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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1899
Page
2
The Westville Indicator lists obituary notices over ten lines and obituary poetry at ten cents per line. Professions cards are five dollars per year or two dollars per six months. The paper, edited by Cyras E Magtin, is published weekly on Thursdays with ads placed for four perusal. The issue is dated Thursday September 14, 1599.
A Berlin county fruit raiser notes commission men pay a dollar per barrel on trees and cover shipment charges. Many Maiden blush and Astracians but winter apples remain limited in supply with Missouri and New York showing weak crops. He plans to store fruit awaiting higher prices.
Patti Lyle Collins notes in September Ladies Home Journal that about £10000 in cash, confined to letters, remained unclaimed for a year with a quarter of the sum still missing. Envelopes are kept on file four years, loose cash totaling about $19000 was found in the mails, and unclaimed funds go to the treasury after the claim period.
The Indiana conference in session at Frankfort reassigns Rev. C. A. Stockbarger to the Westville charge for a fourth year. He is praised as an indefatigable, studious preacher shaping sermons to pressing issues of the hour. Other district appointments and various pastors in the Valparaiso district are listed, along with notes on church leadership and the Epworth League. The Indicator also covers a pamphlet from Postal Telegraph and Cable Co. about attempts to lay a cable to Cuba, opposing Western Union’s monopoly and government intervention.
An advertisement claims many women suffer from kidney and bladder issues mistaken for womb weakness. It argues symptoms include neuralgia, headaches, back ache, and urinary changes. Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root is promoted as the cure, with a free sample bottle and book offered by mail from Kilmer & Co.
Franklins Fyles of the New York Sun previews a seven part Ladies Home Journal series on theatre life. It covers theatre management pay training and behind the scenes, with many illustrations and actor details. Local letters endorse Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Chamberlain’s remedy.
The notice offers a $100 reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cagney Co Toledo. It asserts the firm’s honesty and solvency by signed endorsements from West Juax Wallpine Kinnan Mattrix Wholesale Druggists Toledo and explains internal action of the cure with price 75 cents per bottle and testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are advertised as best.
The publisher asks subscribers in arrears to pay promptly, noting small amounts add up to a large total that harms the publisher. A personal appeal is made for delinquent accounts to be wiped out, arguing they avoid constant creditor pressure and seek fair treatment through generous responses.
Travel ads tout fall fishing and hunting in Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota via the North Western line with low rate tourist tickets and favorable return limits. Through routes to California Oregon and beyond feature the Overland Limited and Pacific Express with dining and sleeping cars and weekly escorted excursions. A. H. Waggener handles tickets from Chicago and DeWitt's Little Early Risers promote bowel regulation and energy.
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