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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1895
Page
1
A black silk handbag lost between La Porte and a local spot Friday night should be left at this office or with Mrs. E. O. Beahm. A large sized ladies gold watch was found between Haskell station and Westville cemetery. Reward offered by J. C. Matotte, Westville.
Classified item notes about about 100 cards of 16 inch wood offered cheap by Frank Badur Otis. An advertising blurb promotes One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve with medical claims attributed to E T Scott.
Indianapolis reports Washington Post interviews with Representatives Hanly Steele and Hardy on anti third term resolutions. Hanly supports a two term limit with six year term alternative. Steele opposes and Hardy says Republicans won’t fight it, Democrats hold the issue. Harrison McKinley tariff rumor stirs smiles in Cincinnati. Keigwin scandal and a bank fraud in Wilmington end with unhonored check.
An advertisement asserts U. S. Gov't Reports prove Royal Baking Powder best. It promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as small but effective cures. It warns mothers about croup and claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy prevents attacks if given early, with 25 and 50 cent bottles available.
Jacob Brown leading merchant of Rainsville Indiana notes that many residents keep Chamberlains Cough Remedy in the home. The remedy is valued for colds and croup in children and is sold by E T Scott.
An advertisement for a 64 page Medical Reference Book for men and women covering private diseases errors of youth contagious diseases and female troubles. Send two two cent stamps for postage to Dr Ha Thaway Co at 70 Dearborn Street Chicago for leading specialists and physicians.
Greensburg prepares for the eighth annual state convention of the Indiana Y P S C E to open October 24 with an expected 2000 delegates. Special trains will serve Rushville and Shelbyville as leaders arrive including Rev Francis B E Clark. The consecration sermon will be delivered November 24 by Rev C N Sims of Indianapolis.
Seth Matthews, a Brooklyn farmer, vanished Sept. 21 after buying groceries in Mooresville. He reappeared Oct. 16 in East St. Louis, telling his wife he had a severe headache. He recalls being seen walking home by section men and waking on a levee in East St. Louis Friday morning.
Extwoop Oct 16 Lebanon players traveling home collided with an embankment. Wagon broke apart, players thrown clear. Pitcher Utter suffered a broken nose, second baseman William McIntyre fractured arm and feared permanent injury. Zeb Bowen narrowly escaped death amid wider injuries.
Six hogs vanished from John Miller in Walker township and surfaced next morning in Moore and Taylor's Arlington pens. The theft stirred local farmers and prompted a grand jury inquiry. Indictments returned against Nola Beckner Charles Rives and John F Moore for grand larceny. They were arrested.
Marguerite Monachia Richards died at eleven in Spencer from membranous croup during a brief visit. She was the gifted daughter of Samuel Richards, the painter of Evangeline, associated with the Detroit Museum of Art. She was the sole child and shown extraordinary intellect and talent.
Jeffersonville reports Magistrate Eph Keigwin known as the matrimonial squire has been bunked out of 75. A woman calling herself Mrs. Joh. Bedlaly from Wilmington arrived seeking acquaintance two weeks ago. She claimed church membership in Wil- mington and connected with his case.
In Elwood on October 16 the Clark family caused a disturbance during church services leading to serious injuries. Guy Clark suffered dangerous stab wounds to the face and abdomen as knives were reportedly used. The belligerents will be tried once Guy's injuries are fully assessed.
W H Abbott, manager of Speakman Wire Fence in Newcastle, was robbed near Canton Ohio by three men who took 285 dollars and a gold watch. They bound him to a tree and left him there overnight before fleeing.
Relatives of Randolph Hiser, famed billiard expert and lifelong Elmwoop native, are summoned to his bedside as he lies at death's door in Ward's Hill sanitarium New York after months of mental illness and confinement.
A man walking near the Spiders’ home was killed when an engine vehicle struck him without warning. He had been quartered at the home since Saturday last.
Franklin reporter Elba DePue editor and publisher of the Franklin Republican lies ill at his mother's home in the city with typhoid fever. He serves as vice president of the Fifth district Y P S C EH.
Mrs. M. L. Harmon wife of a local merchant in Lebanon was stricken with paralysis and died within hours after a sudden stroke, with no prior warning.
Franklin reports Elder John C. Miller of Nineveh who fell from an apple tree and landed on a picket fence is rapidly recovering and expected to resume preaching soon.
ELtwoop reports a brick thrown at Edward Bailey struck his face and nearly cut off his nose. Medics reattached the affected member with great difficulty and Bailey survived the assault.
