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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
2
A reflective column argues Americans should honor the elderly More citations praise elder wisdom and self-restraint. Anxious to honor age, the piece tells the Spartan versus Athenian story and urges respectful greetings and thoughtful kindness toward seniors.
A damaged notice advertises a health elixir with claims of curing various ailments including nervous weakness and stomach issues. The ad promises a guaranteed price of 50 cents at E. T. Sshot's drug store and lists conditions like headaches and weakness.
A historic regimental reunion notes the anniversary of the Battle of Shickamauga with round trip tickets offered at 14 dollars to Chattanooga Tennessee and 24.59 dollars to Indianapolis. Agent T. T. Stites posted these travel rates and the return limit is September 30.
Fragmented text discusses how a town's trade area expands with merchant advertising and local reputation. It references advertising reach, merchant cooperation, and implications for residents and business activity amid unclear wording and misprints.
A 19th century ad praises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and grippe. It claims strong safety and lists testimonials including Waco Texas resident EO W Goodloe who endorses the remedy after using it with his son Datton St. The ad promotes trial bottles and a free sample offer with a bold testimonial emphasis.
A health promotional piece explains liver benefits and risks of poor liver health. It stresses that a well functioning liver purifies blood and aids digestion and ends with a claim that a safe medicine exists.
For over 60 years this vegetable remedy has been a standby in thousands of homes and a favorite liver medicine. It acts gently on the liver and kidneys, does not irritate the bowels, cures constipation, relieves congestion, and purifies the system from excess bile to keep the body healthy. Price 25 cents at all druggists and dealers. Test it.
The pastor will preach morning and evening on Sunday. Morning topic How the Word of God Transforms Mer and evening The Sorrow that Worketh Repentance to Salvation. Other services follow the usual schedule with class at 9 a m, Sunday School at 10 am, and prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m All are urged to attend.
Evanville resident B Spiegel writes after five years of kidney and bladder trouble and a year of illness. He says after two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure his health recovered and he could return to work. He notes the treatment was recommended and purchased at E T Scott's.
In July the State Board of Health records 319 tuberculosis deaths in Indiana. Among them 1 male and 176 females. 25 married males aged 18 to 50 left 50 orphans, while 57 females in the same period left 116 orphans. Total orphans 166. Homes invaded numbered 241.
Stagnolia resident Jono N. Pleasant writes about Dr King s New Live Pilla a remedy for biliousness and chronic constipation. The advertisement promises full satisfaction or money back and cites price 253 at LE T Scott s drug store.
A. J. Numbaum of Batesville Indiana reports a severe three month summer cold with hay fever symptoms. He says prior medical advice failed and medicines worsened his condition, but Foley’s Honey and Tar quickly cured him after starting the remedy at E. T. Scott’s.
A reader cites Foley's Kidney Cure as preventing Bright's disease after kidney trouble. The letter notes delays harm and claims A. R. Bass of Morgantown Indiana was revived by Foley's Kidney Cure after nocturnal trips to the bathroom.
The state tax board of commissioners completed a 19 6 meeting and added over 217 000 to the state tax duplicate, a record rise driven by higher assessments on large carriers. Totanagolis Traction and Terminal led the increases alongside Western Union Telegraph, Senibera Indira, Afonen, and several other lines receiving hikes.
An OCR fragment describes a local drug store selling remedies including a salve for skin sores and sores. It mentions a manager named Medor Hamm and a shop in Kentucky. The wording is garbled but implies sales rhetoric for healing products and a ten day treatment claim.
A large collection of patent models aged fifty thousand years will be disposed of by the patent office. Many will be given to colleges across the country and some with historic value will go to the Smithsonian Institution. A sizable portion of these models were patented by women.
A fragmented OCR item mentions a Callen T E Ballard and a piano, noting a crude square piano and a rare area in late context.
The Advisory Board of New Dachateanship New Durham Township in LaPorte County Pudiana invites sealed bids by September 19 at 10 oclock for erecting a school house on the southeast quarter of section 12, township 35 north range 4 west. Plans and specifications are at the office of the trustee AJ Sheen. The right to reject any bid is reserved.
A damaged notice discusses a public works project bid letting at a township office on a Saturday in September. It mentions a formal audit or verification by an official, details on bid components and payment terms, and notes that bids must be submitted with cash or surety and returned to the office by a specified time, with rejection possible for irregularities.
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