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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
4
A woman from Christopher Illinois reports four years of irregularities weakness and nervousness ending after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits regaining regular cycles and good health and urges others with female troubles to seek guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
A detailed anecdote about General James Clarke of the Illinois Central explaining a railroad job to a Southern system president. The tale portrays Clarke’s practical, fearless management style and his insistence on real function over titles, illustrated by a humorous exchange with a black servant in a small room.
During 1908 to 1910 Brazil admitted 926,282 immigrants. Principally Portuguese 854,820, Italians 158,950, Spaniards 190,767, Germans 88,578, Austrians 21,848, French 9,207, Russians 49,477, Japanese 15,773, and Turco Arabs 481,534.
A garbled exchange hints at a local figure named Gibbes involved in a discreet quarrel. A pun on pacifism and a defective stomach wake memories of a restless crowd and half remembered sayings.
The senate clings to old customs such as snuff boxes for all members and an official sharpener of quill pens. Snuff boxes are refilled though unused, a reminder of century old habits unchanged by modern times. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts once sought a quill pen in the stationery room.
A sallow little girl in a white frock wears four gold medals pinned to a blue sash as her mother basks in the attention from passengers. Dottie earns the prizes by selling tickets for the annual festival, aided by family friends and local stores, while her father initially resists but capitulates to her determination.
An elderly man in Washington, bent with age, recounts a day spent near Smithsonian grounds watching flowers grass and children. He explains how simple pleasures and small creatures brighten life while sharing lunch with his granddaughter and offering a gentle sermon to a passerby.
A janitor placed 29 empty whisky bottles at representatives' doors in the house office building Sunday. Prohibitionists call it a crude joke aimed at discrediting the dry faction over the prohibition rider in the agricultural appropriation bill. Several lawmakers seek an investigation, though questions focus on the joke's origin rather than drinkers.
Two young ex bellhops recount rise from $25 a month to wealth through ventures like a cigar business and a proposed million dollar hotel. The shift from hotel work to entrepreneurship follows years of tips and small earnings, with rising expectations in first class hotels also noting changes in meal provisions.
Captain Takeshima of the Hudson Maru says the suffix Maru has no special meaning today and is a centuries old Japanese ship naming custom. He notes two origins, including a practice dating to Empress Jingo's Korea expedition about 2000 years ago, never used with warships.
Advertisement notes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for soothing and healing skin irritations. Recommends bathing with hot water, drying gently, then applying ointment. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Dept Boston. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
During a Saturday morning inspection a private lacks a belt. The first sergeant orders replacement from the quartermaster sergeant and a charge for the lost belt. The private recalls borrowing the belt two months earlier. Corp 8 C Samuels.
The mockery targets a lazy firefly as a daylight scorner. A lighthearted jab puns on getting up earlier and avoids a height issue with a playful twist.
Mollie and Charlie exchange a light dialogue about entertainment with Mollie singing throughout, contrasting expectations and performance in a casual setting.
Benjamin Scott faced a deadly blast when Johnnie Briggs, a fourteen year old negro helper, warned him to cover a dynamite box after predicting the explosion in Bristol Tennessee. The boy fled to safety and the dynamite detonated, costing Scott both legs and injuring another worker.
In Paxinos Pennsylvania a large steer bolted from a herd en route to a slaughterhouse and attacked five men perched in trees on Galen Clark's farm. Harvey Lewis suffered a badly fractured leg. others escaped injuries as farmers fired shots. Claude Lewis finally killed the animal with a high powered rifle after ten shotgun volleys.
Edward Schneider was arrested by Patrolman Gratiot after pockets bulged and 13 pool balls were found on him. Schneider said thirteen is an unlucky number and admitted trouble when told the balls were given to him.
Greeley Colorado authorities charged Jesus Leon after six quarts of rye disguised as a baby were found on his wife Mrs Jesus Leon. The pair arrived by train from Wyoming and were detained as officers uncovered the contraband bottle. Mrs Leon claimed coercion. Leon received a 60 day jail term for bootlegging.
Mrs. Mary Shields, nineteen, wife of ten months, vanished amid strange visions linked to her mother’s death two years ago. A nationwide search is under way as authorities seek clues to her disappearance.
Milwaukee Wisconsin resident Aloysius Michalek aged twenty six has been found as a vagrant after his father complained. He has not worked since birth according to the father. The case marks a modern Rip Van Winkle in the city.
James Bolton of Wheeling West Virginia was rejected for enlistment when his toe prevented joining the marine corps. He reportedly cut off the toe and was accepted afterward.
Spent yeast from breweries and distilleries is now recycled into buttons, doorbell plates, and knife handles. The waste material, once a nuisance, is collected, dyed, ground to powder, and hot pressed into various forms. It is called ernolith in this process.
The Fuel Administration reports 11.688 million net tons of bituminous coal mined in six days, up 5.7 percent from the previous week. For the month the estimate is 46.478 million net tons, about 10 percent higher than April 1917. Pathfinder.
Weakness from overwork, poor eating, and poor sleep is attacked by Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. Three capsules daily boost energy, aid uric acid and kidney troubles, stomach derangement, and general vitality. The remedy has 200 years of history and promises relief with a druggist refund if not helpful.
The United States Bureau of Standards released its report on tests of American made glass for chemical use. It shows all new American brands superior to the Kavalier and equal to or better than Jena glass that was widely used before the war.
A humorous dialogue contrasts work and dodging labor amid antileafin laws. Pleading Pete and Meandering Mike remark on the difficulty of staying employed while a strong-minded woman keeps her calendar up to date.
A promotional claim extols Freezone as painless treatment for hard and soft corns and calluses. It highlights a tiny bottle sold by druggists for a few cents, with instant relief and easy removal by fingers. The ad credits a Cincinnati genius as the discoverer.
The Montgomery County Historical Society forms a committee to move the 1738 Horsham grist and sawmill to Elmwood park Norristown. Miss Mary redvfl donated the mill which Norristown council agrees to care for in the park by Stony creek for future generations to see pioneer flour grinding and lumbering methods. The society hopes to bring the large driving wheel turbine wheel and cob crusher to Norristown.
The Owensville area reports telephone service strained by wartime calls to Red Cross activities. Central office lines are crowded with residents away at Red Cross work, haying, farming, or gardening, making usual calls difficult.
In hot weather poor appetites and stomach pains from foods are common. Eatonic tablets claim to quickly absorb acids and gases, restoring a clean sweet stomach and appetite. Guarantee offered: money back if not effective.
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