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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
4
A Woman’s Home Companion essay argues that extreme wealth burdens the owner by forcing isolation. The affluent seek the costliest purchases such as vast estates or a 2000 ton yacht, creating gates lords and secretaries that sever ties with society. The piece singles out private orchestras as anti social indulgence.
A man once feared his wife discovering attendance at a grand ballet show. Today he risks social censure if he misses any performance and neglects the family’s full attendance.
Kate is described as a bundle of nerves while TJ thinks she appears done up in the Boston Evening Transcripts social notes. The brief item captures gossip about appearances and mood.
A lonely boy named Wee Billy Boy longs for a brother as Christmas nears. He writes Santa, fears disappointment, and wakes to find a new baby brother in Mama's bed, proving Santa delivered after all.
A 1916 letter from Hashimura Togo recounts a New Jersey family Christmas prank gone awry. A Japanese narrator impersonates Santa Claus, sneaking gifts through a chimney, causing near disaster with a lit tree and smoke. The piece humorously critiques Santa myths and parental deception.
A collection of aphorisms on heroism love appearance and speech reflecting social mood. It notes the value of a wife and the cost of servants with wry humor and ends with a cheerful funeral floral display.
An advertisement urges prevention of old age by drinking pure water and taking Anuré from a nearby druggist. It claims the kidney filters remove poisons, notes symptoms like backache and tiredness, and asserts Anuré is thirty seven times stronger than lithin and dissolves uric acid like hot water dissolves sugar.
A collection of aphorisms on male vanity and female virtue. The narrator wryly contrasts reputations, crony praise, jewelry fear, divorce stigma, and charitable acts with social expectations. It mocks pretensions and the gap between claimed knowledge and actual behavior.
An old Cuticura ad urges bathing with Cuticura Soap and hot water to cleanse and purify, then applying Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal itching pimples dandruff scalp irritations and rough hands with a free sample offer by mail. Noah Webster completed his first dictionary at seventy.
A fragment quoting McClary's Magazine on admitting ignorance as wisdom and the perils of pushing staff, the folly of self-importance, losing temper, and proving unseen truths. It reflects on moral laws, accountability on pay night, and the challenge of exposing doubts others doubt.
The passage urges discreet benefaction and measured praise while warning that zeal to weed out prejudice can destroy virtue and faith. It notes busyness does not guarantee usefulness, and some active people hinder more than they help.
A report notes Germany has advanced a method to spin kapok fibers into yarns suitable for weaving into textiles. No further details on producers or dates are provided.
A compact collection of pithy sayings reflects humor about time, gunfire, courtship, gas meters, and women’s footwear. The quips lampoon social habits, noting clock time, loud actions, and tight shoes as symbols of everyday life.
A fragmented note discusses insistence on sanitation in cigar factories and public use of a cigar cutter after sand filtration. It mentions polluted wells and complaints about a bill from the undertaker, with hints of malaria blame toward the climate.
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