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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1896
Page
2
Obituary notices policies and advertising rates appear in the 1896 Westville Indiana issue. The Republican and Democratic tickets list candidates including McKinley Hobart Mount Haggard Comstock Wiley.
In the Tenth Congressional District race Crumpacker competes alongside Harry Tulhill for the Superior Court seat. The county ticket lists Umar Culbertson as a candidate, with Travis serving in a related county role.
The LaPorte Argus depicts a farmer and declining prices with a list of produce costs as a backdrop to a critique of free trade and Democratic politics. The piece condemns four years of economic hardship, the shift from protectionism, and the rise of free silver rhetoric linking political discontent to national policy shifts.
The piece argues that few young men reach high promise because they avoid the required labor and study. It cites that great individuals combine thought and action, with success rooted in steady self-improvement and relentless pursuit of knowledge, exemplified by a quote from Congressman Morse.
The passage argues that poverty should not bar achievement citing Captain Cook Lord Eldon Andrew Carnegie and Cyrus Field as examples. It stresses pairing thought with reading, warns that books alone are useless without reflection, and condemns government price manipulation on silver dollars backed by McKinley and the Republican party.
The piece denounces the Democratic county ticket for endorsing free silver and claims their canvassing spreads its pernicious teachings. It urges voters to support the Republican slate, arguing it offers an honest dollar policy and urging a total rout of the entire ticket to rebuke the plan.
The Daily Bond Buyer announces all advertising contracts will read payable only in the event of McKinley’s election. The piece argues that Bryan’s election would kill bond demand and reflects concerns about political impact on finance and business in the United States.
The article lists eight separate tickets led by McKinley and Hobart for the Republican side and includes Prohibitionist Joshua Levering, National Party Charles E. Bentley, Socialist Labor Charles H Matchet, Matthew Maguire, Democratic William Jennings Bryan, People's party Bryan and Watson, Silver party Bryan and Sewall, and National Democratic Palmer Buckner. It notes McKinley-Hobart are favored to win more votes than all others combined.
R. E. Preston, director of the mint, states silver valued at $1.04 in 1891 and notes a 41 cent drop over the next four years. He argues that free coinage could be maintained while bullion sits near the $1.04 mark.
A reader taunts the LaPorte Argus for partisan bias after a nonpartisan state board, with equal Democrats and Republicans, approved a twenty percent farm tax increase. The letter mocks the paper and urges fair coverage and attention to broader issues such as wool, trade, and silver.
The text debunks widespread silver movement rumors as falsehoods. It notes denials by those claimed to have joined the movement and falsity of papers across counties. Railroad and corporate threats are labeled baseless, with executives offering to fire employees accused of intimidation.
Advert says deafness cannot be cured by focal applications as they miss the diseased ear portion. It claims nine of ten cases arise from catarrh and promises $100 for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars offered from F. J. Cagney & Co., Toledo, or druggists at 75 cents.
The piece accuses Bryan of misquoting Blaine on monometalism in a Barrytown NY speech. It contrasts Bryan’s garbled claim with Blaine’s actual warning that free silver would drive gold out of circulation and harm U.S. and global finance.
Rebecca F. VanCleave of Livonia Indiana recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood disorders and other ailments from impure blood. She reports good results from taking the remedy. Hood's Pills are said to cure indigestion and biliousness.
The annual Ninth Indiana reunion planned for September 19 at Hebron in this state has been postponed due to the diphtheria outbreak.
The October McClure's will publish a biographical and personal study of Ian Maclaren by Rev. D. M. Ross with portraits and Drumtochty scenes. It will include Lincoln and Douglas debate reminiscences by Miss Tarbell and a Kipling ballad Cholera Camp.
The article explains the Turkish Sultan is not Caliph and the Sheik ul Islam holds ecclesiastical authority. The Sultanate is described as a limited monarchy with depose and succession power tied to religious leadership. It discusses British and Russian influence and a historic plot tied to expanding empires.
Notice from H. B. Herrold announcing fresh bread available daily beginning Saturday September 19.
Ignace Paderewski writes a new Minuet Moderne dedicated to American admirers and planned for the October Ladies' Home Journal. He calls it his best and predicts it will outpace Menuet a L antique, which sold seven million copies in one year. Albert Linch debuts a new American Girl portrait after a U S tour, commissioned by the same magazine for October.
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