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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1903
Page
4
Westville Indiana newspaper marks twenty two years, defends Republican stance, and recalls debates on an independent press. It condemns jail insanity treatment, urges prompt humane care, and outlines options for handling the state insane population and epileptic patients.
The records show 4,793 insane persons in Indiana public institutions or adjudged insane but not in hospitals. At year's start 3,961 were enrolled. 1,093 admitted and 1,015 discharged during the year, leaving 4,039 enrolled. Four hospitals house 3,749 patients, with 1,778 men and 1,971 women.
Chester Michigan postmaster A L Spafford reports his little girl endured a sudden croup attack and nearly fainted before a dose of One Minute Cough Cure was given. The medicine quickly reduced swelling and mucus, easing breathing and speeding recovery. It claims to cure coughs colds lagrippe and throat lung troubles.
A letter from Roy Kemp of Angola Indiana says he was bedridden four weeks with lagrippe and tried many remedies and doctors but found relief only with Foley's Honey and Tar. He reports two small bottles cured him and he now uses it exclusively in his family. Take no substitutes. For sale by all dealers.
Kodol forms the stomach to do what it cannot when disordered or overloaded. It supplies natural digestive juices and relaxes nervous tension while the inflamed muscles rest and heal. Kodol digests food, helping digestive organs transform meals into red blood.
D W Weed, Westville native, built a thriving mercantile business within eighteen months at the E Ansley stand. He moved from railroad work to sales after health issues, expanding his stock and hiring two new clerks as trade grew each month.
An advertisement extols the old man with the fish as a source of health and vigor. It claims Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil strengthens consumptives, builds flesh for the weak, and nourishes children and adults alike, noting long familiarity and broad usefulness.
A newspaper editor questions a reporter boasting extraordinary memory. The reporter recalls every detail while others forget, leading to accusations of falsehood. The editor consoles him with a new assignment and a cigar.
A Troy Times account describes a fast locomotive from Batavia liking the American engine but hating its screech. An American engineer recalls a locomotive so swift it arrived at the station before its whistle, which only whistled after the train had stopped.
The Washington Ia Democrat notes the paradox that asking for advice flatters the advisor even when the asker knows little about the topic. The column reflects on social psychology and interpersonal dynamics in everyday discourse.
J. H. Weber of Cascade endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, claiming they are bought by those who have used them and noting prompt relief for dullness after meals bad taste loss of appetite and constipation. Sold by E. T. Scott.
Readers are offered a free sample bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, touted as a cure for lame back kidney liver and bladder troubles and Bright's Disease. The notice urges sending address to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York and notes standard bottle sizes from druggists.
The piece argues that preventing consumption hinges on starting proper care promptly and states Foley's Honey and Tar as highly suitable for warding off fatal lung trouble. E. T. Scott.
In the West during wild cat money days the name Oliver Ames and Bon was a synonym for honesty. Benson Plaster is praised as the universal standard product for porous hard external matter. It claims Benson’s plaster cures fast where other treatments fail, helping colds lumbago kidney trouble and related ailments.
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