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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
5
In London during the jamboree at Olympia scouts from around the world gathered. An incident aboard an underground train near Paddington shows a boy offering his seat to a guide who humorously declines, saying she is not a girl guide yet.
A tense kitchen scene unfolds as Richard takes the largest tread roll while his mother, with a stern look, conveys disapproval without words. Richard apologizes inwardly, saying he did not want her to be the hog.
Reports highlight rapid wall growth as a health indicator and a new acetylene torch for removing old paint. Denmark sees yeast made from buckwheat as a new industry, while Palestine adopts English Arabic and Hebrew as official languages. An inventor patents a jointed ice skate and a baby carriage handle for hand warmth. Sweden promotes wood cellulose as cattle feed.
Private Reuben A Pratt U S marine corps on duty at the recruiting station 24 East Twenty third street New York city is 6 feet 8 inches tall Sergeant Joseph Rain shown with him is 5 feet 4 inches tall Both are World War I veterans and noted as excellent recruiters
An accidental detonation on an ammunition barge at Fort Hamilton sends a 10 inch shell through a house wall a mile away and into the cellar. The family is away at the fire and unharmed.
A plan to place small telephone booths along Ohio roads at every milestone will let stranded travelers summon help within half a mile. The idea, highlighted by Youths Companion, aims to aid motorists and teamsters by providing ready access to emergency communication.
The French government prepares to sell the largest stamp collection ever assembled valued at two million dollars. It includes the Fer rary collection which Baron Ferrary left to the Berlin postal museum after dying in 1917. Seized as alien property, the collection was in Paris at the time.
A brief quoted exchange from the Boston Transcript features a parent praising their child’s growing curiosity and intellect as the child asks many questions, promising future genius if curiosity continues.
A woman laments her husband’s absence and explains she misses having someone to find fault with occasionally. The exchange reveals a longing for routine friction as a connection in their relationship.
Rabbi Joseph Louwisch recounts a civil wedding with Shena Levine in New York and a later attempt at Jewish rites as she rejects God. She later dies by suicide after admitting free love and Bolshevist beliefs. A Poughkeepsie radical group mobs the rabbi, shouting Lynch him, before police intervene.
A bull led through a pasture at the State Boys' Industrial School in Topeka crushed Alfred Stephens eighteen a resident of the school against a fence post and fatally injured him.
A giant bull moose occupies Elmer Boedeker’s ranch on the outskirts of Dubois and refuses to leave. Boedeker faces a legal hurdle to remove the animal without costly permits and a $100 fee, leaving the property in a standoff as authorities weigh restitution options.
Milwaukee firm Harsh & Chapline Shoe Co makers of Lion Brand and Steven Strong work shoes say profits from 10,000,000 pair sold via stores are being trimmed by middlemen. They detail direct selling to users cutting out tanner, jobber and retailer to save customers $1 to $3 per pair and announce catalog No. 1 from factory.
A grimy patron questions bathhouse charges at a public bath. The cashier offers 50 cents per bath or 12 for 35 dollars and suggests a $5 ticket. The patron doubts longevity, asking how to know he will live 12 years.
Thousands of women with kidney or bladder trouble may overlook the source of their ills. Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root is promoted as restoring kidney health and easing back pain headaches and nervousness. A ten cent sample bottle is offered by mail from Kilmer Co with a mail order option and larger bottles sold at drug stores.
A dialogue contrasts the laborious, pen and ink era of speeches with the stamina required for modern campaigns. Senator Sorghum notes earlier statesmen often avoided mass handshaking, while today a candidate must meet many voters to campaign effectively.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Cuticura Ointment to remove pimples and blackheads, wash with Cuticura Soup and hot water in five minutes, and maintain clear skin with daily use. It also promotes Cuticura Palcum.
A brief exchange shows one speaker admitting awkwardness in unfamiliar company and another reassuringly deeming the feeling natural. The dialog highlights social discomfort and empathetic response in a concise dialogue snippet.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a liquid taken internally that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. The ad notes it cures catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh and offers circulars from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. The text also mentions sturgeon air bladder as isinglass source and a political quote about democracy.
Billy and Mary visit the house next door to inspect a new talking machine. Mary mislabeles it as a Scotch collie before Billy corrects her as a fox terrier. Mrs. Case questions the machine while the children debate electricity as lighting.
A New York company ships ready to use typewritten sermons to clergymen, offering ready made religious talks for weekly services and special occasions. The service targets pastors seeking convenient sermon material and consistent messaging.
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