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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1914
Page
2
Governor Harrison arrives in Manila wearing a high silk hat as announced in wireless messages. Officials and citizens react with burlesque awe while the climate favors pith helmets, and only a few such hats exist among locals and expatriates. Newspapers in the Philippines lampoon the governor general's topper and style.
Miss Margaret Wilson voices strong support for the social center movement at a Monday Evening club meeting in the public library. She warns against hobby-driven building debates and urges united action for the District of Columbia’s welfare and democratic spirit.
Rear Admiral Watt told the House Naval Affairs Committee that future ships will require drafts deeper than thirty feet and harbors at least thirty-five feet. He urged a naval appropriation provision to use private dry docks at Hunters Point San Francisco to dock the largest ships, especially with Panama Canal opening. He cited Mare Island limits and the need for more Atlantic coast dry docks.
Dr Jacob Riesser notes that in the Reichstag elections two years ago not only socialist gains occurred but agrarian candidates were defeated due to a revolt against agrarian dominance. The Hansa League campaigned against big landowners for a little over two years, contributing to the anti agrarian shift.
In Birdville Landford and Sparrow clash over potatoes as Mr Robin refuses his dish claiming no potato bugs on them. The quirky exchange highlights local humor and rural banter between neighbors and farmhands.
Fragmentary OCR style text shows a dialogue snippet with quotes and odd punctuation. Readable portions include a line where a character asserts presence on business and declines social calls, framed as a newspaper clipping piece. The source reads like a cut dialogue excerpt or stage direction from a Cleveland Plain Dealer page.
A speaker laments a ruined honeymoon and a tarnished romance. The lover’s gaze toward a distant Dipper becomes a recurring, uneasy motif, signaling lost harmony and unfulfilled promises.
Dialogue reveals conflict after a woman inherits a fortune. He wants to manage her share while she questions his fitness, noting he cannot earn more than $25 a week. The dispute reflects trust and control tensions in the couple.
A government plan to scrap surplus cavalry sabers at two cents a pound led a department store to buy the lot and sell them for two dollars each as decorative items for dens. The move reflects creative repurposing of wartime surplus by a retailer.
A poet notes a house cluttered with toys inspiring a humorous verse. The conceit imagines a father arriving late from his club, shaping a playful tonal shift.
Mr Comrox questions a professor of mathematics Mr Hibrok confirms. He plans to study algebra calculus and logarithms to feel competent to figure out his income tax. The exchange showcases methodical approach and patient learning.
Definite misrecognition leads to a comic remark about attendance at a wife's party. The speaker notes overhearing much talk while not being recognized and confesses he could not take his own part.
A dialogue asks for the meaning of nucleus in plain terms and asks about what other things are gathered in a match. The speaker recalls upsetting a beehive in darkness last week.
A dialogue questions Brown’s generosity with a claim he is close fisted. He replies Yes and no. The speaker asserts no man can be tight fisted and generous, while Brown contradicts by noting he gave a black eye to someone.
A fragile portrait emerges of Baxby as he indulges in rare steak strong cigars and high proof whisky yet reacts with sudden fear when his wife calls Henry. The dialogue hints at underlying tension and possible hidden concerns in their relationship.
A man visits Mr. Wombat to see his daughter and asks about serious intentions. The caller reveals he is there to collect payment on her piano, exposing a mix up in romantic pursuit and a debt collection aim.
A young engaged couple story surfaces as a woman sews up her slit skirt to please her partner who objects. The remark contrasts modern notions of devotion with practical, everyday actions in a candid, midcentury tone.
A shy exchange unfolds as he asks what would happen if he kissed her. She responds with playful curiosity and challenges him to discover the answer through action. The dialogue captures a moment of tentative romance and mutual curiosity.
A speaker prepares to address an audience of women suffragists and civic reformers. The goal is clear and respectful, though the exact opening remains uncertain and needs a confident, inclusive greeting.
A dialogue shows a patient explaining she changed doctors. She trusted Dr Healem but found him old fashioned and sought new opinions from Dr Nicely. She mentions chilly weather and unusual medical terms as reasons for switching.
A ranchman in Arizona warned a waiter he would blow off the top of the waiter’s head if he did not stop being lively. The remark was reported as a serious threat amid a tense exchange seen by others.
