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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
4
An advice item extols treating the body as machinery needing regular care and presents Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets a weekly laxative made from May apple aloes jalap and leaves for sale at drug stores for 25 cents with a Dr. Pierce stamp to prove authenticity.
Mrs Mary E Batley relates years of nervous stomach and heart trouble and failing doctors. She credits Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Pellets with rapid improvement enabling her to perform housework again. All druggists.
A brief Life item quotes a witty exchange about college Latin and slang, illustrating a light moment. The remark highlights how Latin study allegedly fell short of influencing colloquial speech.
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for feet and shoes. Promotes use by military troops and Allied forces to prevent friction and ease walking during drills and prepared communities.
A humorous Edinburgh exchange about a hat blown away by a cable car and competing claims of who chased it, ending with the question of whether the cap belonged to the driver. The tale compares local wit with a visiting speaker's disclaimer of malice toward Edinburgh folk.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure non habit forming remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. The text notes vegetable herb ingredients and non stimulant action with dosage in teaspoonfuls. It urges readers to buy at drugstores or order a sample for ten cents by mail to Kilmer & Co.
Max Ritter, township assessor of Pigeon township, Evansville, tells a humorous exchange with a local woman. He asks if she has a dog, she says no, and a responding kitten meows from the kitchen, prompting the assessor to ask if that is the kitten.
A fragmentary dialogue hints at a secret delivery of truth that cannot be kept. The quotation evokes a cautionary note on entrusted knowledge and its inevitable disclosure.
An old globe trotter returns to his homeland after a long absence, but his homecoming defies typical traditions. He has been away long yet arrives back short, provoking bemused reaction among locals.
A 3 new ether compound called freezone is advertised as a cheap, easy cure for hard and soft corns and painful calluses. The ad claims it loosens corns so they lift out with no pain and warns customers to ask their druggist to stock a bottle if unavailable.
In recalling Whistler leaving his 14 year home to build the What House in Tite Street the memory notes his clashes with architect E W Godwin. A commemorative stone once marked the quarrel bearing a biblical inscription and Godwin’s name endures only in memory while Whistler later married Godwin’s widow.
Des Moines Iowa Mrs Buancue Jefferson says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her avoid surgery and regain ability to do housework. In Richmond Indiana Mrs M C Johnston reports two years of weakness eased, strength returned, and she could tend her new home and animals after taking the remedy. The advertisement states many serious cases still require operations but medicine helps in many instances and invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
The article notes that traditional Japanese embroidery, centered in Kyoto, remains a hereditary craft passed from father to son. It describes mainly male workers producing finer work in small shops, with daily wages from 40 to 75 cents gold, while women earn 15 to 50 cents. It also mentions lace making as a recent, small-scale industry in Japan driven by foreign influence.
A band fund collector met a notoriously hard farmer who agreed to subscribe a large sum. The farmer explained he loves music to scare crows from taties during practice and he is grateful for the tunes.
A reflector concentrates heat at the top of a emerging electric cook stove, likely improving cooking efficiency and heat distribution for quick, uniform heating across the surface.
A quick quip exchange centers on a married couple where the wife, once a cook, left the narrator. The husband attributes the departure to habit, delivering a wry, old time barroom joke tone. The brief bit relies on wordplay about cooking and habit.
Free Cuticura Soap and Ointment sample by mail with a book. They claim immediate relief for itching, burning eczemas, pimples, dandruff and baby skin troubles and say daily use prevents minor problems from worsening. Address postcard Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
An Indianapolis News item recalls a colored porter in Frankfort whose marriages drew a reporter into a humorous scene. The porter, known citywide, is asked about his wedding plans at a clerk’s office as he obtains a license, provoking a whispered warning from his fiancée.
A dialogue frame asks if citizens will sacrifice comforts for patriotism. The reply affirms unity with the president and considering a temporary halt to golf until victory. The exchange reveals public mood about wartime duties and personal leisure.
Dialog notes a snappy show marketed for its chorus girls. Two speakers joke that the act relies on visuals and movement rather than substance. The snippet hints at a stage entertainment scene with playful banter.
The editorial urges every American to grow more food amid a World War, noting high grain prices and the need for all citizens to till fields. It highlights Canada’s land offers, free 160 acre farms, and boosted wages to attract settlers, arguing farming supports the war and national independence.
A girl spends half an hour chasing a large flying insect around a room. She corners the moth and captures it in her hand. She discovers about 200 eggs on her palm, astonishing her mother. The father jokes send the girl to catch a hen.
A terse meditation on trusting hearsay and repeating rumors. The dialogue explores skepticism about information and the caution needed when sharing unverified statements.
A misdial leads to a humorous exchange as a caller asks for the fire department and a agency manager corrects them that it is the hire department. The light moment captures the day’s small mixups at an employment agency.
In our climate sudden temperature shifts bring colds that threaten health. A bottle of Boschee's German Syrup kept at home and used promptly may prevent severe illness and doctor bills. For fifty years it has been a successful remedy for coughs and throat or lung troubles. It promotes restful sleep and easy morning expectoration. Sold by druggists in small bottles worldwide.
A quip from Fliegende Blätter notes a city man asks a ninety year old peasant for longevity tips. The peasant replies by citing simple health habits like no drinking or smoking and outdoor life, but the city man counters his father did so yet died young.
A portrait of a man who generously gives to his wife and family while quietly supporting those around him. The passage contrasts his modest treat of a five dollar bill for his wife with the larger tip he leaves for the bar to fund others’ drinks.
Bruce Barton writes of a friend facing his first public speech and the audience appearing as a test. A wife at a banquet, drunk, uses two facing chairs and a cold stare to reveal fear and humor in the moment.
A vintage ad touts Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for boils carbuncles and boils relief. It promotes tablets and liquid forms claiming heat and dryness effects with no added details.
A witty adage contrasts talkativeness with action noting talkative people rarely speak much and that Satan is the father of hes and matrimony the mother of excuses implying flaws in excuses and empty conversations.
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