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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1905
Page
7
A seasoned, sorrowful tale from the Kansas City Star about a fairy queen in a radiant city guarded by fairies and a mortal man whose quest to win her heart ends in near-peril, tested endurance, and ultimate tragic union. He faces the fairies and his past, but true love prevails only at a grave cost.
Dr. David H. Reeder explains cases of profuse foot sweating affecting health and outlines a heat based treatment using a hot foot bath, a salt cayenne vinegar solution, and hot olive oil rubs to restore vitality. He notes varying causes from nerve disruption to excessive heat and urges readers to provide full names and addresses for inquiries.
Readers may write for health information to Dr. David H. Reeder of Laporte Indiana. Letters should include full name and address and at least four cents postage.
The Charlotte News and Observer reports North Carolina has 39 people per square mile with land valued at seven dollars an acre. Ohio averages 102 per square mile and land worth thirty four dollars an acre. Indiana shows 70 per square mile and land over thirty dollars an acre.
The Philadelphia Inquirer warns women to sterilize instruments used in skin and scalp treatments. It urges clean chair coverings, freshly laundered headbands, scrupulous hand washing, antiseptic immersion, and sterilized facial cleansing cups. It also cautions against double dipping creams, recommending single-use instruments to prevent germ spread.
The last dodo supposedly visits Egypt and faces the Sphinx near the pyramids. The bird predicts its extinction and tells the Sphinx to tell posterity when it can speak again, while the Sphinx loses its nose in an attempt to stay expressionless.
A short social note requests companionship for an evening of instrumental and vocal music. Alice will sing and Beat rice will recite a new poem before a nine o clock supper.
A Chicago Tribune quips about a stage hero who dies to slow music and refuses to appear after death. The crowd begs his curtain return, while the manager finally relays in a humorous, accented plea that the corpse is dead and will stay dead.
A quip on Bilkins and Milkins debates vulgarity in chatter about spending. Milkins notes Gotrox tells prices for items while Bilkins needles him about the cost of his young wife, as lampooned by the Chicago Daily News.
A Rockport Missouri rural route carrier described his district as beginning at the livery stable, running all around, and ending at the post office, illustrating a vague, circular route.
A survey of how laundries across Europe and the Middle East mark linen to identify ownership. France uses name and address plus design. Bavaria uses numbers. Germany uses labels. Bulgaria uses engraved signs. Russia favors Latin letters and arrow patterns. Austria ink and crests. Finland ink. Portugal uses names marks and monograms. Servia ties politics to marks. Egypt uses a secret Muslim mark removed before return.
A Westport medical student seeks voice culture and asks for a reasonable teacher. The girl provides a card for "Taylor" and the man calls, but the punchline reveals the contact is for a saw filer, not a vocal teacher, in a Kansas City Times comic exchange.
A Chicago Tribune clipping describes a contractor who storms into an eating house to confront teamsters in his employ who left horses unattended outside. A worker, mid pie crust, explains there was no room inside, prompting the man's surprised, humorous outburst.
A playful exchange from Yonkers Statesman quotes a speaker hiding a five dollar bill in a dictionary and puzzling over its disappearance in a domestic moment.
Quote from Chicago Tribune. Reflects skeptical view of measuring love as a quantifiable value and questions whether such metrics capture true affection.
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