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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
4
Mrs. John Korpmann of McLean Nebraska reports a healthy baby after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement extols the remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities backache headaches nervousness and melancholy and invites women to write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for guidance.
A motorcar dealer chats with an undertaker about a second-hand car. The undertaker notes the vehicle caused initial trouble as a mourning wagon but now serves as a hearse with no complaints yet. The exchange underscores a morbidly humorous use case and a shift in function.
A mother asks her eight year old to write a grocery note. The girl misrenders the phrase for Lilliputian peas as Lilly Puh Shun peas, presenting it to the grocer as a riddle. The humorous mispronunciation showcases language play in a family moment.
Maude gave him a decided negative when Will insisted on a positive answer. Chicago city morals committee inidgies low necked dresses for women.
Agricultural experts outline methods to can spring and fall vegetable blends at home. Layers packed tightly in sterilized jars, brine added, and jars processed by steam under pressure or boiling, with steps for single and multiple boil methods, cooling, and storage.
The article lists cultivated and wild greens suitable for winter use and provides step by step canning guidance. It covers washing sorting blanching cooling and packing into jars with optional additions like bacon or olive oil. Instructions include steam processing times ten pounds pressure and boiling regimes from one to three days to ensure safe storage.
Instructions from the United States Department of Agriculture describe preparing young tender okra pods by trimming stems, boiling briefly, plunging into a salt bath, and packing into sterilized jars. The guide outlines hot brine sealing, partial to full seal methods, steam pressure timings, and post boil cooling, leakage checks, and storage.
Instructions from the United States Department of Agriculture for canning beets and carrots. Select young Detroit variety beets, sort by size, trim stems carefully, boil until three quarters done, peel, layer into hot jars, seal and water bath for one hour. Do not expose cooked beets to cold water, and use inside lacquered cans if packing in tin. When pressure canning, process pints 30 minutes under five pounds steam.
Guidance on selecting peas for canning emphasizes freshness and speed. Gather peas early, shell and sort by size, and pack into preboiled jars immediately. Blanch peas 1 to 4 minutes in boiling water to prevent cloudiness and improve texture.
The USDA advises concentrating tomatoes to save space and use broken or undersized produce. Chop tomatoes with one onion and red pepper per gallon, cook until tender, sieve, and add salt and sugar per quart of pulp. Cook to ketchup consistency, then pack hot in boiled jars. Process as directed for tomatoes.
Instructional fragment urges readers to invest time and money for future food health. Advises using good rubber rings, empty cans and jars, and avoiding long waits for fruit containers. Emphasizes practical storage and preservation basics.
A piece praising canning practices notes wooden false bottoms to protect perishables, a rubber ring on a preserving jar, and sterilizing on the stove as methods to keep jars of fruits and vegetables perfectly preserved. It mentions a fourth floor apartment as a suitable space to can.
In San Francisco a Russian private, William Shavchenko, returns from presumed execution to reunite with his wife Dora Bakanoff in the United States. Dora, now married to Michael Bakanoff and mother of his child, sues for custody and plans to annul her 1914 marriage. The pair meet at Camp Fremont, confess their past, and rekindle their bond after years apart.
District Attorney Swann reports that war charities hoodwinked New York residents out of 2 to 3 million dollars in the past year. The grand jury cites schemes using patriotic names and engraved stationery, with promoters leveraging unsuspecting figures as officers. Over 300 organizations were examined, revealing “50-50” workers taking half the donations and “100 per cent boys” diverting entire collections for personal use. Fraudsters spread knowledge to other cities, turning New York into a haven for fake charities.
In Marietta Ohio J M Baker of Parkersburg, a shoemaker, was charged with drunkenness after a run of family calamities. He claimed longtime misfortune, saying his wife eloped, his daughter ran off, his son swallowed a ticket, and he owes gas and rent. The judge fined him ten dollars plus costs.
A fragment recalls a child’s reply to a visitor about growing up and a Buffalo News note on St Paul Danes contributing funds to wartime charities for church building. A pithy line warns against self love and oblivion.
A fragmented line reads a timorous dollar never gets far, suggesting caution in spending. The garbled OCR yields no clear context, but hints at financial restraint or prudence in economic or personal budgeting.
An advertisement touts Cuticura soaps and ointment for distressing eczemas with a hot bath routine and a note offering free samples by mail. It lists prices for Soap and Ointment and provides a Boston department address. A separate line mentions Jamaicans can raise two vegetable crops yearly.
Albany report says Clinton Townley twenty one from Albany became blind in the navy. On furlough he was aided by Mrs Theokla C Beck a blind woman who trained him to earn a living. His sight improved and he stole her pocketbook then pleaded guilty.
In Sheboygan Wisconsin Joseph Michalinek a 250 pound inmate escaped the sheriff and ran onto streets. He collided with a street car delaying capture. The sheriff two police officers and the sheriff’s dog recaptured him and returned him to jail where he was serving a minor offense.
In Terre Haute Indiana two miners at Jackson Hill mine No 4 near Shelburn ran from their shaft after claiming to see a shadow and hear a shout. Their reaction halted all production for the day as other miners refused to return to work.
A man posing as a federal officer in San Francisco stops youths demanding to see draft registration cards and exemption certificates. He then levies a $5 fee for entering the encounter in his records.
A San Francisco designer Gustav Liljestrom and his wife avoided spoken talk for 12 years. The divorce filing states she wrote notes threatening self harm and implying he murdered her, highlighting a fragile home communication pattern.
A lazy soldier at Camp Dodge writes a note blaming the “other fellow” and tells a friend in Alabama to hunt up John Ascheman. The terse message references a quit-case and avoids detailing further actions.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania two masked burglars broke into the bungalow of Mrs Frank Esterly and awakened her. Authorities reported the intrusion as part of a local crime wave and searched for suspects.
Haarlem Oil Capsules, promoted as a century old remedy imported from Holland, claim relief from back pains, headaches, indigestion, and urinary issues. The ad asserts quick relief for rheumatic and bladder complaints, with a money refund if unsatisfied, urging purchase of the genuine GOLD MEDAL brand.
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