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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
8
An old advertisement explains how kidney strain from overwork harms the body. It touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy, notes its availability in fifty cent and one dollar sizes, and offers a free sample and pamphlet by mail from Binghamton New York. It also urges mentioning the paper when writing.
A Masonville author touts Backley's Arnica Salve as the best cure for blind bleeding and protruding piles. The testimonial notes the product also helps cuts burns and injuries and is sold by J. T. Scott's druggist for 25 cents.
OTIS Mies Maggie Moore of Rolling Prairie called on friends here Monday. News spans house sales in Chicago to illness and funerals in local towns. Reports include church formation, university building plans, road elections, a traveling printer arrest, a barn fire, and a temperance crusade in Hebron with saloon closures and women leading reform.
Miss Alice Iseminger, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Iseminger of Manilla Iowa, reportedly husked 100 bushels in one day, completing the feat between 5 and 6 am and 4:30 pm, winning a gold watch her father had offered as a bluff. Her 16 extra bushels beyond the target drew attention from several newspapers and a Des Moines journal published her photo. Specht Finney Skinner Co promotes toys in its toy department.
Two Indiana high school teachers organize a Cuba outing from December 22 to January 2 aboard the Princes George. The trip covers rail travel to Mobile and six days on the island with a seventy five dollar ticket price covering most expenses except Havana meals. A 125 page booklet with trip details is available from the managers W W Richardson and Tau J H Milliken.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming clear thinking decisive action vim and vigor of body and mind and the sparkle of life, priced at 35 cents for tea or tablets at E. T. Scott.
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