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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
4
Tse complains to Lee Sam at the Chinese laundry about ruined collars. The tailor urges the customer to buy more collars as reparation, claiming the collars were damaged after only a few launderings. The exchange ends with the laundromat owner offering no apology and insisting on replacement purchases.
An old advertisement proclaims a shift toward natural remedies as a safer alternative to harsh drug cathartics, urging readers to try Garfield Tea as a gentle herbal cure.
A mother reacts in horror as Little Mary asks about swallowing a large bite at Penn State Irroth. The fragment suggests a comic beat involving a child and a parent.
France is reported to produce more than 250 varieties of cheese, reflecting its rich dairy heritage and regional specialties. The assortment includes soft, hard, blue, and aged cheeses, showcasing a wide range of textures and flavors across departments and brands.
Clearfield Pennsylvania woman describes monthly left side pains fever dizziness and two week periods after childbirth and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and strength. The letter promotes using the remedy to relieve backaches bearing down disquiet and nervousness and urges prompt use for future comfort.
A courtroom aside cites an older man’s cheeky taunt about stealing. The speaker echoes a proverb asked of youth and adulthood, questioning when a person is ever deemed able to steal. The exchange probes social judgment and the ethics of wrongdoing.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness roughness or itching with a regimen of bath using Cuticura Soap and hot water rinse dry gently and dust with Cuticura Talcum for a pleasant fragrance. Price listed as 25e each.
Billy visited Arthur's house but hurried back after Arthur's father told him to go home. The mother asks what was said and learns the boy was told to leave by Arthur's father due to a loud disturbance.
The author humorously notes a bight of water lies near a river mouth in playful exchange with Gus-Father and a correspondent. The snippet highlights a punny dialogue and the London Answers tone.
A kitchen cabinet adds a refrigerator in its design. Pictures can be sent by telegraph wireless and telephone. The Whippet airplane features folding wings as the smallest aircraft to date. A new cooking fork uses a thumb lever to eject hot morsels. Seal-flipper glue is now produced from northern Pacific catch waste. A 10 foot diameter telescope to be built in Vancouver British Columbia. British surgeon to teach anatomy with motion pictures of bones skeleton and abdominal reflexes. Moving picture shows travel with on vehicle mounted generator providing light.
Quote collection notes on love, epigrams, and gender dynamics. Observations praise female insight while critiquing male flattery and curiosity. The piece contrasts debutantes and wives and comments on sexual superiority and pursuit.
A treasury of brief moral maxims on virtue labor and self denial from various authors urges self discipline. The quotes urge giving up desires bearing burdens and focusing on eternal glory rather than worldly gain attributed to Pope Beecher Phillips Brooks Hieron and Eliot.
A quirky collection of maxims and a note on interior department supply proposals. The piece links wisdom and folly with lines about riches, names, and invention.
A compact collection of aphorisms and witticisms on gout love and human folly. The quotes reference Oscar Wilde and a remark attributed to Herbert Beerbohm Tree about two secretaries and quirky insights into affection and reputation.
Southwest Missouri’s Rev. Parker Moon nicknamed Uncle Parker recounts a five year struggle with nervous indigestion headaches back pain and constipation. After starting Tanlac he reports improved appetite sleep and relief from sour stomach and nervousness and urges others to try the tonic. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.
An Indiana college president told teachers an anecdote about a woman who underestimated him on a train. He guessed she taught school and learned she taught romance languages in the East. Her retort revealed she took him for her undertaker.
Everett, six, watched by a neighbor while his parents attended a theater. The neighbor complimented his mother’s outfit, noting she wore everything new for Christmas except a percolator, a quip Everett echoed with amused honesty.
A fragment shows a line where an archaeologist jokes about a family tree after a crop failure. It frames a light exchange blending humor with genealogical pursuit.
Mrs. Benham quips she wears hair over her ears to avoid hearing her husband’s clothes, eliciting a light domestic moment captured in the local page. The snippet reflects social humor and family dynamic typical of the period.
A wealthy man, famed for optimism, reveals he bought a steam laundry by accident at an auction. He mistook the auctioneer saying steam launch and ended up with the business. He believes the venture will pay off despite the misheard purchase.
A reflective aphorism emphasizes the duty of writers to ensure readers grasp meaning whether they desire or not. The emphasis lies on clarity and moral responsibility in communication across texts.
Report notes toreadors plan a wage protest with possible six-bull week action, signaling labor tension in the arena.
The text cites that England has more than 3000 miles of canals in use. It juxtaposes personal reflections with a dramatic line about a diary and a call that never came. The fragmentary prose suggests a miscellany page note blending quotes and observational fact.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder complaints claiming proven success by thousands of users. It offers sample bottles by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and notes large and medium bottles sold at drug stores.
A Life magazine vignette portrays Lily the cook at 10 a.m. holiday surprise preparations. Uncle Horace discovers a holly sprig, the boys plot sabot age after opening presents, Maybelle redistributes dad’s past gifts, mother aims for the red ball on the tree, father battles a sick checkbook, Florence the cat drinks Christmas punch.
The ad argues catarrh worsens when run down and asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a tonic and blood purifier that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation on mucous surfaces. It promotes health restoration and offers free circulars from F. H. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A secretary reports a group of lady lobbyists waiting to see the senator, despite the secretary saying the senator is unavailable. The exchange ends with the secretary inviting the delegation to wait until a meeting is possible, echoing a Turkish or Hebrew joke about their persistence. Garfield Tea advertised as a remedy for liver and kidney disorders is promoted.
The 1920 census shows 3 170 000 widows and 1 471 390 widowers, implying men die earlier on average. The disparity stems from wives being younger and higher male mortality after age fifty, per Bankers' Life Bulletin.
A grown boy discovers that brass band members perform for duty and craft, not mere fun, revealing the seriousness behind a lifelong pastime.
Open box of chocolates sits on parlor table tempting guests in a quiet domestic scene where temptation lingers and conversation fades into the background.
A compact survey notes many tolerate winter while a few feign enthusiasm, framing the season as both hardship and disguise.
The document lists ice thickness and supported loads. Two inches supports men on foot, four inches carries men on horseback, six inches carries cattle and light teams, eight inches bears teams with heavy loads, and ten inches sustains a pressure of 1,000 pounds per square foot.
A newly developed gas derived from alcohol manufacture can be compressed to 3500 pounds per square inch and stored safely in steel tanks, marking a notable advancement in industrial gas storage and handling.
Natural proceeding dialog captures Jinks and Binks in a casual moment aboard a train journey. Binks mentions the first train home while the elder Jinks reflects on their fishing trip and asks about what was watched.
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