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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
3
The text shows Marie declaring she will make one man happy while Marianne teases about marriage. It captures a playful exchange between two women, focusing on relationship expectations and social pressure. The fragment suggests a lighthearted moment in a larger conversation.
A dialogue about marriage motives and a dying inventor's secret, noting Patience and Patrice discuss money as a motive and a wife learning a secret. They also joke about Noah Featherbone and a train anecdote, reflecting character names and playful banter.
A brief exchange pits a visitor against a Native interlocutor over purpose and patience. The dialogue frames patience as wiser than idle observation, with humor suggesting practical choice between risk and routine. The line reflects cultural tones without explicit conflict.
A humorous exchange about tough times contrasts life insurance work with a brother’s unusual task selling suede gloves in Norway.
The irritable employer orders her to write as he speaks but she answers with a calm quip about her typewriter lacking catarrh, turning the moment into a short workplace vignette.
In a brief exchange a real estate improvement company president notes the lot's vacancy as the central point of discussion. The dialogue hints at business interest or planning related to the unused property.
A London Morning Post note lists clever ads such as the Oxford Street dentist offering old teeth for value and a Surrey chimney sweep declining concerts due to rising business. A Boston Lincolnshire tailor paints his name on tortoises for a ten dollar prize and a London Chronicle quips about washing and the butcher's call for an alive salesman.
A Oregon woman writes about longterm coffee use causing heart flutter, indigestion, and liver issues. After switching to Postum, her symptoms eased within six months and both she and her husband gained a healthier, more satisfying breakfast option.
Five people were badly injured in a head on collision between eastbound passenger train No. 16 and a freight near Hammond Indiana. The crash occurred on a sharp curve after misinterpreted orders, with the freight supposed to take a siding at McCool. Injured include engineers B E Hays and J McNaughtlin, fireman Arthur Simlin, passenger John Worth, and mail clerk Hartz.
Boonville Indiana November 20 State Senator Edward Durre of Evansville and his brother in law Dr Lewis faced conviction for hunting on land without owner's permission. They paid ten dollars plus costs totaling forty seven dollars each. Durre, a former Evansville mayoral candidate and Indiana legislator who helped make the law he was convicted under, vows to appeal citing a technicality.
Fire in Petersburg Indiana destroyed four business blocks with an estimated loss of sixty thousand dollars. The flames began at Limmp's hardware store causing rear explosions and shaking the town. Firefighters battled for four hours as cartridge stock and dynamite exploded in the blaze.
Indianapolis detectives arrested Edward C. Hughes of Chicago on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Hughes, an alleged agent for L. D. Abbott & Co., came to sign papers naming O. E H. Walker of 43614 Massachusetts Avenue as agent for a firm claiming to manufacture ladies suits and skirts, following a decoy letter.
In Logansport Indiana December 2 a minister erred and publicly announced the planned marriage of Blanche Sullivan a Peru society girl and Charles Lockwood son of W W Lockwood editor of the Peru Republican. The couple wed Thanksgiving after a buggy accident injured W W Lockwood and wife delaying plans. A license was secret and the minister misdelivered at the wrong house revealing the match.
Samuel Schoffstall ten year old son of Dr E D Schoffstall Terre Haute was found by Police Captain Larry Clark living in a shanty outside Lafayette with laborer Joseph Hurley. Hurley says the boy came with him willingly while the father claims a kidnaping and conspiracy.
Burr Sutton and Miss Dollie Davis of Lafontaine were wed in Wabash Indiana. Sutton had sued Davis for 10000 dollars for alienation of affection. the suit was compromised. Sutton also sued for divorce and won a decree though family tensions remained.
Richmond Ind December 2 W R Janvier of New York bought for about 12500 the splendid Indiana stallion Director General 2 17 the site of the noted grand circuit trotter Mansheet 20614 Prince Direct 207 was purchased in New York by William A Bradford Jr of Cincinnati and is in the hands of George Amsden of Richmond to stand at stud.
