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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
6
Evansville Indiana eighteen year old girl shares relief from months of irregular periods backache cold and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She worked in a millinery shop and reports improved well being and urges others with similar ailments to try the remedy.
About fifteen million tons of coal burn in pulverized or atomized form annually in the United States. Recent extensive reports from Britain and Canada discuss the use of this fuel type.
The advertisement warns to look for the Bayer name on genuine Aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure authenticity. It promotes Bayer’s tablets for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain with small tin boxes priced at a few cents and larger packages from druggists.
The governor assigns work to a recently arrived forger. He asks what he can do best and the prisoner replies he could sign official papers after a week’s practice. Pearson's Weekly notes a proverb about apt quotations versus originals.
Lena Frank a 30 year old patient at a Philadelphia hospital barricaded herself in a room built a fire and jumped onto it burning severely. Attendants forced entry after a piercing scream and smoke revealed the self inflicted blaze. She died shortly after removal from the flames. Doctors say a lucid moment may have driven her to the act in a place meant for treatment of insanity. She had been admitted last February for temporary mental disturbance and showed moments of normality before the tragedy.
Anguished men burst a door to reach a room where a woman had piled newspapers and refuse, set them alight, and stood in the blaze until her body burned. Attendants rushed in as the flames spread, but she died after being rushed to the surgical ward.
Rev. A. H. Sykes former Watkins Park Presbyterian pastor in Nashville says Tanlac greatly helped his wife after ten months of stomach trouble and nervous breakdown. He reports she gained strength quickly and could resume Household tasks. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists nationwide.
In the trial exchange the judge probes whether the widow is akin to others, noting that none of the women resembles her. The dialogue hints at social attitudes toward widows and propriety in the courtroom.
Thousands of women are urged to check kidney and bladder health warning that many female ailments stem from kidney issues. Advertisement claims Dr Kilmer Swamp Root restores kidney, liver and bladder health and offers a sample bottle for ten cents plus mail order options through Dr Kilmer & Co.
Court procedure is described as very dull by a weary business man who notes jury duty offers little to interest him and hints at postponement or avoidance as a practical option.
In New York a salesman Pietro Cerreseno killed Mary E. Biancha known as "queen of Mulberry street fortune tellers" in her studio and then killed himself. The killing followed his belief she bewitched his family. policeman Fitzgerald found both bodies on the studio floor.
In Humboldt County Samoa a 16 foot octopus attacked eight year old George Peterson as he stood in shallow water. His sisters paddling nearby beat the creature with oars and bayonets, causing it to release the boy and retreat to rocks before it was killed.
Canada earned 26 153 644 from fish products last year. The sector employs about 80 000 to 100 000 people, with roughly 70 000 in sea fishing, 10 000 in freshwater fisheries, and the rest in canning and processing.
The advertisement touts Cuticura products for baby skin relief. It claims hot baths with Cuticura Soap and applications of Cuticura Ointment calm itchy rashes, with Cuticura Talcum added at the finish, priced 25 cents each.
Middletown Md John W Sigler caught a copperhead in a mouse trap at Locust Valley southwest of Middletown. The reptile measured about 24% to 3 feet. He also killed a black snake near his home that measured 5 feet 9 inches.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes a pastor who served a family long enough to earn heartfelt tributes as he moves to new fields. The family calls him the best pastor, steady cook, and generous companion, while grandmother recalls his kind ways. The piece ends with a wry closing line about clergy and congregations.
Levi Nackel of three miles northwest of Ashley on the Mansfield road woke to a crash when a car slammed through his wall and into his room. The auto shoved the bed across the room but no one was hurt.
The hot weather spurred thefts police report one incident at the old stone church on Public square. John Semmens, custodian, says a thief entered the church and walked off with an electric fan.
Ogdensburg reports C Lavier can speak again after a thunderstorm rocked the steamship bound for Montreal where he visited his sister. He had been mute for nine months from shell shock suffered in World War I with the Canadian army.
Norfolk police seized four stills a quantity of corn whisky and 150 gallons of mash from a church room used by the Disciples of Christchurch. Deacon Willie Brown was arrested admitting a $25 temptation by the devil led him to allow moonshining in his room though he denied participating in the whisky making.
Private Will Hahn of the U S Army stationed at Raritan Arsenal pleaded guilty to bigamy before Judge Frank Cleary and received a sentence of one to ten years. Hahn admitted three wives, with his first wife remarrying without a divorce and his second wife refusing to move with him between army stations. he married a third wife at Raritan last July, presenting in court in full dress with war decorations.
Emily Margaret a six year old Columbus girl with straight blond hair is distressed by comparisons to war stricken children. She says she knows sorrow when seeing a girl with dark curly hair, challenging her teacher’s lesson in a Sunday school context.
The Sierra Nevada snowpack delayed highway openings until June. Scientists spread black soil and ashes on the snow to absorb sunlight, speeding melting and allowing roads to open several weeks sooner than usual.
Mrs Blank spoke at a Boston occasion delivering a speech that was largely inaudible, with observers noting limited clarity but acknowledging the intended message and the formal setting of the event.
A riddle notes a hog’s squeal signals no information. The joke hinges on the stereotype that the pig’s cry reveals nothing about its plans or thoughts.
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