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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
8
Ad touts Skinner’s Macaroni and Spaghetti as delicious economical nutritious for children. Claims they build bone and muscle, calm nerves, compare favorably to meat, and promote a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co. Omaha Neb. Mentions U.S. piano factories.
An advertisement warns against dandruff and promotes Knowlton's Dandeline as a cure. It promises restored luster and strength after first use and claims new hair growth within weeks. The note adds a fact about there being about 1,300 gas plants in the country.
Advertises Cuticura Soap as daily toilet soap with Cuticura Ointment for skin and scalp care. Claims clear complexion and soft hands. offers free samples by mail with a book from Cuticura Dept L Boston. Mentions Lyddite as picric acid melted with vaseline.
The piece urges postwar land settlement in Western Canada citing high profits from early 20th century crops. It highlights examples from Robson Messenger Bassano Mail Stoop Creek and accounts of strong yields and rising land values to entice homesteaders and buyers. Government agents offer location advice.
The New York correspondent notes table d hote meals, once cheap for locals and visitors, have risen from 50 cents to 75 cents and up to a dollar for a full course. Spaghetti prices doubled to two dollars, chicken and cheese costs climb due to supply and labor shortages, and immigration declines hurt kitchen staffing. Despite higher prices, restaurateurs claim table d hote remains the town’s most economical option.
A short sketch features a tramp negotiating with a philanthropist about a dime. The man asks if the dime will be used well and asserts a small coin may not ruin or make much impact. The exchange carries a cautious tone about charity and prudence.
An old fashioned castor oil and calomel remedy is rejected for children in favor of California Syrup of Figs. The ad promises a positive yet gentle cleansing effect on the liver and bowels, claiming a teaspoonful today prevents illness tomorrow and urges readers to buy the 50 cent bottle with full directions for all ages.
In a playful exchange a speaker mocks royal control over marriage while the judge counters with confident自 boasting about his selectiveness in choosing a husband. The dialogue highlights social power dynamics and flirtatious banter.
Eight years of selling Dr Kilmer Swamp Root with no complaints and high customer satisfaction. The ad promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and offers sample information. Bottles priced fifty cents to one dollar at drug stores. Mention the newspaper when writing.
A quotation depicts a sharp exchange about drinking and resilience with a joke about a wife’s swimming ability.
Advertisement proclaims a golden ideal discovery by Dr Pierce for treating pimples boils carbuncles and dry skin with tablets or liquid forms.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch correspondent recounts a shivering man with high cheek bones and moccasins seen on Broadway. He claims to be an Indian named Schwartz, told by bystanders to visit a film studio for a chance at acting, joking about wearing a chief’s hat and red blanket to stay warm.
In a terse exchange, Sure Proof questions Featherly’s responsibility, while Banks affirms he is responsible for most department mistakes, as quoted by Jack O' Lantern.
Inventors unveil tongs that grip a door frame to hang babies chairs or swings in doorways. The device clamps onto the frame to support lightweight nursery furnishings without wall attachments.
Gogol’s Taras Bulba depicts Taras Bulba and his sons in a siege of the Polish stronghold Dubno during a fifteenth century invasion from the Dnieper. The drama follows Andreas and Ostap, their loyalties, a daring rescue attempt, and a fatal clash that shatters the family.
A naturalist notes that pseudo-scorpions or chelifers occur in old books, under bark, and in mosses. They resemble true scorpions but lack a poison gland and cling to house flies, feeding after the fly dies.
The Garrick bedstead dated about 1775, used at Hampton villa and owned by the Garrick family, has been given to the Victoria and Albert Museum by H. E. Trevor, a descendant. The canopy with decorated columns preserves original green yellow paint, and the cotton hangings depict The Tree of Life.
A poetic reflection on friendship describes a golden binding chain linking friends. It calls the chain mystic and strong yet fragile at times, welded by the Master, enduring through distance time silence and circumstance, brightened by shared happy hours and constant in memory.
In a sparse dialogue two men discuss giving thanks through meals for the poor. The thin man asks if it is a good plan this year and the stout man confirms. They reveal they gave one dinner, delivered by themselves, and identify who received it.
A fragment notes chatter at the club about Fred Darling and his wife, mentioning an insinuated scandal and a flamboyant figure in corsets with a waxed mustache and manicured nails. The text is incomplete and reads as gossip rather than a factual report.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent cure for headaches tied to liver and bowel issues. It promises a clear head, sweet stomach, and regular liver and bowels by morning, working while you sleep. It also adds a note about women few women go on the stage.
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