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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
4
A brisk exchange shows a man of few words offering little spoken detail while his companion notes that the few words already given create substantial tasks and obligations. The dialogue hints at tension over workload and communication.
Rev. W. H. Warner of Myersville Maryland says sciatica back pain neuralgia cramps and nervous dizzy spells were cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills restoring his health. He urges readers to take the medicine and insists on the three D's in the brand name to avoid imitation.
A famous actress shares a home remedy for gray hair. Mix one half pint water with one ounce Bay Rum a small box Barbo Compound and quarter ounce glycerine. The mixture darkens faded gray hair without coloring the scalp or becoming sticky. Full directions come with Barbo Compound. The ad also remarks that clever people attract envy and that some tell the truth only when it suits them.
A brief exchange shows gratitude from a customer who hands over a banana and asks the grocer to open it. Mary responds by asking for permission to open the item.
A short ad describes a drop application to soften corns or calluses. It promises painless removal by lifting with fingers after treatment, targeting women. The piece emphasizes simple at home use and immediate effect.
A Cincinnati man lists freezone as a pain free remedy for corns and calluses. A tiny bottle, sold by any druggist, is applied with drops on the affected area. The corn loosens and lifts away without irritation to surrounding skin. Mexico City’s high altitude is noted.
A vintage advertisement notes uric acid linked to rheumatism with Dr. Pierce’s Anuric and Favorite Prescription touted as remedies. It promotes Pleasant Pellets and claims health benefits for women. Also mentions pension funds for municipal workers and a 4200-seat auditorium planned in Louisville.
A ball scene highlights a guest known for baking bread, described as the only girl present capable of bread making. The remark emphasizes her skill amid a social gathering.
Mothers favor California Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting laxative that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without griping. It claims to aid feverish, sour stomach, and indented waste within hours and targets babies to adults with a 50 cent bottle size.
It takes about ten minutes to prove that a hot bath with Cuticura Soap followed by gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment will afford relief and point to speedy heatment of eczemas itchings and irritations. Free sample by mail with Book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
Report notes Belgian war aircraft sometimes bear brownies or other grotesque decorations as a morale device and intimidation tactic during conflict.
A colorful advertisement urges girls to use Knowlton's Danderine to cleanse the scalp, remove dandruff, and improve hair appearance. It claims immediate beautifying effects and, after weeks, new fine hair growth, selling a 25 cent bottle at stores.
The Hell Gate bridge project advances toward completion with a total cost reported at 30 million dollars. The bridge's nearing finish underscores its significance for regional infrastructure and transportation.
Louisville reader Mrs Nellie Fishback testifies after years of female troubles and nervous exhaustion. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with avoiding surgery and restoring health enabling her to care for her eight and baby daughter. The notice invites women to seek free medical advice from the Pinkham company.
A promotional piece extols Western Canada, citing rising grain and livestock profits from 1914 to 1916, and a Saskatchewan settler, J. D. Johnston of Bradsworth, detailing his seven years of farming success, land holdings, and improved wealth. It lauds tax fairness, simple land taxes, and broad opportunities for industrious settlers, urging emigration and investment.
A reflective piece questions routine Bible teaching in schools and Sunday services. It notes growing unfamiliarity with scripture despite widespread instruction and argues literature and Shakespeare still resonate when quoted cleverly. It laments rote lessons and suggests meaningful context keeps texts alive.
A social club scene features a genial bachelor explaining his single status. He recalls a youthful crush and the moment he proposed, only to be met with laughter and disbelief from a witty companion. The anecdote reflects cautious love and humorous rejection.
A traveling man recalls being out of sight of land on the Atlantic for twenty one days and another for twenty nine days on the Pacific. A third man, bald, describes crossing the Kaw river at Topeka in a skiff and sinking twice after the craft capsized.
The coal meter, built on water and gas meter principles, measures factory boiler coal use by counting the stream of broken coal as it turns an enclosed vane. Invented for factories, it may apply to smaller scales and to grain as well. The coal measurement proved entirely successful.
More than two thirds of the world’s tin comes from the Malay Peninsula, a key region for mineral output and export. Local mining districts supply major shares to international markets, shaping commodity flows and pricing.
A new copy desk editor asks what headline to use for an electrocution story at Sing Sing. The discussion declines a comic column angle and hints at a shift away from lighter content to current events.
A compact 10 cent ad touts Cascarets to cleanse the liver stomach and bowels overnight without gripe or discomfort. It claims relief from head ache biliousness coated tongue indigestion and sour stomach and says millions use Cascarets periodically to stay regular and pure.
An old advertisement promotes Anuric as a remedy for backache lumbago and rheumatism. It offers a large trial package for 10 cents from Dr V M Pierce Hertaloy N Y with a brief persuasive line.
A witty exchange appears in the Chicago News with lines about distaste for an obese man and a sly remark about preferring a fat job, capturing a brisk newspaper quip of the era.
A 1916 letter from L A Richardson, a Druggist in Marine Illinois, extols Swamp Root kidney medicine. The note claims dramatic recovery in a liver and kidney case after three months and urges others to try the product. It advertises samples for ten cents and bottles for sale at stores.
An advertisement touts Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as nutritious and economical for children. It claims the product builds bone and muscle, reduces nervous irritability, and uses durum wheat, with free cookbooks from Skinner Mfg. Co. in Omaha Nebraska.
A fragment notes talk of seers trading futures and financiers, praising a congressman for steering pork. The Parthenon and Life publications reflect on political privilege and economic influence in a satirical, opinionated tone.
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