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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
4
The piece portrays women's repeated complaints of back strain and pelvic pain, calling these feelings warnings of underlying illness. It describes persistent lower back and side pain, bearing-down sensations, nervousness, and lack of motivation as symptoms affecting daily life.
Miss Maude Morris recounts severe monthly pain and backache from female and kidney disorders. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports better sleep, appetite, regular cycles, and no backache. She endorses the remedy and cites improvement within two months.
The parson questions Elmer about his morning routine. Elmer replies he is always ready, saying he is "Johnny-on-the-spot" and never needs to be called for breakfast.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr. R H Kline's nerve tonic claiming cures for nervous diseases. It offers a free trial and a treatment guide, listing addresses in Philadelphia for purchase and information.
A string of satirical maxims on appearances, money, family, and social behavior. It satirizes vanity in hats, photography, and public image, then shifts to advice on honesty, flirtation, and prudence in money. It concludes with cautions about pride and argument.
A farmer testifies he suffered ten years from stomach trouble caused by coffee. After quitting coffee and using Postum, he claims full health recovery, restored appetite, and weight gain, without further medicine.
An Italian scientist argues civilization kills poetry and humor by narrowing perception. He says science makes minds rigid, reducing vitality, and urges imagination to reveal real relations and overtones, allowing humor to recreate and brighten perception. The piece cites Nordau on degeneracy and artistic vision.
A Baltimore teacher tests a pupil with a trick question about George Washington. The boy answers with wit, saying Washington was a soldier because he had seen a picture of him crossing the Delaware, noting a sailor would not stand up in a boat.
A Harvard graduate fresh from school visits Arizona and proves a comic figure among locals. At Thanksgiving, the homeless dine as a group, and the Harvard youth is asked to say grace. He hesitates, smiles, and lisping declares “Ouh Father” then “Jolly good lunch, thanks awfully, old chap.”
Two girls meet in the street and discuss a sudden engagement. Alice asks Grace to be bridesmaid while warning about Jim Berton who appears eager to interrupt. Grace learns the fiancé is Jim Berton, the man Alice intends to marry.
A central Pennsylvania bishop recalls visiting a mountain town while a resident, drunk, confides that boys need guidance. The bishop gently replies that the man himself is troubled, prompting a witty exchange about celebrations when the bishop arrives.
An American returning from London reports disbelief at the smart set's slang. He recalls a grown woman saying Isn t it terry to have neury on such a divey day translating to Isn t it terrible to have neuralgia on such a divine day.
A late 19th century remark recalls Carl Schurz denouncing literary pretenders and politicians. At a New York dinner, a millionaire reportedly presented a volume of poems that mocked politics, prompting Schurz to express sharp contempt for hypocrites and those posing as poets.
Dr. George F. Butler of Alma Springs Sanatorium offers practical health rules from How to Live. He warns appetite tempts unhealthy foods, urges careful digestion, and explains three main body functions: tissue change waste removal and new material supply. He promotes regularity, water, exercise, cold baths, massage, and gentle laxatives when needed while urging optimism and kindness.
Odd remark links Hotlentot widows to a severed finger joint upon remarriage. The piece also notes smokers favor the Lewis Single Binder cigar. Advertisement mentions Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois.
Child asks if his sister is becoming an Indian while upstairs painting her face. The playful exchange shows a curious moment in a domestic scene.
The Santa Fe passenger department issues A Colorado Summer a summer vacation booklet presenting mountain scenery and Colorado grandeur. It urges readers to dream of visiting and notes Colorado offers pleasure and health for summer tourists. The booklet can be secured from W. J. Black Pass Traffic Manager Santa Fe Railway Chicago.
A collection of satirical one liners on manners politics and love. The pieces hinge on irony about talk versus action signs mail signs and human foibles. The humor contrasts idealism with reality through playful proverbs and observations.
Indiana secret service notes explain why coin ringing tests are unreliable and describe how reeding, edge marks, and mint marks reveal authenticity. It details metal flaws, heating, blows, silver content, and the roles of Philadelphia and branch mints in producing standard coins with precise weights.
An aged voice from the Madison Journal offers pithy maxims on generosity ambition pride and envy. The musings cover advice prosperity reputation age and social harmony with a tone of reflective plainspoken humor.
Captain J W Hogan of Indianola now Austin reports years of kidney and nerve pain eased by Dean's Kidney Pills. He praises cures for back and hip pains, headaches, and eye strain claiming renewed health. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
Frau Liebreich, a wealthy Munich resident, convicts that girls in pure white dress marry sooner. She forms a league of white women among twenty local girls who promise to wear white for important events, claiming white signals pure love and attracts husbands faster than color.
A claim that eating fruits is a universal cure for alcoholism. The text asserts fruit destroys the taste for intoxicants and reverts drinkers to childhood tastes. It emphasizes an enduring enmity between fruit and alcohol and denies coexistence of both desires.
Sam Bernard reflects at a New York wedding breakfast on quiet luxuries, recalling a June morning when he called on the dear old lady who did his washing and ironing and asked about her son.
T E Robertson of 197 Addison Street Washington Pa recounts stomach pains dizziness and back ache two years ago followed by pimples and boils. After using Williams Pink Pills for Pale People his blood condition improved and eruptions vanished while stomach and head pains eased. He urges others with bad blood to try the remedy.
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