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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
4
A vintage advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and grown ups. It touts pleasant taste and cleansing effect on the stomach liver and bowels, advises dosing by tongue coating, and urges storing a 50 cent bottle for inside cleaning when illness hits.
Dr. Mary Morey, 70, of Smiley Texas, will reenter a medical school program, continuing her long professional education in the field.
The ad proclaims Danderine will cleanse dust and oil from hair, stop dandruff and itching, and supposedly grow new hair after weeks of use. It also suggests Austrian women are now employed in trenches on the Galician front.
A Wall Street Journal appraisal lauds Canada as wealthy from soil fertility and rising grain demand. It cites Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba yields, farm rents, and wartime labor shifts as proof of broad agricultural prosperity and investor potential.
A witty remark centers on a millionaire who boasts about his son. The son’s stock market maneuver backfires on the father, who, after a rough week, finds pride in his child’s bold financial strike.
Fragmentary text shows a debate over gender issues with hostile phrasing and rejected rights advocacy. No clear names, locations, or concrete events are readable in the snippet.
Mrs. M. O. Johnston of Route D Richmond Ind describes two years of weakness from age. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength, moved into a new house, did garden work and raised hundreds of chickens and ducks. She urges others to try the remedy.
Mrs. Gadder hosted an informal musical evening for friends. The host’s husband, Mr. Gadder, refrained from taking an easy chair, noting his contribution lay in giving up his seat to favor the gathering.
An advertising blurb claims Cuticura Ointment clears pimples and blackheads by smearing affected surfaces and washing with Cuticura Soap in five minutes. Recommends repeating morning and night, noting better toilet preparations exist. Free sample by mail via a Boston department address. Sold everywhere.
In a humorous exchange, remarks about baldheaded men choosing front seats prompt sly banter about appearances and seating etiquette. The dialogue hints at social norms and audience expectations in a theater setting.
The remark notes that historical patterns provide solace to those left behind. It emphasizes cyclical human experiences and the comfort found in familiar outcomes rather than fresh sorrow.
In Philadelphia a couple was arrested for a soulful kiss at a front door as night fell. Vice squad officer Frank Neese intervened, noting the breach of the peace. Magistrate Beaton fined both two dollars each, which the court remitted.
Mrs Anna Bell testified in Cumberland Md that she married George T Bell in July 1914 and after three weeks lived with his wife’s mother in Pittsburgh. She said she later learned he had a wooden leg and suffered abuse and ill treatment, and a master recommended a divorce.
A 1906 kidney illness survivor publicizes Swamp Root through a testimonial. He reports weight gain from 135 to 219 pounds after using Dr Elmer Co Swamp Root, and says he quit work but later regained health and continues working. He credits the remedy and offers a consumer booklet by mail.
The piece notes that sustained merriment exhausts the heart and that seeking pleasure is a demanding occupation, implying a moral view on social gaiety and self restraint.
A well known actress advises a simple gray hair remedy using one half pint water, one ounce Bay Rum, Barbo Compound, and four ounces glycerine. Drug stores can mix it or you may prepare at home. directions are in Barbo Compound boxes. It darkens faded gray hair without coloring the scalp and leaves hair soft and glossy.
The London Chronicle notes works created in confinement across eras. Socrates in a prison at Athens, Galileo in a Roman dungeon, Luther in Wartburg, Bunyan in Bedford jail, Raleigh in the Tower of London, and Paul and John producing NT writings during imprisonments.
In Concord New Hampshire a stove rekindling using a paper bag led to the home warm again but a bag with 600 dollars in one dollar bills vanished. The husband is suspected of placing the bag in the stove and burning the money. Treasury ashes were sent to Washington for examination with no results yet.
Peter MacQueen recalls a journey to Kilimanjaro where a boy added soap to six water barrels to make them seem clean. The group inadvertently drank soapy water, illustrating a misunderstanding of cleanliness and safety during travel.
A Nebraska inventor touts a lightweight aluminum billiard cue as the key feature of his patent filing. The claim centers on reduced weight improving balance and control for players seeking faster stroke recovery.
Chicago police report Oscar Helbig sixty a former rooming house owner at 759 Milwaukee avenue was shot and killed while allegedly struggling with nineteen year old John Budziak in an effort described by police to stop him from something unclear.
An aged advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce’s Anuric as a powerful eliminator of uric acid. It claims life extension via kidney detox, a milk and vegetable diet, and plenty of water. The note urges readers to send 10 cents for a trial package and asserts superiority over lithia.
A brief dialogue from a Boston Evening Transcript script depicts a beggar asking for money and the other person refusing, citing no change and inability to help, with a sharp retort about going to work. The exchange captures streetwise humor and urban poverty imagery of the era.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a nightly cleanse for the liver and bowels. It claims the 10 cent box purges sour food, bile, and waste with no griping, and promises morning relief from headaches, biliousness, indigestion, and constipation. Millions already use Cascarets.
Gadspur argues he is not easily discouraged after delivering a speech to exactly twelve people to borrow ten dollars. Glithers notes his perseverance as the key to success.
Advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills from forty years ago that regulate liver and bowels. It also promotes practical agriculture and domestic science lessons tied to farm and home work for youth.
In a terse exchange the speaker notes that most of the estate went to lawyers while Edith received only one lawyer. The remark underlines the dispute over the distribution and the perceived value of legal fees in the settlement.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a universal remedy for women. It claims to invigorate nerves restore health and cure functional derangements and weakness specific to the female body. Also promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels and offers a free Common Sense Medical Adviser with a payment request to Buffalo New York.
A dialogue contrasts wealth with suspicion toward a man carrying odd baggage. It underscores social tensions where prosperity raises indifference to millionaires while a stranger’s appearance triggers broad scrutiny and fear.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a simple at home remedy that lifts corns and calluses with a few drops. The preparation supposedly dries instantly, causes no inflammation, and costs little, with druggists able to supply via wholesalers.
The farm hands queue at the pump for morning wash while the new man, Joe, refuses to wash saying it doesn’t make him dirty to sleep. The boss asks why he won’t wash, and Joe replies with a shrug.
Mr 64 year old resident of Kerrville Texas credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing years of kidney and rheumatic troubles. He was bent over and used a cane before taking the remedy and now stands straight again.
A columnist notes that most epitaphs start with Here Lies and that many inscriptions follow predictable patterns. The piece reflects on how funerary text commonalities reveal cultural attitudes toward memory.
China reports yearly imports valued at four million dollars across various leather products. The data highlights sustained demand for hides and leather items amid trade activity.
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