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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1912
Page
4
A game between two experts in a rigidly followed style ends in a tense move sequence. After a fatal break, a knight check prompts one player to quit, muttering that he cannot play chess with a chatterbox.
A newly married couple travels a hilly stretch in Northern Missouri. The wife criticizes the many hills, while the husband quips that there are either too many or only half as many as needed.
A humorous dialogue contrasts wealth and domestic dining as Mr Crimsonbeak jokes about Turks and long life while stating that a wealthy Turk is rarely seen at his wife's table.
An ad-promotional note touts Cole's Carbon salve as a quick cure for burns and cuts, claiming it heals without scars. It promises relief and offers a free sample by writing J. W. Cole & Co. of Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
A compact guide notes that a woman can prevail in discussions by knowing when to activate the Driny fhow. The advice emphasizes timing and persuasion in conversations between genders.
An old advertisement extols Garfield Tea as a pure healthful laxative made from wholesome herbs and promises reliable relief despite occasional consumer failures.
In Indianapolis the Indiana Association of Postmasters elected officers for the year including President John M. Johnston of Logansport and First Vice President Eugene Cummings of Cannelton. President Taft sent a thanks telegram to M. R. Sulzer of Madison after the adjourned session. The event drew about 125 attendees and featured talks on postal classification and rural carriers as well as a furniture trade banquet at the Claypool hotel.
The state board of pardons adjourned after four days and more than forty cases. The next regular meeting starts Monday Sept 23, with a special report on C L Rader, the bridge grafter, to be issued soon. Governor Marshall will decide on the board’s recommendations. Cases heard include Charlies Bray for forgery from Grant county 1910, William Pettit from Clinton for stealing from a coworker, Gordon Wentworth from Elkhart 1899 for assault and battery, Otto Griffith from Vigo 1911 for assault and battery, Earl Spitler from Howard 1911 for conspiracy, and Floyd Dunn from Clinton 1909 for burglary.
The sixth annual meeting of the Indiana state conference of typographical unions will be in Muncie on Sunday July 21. William B. Prescott of Chicago will direct a lecture for attendees. The Ben Franklin Club of Indiana and all printers and their workers are urged to attend and hear the lecture. The business session will consider the secretary of the employment bureau George Haines in charge. The Indianapolis printers' baseball club will play a picked team from Muncie.
Uninvited, three men joined delegates at the Indiana Equal Suffrage Association convention in Logansport as they signed the Women’s Declaration of Independence presented by Dr. Hannah M. Graham. The document opposes political parties not backing women’s suffrage and the event opened with Mayor David Frickle’s welcome and a reply from Dr. Graham. She praised Mayor Shank for aiding Indianapolis suffrage efforts and helping the poor during last winter’s cold, and Graham joined the Commercial club in Logansport during her visit.
Denver banker Robert W Bonynge told Group 4 of the Indiana Bankers association in Indianapolis that rigid reserve laws lack of bank organization and an elastic currency cause panics and depressions. He supported National Monetary Commission plans endorsing a national reserve association to rediscount short term paper act as government fiscal agent and custody of a large share of bank reserves. He outlined officers and committees and noted state incorporations and capital changes in several Indiana firms.
A humorous note from Harvard Lampoon asks the difference between pomme de terre and potato and answers with about two dollars. An advertisement extols Paxtine antiseptic as a remedy for tired inflamed eyes and granulated eyelids, selling at 25 cents a box or by postpaid order from The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston.
A customer asks for a large coal delivery, requesting a 2000 pound ton from a Brooklyn Life dealer. The exchange focuses on size preference and fulfillment potential.
A terse exchange contrasts proverbs on consequences. One speaker reframes sowing wild oats as producing lemons, suggesting outcomes depend on actions and interpretation. The dialogue highlights caution about universal beliefs and invites disagreement.
Marine Eye Remedy Co presents a salve and eye remedy advertised for red, weak, watery eyes and granulated lids. Sold in aseptic tubes and bottles at 25 cents in pharmacies. marketed as non patent medicine with years of physician use and public sale in Chicago.
In a tense scene from a Youth's Companion excerpt the university leader shows deep fatigue and fear after a nightmare where the trustees require him to pass the freshman admission exam. His wife notes his pallor as he struggles to confess his anxiety.
A Florida tale recounts Eliza plunging into a shallow water well after a fence was moved ten feet. The incident sparks humor as she asks, Who done moved dat well, reflecting on community water access and neighborly tensions.
A comic exchange features Jiggs and James noting a deaf and dumb woman speaks to herself when alone, Jiggs quipping that her right hand talks to her left.
A Michigan woman writes coffee caused her husband’s long illness and her own stomach trouble. After switching to Postum, they notice heart palpitations stop and energy return. She praises long boiling for flavor and notes her children benefit. a visitor agrees Postum tastes better when prepared thoroughly.
Mellette of Elwood files for divorce in Madison superior court alleging wife Maggie Mellette living with Detroit relatives since June 7 1911 after leaving husband of 22 years. He was Republican joint senator nominee from Madison and Henry counties last campaign.
Douglas Fairbanks visited a Chicago barber shop where three Black bootblacks worked. A discussion on handling women led one bootblack to claim success by talking to his wife, while another noted a black eye from his wife and questioned how to talk his way out of trouble.
Mrs G A Selby of Redondo Beach California declares eight years of persistent eczema on hands and chest cleared after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She notes dramatic improvement by the second day and endorses the products as cheap and effective. A free sample offer is made by Cuticura Dept L Boston.
A man assumes a girl’s refusal to kiss him is unfounded and reasons there must be another motive. He misreads propriety as a personal rebuff, while the girl maintains boundaries.
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