A fragment from a Chicago Sun item shows a six months night in Wales noted and a host urging a guest to remove furs. The guest replies that staying isn’t worthwhile, reflecting a brief scene of winter hardship and social exchange.
A brief overheard exchange on a Chicago Daily News page captures a cigar drummer asking a passenger about the political situation. The passenger refusals to share opinions highlight a cautious stance amid current affairs.
In Brooklyn, Tom-I attempted to propose to Miss Heamley-Rich last evening but faltered. Dick recounts that her father stepped in, prompting further loss of nerve.
Special report from Hulett Wyoming December 4 cites Mrs. Mary Taber praising Dodd's Kidney Pills after seven boxes cured her severe kidney trouble. The note extols the medicine as a world renowned remedy for kidney related diseases and says it eases rheumatism dropsy gout and other urinary issues.
Nickel Plate Road offers three elegant through trains daily to Cleveland Buffalo New York and Boston with no excess fare. Dining car meals on the Individual Club Plan priced from 2 cents to 1.00 plus a la carte options and luxurious sleeping cars on all trains. For rules connections and sleeping car reservations contact J Calahan general agent 113 Adams Chicago Illinois.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat front note muses on life and death as a man’s purpose shifts from learning to live to learning how to die, urging contemplation of fate and mortality.
An 19th century-style advertisement for Hoxsie’s Croup Cure from Buffalo New York claims to prevent pneumonia and diphtheria. The remedy is marketed as no opium and priced at 50 cents.
A 1900 quotation from Mrs. Thos. Robbins of Norwich New York credits Piso's Cure for Consumption with saving her life three years earlier. The note adds a remark about people telling the truth when it offends others attributed to a New York president.
Evansville Indiana November 30 two farmers spotted a large cross-tie bolted across the rails at the cut-off near Upton Station Posey county. They removed it and fifteen minutes later the eastbound Florida flyer passed safely. The area is sparsely settled.
A man reports two years of neck sores spreading to the scalp causing hair loss and severe itching. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment he says the torment subsided, sores disappeared, and hair grew back thick. he endorses the products repeatedly. Signed by Harry J. Spalding of Newark City.
A Cleveland Leader quote recalls a life insurance magnate who smiled pensively claiming he caught a burglar in his room last night and managed to extract four dollars from the man. The line ends with a wry remark on having the price of admission for a show.
Boonville Indiana December 1 Robert Perry a farmer near Yankeetown was seriously burned when a bottle of powder in his pocket exploded after he lit his pipe. His clothes burned off and one eye burned out in the blast.
John Jas. Stevens Jr. and Cathryn Douglass were married in Lafayette, Indiana on November 30. Thornton Stevens and Mae Douglass, siblings of the couple, also wed in a double ceremony. The Stevens brothers studied engineering at Purdue University and courted the Douglass siblings last spring.
Inmates at the Indiana reformatory in Jeffersonville Indiana were addressed by Rev W H Kelley of Indianapolis. At noon a baked ham dinner was served with dressing pumpkin pie fruits mashed potatoes and several dishes not on the daily bill of fare.
Logansport Indiana December 2 76 year old George Firber is in serious condition after an attempt to decapitate a turkey. He tied the bird’s legs laid its head on a log swung an ax over his head and missed the block and turkey. The force wrenched his siguit arm from its social.
In Winchester Indiana on December 1 Greenville left the field with 6 to 5 on the scoreboard alleging an off-side touchdown by Winchester. The referee ruled the touchdown legal and Greenville forfeited the game to Winchester.
W L Jackson of Parkersburg West Virginia says years of kidney pain and urinary troubles ended after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports relief in pain and restored urine flow and claims eight years of cure while over 70 and still active. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Articles of incorporation were filed in Clark county by the Louisville and Northern Railway and Lighting Co. with capital stock of 5 million dollars. The plan calls for a railroad line from Jeffersonville to French Lick Springs.
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