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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1907
Page
4
An advertisement extols Brandreth Pills as a vegetable laxative tonic used for cleansing the blood and renewing vigor. It claims one or two pills nightly for a week remedy constipation or dyspepsia and notes they are sold in drugstores in plain or sugar-coated form.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale has attended White House receptions since 1862 and on the latest occasion presented one of his grandchildren to the gathering.
Sunbury Ohio mayor C C Brooks who also serves as attorney for Farmers Bank and Sunbury Building and Loan Company asserts strong confidence in Peruna. He cites its health benefits for common ailments worsened by weather and promotes the Free Peruna Almanac for 1907.
President Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon rode together in Rock Creek park. Bacon’s horse bolted, he was thrown, and he bruised his leg requiring two days at home. Bacon, a Loudoun County rider and former Harvard polo player, rode again after the spill.
A Mexico legend recounts El Arbol Maldito planted by a crime tainted man who vanished into earth. The cursed tree allegedly causes multiple deaths and misfortune, with locals avoiding the area and daring attempts to destroy it fading into tragedy.
The Senate calm was disrupted by a buzzing sound from an ear hearing device worn by Senator Pettus of Alabama. An engineer crew failed to locate the source until a page discovered the apparatus connected to a battery under Pettus’s coat, producing the mysterious noise.
Illinois Representative James McKinney and Capt. Shanton led a small party on a Christmas holiday trip to the Isthmus of Panama. After an initial volley killed twelve alligators, the pair pursued a larger specimen on foot and killed it at close range, narrowly avoiding danger. McKinney declined further hunts.
Robert S. McCormick, ambassador at Paris, will retire owing to Roosevelt's disapproval of his St Petersburg conduct during the Russian Japanese war. He will be succeeded by Henry White, the Rome ambassador, who will take over in Paris in March.
The piece debunks the idea that babies smile in their sleep, noting that corner mouth catches create a grimace from gas and that true smiles occur when awake. It cites Saint Augustine Saint Monica and Thackeray to show historical belief in sleeping infant smiles as erroneous.
Uncle Silas savors fried chicken and questions Chloe about the yard birds while a passerby notes a New York bank with a 40 by 20 foot safe. The fragmentary text blends domestic dining with a stray finance detail, suggesting a rural tale tone and local color.
A Boston man recalls a Sunday at Mount Vernon Church on Beacon Street where a worshiper beside him recorded the offering with a notebook and pencil, noting the amount as it was given. The observer calls the moment unusually careful bookkeeping and highlights a precise donation accounting ritual observed during worship.
Thomas N McCullough of Colorado Springs describes twelve to fifteen years of back and kidney pain with relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports complete freedom from kidney trouble after continuing the regimen, crediting the treatment as permanent. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Parisian craze for living gifts on fete days and New Year drives a bustling trade in puppies kittens tiny monkeys lambs and even tigers and leopards. Young pets are kept harmless until teeth appear then sent to one of two grand city zoos.
Miss Edith Hammer of Morrison Illinois writes that eczema on the head was cured using Cuticura Soap and Ointment after about six months of suffering. She notes the family keeps the soap on hand and praises Cuticura Resolvent and Pills as a tonic for another sister.
An Atherington sweep named Joshua Folland was cleaning a chimney in an unoccupied house at High Beckington when seven full grown wild rabbits tumbled down and he bagged them.
A Japanese shoe manufacturer has secured a major contract to supply shoes for the British army in India, described as one of the largest such contracts. The ad portion highlights a herbal liver remedy and several consumer products with limited relevance to the main news item.
A Massachusetts woman chronicled a year of indigestion and debility. After trying many remedies, Dr Williams Pink Pills improved her condition and renewed blood health, ending fears of relapse.
Fragmented OCR hints at old adverts promoting washing products 10c per package and a cigar brand by Lewis Factory Peoria Illinois. It references self help lines about money and a laxative product, with scattered phrases on consolation and sports gimmicks.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as able to cure deafness caused by catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for a case it cannot cure. It asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and promotes constitutional remedies and family pills for constipation. The notice lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio as makers and mentions a sales agent.
A campaign in England led by grocerymen laments trading stamps. A East London shopkeeper says small grocers earn about 6 percent profit after stamp costs, with 10 percent average and 15 percent required to justify capital.
Clover and grass seeds for hogs cattle and sheep offered by the Salzer Seed Co. largest growers of grasses clovers oats barley corn potatoes and farm seeds in America operate over 5000 acres. Free 148 page catalog mailed to buyers or send 80 in stamps to receive sample of perfect balance ration grass seed with fodder plants clover and more from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin.
Authorities have forwarded a letter received at the post office to the postmaster general. The western postmaster names bear hunting as the reason for closing the small office for one day next Saturday. He notes he is the county’s only person able to read and write and says discharge is possible but unlikely.
M. R. Zaegel of Sheboygan Wisconsin a leading chemist announces a liberal offer to send his remedy free to any address with all charges paid. The generous promotion aims to broaden his customer base.
A vintage notice touts Z. M. O a mineral oil and vegetable oil mix by Mr. Zaegel of Sheboygan Wisconsin. It claims antiseptic healing for burns sores and pains and offers free trial bottles by mail with no charge while supplies last.
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