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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1898
Page
3
A poem contrasts a Confederate fighter’s upbringing in Dixie with service in blue. The speaker recalls marching as gray then wearing Union uniform as the band plays Yankee Doodle. He shares a moment of reconciliation with a Yankee comrade.
A narrator compares a ring purchase to Cortez-like bravado as he tests fit with powder and glass in a jewel shop. He imagines wealth, then encounters a former flame, triggering comic missteps, a mistaken glove, a sneeze, and a dramatic reveal ending in a hopeful marriage prospect.
The article describes adapting palms for permanent display using chemical treatment and dyeing to resemble live trees. It notes a Brooklyn vendor offering artificial palms, prices from one to thirty five dollars, and spread to hotels cafes restaurants and churches with shipments to major cities. It also mentions material sources from Florida Mexico Japan and Egypt and a growing national market.
Mrs. Sherwood recalls Gen. Scott, hero of the Mexican War, who spent the last decade of his life at West Point as a summer home. He wore his old shabby Fourth of July coat, joking it was the one he rode into Mexico City atop a picnic.
A Mashonaland report describes using ground dried locusts after fungus maturation as a toxine remedy. A farmer claims treated locusts in a five acre patch died within days, leaving him with no locusts on his arm. The method could offer a new pest control approach if proven true.
The Chicago Tribune reports summer cold storage for garments. Clothes hung on hooks in dedicated rooms keep shape better and avoid odor. boots are increasingly stored on ice as a popular trend, with cold storage seen as more costly than traditional methods but effective.
A dainty handkerchief case can be made from a square stationery box by removing the rim of the cover to leave only a square pasteboard. The brief description suggests a simple do it yourself project with readily available materials.
An advertorial notes heavy chambray praised for long wear and resistance to ripping. It cites a price of about 75 cents per yard and describes a tan chambray sailor suit for a little girl with a blouse and plain skirt, skirt bordered by lighter chambray.
Palm leaf fans, once valued for practicality, are transformed into decorative objects with ribbons and artificial flowers. The text notes their superior breeziness in hot weather and praises the palm leaf fan as both attractive and functional.
A detailed guide from the New York Tribune for crafting a decorative handkerchief box. It describes lining the box and cover with pale green crepe, using white sheet wadding and lily of the valley sachet powder, hinge tape, crepe lilies, and wire leaves, plus a curled paper mat and lace ruffle for finish.
A Scotch paper reports the so called marriage by the glove practiced by Dutchmen abroad. A man writes to a lawyer who selects a wife meeting his client’s requirements, then the bride is shipped to her new home.
The article discusses pairing striped or dotted chambray with a plain white chambray yoke, using white or black stitching and trim from fancy chambray for lapels belt and cuffs. It warns against mixing strong chambray with lightweight fabrics that wear out before chambray loses its new appearance.
Jewelers advise gentle cleaning with warm soap suds for real gold and stones. Rinse in cold water, dry, then use a soft roll of paper to clean under settings and a tissue to polish. Plain soap and water suit stone settings. avoid long soaking and avoid sal volatile on stone settings.
Poem fragment by Mrs. S. M. Walsh laments domestic constraints and schooling. Expressions of longing for a nomadic savage life contrast with the pull of routine chores and the dinner bell. The speaker imagines a snow house and a life on the move before returning to daily expectations.
A Susquehanna garden hosts a lame magpie that gathers pebbles to drop into an old posthole. The bird croaks with glee as it stones a trapped toad, laughing and flapping while the owner discovers the imprisoned creature and frees it amid protests from the bird.
A Baltimore game cock attacked a woman and her child in a yard. The bird struck the child in the cheek with a spur and ripped the woman's gown before a man used a longth to drive the bird away.
A Missouri boy, out hunting with a muzzle loader, found no shot and rammed a marble into the barrel. The rammed marble fired with the charge and killed a deer, giving him a memorable hunting tale for life.
A seven year old mail carrier from Andalusia Bucks County Pennsylvania faithfully runs a five daily mile route to the Lower and Upper Andalusia post offices, delivering letters in all weather. He writes a letter to describe his duties, noting he carries mail to earn money and attends school, with praise from teachers and Washington officials.
The Colorado Springs Gazette describes a western hailstorm where hailstones varied from hen eggs to billiard ball size. Onlookers laughed at odd incidents including a hole punched in a derby hat and a man injured when a large hailstone knocked a pipe from a youth’s teeth. The sprinkler remained active as the driver faced jeers.
Buffalo faced over an hour without electric light as a muskrat wedged in the feed pipe disrupted boiler water. The danger was averted when the fires were drawn and the animal removed, ending the blackout. A curious note adds a watch’s 157680000 ticks yearly and wheels covering 383583 miles.
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