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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1913
Page
6
A Kansas City Star excerpt recounts a stormy wedding journey ending with the preacher noting a two dollar gift from the bride’s father. The father later returns with a one dollar bill, lamenting the groom’s stinginess and urging discretion.
The article recalls punch as an East Indies invention linked to Sanskrit terms for five ingredients. It recounts Edward Russell's 1694 Mediterranean command where 6,000 guests were served a grand fountain beverage with brandy, Malaga wine, lemons, lime juice, water, nutmeg, biscuits, and sugar.
The account describes a bride who detests pre examination and steals by ripping wrappers, aided by servants who bring parcels to her room. She claims shop deliveries, including six pairs of silk stockings, were mistakenly hers after refunds, revealing her pattern of taking items she cannot afford to contribute to her wedding wardrobe.
The Young matron of the upper West Side reported honesty rising in New York. On returning from marketing she noted a salesman's mistake in change and praised the proprietor for validating honesty as essential to success, contrasting past views of only clever dishonesty.
Knowledge notes the blow fly Calliphora vomitoria has keen odor sensitivity, locating a carcass rapidly. Raspall observes flies often alight after death and avoid seemingly dead creatures, suggesting a volatile clue signals death, though his conclusion remains hazardous.
A city girl on vacation sits beside her first bench by a moonlit country night. She marvels at the clear sky and hears strange music, mistaking crickets for toadstool sounds. Willam explains the mix up, clarifying the nature of the noises.
A new writing pen made from tantalum is produced in Germany. The material forms a hard point by mixing with a hard metal like iridium, giving steel like hardness and gold like flexibility, addressing oxidation and ink-stick issues of steel and gold pens.
An old woman asks a girl standing with eight siblings if they are all her brothers and sisters. The child confirms and names the two youngest as Maxie and Minnie, describing the family grouping around a stoop.
Local officials report construction progress at the EER RS site with ongoing work affecting timelines. Contractors reference updated plans and safety reviews while residents watch for completion dates and potential traffic impacts.
A Los Angeles Express excerpt describes Michillinda as an early site where groves are sacrificed to make room for building. It cites an orchard created by former owners, offering choice building lots with orange, lemon and tangerine trees. Orangewood sold from the suburb has earned over $2,000. The report to LaPorte County commissioners shows the general fund financial condition as of December 11, 1912.
A German survey ship reports a sounding depth of 3,780 meters in the Pacific near the Philippine Islands, claiming a depth deeper than any surface water body. If accurate, Everest could fit underwater with peak 3,000 feet below sea level, while Atlantic records reach 23,250 feet near St Thomas.
In a humorous fragment from Harper’s Weekly, Chubbleigh recalls a wild dash that ends with crashing into a grocer’s wagon piled with eggs. Hicks jokes about paying, while Chubbleigh laments the eggs were all spoiled. The scene captures reckless youth and comic misfortune.
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