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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
4
The article notes eczema touches all races ages and conditions with widespread prevalence. It describes symptoms itching burning vesicle bursts and disfigurement and promotes Cuticura soap and ointment as effective treatments available free samples by mail from Boston.
In a lively shop talk scene a customer greets the butcher with humor about daily health while the butcher touts a price of 15 cents a pound for meat. The exchange captures everyday small town banter and brisk bargaining.
Mexican federal and insurrecto forces fought across the border near Agua Prieta with Douglas Arizona caught in the crossfire. American casualties rose including seven wounded. federal losses exceed 200 with rebels reporting mainly wounded. Mayor McGuire and Lt. Col. Shunk urged intervention as bullets haunted the town and residents watched from rooftops.
Macon county deputy sheriff Charles Groves of Carlinville was shot and killed in his city when his revolver fell from his jacket and discharged striking his abdomen as he was alighting from a buggy.
The Senate confirmed Fisher with no opposition in a smooth session. Confirmation proceeds without noted objections or dissent from members.
An advertisement touts Dr. Derby's Kidney Pills as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles including Brights disease diabetes and rheumatism. It promises relief, free samples via druggists, and direct ordering from Derby Medicine Co., Eaton Rapids Michigan.
Judge records Dobby asking Skinflint to promise support for his daughter if he weds her. Skinflint insists the match hinges on mutual respect, while Dobby admits a soft heart may yield to his bride’s pleas that Skinflint once refused.
An established factory plans a district distributing office and seeks a resident distributer with 600 to 3000 dollars in cash and stock ready for immediate orders. Compensation 100 to 200 dollars monthly plus commissions, office and expenses per district size. References required. Liberty Manufacturing Association, 230 West Main St., Chicago.
Joseph Simms describes two types of handshakes in Physiol Gomy Illustrated. A warm cordial grip signals honesty and friendship while a greasy quick shake marks selfish deceit and potential betrayal for profit.
A humorous exchange notes a father busy with photography. The line implies he spent the morning developing a few negatives using an instantaneous developer, framing a domestic scene with a playful query from a child.
An elderly Wisconsin woman recounts health issues linked to coffee including headaches heart pain and dyspepsia. She stopped coffee two years ago after reading about Postum and plans to try it as a substitute.
The piece notes a Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta land boom with prices rising from 250 to 325 an acre in the U.S. near terms. It cites the Northwest Agriculturist on reciprocity drawing Americans to Canada where virgin soil yields more with less labor. It also points to 320,000 Americans moving to Canada in the past year, mainly farmers, boosting demand and prices as crop land under Canada’s map expands.
The quoted passage presents a playful line about a premiere danseuse advertised to dance with five snakes wrapped about her. It includes a suggestion she might have thought she could handle such a risky act and features a stray story flavor with humor and imagery.
Advertisement urging readers to buy Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to treat foot ailments and prevent infections. Mentions price 2 cents, supplier Sam ple Freer, and address A Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York. Also notes sore throat warning and Ham Wizard Oil as a remedy.
An OCR fragment presents a string of quotes and ad copy touting Garfield Tea as simple herbal laxative and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims no harmful drugs and promotes gentle action, with prices cited as 25 cents per bottle. The text imitates a vintage newspaper ad style with multiple proverbs and product lines.
Quote heavy text mixes fragments and aphorisms with a note on Garfield Tea Herbal remedy claimed to ease constipation indigestion and headaches. The passage also includes scattered literary lines and a brief remark on a wife as a man's best possession attributed to Euripides.
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