. Settlement required or attorney hands will be used. H B HERROLD warns unsettled accounts will be collected. Envelopes printed with name and address available 50 cents per hundred. Neuralgia cured by Dr Miles pills One cent a dose.
The page promotes a 64 page medical reference book for private diseases and sexual issues, requesting 2 two cent stamps for postage to Dr Hatuh Haw ay Co in Chicago. It also touts One Minute Cough Cure as a quick effective remedy urged by E T Scott. Notices announce the new soldiers home opening January 1st with 500 Grand Army posts asked to refer veterans and widows for admission, aiming to gather war veterans in almshouses.
Mrs Julia A Brown of Covington Tennessee whose husband runs the electric light plant describes an eighteen year struggle with nervousness and indigestion. She recalls seeking remedies from family and friends and finally receiving treatment from three local physicians Drs Barret Maley and Sherod two years ago with no relief prior.
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