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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
4
A Rocklyn Washington woman credits Peruna and Manalin with restoring her health after four years. She reports improved ability to perform household and farm tasks and thanks Dr Hartman for the remedy and his advice.
A remark on brain size claims contrasts with an advertising line for Lewis' Single Binder Cigar and references Lewis' Factory dealer in Peoria Illinois. The fragmentary text appears from a historical ad or promotional snippet.
A historical note describes shelter tents issued by military authorities in Australia and used in Japan. The waterproof sheets with hooks form bivouacs by linking four sheets, sheltering weapons and men from heat and rain.
Consul Willam Bardel writes from Bambers that Engineer Balderauer of Salzberg invented a balloon railroad. A stationary balloon powers a slide on a mountain rail with a circular ten passenger car suspended beneath. Hydrogen lifts ascent, water ballast lowers descent, and a regulator speeds the ascent via a cable through the car.
A Elizabethtown minister recounts a 55 year bout with illness including La Grippe, nervous prostration, and weight loss. He credits Grape-Nuts with renewed appetite, better sleep, weight gain, and return to preaching duties after using the food.
Practical guidance on washing summer dresses using soft water or borax, avoiding strong soaps for colored goods, drying in shade, and ironing tips. Includes soaking, rinsing additives like salt vinegar turpentine and proper starching with gum arabic, rice water, or paste, plus advice for black and dark fabrics from The Commoner.
A dictionary-style glossary explaining kitchen terms such as break flour, bind, burst rice, parboil, scald milk, shred suet, blanch, braise, compote, consommé, entrees, meringue, paner, casserole, and puree as used in cooking. The list defines each term with brief actions and outcomes for common culinary techniques.
A chatty exchange recalls a husband who married a wealthy widow, implying he must live up to a past reputation. One speaker defends him while another jokes about inherited infamy. The remark hints at social judgments surrounding marriage and status.
A simple home note advises washing stained hands with the juice of a ripe tomato to remove stains. The tip emphasizes using fresh tomato juice for cleaning and staining removal.
A fragment suggests restoring a faded carpet by dipping it in a strong salt and water solution.
A gallant motorist rescues a woman from a dog cart in a ditch after her frightened horse toppled it. The distressed beauty Aveene thanks him and asks for help again to get the horse calm and used to the harness.
A user describes chronic kidney pain backaches headaches and dizziness lasting five weeks in bed with irregular painful secretions sediment and odor. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she notes improvement from the first box and a complete cure after five boxes. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A chemist argues filters do not purify water. Boiling water is far more effective, removing only floating matter while leaving dissolved contaminants like typhoid germs. He warns that filtered sewage remains hazardous despite clarity and odor loss.
Mrs. W. F. Griess of Clay Center Nebraska recounts using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for a diseased scalp and hair loss. She shampooed weekly and ointed biweekly, resulting in hair growth to six inches below the waist and a healthy scalp over five years.
A London Evening Standard column admires the rise of abbreviations in urban transit talk. The Baker Street and Waterloo Railway evolved into Bakerloo due to a driver’s quip and traveler usage, gaining official recognition at Trafalgar Square.
A Denver Post item recalls a messenger boy who returns a dropped pocketbook to its owner. The man offers a three dollar reward, and the boy questions why he should be paid, noting many people would take the money, highlighting greed and honesty.
Benjamin Jeans, a veteran guard on the London and Birkenhead Express, retires after 54 years of service. He reportedly holds the world travel record, with more than 4,000,000 miles, or about 160 times around the equator.
A fragmented ad-like clump mentions a cigar brand Simultaneously references a factory in Peoria Illinois and a dealer for Lewis with scattered phrases about money rest and a French Fatagret.
A descriptive dialogue on a country scene features a shepherd explaining the crook’s use by hooking sheep. The text shifts to dietary advice praising vegetables and wheat, promoting EGG-O-SEE cereal as nutritious and easy to digest. It touts health benefits, a free booklet, and the address for orders.
A column of classical proverbs and reflections from ancient and historical authors. The collection presents sayings on virtue wealth speech and justice attributed to Terence Plautus Bias Solon Synesius Synesius Pythagoras and Cato.
Describes Yellowstone Park as the grand tourist resort of the people and one of the most beautiful parts of the American Continent. notes very low roundtrip rates for summer by Union Pacific and connections. For rates and a Yellowstone Park folder contact W. G. Neimyer, G. A., 120 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was chosen as the proper representative of the Vanderbilt family and elected with 15 others to join the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati after applications filed in the name of his father and Alfred G. on behalf of his mother.
A observation about marital truthfulness contrasts what a wife can assemble to reveal a husband’s actions with her ability to deceive him. It concludes that women rarely choose to fool their husbands.
A quoted line laments hollow hunger and decries hollow virtue as a prayer for world bread falls on deaf ears. The speaker compares a wasted life to a slickbat, emphasizing personal deprivation over global charity.
In days to come a letter dropped at the Chicago general post office will ride electric subway cars to the Park Row station then be whisked to mail cars bound for St. Paul Minneapolis Omaha St Louis New Orleans Detroit Grand Rapids Cincinnati Buffalo New York and other points. The system uses the Wabash avenue subway and a Thirteenth street spur to speed sack mail from the post office to the Illinois Central Park Row depot.
A Philadelphia Ledger quote extols journalistic integrity and fair treatment of readers. A tale from Herbert Spencer's youth recounts his 120 mile journey home on two shillings, aided by a coachman.
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