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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1896
Page
2
The issue lists obituary notices and advertising notes for Westville Indiana with pricing terms for notices. Editorial and business details show Cuas EF Mantin editor and proprietor publishing weekly on Thursdays October 15 1890.
The snippet lists McKinley of Ohio for president and Hobart of New Jersey for vice president with accompanying names and fragments of other names and titles, reflecting a party ticket presentation. The legible portion centers on the 1896 Republican ticket with McKinley and Hobart as top nominees.
The article urges voters to learn proper ballot stamping under the Australian system to avoid discarding ballots. It explains voting straight tickets by stamping the large square and scratched tickets by stamping the small square beside each chosen candidate to ensure counts.
A speaker warns that a major political bargain since 1888 aims to devalue the dollar and force free silver. He alleges a Southern Western alliance against federal election protections, citing Senate maneuvers and lavish western convention influence funded by a silver syndicate to thwart the Force Bill.
Henry B. Dulac Well argues against a silver driven coalition led by the South and West. He warns of forced contributions, devalued savings, and class conflict aiming to revive older monetary battles. He cites debt, political alignments, and historic precedents to urge readers to oppose Bryan’s stance.
Advertising blurb touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Vepsin as a pleasant cure for constipation indigestion and sick headache. Claims the product is powerful and effective with small dose options and various container sizes.
The Herald notes the county dropped the special bridge tax once the two Kankakee river bridges were paid. Critics argue the remaining court house debt and interest tax should be reconsidered, accusing Democratic rule of extravagance and claiming current officials could build cheaper.
The U S Government Reports declare Royal Baking Powder superior to all other brands in official testing and quality evaluations. The findings highlight its leavening strength and consistent performance for baking needs.
The Recorder covers a heated town meeting with Democrats and Republicans clashing over silver coinage. Alex Wilhelm and Harry Wair speak amid a crowd split nearly evenly, with lampooning by opponents and a bowery entertainment interlude. The piece highlights claims about silver demonetization, wheat prices, and party rhetoric, noting crowd reactions and the speaker’s partisan tone.
An editorial heckles opponents in a heated reading of 1896 campaigns. It accuses McKinley supporters of propping bondage, attacks Wilhelm and his crowd as misleading, and mocks Bryan era zeal. It notes party claims on specie payments and oppressors and lampoons farmers rhetoric.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Carney & Co. Toledo proprietors. Endorsements from West & Truax and Waxpina Kinnan & Mativin Toledo wholesale druggists. Cure taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The Veteran's Home Society of the Indiana conference reports 11500 in subscriptions and donations of real estate for retired ministers. The plan to raise funds and provide residences for old preachers includes long term church property ownership and several farms and houses deeded with life leases.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsa parilla as the superior blood purifier with unmatched cures and higher cost but greater value to consumers. It also markets Hood's Pills as the best family laxative and liver medicine, described as gentle reliable and sure.
Annapolis readers hear endorsements for Chamberlain's Pain from Jnc G Brooks and A J McGill while a public warning notes a timely cough remedy from One Minute Cough Cure. The notices promote rheumatism relief and cold illness prevention with price and seller details included.
The Darlington Journal editorial extols Chamberlain's Colic cholera and diarrhoea remedy declaring it saved the writers from grave danger and will save pain and suffering for any family warning that every household should keep it on hand.
Mrs Julia A Brown of Covington Tennessee wife of the electric light plant manager details an 18 year struggle with nervousness and indigestion. She describes trial of remedies and doctors Barret Maicy and Sherod who treated her unsuccessfully before seeking other care.
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