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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
7
The narrator returns home after three years in the Philippines. He recalls jungle roads, cholera, Moro slavers, and dead comrades by the Kagayan. A trysting tree, a lost sister, Tom sleeping far away, and a mother's kiss anchor the homeward reverie in Houston Post prose poetry.
A doctor recalls a winter rescue across a harbor ice. After guiding Tommy’s father to help, he traversed treacherous ice for miles in darkness, nearly losing the light and his life, before neighbors reached him by lantern light and saved him from the breaking ice.
Chartran visiting America discussed his work in Washington and praised the less significant pieces while his best works stood on their own. He explained to a reporter that the worst paintings need praise because the best ones require none.
A historical overview notes the Sioux as the fiercest resisting tribe to advancing settlement in the Dakotas. It recalls their impact after the Civil War and their dominance from the Arkansas River to Lake Winnebago, and from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains, before being confined to northwestern reservations.
A traveling observer claims savage women have better figures than civilized women due to outdoor life, lack of stays, natural posture, and carrying heavy weights on the head from childhood. He cites African and Caribbean examples and notes colonial governors’ wives teaching daughters to bear loads for grace.
A collage of jokes and quips from classic newspapers. Witty exchanges cover music nostalgia, marriage woes, street policing, art criticism, and theater outfits. Each vignette delivers a crisp punchline aimed at everyday life with a period-appropriate tone.
A judge recalls a case where he fines a fiancé for delaying marriage then, chasing a pickerel, ends up marrying the couple himself. He notes some people are naturally unreasonable and rates fishing as more pressing than weddings at times.
A London Truth piece recounts a Hindoo writer’s letter about astonishing rumours in India. It cites reports claiming the Morning Leader and La Bon Guandia warned of an un crowned emperor, and a Whitechapel impostor. It mocks native credulity and notes absurd tales about bridge construction and a fat Babu, ending with a critique of educated natives.
The piece surveys phenomena of female reverence among societies. It cites the Maories of New Zealand for extreme deference to women. It notes Gertrude Bell’s travels among Druses of Syria with courteous reception. It mentions Fiji and Kafiristan showing varying degrees of female influence and chivalry.
The Washington Star reports this year’s government spending plans. Army and navy to receive 130 million and 85 million dollars respectively, civil establishment 126 million, Indian relief 13 million, and interest on the public debt 27 million.
The article describes the Kentucky blue grass confined to a circle over Silurian dolomitic limestone outcrop while Johnson grass from the south is limited to soils of the cretaceous region, per the Geographical Journal.
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