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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
3
Cuticura Ointment is hailed as the most successful remedy for disfiguring skin and scalp humors including hair loss. One application with Cuticura Soap and Resolvent Pills can provide relief and aid in healing, especially for infants and children. The note adds an aside from the Omaha Bee about goats on the livestock market.
A vintage ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a pure river tonic that aids digestion and relieves constipation and biliousness. It claims easy use for busy housekeepers and offers money back if it fails, selling at 50c and 1.00. The piece ends with a stray note about Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and a suburban train conductor’s picnic.
Dr C Pusheck of Chicago advertises Kuro as a universal remedy for rheumatism weakness blood and nerves with free advice. The note urges readers to spread the word about the medicine and promises benefits to those in need. A Puck quote frames the ad with a moral edge.
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease. A certain cure for swollen sweating hot aching feet. At all Druggists 25c. Accept no substitute. Trial package free. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy NY. Fame is all right in its way but fortune outweighs it.
A letter from J. F. Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana dated February 15 1900 lauds Piso s Cure for Consumption claiming it cures coughs and colds and asserts it has no equal.
A humorous set of sailing tips advises buying any boat and forming a crew of friends trained by the owner. It urges staging bold, stormy excursions to attract press attention and boost sensational coverage, even risking lives for dramatic newspaper columns.
A Washington tar remarks on the need for a grammar to keep grafting money from speaking out of turn. The land jury member agrees that proper discourse should govern financial influence.
A mother from an Ohio town mails a photo of her 4 year old son who has eaten only Grape-Nuts since age two. He claims three servings daily with milk or cream and even passes turkey on Thanksgiving for Grape-Nuts. The note credits his good health and asks for Postum Co. to prosper, mentioning reading The Head to Wellville.
Civil engineer M J Beiskell of Memphis introduces a Tennessee bill to regulate wheel width by vehicle load. The measure argues wider tires reduce road damage and improve pull, citing Atlanta tests and several load-based width tables with penalties for violations.
Farmers' Review urges humane, efficient harvesting with proper horse use. Use three horses on self-binders, rotate middle position to prevent heat exhaustion, change teams midmorning and midafternoon, provide cool water, shade heads, and avoid overdriving. On firm ground three horses suffice, on soft ground five may be better, and heavier draft horses are desirable to reduce stress.
The passage explains early blight in potatoes, noting it is leaf and green stem confined, appears as tubers form, grows from gray brown leaf spots that harden. Spots expand to brown and brittle areas, with up to half the leaf surface affected in ten to fourteen days, halting tuber growth.
The piece contrasts Chicago and New York business rhythms with a focus on lunch hours. Chicago executives linger two hours at luncheon clubs, fueling afternoon productivity, while New York peers push through. The article notes the high speed, foot traffic, and time-saving office setups in Chicago. It also mentions Japan's agricultural strength amid wartime strain and its impact on national resilience.
A note advises builders to use plank cut to the right width and spiked together with twentyd and braced while wet. The method claims to produce a frame as strong as traditional timber framing, saving time and expense for small barns and farm buildings.
Russian commander Admiral Falkersahm lost his life in the recent sea battle with Japan. Described as physically imposing and jolly, he once commanded a torpedo boat but could not enter the cabin due to his enormous bulk. He appealed to the admiralty, who initially treated the plea as a joke, and he slept on deck until reassignment to a vessel better suited to his size.
In Sleaford market a pair of fine lambs reared by a cow were sold. The foster-mother beast ran wildly about the field and bellowed loudly when the lambs were taken away, as reported by the London Express.
London records the fewest personal crisis reports per capita among major capitals while Paris shows 400 reports per million per year, underscoring contrasting social conditions.
A teacher asks about the vermiform appendix and a student gives a witty informal explanation describing it as a curlicue inside the body. The piece ends with a reflection on public conscience and its cycle of agitation and rest.
Monticello Minn August 7 1898 J W Moore asserts he was dying from Brights Disease yet recovered after using Dodd Kidney Pills He recounts doctors warning of death within a year swelling legs and feet and a pivotal recommendation by two traveling salesmen who had been cured by the remedy The note concludes with a remark on rail upgrades and a separate saying about Russia's bomb.
Henry Soule of Hammondsport New York recounts severe kidney trouble twenty years ago with backache gravel dizziness and weight loss. He says Dean's Kidney Pills cured him eight years ago and he has remained well since. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York markets the pills at 50 cents a box.
An 1808 era style advertisement touts EGG-O-SEE as ideal for health and stomachs. It describes California white wheat kernels brushed cleaned steam cooked flaked crisped with natural fruit juice and pure grain sugar to deliver strength through the whole wheat grain.
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