A brief Budapest vignette links a woman in a marriage broker scene to the memory of her first husband. The broker remarks that the second husband will never erase thoughts of the first, highlighting enduring affection and irony in the exchange.
A witty exchange about the turkey trot sets the scene for a lively remark on youth and dancing. The speakers quip that swift walking is less about progress than style, noting many trotters tire yet gain little.
In a negotiation the agent offers to deliver the work in installments or as a complete set. Jones prefers monthly volume drops, citing his flat living space.
A speaker asserts that to attain beauty of form women must remain in a perpetual cataleptic state. Another responds that this claim is mistaken, noting the implied elimination of anger envy peevishness hate and fear.
The fragment shows a comic exchange with Rube and Hiram Whiffle labeled as t1. A voice nicknamed Puck questions ownership and value with playful sarcasm about gold and bricks.
A tersely spoken confrontation reveals a tense household moment where a man taunts another for foolery while a woman resists and declares a difficult achievement not yet earned. The fragment hints at pride, conflict, and pending vindication.
The article explains a rough ice game using a freestanding arch with suspended wire rings and tilting sticks. Players race under the arch to spear rings and glide 100 feet to score, with twenty chances per player and an umpire to decide plays.
Fragmentary text notes migration to farms in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Mentions Sir William Percy and English nobility, plus appeals for illustrated literature and lower railway rates. Locations include Ottawa Chicago Detroit and addresses for contacts.
The article explains an improved trap trigger method for trapping game and fur-bearing animals. It notes the original Figure Four trigger caused inconsistent throws and describes sensitive triggers using eight inch straight-grained sticks with notched sections to set the trap. The author mentions catching multiple skunks with common bait, a mouse.
Instructions emphasize safe handling of firearms and target awareness. Do not point at people, keep the muzzle away, carry the gun ahead, shoot only when certain, and clean rifles midday. Quality firearms perform better and provide only when used carefully and responsibly.
The Dyaks of Borneo honor truth by building a liar's mound called tugong bula. Passers by add branches to honor the deceived and revise the memory of the liar, a duty believed to invite supernatural punishment if neglected.
Little Mary, a four year old, greets Mr. Mason on the veranda in the morning sun and declares it was her birthday. He asks her age, and she replies confidently that she is four, prompting amused consideration of what to do next.
A description from Harpers Weekly explains a mnemonic using the knuckles of a closed fist to represent months. January on the little finger knuckle has 31 days, with depressions indicating months of fewer days, continuing around the hand for July August and beyond.
A tense scene at the Southhampton piers sees an onlooker, described as a fidgety old man, suddenly cuffing a cone of boys playing near the edge. The incident unfolds with surprise among the onlookers as the man acts decisively to intervene.
An OCR fragment advertises Dr Beerys Vermituge Dead Shot as killing worms in hours and Dr Pierces Pleasant Pellets as invig rating digestion and bowel function. The text also references marriage bets and candy like pellets.
In a startling moment the grand opera lead collapsed during the opening aria prompting concern. The audience watched as the performance paused and cast members moved to assist.
Many school children are sickly. Delicate feverish children will get relief from Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse the stomach and act on the liver. Pleasant worm remedy. Used by mothers for 24 years. 25 cents, sample free. Address A. G. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A brief note recounts a benefit event and a reaction described as almost changing countenance upon hearing news. Dialogue reflects regret and a missed opportunity.
Bolger Mosser and Willaman of 29 South Salle Street Chicago say they are buying freely municipal bonds from cities counties towns school districts and drainage districts in Illinois and adjoining states. They include bonds for schools water works good roads and farm drainage. Readers should pass this item to public officials who may have bonds to sell.
The Rhymers Lexicon by Andrew Lang catalogs words said to have no rhymes. The list includes aitch alb amongst avenge bilge bourn breadth brush bulb coif conch culm cusp depth cloth eighth fifth film forge forth fugue gulf hemp lounge mauve mouth morgue mourned ninth oblige of pearl pint porch pork poulp prestige puss recumbent sauce scare scarf sixth goolit sworn sylph tenth torsk twelfth unplagued volf warmth wasp wharves width with wolf wolves.
The New York millionaire art collector George A Hearn defends generous pay and humane treatment of workers. He contrasts fidelity to employees with “cheeseparing economy” while recounting a Yonkers incident where a cook nearly harmed herself from gas, quipping about the gas bill.
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