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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1906
Page
4
An advertisement touts Cheney & Co. of Toledo offering one hundred dollars to prove Catarrh Cure fails. It describes catarrh as an inflammatory condition of the Eustachian tube causing deafness if untreated. The notice urges readers to send for free circulars and mentions Wake Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The fragmentary OCR text mentions discussions about labeling eggs with dates and a reference to a pure food law. It also hints at debates on poverty as a crime and a few scattered opinions from various publications. The material is incomplete and lacks coherent events.
Col. B S Harrison deputy marshal from Lake Charles Louisiana recounts a personal cure using Dean's Kidney Pills after back pain and leg weakness from a kicked horse. He credits relief to the pills with kidney secretions improving then pain subsiding, claiming two years of health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents also Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The passage notes that earth and its many forms reveal nature’s script to vigilant observers, yet a genius who can explain the laws behind a fallen collar-button found days later remains absent. The contrast highlights limits of human insight.
London Truth reports Englishwomen have escaped conventional restraints and disrupted homes, arguing that women in England are no longer on the side of the angels as anarchy winds through thousands of homes.
Pleasanthill Louisiana resident Mr F L Graves recounts severe neuralgia with heart symptoms in May 1905. After failing with a physician and medicines, he used Dr Williams Pink Pills and improved, claiming full cure. Pills advertised as blood acting and non narcotic with no habit.
A Chicago Chronicle editorial cartoons a controversial idea proposing to group euthanasia advocates and death abolitionists into rival teams. It imagines a brutal contest where opponents systematically attack each other in a football style clash to resolve their ideological conflicts.
Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas from Fairmount Walden's Ridge Tenn reports that after her daughter suffered running sores on feet and limbs a prominent physician failed to help. She used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills and within six weeks the child was completely well with no recurrence. The family, living twelve miles from a doctor, found Cuticura a valuable household remedy and it saved costs on mountain visits. October 13 1905.
May-Miss Showe once said she did not care to sing in the choir but now she seems highly eager. Eva notes she has just had her teeth filled with gold in a lighthearted Chicago Daily News item. A man with a musical voice and dreamy look can charm audiences, as illustrated by a quip from the Indianapolis Star about reading department store ads to women.
A New York Sun opinion columns debate reformers like KnickerIs and Bocker praising simple spelling and phonetic sife N. Y. Sun. Smokers favor Lewis' Single Binder cigar from Lewis' Factory Peoria Tl. The line about politics claims a man who does not vote has no right to speak on corruption.
Report from Jefferson Square details dire conditions for thousands living in tents and makeshift shelters amid rain. Despite hardships, residents show courage. sanitation crews build toilets and burn refuse while sickness remains minimal. Nickel Plate Road advertises cheap through services from Chicago to New York and Boston with low fares and on time trains.
The Guardian reports Father Gapon, once a leader of St. Petersburg workers, was hanged by revolutionists on April 19 after proposing to a friend that he spy on their leaders. Four revolutionists overheard the plan and acted, confronting him during a villa discussion. He allegedly claimed denial would fall on deaf ears.
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers says a committee will meet in Wilkes-Barre on April 25 to consider the Baer letter rejecting arbitration and will report back after adjournment. The letter from George F. Baer, chairman of anthracite operators, was dated April 17.
The Anglo Tibetan treaty recognizes China’s protectorate over Thibet with Great Britain abstaining from internal affairs there unless others intervene. China agrees to open some Tibetan markets to Indian trade, build telegraph lines, grant Britain railway concessions preference, and pays $4,250,000 of Younghusband expedition costs from 1905.
M Cardenas secretary to President Castro arrived in New York with Gen Manuel Carao. They were met by Venezuelan officials Dr Garbiras Guzman and Carlos B Figueredo. Cardenas declined to discuss the visit purpose and dismissed rumors of Castro not resuming office or rich men fleeing. The report notes reaction to the Gomez administration.
A Chicago Tribune item describes a writer opening a publisher letter containing a large check, prompting the author to joke about finally discovering the secret of writing for a living.
A humorous dialogue features a mistress seeking refinement in a servant while the applicant boasts of having undergone appendectomy and twice suffering poisoning, illustrating satirical wit.
It cures hot sweaty feet and foot pain with Allen's Foot-Ease. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents. Don’t accept any substitute. Trial Reinser Nee Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N.
A distressed mother begs for mercy as a baby chokes and may have swallowed a swallowed item. A visitor urges coughing to dislodge it while a passerby recalls a diamond spit given for play. The scene unfolds amid varied references to patent medicines and tobacco ads.
Advertisement claims FIY cures fits and nervousness after one day of use. Offers free $2 trial bottle and treatise from Dr K L Kline Philadelphia address. ends with quotation about human nature and incompetence.
An old advertisement extols Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children noting it softens gums reduces inflammation eases pain and cures wind colic priced at 25 cents a bottle. The teaser ends with a mock moral quip about another man wearing a hat too large for him.
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as essential during the change of life urging women to seek care for symptoms such as hot flashes headaches and dizziness. It cites testimonials from Mrs Annie E G Hyland and Mrs Lizzie Hinkle and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
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