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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
4
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt records a bitter exchange over a missing wife with a man offering ten dollars for her return. The response stresses no price can summon her back.
An old advertisement touts Garfield Tea claiming it keeps the system clean purifies blood and promotes general health. The pitch urges readers to buy from their local druggist.
A Baltimore Sun observation notes men gripe that wives should read newspapers and stay informed yet many men themselves ignore fashion notes and other sections. The remark reflects social expectations about public literacy and domestic roles.
Mrs Dora Williams recounts a year of illness and ten months in bed before Entonie helped her regain health. Eatonie is described as reducing excess stomach acidity and gases and is recommended after meals with a money back guarantee on a big box.
Lord Haig concedes that a professional at St Andrews crushed his ego on the golf course. The pro told him, in Scots, that he is a better worker than a golfer, ending Haig's confident self view of his game.
A courtroom exchange unfolds as Mr Coldecash argues with an operator over a phone service. The judge accuses him of fibbing while chasing the correct contact number in a brief, tense dialogue.
Miss Elisabeth Marbury laments the rooted harm of gossip after a young woman drowned herself. She argues gossip harms, noting half the world retails gossip while the other half wholesales it. The remark appears in the Indianapolis News reportage.
Warning ad stresses Bayer name on every package or tablet to ensure genuine Aspirin for colds headache neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain. Handy twelve tablet tins cost a few cents with larger packages from druggists. Aspirin is the trademark of Bayer.
A quip notes that courtroom doors should be built generously so they welcome conscience and judgment, reflecting the view that justice must be accessible to those facing conviction.
A reflective adage notes that while many may form a social club, a single woman shapes a household and home life, emphasizing feminine influence in family matters.
A boy visits his grandmother hoping for candy or money. After she says there is no money in the house, he earnestly asks if she could write a check.
A postal card to Garfield Tea Co Brooklyn N Y asks for a sample and promises repayment.
Priscilla visits school briefly and confides that her mother misses her at home and her father shares concern about her attendance. She describes parental unease as they worry about her leaving home for school.
A theaterbound woman readies herself as light drizzle falls in the city. A passerby notes no taxi rain while a streetcar hums past, adding urban mood to the scene.
A concise reflection on pride and humility, noting that smaller men find it tougher to swallow defeat with grace. It frames eating crow as a metaphor for accepting public embarrassment and personal setback.
A timid woman guides a Good Samaritan to 1433 North LaSalle where she and accomplices bind gag and rob him and others. Six men and a woman participate in a spree ending with police alert and poolroom robbery linked suspects named Bing Meyers Schneider Oldenburg.
A youth wearing a turned up collar and cap confronted a pawnbroker in Los Angeles asking for the gun's value. He produced the weapon and pressed it to the proprietor's chest saying it should be worth the money in the register. the gun was worth the money.
Joliet prison officials seek Frank Williams after breaking out of jail he entered the warden’s home stole his clothes and then returned to the prison to rifle the pockets of several sleeping guards. In Kentucky Mrs. J E Shumate fainted upon brother Howard Grubbs stepping into the doorway after long absence from war.
George Davis coughs up two pieces of wool from a uniform that had been driven into his lungs by German bullets while he served in France. The discovery came after a four day coughing spell in Long Red Lodge.
A man asks a Roman Catholic priest to be St Peter for Heaven. The priest replies with a sharp quip that he would rather hold keys to the other place to let the man out. The exchange ends with a witty sting.
For years druggists have watched Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer and Mons Swamp Root is a kidney liver and bladder medicine that strengthens and helps organs work naturally. It has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists on its merit. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY and mention this paper.
Jimmy Clerkenwell and the boy next door discuss Christmas gifts. They joke about giving their mother a paper knife while one boy reveals his plan to give slippers with soft soles, claiming to prepare for war in times of peace.
A whimsical exchange quoted from the Washington Star features Uncle Bill Bottletop debunking stale song phrases. The dialogue humorously contrasts old sung lines with modern toasts.
A maxim states it is better to endure a beating while striving to do right than to achieve success by committing wrong. The saying emphasizes moral integrity and the price of righteousness. It frames virtue as more valuable than easy gains gained through unethical means.
A terse exchange unfolds as a stranger returns ten years later to repay a favor. The good man receives the guest with gratitude yet learns the visitor only seeks another favor now that he is in town.
Advertisement promoting Cuticura products for itching scalp dandruff and general cleanliness. Recommends rubs with Cuticura Ointment, then shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Encourages daily use for clear skin and soft hands.
Marred spots on a waxed floor can be removed by rubbing very sparingly with a techol. Then apply wax thin and evenly and rub in with a soft cloth.
Claim that catarrh worsens when run down and improves with Hall's Catarrh Medicine a tonic and blood purifier that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Offered by B J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with free circulars from druggists.
A science piece explains that bark on trees and shrubs is not wood and forms separately. It outlines three bark layers, the live inner tissue feeding the plant, the green fibrous zone, and the dead outer cork layer. It also notes cork for commerce comes from tropical trees and that all tree bark is technically cork.
A Boston Transcript remark compares Miss Gabblegh to a church bell noting the bell’s empty head and long tongue. It then reflects on how some married women distinguish coaxing from nagging in conversation.
Mrs Sallie Siefert of Pottsville Pa describes four to five years of fatigue irregularities and ineffective medicine. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health, gaining weight and enabling her to work again. She urges others to try the remedy.
Young America recalls a Christmas story told by his mother. He narrates that three wise men rode camels to visit the newborn Christ in a garage, offering a playful yet poignant pre-Christmas lesson as the family gathers.
An 19th century advertisement touts Garfield Tea for constipation biliousness and liver and kidney troubles, claiming it provides gentle cleansing and renewed vitality. The notice presents the product as a health aid and remedy.
A brief exchange about American slang hints at a London wedding. A father reveals his daughter will wed in London and an earl has sent a cable asking him to travel. The joke pivots on whether the caller is valued for his presence or his wealth.
A proverb-like remark notes that borrowing trouble is needless as many people are eager to spread or give away such worries. The line emphasizes social caution and collective mindset.
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