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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1921
Page
4
A young girl at the West Indianapolis branch library asks what her father does. The librarian struggles to distinguish among many men with the same name in the city directory, noting he could be a machine engineer or an engineer, and the child answers with a puzzled frown.
Drugstore reports show many people suffer kidney trouble without knowing it. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is promoted as a mild healing remedy with a strong insurance industry remark about hidden kidney disease. Sample request offered by mail with a paper mention.
A private secretary notes a delegation of lady latitivists seeks a sighting. The senator cheerfully tells them to line up on the capitol steps for press photographers, then concedes to see them despite professed busyness. Birmingham Ave-Tferald.
An odd exchange from the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph features a customer asking a chemist for the finest plaster to treat his back. The chemist politely corrects him to a porous plaster, as the customer grows agitated by a gleaming new watch he wears, symbolizing his desire for luxury goods.
A concise proverb-like statement contrasts worry with financial burden and emphasizes that anxiety compounds ahead of trouble. It also asserts that personal action or faith cannot be replaced by religious assurance when facing challenges.
A dialogue features a doctor and a speaker debating a shift in vocation. The doctor admits writing poetry to pass time while questions arise about patient load and purpose. The interchange hints at a broader tension between art and medical practice.
An old patent medicine ad claims Cole’s Carboli salve relieves burns and cuts quickly and leaves no scars. Available in 30c and 60c from mil druggists or by sending 1c to The J. W. Cole Co. Ruckford Illinois.
A clerk explains that since marriage his salary is not enough, while a cynical employer laments the same and says it will not be better. The exchange captures a period voice reflecting wage strain and employer sentiment.
An advertisement urges readers to add Cuticura Talcum to toilet requisites. It highlights a scented face skin baby and dusting powder and perfume, claiming it completes the Cuticura Trio of Soap Ointment and Talcum and noting 25c each everywhere.
A friend compliments a sculptor on his marble bust and dourly quips it would have made a fine washstand. The remark blends humor with a playful jab at artistic value in a light weekly column.
Catarrh described as a constitutional disease needing constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and works through the blood on mucous surfaces. It claims to destroy the disease foundation, strengthen the patient, and aid nature, with circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Quote by F A Walker urges measuring each minute like money and avoiding waste. It stresses time as a finite resource and the futility of unfinished tasks, reminding readers to value every minute as one would value dimes and dollars.
It is estimated that since the discovery of gold in the Yukon about six years ago $200,000,000 of the precious metal has been recovered. It is predicted that in the next 25 years a further $200,000,000 in silver will be mined from the Mayo area where rich finds are indicated.
The article notes that organizing efforts attract support from people who may not join directly but offer moral backing and encouragement to the movement.
Western Canada enjoys favorable winter and spring conditions as moisture in fall created a good seed bed. Farmers in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba report mild cold, ample grass, and strong cattle health. With long days and plentiful sunshine in May and June, crops including wheat oats barley rye alfalfa and corn look ready for a bountiful harvest. The dry climate keeps the air bracing and energizing despite colder winters.
In an anecdote from the American Legion Weekly Johnson recalls a tale of wonder during the war told to his African American admirers who listen in awe as he describes Bush forces approaching from all sides and his decision to spread the news to Americans waiting behind.
A young author questions a wealthy heiress about worth and marriage. He reveals his motive is to gauge genuine reaction to losing a million dollars in the market for his latest novel. The heiress replies with cool humor declining the proposal.
A stranger accosted Sir Herbert Tree in the Haymarket asking if he was Beerbohm Tree. Tree denied the resemblance and tried to modestly downplay any similarity. The stranger apologized for the mistaken impression after the exchange.
Mrs Newrich asks the musician to name the piece just played. He replies it was an improvisation. She recalls it being an old favorite, but cannot remember its title in the moment.
In a brief exchange between two printers, humor centers on a co worker described as a type and a rounded pun about being on case. The dialogue zips with newsroom wit and workplace banter.
A brief observation notes farmers misread why townspeople treat fried chicken as a luxury. It hints at social divides between rural workers and urban diners.
A widow mother from Altoona Pennsylvania reports multiple late fetal losses and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health to a four month old baby. She asserts dramatic improvement and asks others to try the remedy for female ailments including backaches headaches irregularities and nervousness.
A year of terror strikes the Kolb family at 4846 Altgeld with death threats, butcher knives, skull and crossbones graffiti, and a $5,000 ransom demand. Mrs Kolb recalls threats tied to associate Braemer and a suspect youth, while relatives suffer nervous breakdowns and police guard the home.
Harry M. Allen of 1009 Saint Martin Street Pittsburg Pa says Tanlac restored his health adding 30 pounds and renewed energy. He claims improved appetite digestion sleep and work and notes rheumatic pain disappeared. He endorses Tanlac to others and mentions it is sold by leading druggists.
A brief exchange shows a husband and wife bantering over fashion knowledge with humor on price and shopping. The light dialogue captures domestic humor in a compact vignette.
Instructions urge taking aspirin only in genuine Bayer Tablets with the Bayer Cross. Physicians developed the dosage over 21 years and it is deemed safe by millions. Use for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago. Tiny tins of twelve cost few cents. larger packages in drugstores.
Dan the horse of Capt. O K Breazele, who carried United States mail over a route totaling more than 75 000 miles, was retired after 17 years service and granted a pension. Captain Breazele, the mail carrier, also received a pension.
Perry Long of Lancaster Kentucky displays a curious egg replica shaped like a kershaw lent by his favorite hen. The egg is an exact though smaller likeness of the earlier larger kershaw shown weeks ago.
A Salvation Army entertainment for 4000 children in New York City ended badly when a fire eater’s flame backfired burning his face and hair. The incident prompted concerns about safety at performances attended by youngsters.
A dialogue about spending on clothing versus rent yields a witty household exchange with Mrs Jenkins proposing higher rent to balance expenses and Mr Jenkins acknowledging the challenge.
Notice urges mothers to inspect bottles of Fletcher's Castoria to ensure the familiar label In Use for Over 30 Years. It underscores Castoria as the trusted remedy for infants and children, noting widespread use and child appeal.
A fragment shows a lively exchange about virtue and parade with lines about needing two for a parade and a bachelor remarking that woman is the bitter half of man.
A stalled elevator at the Trenton battle monument trapped six women and two men for over two and a half hours. Rescue crews worked to lower the occupants safely as the lift remained halted near the top of the monument.
A reflective piece argues influence cannot be recaptured once lost. It contrasts honest poverty with dishonest wealth and notes the value some place on wellness expressed through paying a doctor to signal goodwill.
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