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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
4
Ira Eva E Shay of Garnett Kansas writes that after a nervous breakdown following childbirth she recovered her health using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes relief after the second dose and continued use through multiple pregnancies and urges others to try the medicine.
A man who visited France jokes about language with a friend. He claims au revoir means goodbye in French while his friend points out carbolic acid also means goodbye in any language, highlighting playful miscommunication.
A reflection on friendship as the call to live closer to our best and stronger selves. It argues that love truly worthy of praise inspires self improvement, gratitude for the gift, and a commitment to living up to higher ideals.
In Philadelphia the Rev. Frederick Kopfmann faces a mob of 500 summer residents at Washington's Crossing after sermons criticizing bathing attire. He is pelted with overripe tomatoes and stones, slapped, and threatened with drowning before Sheriff Arthur Hughes arrives to intervene with a revolver.
Public health service drafts standard rat proofing rules for business buildings dwellings and wharves to aid plague elimination. Surgeon General Cumming warns infection persists while rats remain common with estimates of one rat per person in the United States and daily rat food costs totaling about one cent per person. A separate New York report notes a 15 cent soup made from $100 pedigreed pigeons served amid a theft dispute, with pigeons valued at $1,500.
In Emporia Kansas a Holstein Fresian bull named Prince Beauty Girl Dekol Sergis died after swallowing a small piece of haling wire. The Holstein Fresian association had paid $10,000 for the prized animal.
Elis Harlow, 25, shot his wife Loretta Finn Harlow eight days after their marriage and then killed himself in Louisville, ending a brief union with a deadly act and suicide.
A two year old girl, capable of feeding herself, rejects her father’s help at the table. She uses a soup spoon herself and, after swallowing, she glares at him with amazement at her own capacity. She pushes him away and calls him a crazy thing.
An advertisement proclaims Anuric to cure uric acid build up causing back ache and other symptoms. Mrs. S. J. Anderson testifies that after using Anuric her sleep improved and health stabilized, urging readers to send ten cents for a trial package from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel Buffalo N Y.
A brief humor sketch from an English town depicts a tightfisted elderly woman with few servants and a fourteen year old helper who juggles multiple roles. A visitor asks what he does, and he quips he plays a butler kitchen maid and gardener who is out of work. The boy jokes about his aunt kicking the bucket to gain money.
Diamond Dyes assure perfect results with simple directions for dyeing garments draperies and coverings. Suitable for wool silk linen cotton or blends. Druggist carries Diamond Dyes Color Card with sixteen rich colors.
Geneva dispatch reports monks at the Great St Bernard monastery faced heavy losses as 700 visitors, many arriving by motorcar, stayed the night and dined with wine free but left without paying. The hospice collection box held only 15 francs after the crowd departed, including several English and American guests.
Advertising copy states Cole's Carboni salve stops pain from burns and cuts and heals quickly without scars. Available in 30c and 60c from druggists. Free samples offered by The J. W. Cole Co. Rockford Illinois.
Quotation from London Punch praising a mothers welfare meeting on Wednesday featuring a famous chef who will lecture on The Decay of Cookery. A child retorts that Zeilus will give theirs to the pigs when it gets that far.
An 19th century advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh and related deafness by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. It states no other diseases are claimed to be cured and notes distribution by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio with free circulars.
A short quip on child care costs with Mrs Exe-What and Mrs Wye arguing about letting a girl off in the afternoon. The punchline says the more she is away the fewer dishes she breaks, highlighting domestic chores and savings.
A playful quote from the Yonkers Statesman via the Observer of Events and Things notes Cinderella as the origin of a famous phrase. The remark blends literary reference with light sarcasm about fame and footwear.
A brief note reflects on the stubborn will of a man determined to endure hardship rather than yield. The piece emphasizes perseverance and personal resolve in the face of social or physical constraints.
An excited citizen insists he is a good loser about the election but laments the loss of a two dollar watch, arguing the dispute centers on the watch rather than the outcome. The exchange highlights local concerns over fairness and personal property during the political moment.
For years druggists have noted Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root s strong record as a kidney liver and bladder medicine It is a physician s prescription medicine that strengthens the organs It has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists on its merit Send ten cents for a sample bottle by writing Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mention this paper
The terms evening star and morning star describe planets that rise before midnight and after midnight respectively. They are not applied to true stars, the fixed stars, but only to planets which are not stars.
A brief Boys' Life cartoon style dialogue shows Scoutmaster questioning in heavy rain and a Tenderfoot admitting he is getting wet. The exchange captures humor and camp scene atmosphere in a single panel.
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a long trusted remedy for nervous dyspepsia constipation indigestion torpid liver dizziness headaches and related symptoms. It cites fifty four years of usage across thousands of households worldwide with consistent relief and urges purchase wherever medicine is sold.
The article reports a claim that crops grow better under electric lighting with a notable example noting a crop that thrived under such light. It discusses the potential advantages and concerns around artificial lighting in agriculture and mentions expert opinions on effectiveness and practicality.
A man recalls how a stranger's overheard witty remark brightened his day and the value of small kindnesses in shared moments.
The Richmond Times Dispatch piece mocks lynching and outlines absurd conditions for it, listing groups deemed impolite to target. It then notes a cynical jab about a wife traveling life’s road at her husband’s expense.
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