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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
4
A fair lady asks who sits opposite her at supper. The man is revealed as her partner, then the neighbor exposes the opposite woman as his wife. Confusion deepens as she notices a handsome man she suspects watching her, only to learn he is her own husband.
The couple whispers plans to elope near the father's hangar. They debate two schemes to escape by air or by trolley. A chase follows as a racing monoplane’s triple propellers roar overhead and the father pursues into the night.
A terse literary exchange centers on memory and money as a woman urges forgetting. The man concedes memory will fade yet admits regret over funds spent to gain affection, framing a quiet tragedy of costly illusion.
A Philadelphia Bulletin clipping frames a dramatic crisis of a floating population. the report portrays a perilous situation with people adrift and the community facing a decisive choice between survival and catastrophe.
Mrs Susi Templeton of Hooper Nebraska says she recovered from five years of female troubles after taking seven bottles. She describes relief from bearing down pains back weakness and sleepless nights and urges others to try the medicine citing her endorsement and long-term improvement.
The American consul reports Bethlehem Palestine now mainly manufactures religious devotion and ornament products from mother of pearls. Beads rosaries and carved shells predominate while pearl waste from the United States fuels the trade. Bead making uses primitive tools and simple holders with shells shaped and smoothed through grinding boiling and acids. Beads come in flat round and oval shapes and are strung on silk or wire with rosaries often including crosses and hearts. Silver crosses and hearts are used to a limited extent.
City officials weigh a finger print identification plan for all infants born in public institutions to curb abandonment. Endorsed by Dr. William C Woodward and George S Wilson, the proposal cites New York trials and calls for central filing of infant prints with mother descriptions to aid police tracing if a child is later abandoned.
Leslie's writer emphasizes that success at sea rests on ambitious, intelligent sailors who support officers in all roles. A Washington cruiser officer demonstrates a six year shift in outcomes after reforming liberty parties, with disciplined, well behaved men returning on time and engaging with city culture rather than causing trouble.
A seven inch frog crawled and fed inside Mrs. L V King of Dean Wood Washington suburb for eleven months. Doctors initially dismissed her reports but Emergency Hospital physicians finally pumped the animal from her stomach after it allegedly croaked and rested in a tub of water for ten minutes before dying.
Mutsuhito dies after acute nephritis at age, crown prince Yoshihito ascends to the throne. Crowds outside the palace grow nightly, the emperor unconscious since Monday. Taft sends condolences to the new emperor as officials plan the funeral and state affairs.
Police Lieutenant Charles A. Becker was indicted by the grand jury and jailed at the Tombs on a first degree murder charge for ordering the assassination of gambler Herman Rosenthal outside the New Metropole hotel fourteen days earlier. The indictment follows confessions from Jack Rose Bridgy Webber and Harry Vallon.
Clarence S. Darrow testified he did not give a $1000 check to Bert Franklin on October 6 and claimed he issued checks to Franklin for legitimate business. Juror L. A. Leavitt was discharged and thirteenth juror A. M. Blakesley joined as a regular juror. This marks the first use of a thirteenth juror to fill a vacancy due to death or illness in a U.S. trial.
Washington July 1 The House adopted a resolution urging the secretary of commerce and labor to investigate the elements of cost and profit in the current high price of anthracite coal.
The Kansas City Aero club led by Captain H. E. Honeywell and R. F. Donaldson won the national elimination balloon race starting from Kansas City held Monday in Kansas City.
New York July 81 The old stock of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey and its subsidiaries sold on the curb Monday for 1000 a share. At this figure the market valuation is 1 billion dollars.
Hardy H. Whitlock former Vermilion county treasurer pleaded guilty on a charge of diverting public funds to private use in Danville Illinois. Judge Kimbrough fined Whitlock seventy five thousand dollars.
Henry Johns of 634 South State Street confronted a burly man who looted half dollars from the till while threatening him with two revolvers. A second stranger drank, then Patrolman Loeck entered, disarmed the assailant, and police linked him to George Cook alias George Rodgers, an ex convict, at the station.
In West Marshall near Smith's barn John McClevern, an ex Confederate story teller, held a crowd outside a barber shop as he recounted Gettysburg experiences. A prank with a left over cannon cracker startled him but caused no injuries or serious damage.
Local tale tells of Mike nearly being struck by a runaway vehicle after a joke involving a dynamite pocket trick. Bystanders describe the moment as terrifying and the victim as the unlucky prank victim.
A mother describes a two year old with persistent head sores spreading to the body. After trying various remedies, she reports complete cure using Cuticura Soap and Ointment following a skin ailment advertisement. Sample products offered through Cuticura, Boston.
Judge notes a hard day at the polls as nearly a thousand additional women voters stretched the tally. Bildad leads Slathers 902 to 753 with odd items listed among receipts and items, highlighting the lengthy, lively count.
A young doctor asks to examine the narrator while the father interrupts, seeking only a look at tonsils. The exchange reveals family dynamics and curiosity about medical habits.
Mothers urged to examine every bottle for Castoria signature. The ad emphasizes Castoria’s long use for over 30 years and notes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A playful exchange reveals Cholly’s claim of a past brainstorm and a counter remark dismissing the idea as unlikely. The banter captures a light moment of wit between two individuals.
An advertisement promotes Paxtine for mouth disinfection and breath purification after smoking. Sold at druggists for 25 cents a box or by postpaid order from The Paxton Toilet Co Boston Massachusetts.
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