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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1912
Page
4
A vintage advertisement touts Resinol Ointment and Soap as instant remedies for irritations and skin inflammations including eczema and barber's itch. It cites physician approval and broad dealer availability with prices of fifty cents to a dollar for ointment and twenty five cents per soap cake, plus free samples on request.
A reader readable exchange shows a fool with questions about prayer. OT presses the man who ponders the nurse’s purpose for the remainder of the journey, reflecting on who will care during the night.
The excerpt notes Zephaniah and Ezra verses containing every Hebrew and English letter respectively. It cites Ezra 7 12 14 and the decree by Artaxerxes the king authorizing Ezra the priest to request swift obedience from treasurers beyond the river.
In a London Telegraph passage a dying man exhorts companions to tell Milly of his enduring love and to tell Bessie the same, declaring his final words and last wishes as his strength fades and death nears.
A compact reflection on choosing words wisely and withholding inappropriate remarks in a critical moment, emphasizing restraint and tact over loud correctness. The quote encourages careful speech and situational judgment in challenging circumstances.
An old health note touts Pure blood as essential for health and Garfield-Tea as a cleanser that erndicates disease. It also asserts alimony acts as cement to mend a broken heart in a miscellaneous period piece.
Mrs. Margaret Gunn of Roxbury Massachusetts recounts a child’s severe rash spreading across body and face during a 1909 trip to England and Ireland. After trying medicines from doctors with no relief the family used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for about nine months, and the rash disappeared without scars.
In a Philadelphia Evening Post excerpt Frank Cobb recalls dining with a former Michigan governor famed for freehand gne. A message about a defeated political scheme triggers the ex governor to curse, prompting his wife Marie to remind him of his promise to quit.
A town discussion on the site for an artificial lake devolved into strong language as one party attacked the proposed location and dismissed it as unworthy of a dam.
A man questions a tall tale teller about his past summer catches. The storyteller denies exaggerating and warns that if the claims were true no fishing would be needed next season.
A vintage ad notes five million free samples of Allen's Foot Pace antiseptic powder yearly. It promotes shaking into shoes for tired aching feet and invites readers to obtain a sample by sending address to Allen Olmsted in Le Roy, New York.
Fragmentary ad copy touts Paxtine antiseptic for tired inflamed eyes with a 25 cent box price. The garbled text also includes stray dialogue about height comparisons and a remark on aviation fever raised temperature. References to Cole’s Carbolisaire and medical remedies appear in jumbled form.
News briefs cover obituaries in South Bend, a Bloomington Martinsville pike contract award, Logansport forgery plea, Jeffersonville forged telegram arrest, Sullivan colt with five legs, Lafayette gas death note and trap, Fransville judge death, Rushville lodge dedication, Connersville divorce suit, Crawfordsville Y M C A fund drive steps and local campaign leadership.
William Johnston, once of Alexandria Minnesota, reports nine years in the Alberg District near Battle River. He notes no crop failures, yields of 1208 bushels wheat and 1083 oats from 160 acres in 1911, good prices for butter and eggs, coal at $2 a ton, proximity to a school, milder winters than Minnesota, a 35 foot well, and land prices from 18 to 25 dollars an acre. He states he would not sell unless offered a high price and calls Canada a beautiful country with strong appeal to settlers.
Hicks says foreign nobles fear as many American millionaires have recently lost fortunes, creating tension among international elites. Dicks notes the shift spurs worry about wealth and influence among the high society.
The quotation notes years of supposed political equality and a candidate for the presidency who has been knocked into a cocked hat in a dignified manner. Friends insist the hat style is out of fashion, while the subject declines public talk.
Ezra Pound spoke at the New York Authors' Club about Shelley's cremation and joked that cremation invites ribald jests. He recalled a widow who scattered her first husband’s ashes to help her second husband descend safely and a March morning incident where wind upended a vase of remains.
An exchange between Uncle Rasberry and Mr. Erastus Pinkley centers on a traffic incident. Rasberry questions a prior statement about the driver, asking if it was relayed, while Pinkley confirms it and labels him variegated.
In a saloon exchange a lawyer asks what the witness noticed and the witness replies he took a drink as his cognizance. The brief exchange hinges on a drink as the observable action.
A man plans a porch project at home but finds his new saw disappointing. His young son Tommy recalls a different result from the same tool, saying he sawed a brick in two that morning, implying the saw’s hidden merit or childlike confidence.
Owens asks Bowens for five dollars claiming to save his own money. Bowens retorts that saving would avoid borrowing from friends, and Owens counters that borrowing helps him save.
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