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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
4
Ten car loads of American tables, rare with 150 000 pieces in all, were shipped to Sydney New South Wales. This marks the first such export from this country to the antipodes.
The New Hampshire Federation of Woman's Clubs adopts a motto praising steadfast principles, lofty aspirations, and far reaching sympathy akin to granite mountains and river currents. The phrase emphasizes durable virtue, high goals, and broad compassion guiding the organization.
The 1890 U S population reached 62,622,250 with July 1 treasury estimates at 77,816,000 The presidential votes show 1888 total 11,358,038 1892 12,110,636 and 1896 13,923,643 across the era indicating growth in turnout and finances.
The marquis of Londonderry as postmaster general issues a rule requiring post office clerks to address all male correspondents as Esquire unless they are evidently laborers, personal servants or tradesmen.
The Boston Elevated Railway distributed about 100000 free tickets through churches and charitable groups so that mothers children the sick and aged who cannot pay may be carried to the woods or the seashore.
The bureau reports 554 arrests and 218 convictions for the fiscal year. Missouri leads with 78 cases. Counterfeit funds seized amount to 55000 dollars, with 209 plates and 310 molds captured.
The Philadelphia Times reports Porto Rican pesos and centavos are entering the United States mints in large numbers in exchange for U S money. Through now $4 862 798 30 in Porto Rican coins have been received at the Philadelphia mint.
The passage lists grand, ceremonial epithets for Abdul Hamid I as sultan of Turkey. It describes him as beloved sultan of sultans emperor of emperors shadow of God on earth brother of the sun dispenser of crowns sovereign of Constantinople Damascus and Brousa king of kings and defender of the world with justice at his throne.
The article recalls the sinking of England s battleship Victoria after a 1893 collision with Camperdown during English squadron maneuvers. It notes 356 lives lost and comments on naval warfare training being costly.
The country fears a pest after a Belgian craze fades. T. H. Palmer, acting chief of the biological survey, warns of watching hares released locally and urges measures to discourage further liberation of the animals.
It is advised to omit greetings like Dear Sir and closings such as Yours truly in business letters. Reformers argue the addressed name suffices and the writer’s signature stands alone. The trend pushes against calling recipients or oneself by deferential terms.
Sing Sing penitentiary ends the traditional lock step march pattern. Inmates welcome the change saying the former practice degraded them and that the new method offers a more humane routine.
A survey of global events includes census results showing 14 044 711 in ten years with Portland Oregon at 90420. McKinley’s acceptance letter endorses the Philadelphia platform and Philippine policy. news covers Transvaal integration, Filipino skirmishes, Russia China talks, Li Hung Chang seeking escort, Japan’s response to dismemberment, Austrian maneuvers casualties, Italian coal trade, and mobilization of Japanese forces with Gen Chaffee’s withdrawal from Peking.
The item covers Roman Catholic women singers barred from choirs, West Point freshman class size, New York clearinghouse totals and weekly change, business failures nationwide, a wife murder–suicide in Brooklyn, a McKeesport savings association in receivership, Hartford trotting record, Albert D Shaw’s congress nomination, death of Thomas Kingsford, and the John Endicott steamer disaster with all aboard saved.
A varied 19th century record notes banks closing with assets and liabilities, a sheep catastrophe in Colorado, union elections in Detroit, population counts for Peoria, political nominations in Minnesota and Ohio, Bryan touring West Virginia, labor union rulings in Des Moines, sensational deaths in St. Louis and Williams, baseball season wrap in Denver, Florida coast gale damage, robberies in Marshall Missouri, a ship launch in San Francisco, transport arrivals from Havana including Gen Fitzhugh Lee, and the United Mine Workers board adjourning sine die in Indianapolis without formal charges.
Officers report a shipment of about $1.5 million bound for United States troops in China. The transit, described from San Francisco to Hong Kong, involved a significant overseas financial transfer amid strategic military moves.
Mayor Jones cites 5000 dead in Galveston with martial law and looting. Bodies buried or burned as fear of pestilence grows. Relief deemed urgent as medical stores deplete and disinfectants are scarce. Over 2300 bodies reportedly buried. aid from Gov Sayers urged, cities pledge help. Other items cover political and economic shocks nationwide.
Nearly 100000 passengers in two days ride the new London underground electric railway from Bank to Shepherds Bush over six miles with 11 stations. The four year build cost 17032850 dollars, fare four cents, empty omnibuses and fewer streets crowds.
Spain will switch to Greenwich Mean Time for rail mail telegraph telephone and steamship services and all public offices. Hours are counted from midnight to the next midnight with no tarde or noche labels and midnight designated as 24.0. The interval between 24 and 1 will be 0.0 to 0.59.
In a summer effort near Lyons France, 52 cannons manned by 104 cannoneers fired at clouds to avert hail. Government funds totaling 386 plus 289 from various agricultural bodies financed the experiment across 2500 acres of vineyards.
An article notes growing global gold production while Russia maintains about 86,668 pounds yearly. It states platinum from the Ural mountains accounts for 95 percent of world supply, rising from 6,363 pounds in 1890 to 13,242 pounds in 1899. It also mentions cloud-seeding experiments and hail damage responses.
The Austrian cotton textile sector shows strong growth with 8,000 additional looms planned and spindle increases in Bohemia estimated to raise cotton yarn output to about 2 million dollars per year. Woolen and linen sectors also expand as factories enlarge to meet rising demand, especially in northern Bohemia, despite a softer profit climate.
The article notes long known diamonds in British Guiana with 1890 finds totaling 514.53 grains and a 1893 report predicting dry mines. It details 1893 discoveries of 282 stones up the Mazaruni river and 400 more stones found July 6, washed by nine men in 18 days, with stones ranging from a grain to 1.5 carats. London valuers compare them favorably to South African and Brazilian diamonds, despite the arduous trek 250 miles from Bartica through jungle terrain to the diggings.
The article describes the Confucius temple at Chu-fou, noting a sacred mound for Confucius’ remains, a meditation building, and a dead tree on a circular stone stand near a marble-like tablet and incense vase. It mentions the inscription for the sage and nearby the tomb of an English figure who died four years earlier.
M. E. Chittenden the Sser politician who died recently was famed for a joke about his initials M C. The account recalls his long years of deafness and a practical joke at Hillsdale where friends tricked him about blessing the meal, a moment he enjoyed once he understood.
In the alice court Bailiff Mendig quips as William Oss is charged with vagrancy. Ross defies the witty remark with a Boston aphorism. Found guilty on evidence and sent to the workhouse for 60 days in default of $20 bonds.
In a Wallack's theater anecdote John Paul recalls an instant of quick wit. He and J R Osgood found standing room and then two strangers claimed their seats. The bluff was met with swift humor, showing readiness to respond when needed.
Jinks quips about a Kentucky wife driving a man to drink with a Detroit Free Press remark that the motive was drinking water. The exchange uses humor to deflate the notion of excessive drinking.
A playful exchange quotes Mr Wabash asking if the programme is full and Miss Olive from St Louis replying she has waited over an hour for someone to take her to supper in a Chicago Evening News item.
The brief obit line from Atchison acknowledges a man at a life crossroads feeling too old for new freedoms and too young for rest, marking a moment of personal reflection within a local notice.
The notice lists round trip half rates plus $2.00 for travel to western, southern, and southeastern points. Tickets go on sale on September 4 and 18, October 2 and 16, November 6 and 20, and December 4 and 18, 1900. Address H C Townsend, G T Agent, St Louis, Mo for folders and full information.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. Price 75c.
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