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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
4
Paxton Toilet Co Boston Mass promotes SARS RARIE Way e 4 Sensors Pay Paxtine as far superior to liquid antiseptics and peroxide for toilet and hygienic uses. Available 25 and 50 cent boxes or sent postpaid upon receipt of price. Free sample offered.
A humorous excerpt from Harper's Weekly features quips between Lollerby and Dub bleigh about Hawkins accepting punishment. The dialogue highlights bravado and colorful language as a test of character.
B C Prince of Bainbridge Ga offers a copy of an illustrated booklet titled The Land of Promise to home seekers or others. The ad notes men often value a cheap cigar over a dollar and promotes Garfield Tea as a tonic for the liver headaches bilious attacks and constipation. Many people with brains waste them.
A Pound Wisconsin woman reports being cured of dyspepsia and female troubles after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood purifier. The letter touts the remedy for displacements inflammation and other female ills and invites readers to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Tulsa mystery deepens as Daniel Bonner, a Tulsa hackman, is found dead suspended by one foot in a tree with three bullet wounds. A Missouri businessman who hired him for a hunting trip is questioned while no motive of robbery is found. The coroner holds the suspect’s name.
Eight year old Francis Whittle rose from his Bay Side home in sleep and fell ten feet from a window into the yard. He wandered a mile in a daze before his father summoned help and carried him back home. The boy had a history of sleep walking since toddlerhood.
Miss Opal Lilley of Camp Creek West Virginia testifies four to five years of facial eruption improved by Resinol ointment and soap. The ad extols Resinol for eczema erythema herpes barber's itch psoriasis and burns, sold in opal jars of fifty cents and one dollar by druggists.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for improving skin tone and hair health. It urges warm baths and gentle ointment use to prevent disfigurement and pain, promising a free Cuticura guide by mail from Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. in Boston.
Mr Growcher refuses to lend umbrellas as a rule and Mr Grump agrees noting the risk of umbrellas drifting to their original owners. The exchange highlights caution in lending to avoid lost items and confusion.
Edith questions how she would be pursued if she attempted to run away alone in the parlor. Ernest admits he would try to catch and hold her, prompting Edith to declare she will attempt it.
A wry exchange hints at fear of death and the cold calculus of marriage. A remark contrasts a wife's fierce stare with death’s terror and questions whether marrying from pity is a sound act of sympathy.
The advertisement notes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets first went on sale forty years past. It claims the sugar coated granules regulate and invigorate stomach liver and bowels, positioning the product as a general tonic.
An advertisement urges men with bald heads to stay at home where they may rage about flies. It touts Garfield Tea as a remedy to clear pimples and liver marks by regulating the liver, cleansing the system, and purifying the blood.
A satirical notice notes the wife’s expected obsolescence as suffrage advances. It mocks traditional domestic roles, praising past usefulness and predicting her disappearance into history as she would be exhibited in museums. The piece ends with a farewell to the wife.
A Wisconsin creamery manager reports health and business gains after quitting coffee and adopting Postum. He details initial stomach distress and palpitations, a temporary setback with a poorly prepared brew, and eventual improvement after his wife followed the package directions.
An old ad touts Mrs Winston’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims gums soften and pain declines, wind colic cured, priced at 35 bottles, and notes men’s taste in dress with a noisy necktie remark.
New York report details Head-Keeper Billy Snyder administering a rough remedy to Hattie the elephant after she fell ill from clover. He used linseed oil laudanum whisky and force fed the mixture, narrowly avoiding injury when the concoction splashed into his eyes. Hattie recovered and continued performing for the children.
Two lazy northern Wisconsin boys used a phonograph to summon cows home to the pasture. They left the device playing canned songs while they played checkers, and the cows returned when the machine cried out “Come, boss.”
In Pottsville Pennsylvania surgeons during an operation to remove a fractured vertebrae found and extracted a two inch by half inch piece of thick glass embedded in James Donnelly’s back. The incorrect diagnosis previously prompted the surgery.
Daisy and Percy speak of a strong sensation after a lively waltz. The exchange suggests an ongoing playful rapport and a shared moment of dizzy delight.
An advertising pitch promotes Coca Cola as the sole ideal drink for heat and thirst. It discourages ice water and urges readers to enjoy Coca Cola, noting its availability at soda fountains and bottled in bottles. Readers are invited to request a booklet from The Coca Cola Co. in Atlanta.
Little Paul, taught by his mother that God made him perfect, investigates a new cook stove and finds his reflection. He moans that his dad made him perfect but put his head on crooked, revealing a child’s innocent self doubt in a domestic vignette.
The National Association of Varnish Manufacturers promotes varnished floors as hygienic, easy to clean, and aesthetically pleasing. A free booklet titled Modern Floors is distributed from 636 The Bourse Philadelphia to guide making floors wholesome and attractive and notes varnish as cheaper and more satisfactory than carpet.
Incomplete OCR text shows a choppy conversation with fragmented phrases about sleep and a lecture. The garbled lines imply a misheard or misprinted exchange, lacking clear names or events to verify context.
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