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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
4
An old joke about Coca Cola and caffeine is used to argue fairness in judging beverages. The narrator notes critics attack caffeine yet overlook tea and coffee and insists caffeine is caffeine and not harmful. The piece urges readers to be fair and consider who carries the umbrella in the analogy.
In a morning scene, Henry faces sisterly reproach about overextending a visiting artist. The sister recalls guests urging the painter to "draw three" or multiple works, implying fatigue from intense requests during a social visit.
At the start of 1913 the world had about 12,433,000 telephones in use and 29,566,000 miles of telephone wire. The figures highlight rapid expansion of communications infrastructure during the period.
A historic advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation allay pain and cure wind colic in babies. The note highlights its use for teething discomfort in young children.
Debate rises over private use of government carriages as Secretary Wilson requests three automobiles two for personal use and one for department. The piece notes White House fleet values and broader pattern of cabinet and official transport including wives’ usage and social trips.
In remarks on living costs, Col Richard Ryan of Denver notes Washington lunch rooms run by Frank Ward’s dairy venture gained popularity after John Sherman, then treasury secretary, visited. Ward started the shop in 1879 in the Corcoran building. its milk and pie business spread nationwide. Frank Ward later died in a trolley accident.
The public health service warns against the automatic cigar clipper citing the risk of exchanging mouth secretions and potential infection. The piece humorously urges avoidance of the device, suggesting instead carrying a pocket clipper or jackknife and warning against sharing cigars.
Supervising inspector general of the steamboat inspection service George Uh ler closely resembled former president William Howard Taft. Known as General Abler, he found it awkward visiting executive departments as Taft left and Wilson arrived, provoking surprised salams from messengers as the new administration took over.
In London Tit-Bits a buyer urges a photographer to alter his son’s photograph to look more honest. The artist objects that retouching is unnecessary while the father insists the image must be improved to aid job prospects, comparing the son to Joseph.
Judd Knowles of Falls City Nebraska chronicles a two year face ailment that worsened with itching and redness. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment, used nightly with hot water, for rapid improvement in two days and complete cure in three weeks.
The Allgemeine establishment of Berlin unveils electric searchlight projectors among the most powerful yet made. They boast arc regulation by small electric motors and relays, automatic arc-length adjustment, and a base with multiple motors for all movements. The beam can travel several miles and remain readable.
Professor Brander Matthews recalls how past participles like gotten have faded in England, where gotten and putten survive only in villages and old speech. A Cumberland teacher’s classroom joke shows the quirk of language and regional usage.
A printed dialogue delivers two maxims on marriage and money. The father counsels his son to avoid marrying for wealth, then adds a warning not to ignore a wealthy young woman. The lines resemble a humorous or cautionary panel from a Detroit Free Press feature.
A long list of brief items from Winchester to Atlantic City notes additions to school courses, a picnic for a railroad employer, wildlife captures, clergy resignations, illnesses, legal troubles, water shortages, train rates, a honeymoons at a circus, war memorial efforts, public speeches, a man declared dead returning home, a fatal mining injury, and a curious “wood” pendant worn by a Atlantic City socialite.
Fragmentary OCR shows auction dates and payments amid stray dialogue about a beggar. The readable items hint at town farms market actions and a referenced Ready-Answer discussion with a passerby.
A witty line notes she married an ex bachelor, described as gruff and grumpy, and not a real husband. The exchange hints at humorous social judgment and marital status.
Jones and Baker announce an 18 per cent investment report on Nipissing Mines Company of the Cobalt district Ontario showing dividends paid out totaling 10 440 000. Free copies available by writing to their Chicago or New York offices.
Henry Lowe Dickinson, Reno divorce lawyer, comments on an octogenarian millionaire who married a buxom Atlantic City manicurist, a widow with four children. He quips that the man likely viewed eighty as only flirting and adds that many treat love as if it were loaded.
Mrs Willard A Graham of Bovina Center New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of weakness back pain and poor health following childbirth. She reports renewed ability to work and care for her children and urges other suffering women to try the remedy. The ad promotes the product as narcotic free and urges readers to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
Mrs Laura E Richards daughter of Julia Ward Howe is named to the Maine committee for the support of the International Institute for Girls in Spain. Richards was among the earliest endorsers of the institute. Dr Huntington who has directed the institute for three years is visiting in Boston.
Disjointed phrases show a scattered venting style with slang and incomplete quotes. The text hints at a conversation about honesty and persistence, suggesting a critique of lying while encouraging resilience.
A second grade boy arrives late and offers the memorable plea I couldn't find my pants. The teacher questions him as the class sits in a physiology study, with pupils answering earnestly as the lesson continues. A little girl volunteers to locate the heart in the body.
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