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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
7
Walter Graham a junior clerk falls fast for a engaged woman he meets on a Sunday boat trip. He pursues her with invites and outings while she resists, then a staged boat mishap ruins his flannel suit and thwarts his advances, revealing a planned ruse by Violet and her fiancé.
An experimentalist from Germany shows a single dark brown hair can suspend four ounces without breaking and return to its original length. Blonde hair, by contrast, fails at two and a half ounces under the same test.
The article argues that after infancy, children need varied foods beyond milk. It warns against common mistakes, stresses early teeth and digestive development, and lists forbidden items such as fried potatoes, swine products, salty foods, and alcohol. It advocates regular meals, thorough chewing, and avoiding suppressive, unsafe practices.
Dr. Reeder asks about differences between powdered sugar of milk and commercial sugar of milk and storage. The response says no real difference but recommends commercial form for purity and lower adulteration risk. both keep similarly to lump sugar in storage.
All readers may write for health information. Communications should be addressed to Dr. David JH Reeder of Laporte Indiana and include full name and address plus at least four cents postage.
Joseph Potter, who settled on the site of Potter in Atchison county Indiana fifty one years ago this month, was the first white man to occupy the spot where he now stands. Since that time he has lived constantly within sight of the place.
The piece notes the essential link between an organ and its liver function, arguing that one cannot operate effectively without the other, highlighting medical interdependence central to transplantation and treatment debates.
The article argues growing foreign trade creates demand for multilingual young men and women. Spanish leads due to Cuba and the West Indies, with French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and others following. It notes translators add polish to business letters and that firms prefer correspondence in natives languages to avoid miscommunication.
The text outlines nine departments in the Japanese government for executive purposes: Home affairs, foreign affairs, finance, communications, agriculture and commerce, education, justice, the army, and the navy. Each department has several bureaus and is led by a minister of state.
The Philadelphia Bulletin lists walking speeds and animal and vessel paces. It notes the average man at four feet per second, a dog eight, a horse twelve, a reindeer twenty six on ice, a race horse forty three, and a sailing ship fourteen feet per second.
A writer in Notes and Queries argues the line pop goes the weasel in the traditional song refers to a purse made of weasel skin that opened and closed with a snap. He connects the refrain to how money moves and ends.
The Louisville Courier Journal relays a teetotalist discussion arguing that even flowers can promote alcohol use. It cites an Australian orchid whose sap intoxicates bees, enabling fertilization of stigmas and perpetuation of the plant, framing a paradox about virtue and vice.
Vice Consul Stephens reports on a new explosive by Kynoch Limited that preserves cordite components but adds ingredients to halve climatic effects. It is manufactured as a ribbon instead of a round cord, allegedly reducing barrel corrosion and friction for greater accuracy. Experiments suggest residues left after firing do not injure barrels if left for hours.
The term wed extended beyond marriage to mean a solemn pledge in any bond. Nobles and warriors were called wedded brethren when bound by oaths of loyalty and friendship.
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