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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
4
Dr Hartman announces Peruna will be sold to the public as a regular medicinal product. He declares transparency about ingredients, promises truth in testimonials, and vows advertising to the people while challenging medical ethics norms. He touts Peruna as a great household medicine with global expansion goals.
A trimmed collage of period quips on society entertainment and fashion items. Notes from Punch and references to Starch brands, smokers praise, and a Jenkins style quip about headaches. Mentions Goethes harvest metaphor and Garfield Tea promotional lines through brief captions.
A conversation scene shows a tramp handing over a pocket book containing 20,900 dollars to a police justice officer who asks for proof of loss and the tramp points to a hole in his pocket as evidence.
A chance meeting between Rhevd and Dut sparked instant attraction as they crossed paths by coincidence. She felt a deep, immediate connection though they never met again, leaving a fleeting memory of their brief encounter with the auto and the cow nearby.
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of every bottle of Castoria a trusted remedy for infants and children for over 30 years The Kind You Have Always Bought emphasizes reliability and long standing quality in this classic patent medicine
A couple banters over a framed snapshot as she sulks about a late hours rule. He remarks he never tires of looking at her image, while she retorts they could hang it in the lodge. The chat suggests playful domestic tension amid affectionate teasing.
Mr Brown discovers astronomy volumes on the library table are a surprise from his wife who bought them after he urged economy instead of study. The exchange hints at a humorous domestic misunderstanding over learning.
Reports from St. Petersburg and Tiflis describe a war scare as Turkish forces call reserves in Van and Mush and push toward the frontier. Ambassadors see mobilizations as bluff while Russia weighs readiness for war and political leaders push for debate on national defense.
James P. Hayes agent of the Traders' Dispatch and John O'Donnell cigar dealer were seriously wounded by J. D. Cosby proprietor of the Cosby hotel in the hotel's office Monday night. Hayes and O'Donnell had come to question guests, accused clerk William Murray of misrepresentation after being told the men had left, and Cosby fired when Hayes tried to assault him. Cosby says he aimed at Hayes and did not intend to shoot O'Donnell.
Havana newspaper calls the tenth anniversary of the Maine explosion a blot on American history and claims Americans believe the war department ordered the blast to justify Cuba DES Spanish disent.
The jury in the Snell $2,000,000 will case was discharged by Judge Cochrane after failing to reach a verdict. Richard Snell, the contestant, will seek a new trial at the May term. The final ballot showed eight votes for the contestant and four for the will proponents.
Mr Madden of Illinois introduces legislation at Lincoln Memorial Hall Washington to fund a national patriotic shrine on the Lincoln birthplace farm. The plan limits the memorial hall cost to $250000 with $150000 paid by the Lincoln Farm association and aims to preserve the humble log cabin and relics of Lincoln's early life.
Twenty eight workers were entombed at the Midvale colliery near Mount Carmel after a dam formed in a drift caused a mud rush into a gangway. Rescuers worked through the day and heard digging sounds and a shot signaling inmates actively aiding their own rescue.
Senator Latimer of South Carolina, a five term House member and long time senator since 1900, is in critical state after an operation for a twist of the bowels.
A Janesville Wisconsin roundhouse worker was found dead on Monday after an apparent robbery. Police reported the victim’s name is currently unavailable and the investigation continues with no arrests announced.
The article highlights Canadian westward settlement, noting 277,376 people moved to Canada in the year, including 56,551 from the United States. It cites free 160 acre homesteads, wheat yields up to 60 bushels per acre, and letters from settlers like FRANK MORREY praising districts near Wadena and Kelvin ton Saskatchewan.
The notice promotes Salzer seed packets mailed postpaid for 12 cents to gain 250000 new customers in 1908. It touts yields per acre for onions cucumbers peas and more, lists prices and products, and mentions bonus seed offers including Berliner Earliest Cauliflower. La Crosse Wisconsin based John A Salter Seed Co. K. & W.
A church fair booth run by attractive women refuses change for a ten dollar bill. An ad extols Defiance Starch for home laundering with stiff finish and less wear. A man muses on goluf reading and hockey in college, while Swift & Co. promotes a beautiful calendar in another section.
A speaker recalls settling into an elevator operator position as a life saving job for his career. The text includes a Ruskin quote about personal responsibility and a health advert for Brown's Bronchial Troches promising relief from bronchial ailments without opiates.
An advertisement touts Pazo Ointment claiming cure for all piles within 14 days or money back. It lists price 50c and asserts guarantees across licking, blind, bleeding or protruding piles. Also included are various patent medicine lines and a Be Grove cold remedy signature.
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