Resinol Ointment and Soap Promote Quick Relief
The advertisement claims Resinol Ointment and warm baths with Resinol Soap instantly relieve and heal ivy or oak poison sunburn heat rashes insect bites and other hot weather skin troubles.
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
4
The advertisement claims Resinol Ointment and warm baths with Resinol Soap instantly relieve and heal ivy or oak poison sunburn heat rashes insect bites and other hot weather skin troubles.
Mrs Tellitt recalls a vow she made and hears an admission from Mr Tellitt. The exchange hints at a personal confession and a turning point in their dialogue.
Miss Martin held a school court after a recess fight between older boys over a game. After hearing both sides she punished the combatants and told them to stay in their seats after others left. An eight year old named Guy disputed being involved.
Erastus Pinkley laments that trading a mule for a bushel of cats left him cheated. He explains the mule ate the oats after his back was turned, making it impossible to break even, as Miss Miami Brown listens to the tale in a colloquial exchange.
The dialogue hints at perceptions of a woman's figure, noting she appears real thin and attenuated in form. It suggests social commentary on body tone within the exchange.
The Indiana Conference of Seventh Day Adventists elected officers and issued credentials in Indianapolis. Key posts include President O. Montgomery and Secretary H. H. Rans. A major resolution invites the general conference to hold its quadrennial session in Indianapolis next spring and calls for statewide venues for religious liberty institutes.
Dr Walter A Jessup head of Indiana University education department resigns from Indiana State School to join Iowa State University in Iowa City as director of education. He will move in September to begin work at the Hawkeye school with a higher salary.
M. W. Richards secretary of the Indiana apple show commission urges growers of fancy apples to package their fruit in boxes. He notes fancy fruit sells for higher prices and that appearance often outweighs quality. The 1912 apple show in Indianapolis runs November 13 to 19.
Auditor W H O'Brien and Harry L Arnold spend a day conferring with five state bank examiners on general banking conditions and proposed changes. They consider establishing by law a board of governor, auditor and treasurer to pass on bank charter applications to curb bank openings in small towns, a model used in Ohio New Jersey Kansas and by the U S Comptroller of Currency. Indiana currently lacks authority to refuse charters.
The state board met to prepare certificates for July exam passers and to hear Dr. Raymond Rifle over alleged malpractice related to a young woman’s death. Rifle claimed a criminal operation occurred before treatment and that he was not responsible. A list of successful physician applicants from multiple Indiana cities follows, along with new articles of incorporation for several firms and clubs in Evansville, Rockport, Fort Wayne, and nearby areas.
Ad touts Therapion as a major medical breakthrough used in French hospitals. It promises cures for kidney and bladder disorders and other ailments, with a free book offer from Dr Le Clerc Med Co in London and a sale price of $1.00 through Foucgera Co in New York.
Lady Gregory recalls a real Irish wedding tale. Pat wore patent leather shoes white vest and flaming tie Bridget glittered in many colors. After the church ceremony they rode home amid cheers. Bridget whispered would it not be fine to stand on the sidewalk and watch ourselves pass humorous reflection on pride.
Boston writer Philip Hale endorses barley water as a sensible hot weather beverage. His recipe calls for three pints of water, pearl barley, sugar, lemon rind and juice, boiled, steeped, strained, then chilled. A commenter adds to set the jug in a cool place and forget it.
Edward Bayard Moss writes in Harper's Weekly on the Stockholm Olympic games. He notes thirteen new Olympic records and nine world records set, with Arnold Jackson of Oxford winning the 1500 meters as England's sole notable achievement amid a weak team showing.
A Kentucky lady describes how eliminating her breakfast and switching to Grape-Nuts with cream cured indigestion and nervous prostration. She notes rapid strength and improved mind, with occasional discomfort only after heavy greasy meals, which resolved when continuing Grape-Nuts.
A digest of short notices from Bloomington to Kokomo covering a damage suit by Mrs. Bailey Saders against Charles Ousler over a fatal hayfield accident, a Vincennes funeral dream story, hydrophobia cat bite case near Princeton, Notre Dame leadership elections, a Lafayette socialist mass meeting with 3000 attendees, severe burns in North Judson, Catholic and Lutheran church happenings, pension check delays, and a Seventh Day Adventist annual address.
Two married men Henne and Peeke share memories of courting days and unhappy marriages. Henne muses on past happiness with a girl who later caused sorrow, while Peeke jokes he once held his wife’s hand for three hours and would have been killed if she could have let loose.
Red rough hands become soft and white after a single night using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Soak hands in hot water at night, dry, apply ointment and wear loose gloves. Emollients claim to prevent redness roughness and chapping and to impart velvety softness by morning. Free samples offered with 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
Orfla the celebrated doctor testifies as an expert in a capital trial. The president asks the quantity of arsenic needed to kill a fly. The doctor replies that he must know the fly’s age sex temperament condition and marital status before answering.
A departing visitor notes he has no money left, prompting Father Knickerbocker to bid farewell. The brief exchange ends with a curt goodbye.
A promotional notice promotes Paxtine for women to eliminate perspiration and body odors. Sold by The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston Mass, 25 cents a box, postpaid on receipt of price.
Subbubs says the new cook has not left an address and no update on her status is available. The Boston Transcript notes uncertainty as to how she is getting along.
Cale and Co advertise a carbolisalve claiming to cure itching and skin and mucous membrane diseases. Marketed as a superior pile cure, priced at 25 and 60 cents, with free samples available by writing J. W. at Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
The dialogue asks where an anomaly lies and answers that a summer resort lacks guaranteed attractions, implying uncertainty about what the place offers. The exchange frames a humorous take on expectations versus reality at a resort setting.
An old advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething softens gums reduces inflammation and eases wind colic priced at 25 cents a bottle. The text also warns that men often overestimate their own greatness.
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