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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1914
Page
5
Pp. L. Brown offers early-geod potatoes for sale. A. G. Labner near Coburg. Mrs. O. L. Small recovering from illness. Jobs offered for housework. This town notes residents visiting, depots and dealerships, church cornerstone, school events, a pool room move, and local illnesses. A county-wide mix of notices, obituaries, and community updates.
Insurance notice for Farmers Honest Insurance offering windstorm coverage along with fire and lightning. Agent Warren P. Fogle listed as local agent in Laporte Indiana. Contact by call or mail for policy details and quotes.
Gossip says Miss Burdett-Coutts refused many suitors including the Duke of Wellington and an American match. A London club quip notes the baroness’s appeal as England’s premier matrimonial prize, while a separate tale recalls a publican hosting an inquest in the afternoon after a policeman’s plan.
The young lawyer Blaine fought passionately for a poverty stricken tramp accused of theft. The judge wept as the defense drew a vivid scene and the jury returned not guilty. The tramp offered the watch to the lawyer as thanks in a touching finale.
A merchant's wife pretends to be in far away Paris Brixton and writes increasingly bold postcards. When the husband returns, she reveals the prank by presenting his own three cards with a amused smile.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt extols single minded effort and warns against diversions as essential to clear thinking. It contrasts a lawyer’s straight line method with the need to concentrate amid fatigue and temptation. The piece notes about 20 000 New Yorkers work underground in subways and waterworks on Manhattan and Long Island.
An old advertisement extolls olive oil as a beauty aid for women, claiming outdoor exercise is limited by duties and promoting pure olive oil to cleanse pores, smooth wrinkles, and nourish skin through massage. It emphasizes using only pure olive oil and avoiding impure substitutes.
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