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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
4
Miss Emma Shirley describes two years of kidney disease with severe headaches dizziness and fatigue. After taking Dean's Kidney Pills she reports twelve boxes cured her gained weight and credits the medicine with saving her life. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY for 50 cents a box.
Dr. George A. Gordon recounts a Witty Irishman at the gates of the afterlife. Saint Peter initially bars entry as a great sinner. The man crows thrice, and the gate opens with the quip Come in, Pat, we will let bygones be bygones.
The article argues Defiance Starch provides stronger starching so fabrics need far less starch. This offers better stiffness without masking beauty, improves wear, and eliminates the paste buildup common with other brands.
Rimer concedes he sometimes struggles to woo his muse while Crittick jokes about her clumsy Teet and the muse's elusive nature.
An advertisement promotes Aten's Fant Ka-0 as a cure for swollen sweating feet. It claims shoes can be worn one size smaller and offers a 25 cent price for Atall Draugzists with a free trial package and no substitutes. Address listed in Le Roy New York.
A dispersed clipping lists quips about mortality, political campaigns, and a child teething syrup. It mentions Lewis' Factory in Peoria and a political candidacy with high costs, then promotes Mrs Winglow's Soothing Syrup claiming to ease teething pain and wind colic for 25 cent bottles.
Thirteen badly injured and several dead after two bags of powder ignite in a superimposed turret during target practice off Barnstable Cape Cod bay. The Georgia lands the wounded and dead at Charlestown navy yard as Rear Admiral Thomas orders an investigating board. Two theories arise: spark from gun discharge or from ship smoke stacks entering the turret.
In Boise Idaho a warrant accuses witness C W Aller of perjury in the Idaho vs Haywood defense. Aller a former telegraph operator and railroad ticket agent at Cripple Creek Cal is named by Ada county prosecutors as the defendant in the perjury charge. Eleven rebuttal witnesses were examined Monday as the San Francisco Bradley residence explosion was again evaluated.
A waterspout near Leavenworth Kansas Sunday night caused about half a million dollars in damage within 15 miles. Nearly six inches of rain fell. In nearby Joplin Missouri hundreds of cattle drowned and hundreds of acres of wheat washed into the Missouri River. Railroads report tracks out and traffic demoralized as the Missouri River rises. residents move belongings to the hills.
Four persons died and several others were badly injured when passenger train No. 11 derailed near Foraker Ohio at 530 PM Monday. The fatalities were baggage-master McDowell Marion Ohio fireman Pearl Goff Kenton Ohio and Frank Everhart 18 Kenton Ohio. A split rail is suspected.
In Denver, Utah fuel company controlled by the Denver and Rio Grande Railway is named defendant in a federal suit brought by U S District Attorney Earl M Cranston. The claim seeks recovery of Gunnison county coal lands and compensation for all coal mined, with fears of additional land grabs.
Ian A W Lee president of the Lee syndicate dies in Ottumwa. The London born executive led newspapers including the Ottumwa Courier Davenport Times Muscatine Journal La Crosse Tribune and Hannibal Courier Post. The tribute notes his role shaping midwest paper networks.
A St Louis farmer describes a seasonal problem with ground wasps in the southwestern city gardens. To remove nests before plowing he uses hot water in a jug to drive wasps out and drown them, claiming thousands can be killed with a single raid and the method always works despite the insects’ buzzing.
Rev. Dr. N. R. Pittman recalls dining with P. P. Wong and four Chinese scholars in Shanghai. The meal lasted two hours with sixteen courses, served with ritual hand cloths and a banquet featuring birds nest soup and dishes from air land sea and brook. Wong reportedly spent about 100 in gold.
A Grand Magazine extract cites the duke of Marlborough leaving £25 000 to his duchess and a widow’s £1 000 bequest amid revengeful motives in wills. It also recalls Mr Kerr’s will, scoring a £10 000 legacy to his widow if she stopped playing his evening readings and a £1 000 final bequest as consequence.
A clerk recalls a distressing travel mishap from last summer. He stayed at a crowded lake hotel where a veranda bed was offered with a drawn curtain. He later learned the bed box contained snakes, frightening him and prompting a move.
The piece recounts Thomas Alva Edison's courtship with his first wife, a telegraph operator. She tells him she can sense his presence, and proposes marriage after hinting at their future union. They wed a month later and enjoyed a happy marriage.
A stylized reminiscence portrays Crafty John as the oil king of old times guiding Diogenes through a sea of thieves and grafters. An astonished friend asks if he will steer him among good people, to which John replies no honest man can be found among that rabble.
Philip Beisiegel of Cayley Alta writes the Canadian Government agent in Watertown S Dakota describing his rapid wealth from homesteading in the Northwest. He details 320 acres owned and paid for, livestock, machinery, Calgary and High River lots, and profits from land sales, threshed grain, potatoes and garden produce. He notes his net worth around 13 000 dollars and gratitude for encouragement to move north.
A veteran Maine clergyman testified about a past affray where one man was seriously hurt. He described Salson as slashing and then enticing the victim with a crowbar before using blows to persuade him into the fight. The testimony framed the events in a measured, clipped manner.
A park bench sage muses that chasing stray dogs wastes power and jokes about keeping them wagging in good humor to generate energy. The policemen acknowledge the idea as a humorous exaggeration about tapping canine tails for power.
A Columbus Journal commentary argues the seriousness of a grave crime like bigamy depends heavily on the perpetrator's business connections and social acquaintances. The piece reflects on how status influences public judgment and legal outcomes.
A hostess noted for hosting grand homes recounts a tea moment with a debutante. The guest, admiring a blue cup, jokes about its age as the hostess remarks the cup is a hundred and fifty years old. The exchange captures playful contrast between youth and antique elegance.
Two readers describe long illnesses and relief after using Peruna. Mrs Emma Stolt of Appleton Wisconsin reports backache inflammation and mobility loss improving quickly after starting Peruna. Miss Theresa Bertles of White Church Missouri says six months of Peruna cured catarrh and related symptoms and recommends it to friends.
B Hiram Mattingly of Vermillion South Dakota describes a ten year battle with a widespread scaly eruption that began on the legs and spread to the body. After trying many physicians and remedies, he found a complete cure and hair restoration after using three boxes of Cuticura Ointment and Soap by August 1906.
Henry Thomas Spindler, who died recently at Brentford England aged 84, long served with the old London Sun and worked as proofreader to Charles Dickens. He preserved many Dickens relics including proofs bearing the novelist's alterations.
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of Castoria bottles to ensure safety and authenticity. It notes the product is in use for over 30 years and carries the signature of the original maker, the kind mothers have always bought.
Quotation from Puck about a grassy stepmother and a joke on Mr De Ivorce clarifying that his former wife is alive and the children’ ages are discussed.
An unclear clipping mentions Krause's Headache Capsules from Dru Norman Lichty Mfg Co Des Moines. It hints at a remedy for overindulgence in food or drink and includes a promotional tone about success, though details are fragmented.
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