The notice lists deaths in New York Valley Peoria and other places including Lillian Drew 30 Thomas Clinch 69 Andrew J Moulter George R Williams George Davis 84 L J Lumure and Captain James Brawer An appeal is allowed in the Henry Craemer case with a Seattle hanging planned for Nov 1 The Salvation Army marks a week of self denial The brig Harriet G arrives Nuevitas coal for PuertoPrincipe railway is boarded by a Spanish force to search for arms finding none and a protest is filed with the US representative
The twenty four hour outlook from 8 p m yesterday shows Indiana Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin fair and warmer with southerly winds. Iowa fair and warmer with southwestern winds in the eastern part of the state.
The report lists money on call easy and bank bills with demand and sixty day rates, government bond quotes, and commodity prices. It also covers Chicago Board of Trade grain values for Wheat Corn and Data and Park trade, plus live stock prices from Union Stock Yards with hog and cattle ranges and estimated receipts.
President Livingston and Lake Carriers' Association Secretary Keep met with Secretaries Lamont Carlisle and General Craighill to discuss lake and river improvements. Proposals include a second canal at St Clair Flats and widening Lime Kiln Crossing to ease traffic and reduce collisions threatening northern iron trade. Carlisle supports raft restrictions and safety signals to curb raft damage by future congressional action.
The U S State Department dismissed claims that British troops are marching through Brazil toward Venezuela. It noted British Guiana's colonial army total 200 militia, too small for conflict, and the jungle terrain would put any route far from the Venezuelan boundary dispute. Previous similar rumors stemmed from mining parties, not an armed expedition.
President Cleveland and his wife with their three daughters arrived in Washington after traveling by water and train. The Oneida yacht docked at Seventh street wharf with Thurber and Commodore Benedict aboard. The trip from New York Bay was on schedule and left Gray Gables notes influence on his health. He will brief rest before next week’s trip to Atlanta for the Cotton States and International Exposition.
Minister Denby and Britain’s envoy reported success in pressuring the Tsung-Li-Yamen to back punishment for Chinese participants in the Ku Cheng riots. The viceroy’s obstruction eased after direct appeal. Seventeen rioters tied to the Hwa Sang riot are to be executed with others to face trial and punishment.
Washington D Q state hosted the third annual convention of the National Spiritualist Association in session. The annual report of President H D Barrett outlines ongoing concerns and discussions among practitioners regarding persecution and rights of Spiritists nationwide.
The report notes a 65 percent rise in membership for the year and claims 52 spiritualists were arrested on false charges. President Barrett urges creation of litigation and legislation committees in communities to push a vigorous anti persecution campaign and greater political participation. Also includes September trade totals showing exports at 58,543,443 and imports at 50,647,694 for the month.
Secretary Smith orders the law division of the interior department to work one extra hour daily to clear a backlog now about ten months overdue.
Milwaukee marks the fiftieth anniversary of becoming a city with a sunrise jubilee and a civic parade drawing 17 000 people. Fort Wayne opens four days of celebration for its 100th founding anniversary with bells cannon and an address by Mayor C B Oakley and a centennial ode.
On October 16 in LonpDox the French ambassador Cambon the Russian ambassador Nelidoff and the British ambassador Currie presented Said Pasha with final Armenian reform demands. If rejected an ultimatum will follow with no further changes. The plan drops a Christian high commissioner but mirrors last May’s proposals. Russia hesitates to push for full acceptance fearing Armenian autonomy.
A gasoline stove explosion at the Old Plantation exhibit on the eastern Midway caused a quick fire that drew crowds to the scene. The flames were brought under control, but the Old Plantation display was destroyed.
The American vessel Parthia, Captain Carter, Bath Maine, sailing from Liverpool to San Francisco with coal, was burned 400 miles off Chile. The crew sought refuge in boats. one boat with seven men under the second mate reached Valparaiso, while the other boats are untraced.
Peoria Illinois Oct. 16 The county board of supervisors approved a 20000 dollar appropriation to secure a new asylum for the incurably insane. The city council is expected to follow with funds. The county grange warns of a possible levy injunction and says supervisors voting for the measure may face criminal prosecution.
The body of a laboring man was recovered from the Cuya hoga river in Cleveland. He made a deliberate attempt at self destruction by nearly severing both legs and strangling himself with a handkerchief before jumping into the river. The man could not be identified.
About 200 horseshoers from across the country have arrived in Detroit to attend the Horseshoers National Protective Association convention at the Hotel Cadillac. The gathering focuses on scientific discussion and advancing the trade.
Governor Altgeld discharged all dependents at the Evanston Industrial School for Girls signaling its practical closure. Several organizations are expected to take charge of the girls and place them in homes.
San Francisco October 16 The government will appeal its suit against the Stanford estate to the United States Supreme Court. Government counsel Judge L D McKissick has received instructions from Attorney General Harwan to proceed immediately.
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