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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
2
A Westville Indiana weekly column reports on politics notes from Indiana including a Republican plurality near 15 000 and Prohibitionist votes. It notes John W Keeley’s death and hints at steam power discovery. Local humor and lodge chatter mix with river lore and hog cholera vaccination progress.
A large turn out marked Shepherd Crumpacker’s funeral after his death November 17 1898. The service at Westville M E church drew many relatives and Masons from Michigan City Union Mills LaPorte Chesterton and Valparaiso. Crumpacker a Virginia native who moved to Indiana as a youth was a farmer businessman and Republican who left a widow two sons and siblings.
Announcement notes a subscription price of 50 cents per year for the Union Gospel News with a deadline to subscribe before January 1, 1899 and credits Chas Freeman as the contact.
The piece notes five state tickets and two congressional tickets on the ballot with opposition largely backing the Democratic candidate. It cites mutilated and mismarked ballots hurting Republicans more than Democrats and credits Judge Crumpacker with a remarkable victory a vindication of his record in the national legislature.
Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co in Toledo swears the firm will pay 100 for each catarrh case not cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. Notary A L Gleason signs December 6 1886. Cure taken internally. testimonials sent. Sold by druggists at 75 cents.
The proposed appropriation seeks 250 000 to 260 000 dollars for a Lafayette half dollar souvenir. The silver coins would cost the government half their face value and may fetch a premium of one dollar each on sale.
A promotional piece extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as providing pure rich blood essential for national health and strength. It asserts widespread annual consumption and endorses Hood's Pills as a reliable, easy to take remedy priced at 25 cents.
State officials have not changed the militia outline determined earlier. Gov. Mount says the legislature will wait for Washington to act. No actions will be taken locally until Congress decides on national militia reforms, as future federal changes could render early steps moot.
A reader notes that after using Hood's medicine relief came quickly and eruptions disappeared, leaving the patient entirely cured. Mrs Harriz of Vincennes Street New Albany Indiana adds her testimony.
The docket lists cases with dismissals at plaintiff costs for Mary Small v Dolman and Ernestine Sothman v Sothman. It notes a modified judgment motion in Kadow v Berg overruled, various foreclosures and mandamus actions, quiet title outcomes, a Schlitz Brewing case withdrawal of a new trial motion, and a Has kell & Barker Car Company damages appeal after a denial of a new trial.
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