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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1898
Page
7
Local column lists prices for farm produce and groceries, notes visitors and residents, and reports on community happenings including theater, education, and real estate items. Mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla, E Ansley store, E Smith's goods, and Black Cat leatherlike stockings. Also covers railroad notices, insurance tips, and upcoming expositions with station stops and fares.
Purdue University bulletin reports sugar beet trials across central and northern Indiana. Diseases and pests threaten foliage with leaf spot and blister beetle. recommends Bordeaux mixture with lime and arsenite or Paris green. Harvest timing favors October to mid November. ripeness shown by leaf color and sugar tests. Store beets in cellars or straw piles with ventilation and protect from frost, covering roots with earth and additional straw as needed.
The Colorado Special from Chicago now offers through sleeping car arrangements to Colorado Springs with discont inued excess fares. The north western line also provides a 10:00 am departure to Omaha and Denver with an upgraded through sleeping car service on the 10:30 pm Chicago departure. Tourists tickets via the Chicago and North Western are on sale at major points in the United States and Canada.
The North Western Limited runs daily from Chicago at 6 30 p m reaching St Paul and Minneapolis early next morning. It features electric lighting including berth head lights, buffet, smoking and library cars, sleeping cars and luxurious dining cars. Wisconsin summer resorts are best reached via this pioneer line west of Chicago with tickets sold by all agents.
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway offers round trip excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays in July August September and October 1898. Tickets valid twenty one days to many points in South and North Dakota and other western and southwestern states. Travel west to see crops and good prices for farm products. Apply at ticket agents for details.
An advert proclaims ten million American bicycle riders with an average one injury per season and promotes Henry Johnson’s Amica Oil Liniment as a quick cure for bruises cuts and sprains. The tonic also claims to remove pimples sunburn tap or freckles and is sold with a money back guarantee at 25 cents per bottle or 50 cents for three bottles.
Healthy appearance links to vital organs and good digestion. Electric Bitters acts on stomach liver and kidneys to purify blood and clear pimples boils and blemishes. Guaranteed remedy available at E. T. Scotts drug store, 50 cents a bottle.
The Omaha Exposition recreates the World’s Fair in a compact layout with two to three days enough to see the famed exhibits. The New Midway reproduces the Street of All Nations with improved design and electric lighting illuminates the grounds and lagoon for a striking night scene.
Bucklin’s Arnica Salve touted as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Claims to cure piles with no pay required. Priced 25 cents per box. Four sale by E. T. Scott.
An old time advertising short promises constipation relief with Cascarets Candy Cathartic ten cent pack. It offers money back if C C C fails and urges readers to educate their bowels.
Candy ad promotes Caseards Candy Cathartic 10c 25c claiming cure for constipation. It promises reimbursement if C C C fails and directs druggists to stock and sell the product.
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