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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1914
Page
4
Community readers are reminded to consult notices and advertisements in this issue. The office requests timely review and understanding of publication terms by Wednesday noon.
The dancer describes visions of death before the drowning of her children in Paris. She recalls a chilling foreboding as she kissed a child goodbye through a glass, then watched the car plunge into the Seine after a motor accident.
A Denver talk features a financier mocking an executor by recalling two clerks counting a bankrupt actress possessions. The anecdote shifts through items like grease paint wigs a cigarette tube and bottles of port or claret amid a humorous misread of the goods.
A London Daily Mail report notes lumbago rising among golfers due to recent weather swings from hot afternoons to chilly evenings. Medical commentary calls it golf lumbago as back muscles seize after perspiring rounds and cooling postgame.
The article notes Westminster School as England's leading public school for two centuries shaping Latin pronunciation How John Evelyn in 1661 heard their exercises and marveled at their mastery yet criticized their retention and the odd modern light on Latin pronunciation and comprehension in London Chronicle context
A garbled OCR fragment discusses smoke, tobacco terms, and lavender with uncertain references. It yields no clear event, person, or organization to anchor a concise news item.
An advocate and a lieutenant quarrelled in Nice at Cafe de la Regence. The lieutenant sent seconds, the advocate refused for fairness claiming unequal risks, citing his three children. Years later the lieutenant married and had three more, pursuing the duel again, but the advocate now had five children.
Propose a new gift concept a friendship book printed by hand. Recommend a loose leaf blank book with alphabetized leaves and pages labeled Name Home Address Business Address Telephone Number Birthday Anniversary Favorite Color plus sections for Favorites Likes Dislikes Characteristics Remarks and more. Suggest decorative linen cover with floral embroidery and title Friendship Book.
A narrator observes a large black and gold spider in a garden webbing and killing grasshoppers. From a magnifying glass view, the spider traps, binds, and bites prey with silk and venom, while the observer feels sick at the grisly scene.
A witness, a local doctor, faced cross examination over alleged bias as the prosecuting lawyer pressed his testimony. The doctor defined phalacrosis as a chronic inflammatory disease of cranial tissues and denied influencing his evidence, while noting some patients with the illness became agitated.
The piece argues European farms show durable, well built structures that endure for centuries. It urges American farmers to settle with permanent, comprehensive farm buildings and equipment to signal lasting commitment to the land.
Youth's Companion argues worry kills more than labor and urges readers to cultivate interest in others. It claims listlessness accelerates aging and death, and fitness of character comes from daily effort to improve others' well being.
Theater Magazine notes that before Voltaire's 1743 Merope tragedy premiere no playwright appeared at the curtain. Voltaire, hidden behind the scenes and then in a box, used the moment to transform audience enthusiasm for the play into admiration for the author.
A Philadelphia surgeon's brain was examined after death showing childlike structure in general, but thickened gray matter in areas tied to the profession. Scientists caution against broad conclusions from one case yet suggest thought power correlates with gray matter in frequently used centers.
Fragmentary text references eyes and a city setting with scattered letters. Content is unclear, but hints at a test or note about vision and urban context without coherent narrative or named entities.
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