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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
4
A girl keeps her old doll Nancy for everyday play while a new, daintily dressed dolly serves for company days. A week after the gift, Betty still favors Nancy, saying the newer doll is nice for company days but Nancy is preferred for plain days.
A scene depicts a speaker noting the large ears of the man before them and declaring him a professional critic. The exchange highlights mockery of criticism and public personas in a literary social setting.
Cuticura Soap daily and Ointment as needed for clear complexion and clean scalp. Use Cuticura Talecum for fragrance and extra skin care, advertised as the Cuticura Toilet Trio.
Four year old Mary Ellen imitates her brother and friends to become a good fellow. She now plays outside with them and has begun to play ball. She often chases stray balls but aspires to be a pitcher and demonstrates a leg throw like a professional, even when the ball goes astray.
A family tidying episode ends in friction as Betty pressures Edwin to handle a task marked as middle sized work. Edwin responds that only he can do it, claiming he is the only middle sized person present. The exchange reflects a playful yet pointed dispute over who should perform specific chores.
An old Bayer advertisement promotes aspirin as genuine and safe for widespread use by millions of patients. It urges acceptance of an unbroken Bayer package with proper directions and lists ailments like headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and general pain. Smaller boxes of 12 tablets priced cheaply are noted alongside larger packages.
The Straits Times reports emeralds have become the rarest and most expensive precious stones due to a world shortage. Output from the Columbian mines, supplying 60 percent of global supply, has halted for seven to eight years. A five carat stone recently sold in London for 3500 dollars per carat. In Anakie Queensland miners seek to push velvety green sapphires as emerald substitutes.
A Missouri Methodist preacher of sixty years, W. O. V Prottsman, was famed in his prime as the Henry Ward Beecher of Missouri. An anecdote recalls his first Virginia sermon and a rustic critique preferring a lump of sugar to sap.
In a small town a circulating library sits in C W Pugh & Company drug store. Nine year old Fred storms home after returning a borrowed book. He complains the librarian laughed at him, but his mother asks what was said. Fred recalls only saying I brought your book back.
Fort Collins Colorado a conservatory student C H Thompson confessed to District Attorney Fleming and Professor Emslie that he attempted to extort $10000 from banker Charles Evans using black hand letters. After traced phone threats at Unity church and near the college grounds officers cornered him. Thompson said he acted alone and cited dire need for money.
A senator rejects being labeled a favorite son saying such status is against his will. He notes most favorite sons lack real fighting resolve, likening them to schoolteachers' pets from the past.
Public discussion opens as Perkins questions the city tax rate while Graves defends its level. Ross remarks on the difficulty of keeping taxes down, signaling partisan friction in the budget dialogue.
Tiny bottle of Freezone costs little at drug stores. Apply drops to the corn or callous and it stops hurting instantly. Then lift the corn or callous right off, root and all, with no pain. Truly no humbug.
Dialogues show Miss Manchaser and Mr. Skirtshy negotiating marriage under a leap year constraint. He pledges to love his work while she demands double effort, highlighting humor over romance. The exchange reflects playful social banter rather than a serious proposal.
AVintage ad urges keeping Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine at home for appetite, digestion, sleep, and daytime energy. It touts genuine Triner's as prize winning and warns against imitators, listing awards from London to San Francisco and stressing availability through Joseph Triner Company, Chicago.
A Kansas City Star brief recalls two boys from Rum pus Ridge, Bearcat Johnson and a companion, arguing a fight. The exchange ends with bravado about consequences if there had been a fight.
Mrs Mary Taam of 120 Orange Street Wyandotte Michigan says months of severe pain and digestive distress ended after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and two bottles of Sanative Wash. She urges others to try the remedy and keeps it at home.
In Willesden England a young widow testified she is pursued by a married man aged fifty plus. She described him lying in wait near her home and leaping from doorways to profess love, claiming she fears returning at night.
The board of public safety in Louisville Kentucky authorized two electric machines to euthanize animals that have been chloroformed. This measure will provide a method to dispatch animals when ordered by authorities.
In Mishawaka Indiana twelve mice were found dead in the police storehouse after consuming contraband liquor that contained a significant amount of wood alcohol.
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