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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1898
Page
8
The exiled boys led from Tomsk into Irkutsk face a riot as crowd violence erupts around soldiers and convicts. Paul Platoff seizes a guard gun and disappears. Maurice and Phil flee through the square as cannon and riflefire erupt, seeking refuge in a gated house while horses and pursuing crowds close in.
An OCR fragment depicts a chaotic scene with an explosion described as a bomb and a man toppled to the ground. The text shows garbled phrases and disjointed reactions including dizziness and disbelief about the events unfolding.
Platoff and Maurice stage a dramatic breakout as Cossacks assault the stairs and door. They knock down pillars to force a path, battle through a hail of bullets, and race a torchlit corridor while soldiers close in. A young officer threatens surrender or fire as the scene grinds toward a perilous standstill.
Philadelphia man John Oliver tells how he nearly died from illness before trying Electric Bitters. He credits three weeks of use with saving his life and says the tonic robbed the grave of another victim. Only 50 cents per bottle at E T Scotts drug store.
Mrs Michael Curtie of Plainfield New Jersey says she suffered a prolonged lung ailment described as consumption. Her doctor deemed it hopeless and medicine useless. After using Dr King s New Discovery she improved after the first dose and, after six bottles, regained health and can do her housework. Free trial bottles available at T Scorr s Drug Store. Large bottles 50 cents and one dollar.
The state board of election commissioners has received population estimates from nearly half the counties as county auditors respond promptly. The board plans next week to finalize printing and may decide if Democratic appellate court judge nominees appear on the ballot. This year the ballot will include four tickets: Republican, Democrat, Populist, and Prohibition, unlike two years ago when Gold Democrats, National, and Labor also appeared.
The North Western Limited runs daily from Chicago at 6 20 p m with electric lighting and a full service set including buffet, smoking and library cars, sleeping cars and luxurious dining cars. Wisconsin summer resorts are readily reachable via this pioneer line west of Chicago, with all agents selling tickets through this route.
IS9S announces on the first and third Tuesdays in July August September and October round trip excursion tickets good 21 days from Chicago Milwaukee and other points to many destinations in South and North Dakota and western states at about one fare. Information on rates routes and farm land prices available from W E Powell Gens Immigration Agent 410 Old Colony Bldg Chicago A P F Hunter Immigration Agent for South Dakota 291 Dearborn St Chicago or Geo H Heatford General Passenger Agent Chicago Illinois. July Aug Sep
The Omaha Exposition recreates the Chicago World’s Fair as it existed in 1893 with improved exhibit arrangement. Visitors can now explore western resources in a few days, and the New Midway replicates the famed Street of All.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a beauty aid to purify blood and liver, claim banishing pimples boils blotches and a sickly complexion. It promises satisfaction with prices of 10 25 or 50 cents and urges starting today.
Railway timetable notice lists express and mail services with numbers and routes. Mentions Reading Express no 5 Pacific Express no 11 and Way Freight, effective November 21 1897. Includes Train names and service codes in a concise system update style.
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