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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1911
Page
4
An old advertisement extols Cascarets as a fast acting laxative. It claims a weary feeling fades after taking salts or cathartic waters and promotes sweating to move the bowels. The copy touts ease of use and a 10 cent box price with a claim of selling a million boxes monthly.
A proverb notes that fear can paradoxically affect action even when danger is present. It highlights how emotions influence choices in tense moments.
An advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a simple pure laxative that is mild but potent and health giving, advising readers seeking gentle relief to try the product.
An earnest Georgia preacher, who prays with news, began an appeal for help against increasing wickedness in his town. He claimed he could prove crime rise with statistics, as cited in Everybody's Magazine.
A Dry Wash reports Representative Livingston of Georgia, angered by a bathtub debate in Congress, suggests earning money by renting bathtubs. He quips about Bill Spriggins and a January morning exchange with his valet, implying uncertainty about bath temperature.
The Pacific Ocean holds about 940 quintillion tons of water. The Atlantic averages nearly three miles deep and weighs about 825 quintillion tons with a tank of 430 miles per side. Other oceans follow similar proportions. It would take all world sea water 2 million years to flow over Niagara Falls.
A tale from London Tit-Bits describes the first shipment of frozen eggs from Australia shocking a broker. One man aims at a wall with an egg, causing a dent, then pockets more eggs to surprise his wife. At home he bangs an egg at the new dado, only to find it thawed.
Two tramps debate a medical bath order with one claiming the doctor ordered a mud bath and the other noting the patient appears pleased. The exchange highlights a humorous or ironic miscommunication about a treatment.
The notice touts yields from Salzer’s Rejuvenated White Bonanza oats grown in Lewis County Washington and other states. It claims Salzer’s Pedigree Barley Flax Corn Oats Wheat Potatoes Grasses and Clovers are world famous for high yields. It invites readers to request the farm seed catalog by sending stamps or the 10c fee for 10 seed novelties from John A. Salzer Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin.
A minister's son learns courage from a mother's lesson about prayer. He argues a scenario where eleven boys sleep while one prays, claiming that would be braver than a room of twelve ministers where one skips prayers.
Richard Croker warned at a New York dinner that airplanes are unsafe saying there is nothing underneath them and they could drop at the slightest fault. A Londoner asked about his son who bought a flying machine and Croker replied about Ike and the others on crutches.
Jno H Kohl of Benton Kansas writes that after a severe Poison Ivy outbreak the doctor prescribed Resinol and it cleared the eruption. He now keeps a jar for wood poison eruptions and recommends it to others.
In a brief dialogue Mrs Flimgill questions her husband’s intelligence over business success. Mr Meekton replies that many people cannot learn to keep score in a bridge game. The exchange hints at pride and common cognitive blind spots.
A dialogue from Lippincott's Magazine depicts a disagreement over marriage with one character asserting the other claimed no proposal, while the woman clarifies the idea was hers.
A concise aphorism noting that wealth leads to desires while desires drive wealth, attributed to Malthus. The line emphasizes reciprocal causation between prosperity and need in economic thought.
Advertisement asserts the product contains only clean herbs with no harmful drugs or dangerous laxatives. It emphasizes healthful, natural ingredients and promotes the tea as safe for general use.
A concise reflection notes that obstacles tend to cling to tasks slowed by postponed obligations, underscoring friction between duty and timing. The imagery frames delays as persistent, stubborn burdens affecting progress.
An advertised remedy promises to cure a cold in one day using laxative bromine and quinine with a money back guarantee if ineffective. The notice references a Grove signature and lists an experimental pharmacist or seller as responsible.
An old advertisement promotes Garfield Tea and the Herb Laxative as remedies for liver disorders. The copy urges readers to use these products for swift relief and regular digestion.
A quotation about home life framing it as the clearest demonstration of heavenly ideals, emphasizing shelter, comfort, and moral virtue as earthly reflections of divine peace.
Paris reports Jose Ives Limantour, Mexico's finance minister, urging peace talks with insurgents in the Central American Republic. He calls for arms laydown as a precondition to negotiations and warns of a prolonged conflict if rebels refuse. He favors guerrilla-style government action and states he has no presidential ambitions, planning to return home in two weeks.
Washington reports the naval appropriation bill passage ends Mann filibuster on the omnibus war claims bill. A two thirds rule allows suspension, giving Democrats a veto on suspensions. Hobson predicts a future war with Japan within ten months and a war lasting six to ten years.
A violent earthquake struck Monastir and surrounding Monastir vilayet causing many deaths and demolishing mosques and houses. Residents camped in the cold while authorities seek 300 tents and relief funds. Monastir, a European Turkey city in Macedonia, is a military center with diverse population.
The unrecognizable remains of sixteen year old Alice Winchester, who disappeared after a quarrel with her sweetheart, were found Monday by fishermen in Rock River at this point. The body showed water buffeting and a bruise over the eye with missing teeth noted.
Wheat receipts show Winnipeg leading North American markets with 88,265,330 bushels last year, ahead of Minneapolis. Reports from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta detail abundant yields: Redvers and Elphinstone Sask Oats near 100 bushels an acre, 350 bushels per acre wheat on one Sask farm, 94 bushels oats at Montrose, 40 bushels wheat per acre at many Alberta and Saskatchewan sites, and overall strong crops across the region with notable individual farm totals and district averages.
Witty exchange about a broken engagement over a telephone romance leads to a light hearted pun as Katharine cancels plans to wed a telephone operator. The joke concludes with the quip about a “ring off.”
Jacob Wendell Jr. who plays the dog in The Blue Bird was dining when a man claimed to bark better. Wendell replied that he had to learn the part, illustrating dedication to acting.
Mothers urged to examine every Castoria bottle for infants and children to ensure safety and efficacy as a trusted remedy.
Allen's Foot Base antiseptic powder helps shoes feel easier by shaking into tight or new footwear. Refuse substitutes and request the free trial package by sending a note to Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y.
The judge questions Stella about Stella’s coat while Bella denies it as Podunk mutton. The record notes Dr Pierce's Pellets as a remedy described as small sugar coated pills to ease stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation.
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