05 Jun 1884
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1884
Page
1
Rail schedule notes Michigan City on the Michigan Central Main Line as trains pass going west and freight movements described with sparse unreadable text. The fragment mentions Grand Rapids and Sudwanapolis with unclear times and routes amid a freight line context.
OCR reads show scattered place names and notes such as Grand Rapids LaPorte New Buffalo and LaCrosse with fragmented terms like daily except and schedule hints. The text resembles a damaged transit or telegraph listing with incomplete lines and inconsistent punctuation.
The readable parts provide no coherent event or identifiable entities. The excerpt appears garbled with scattered letters and abbreviations offering no concrete names, places, dates, or actions to summarize.
A public notice informs readers that a subscription marked SN has expired and urges renewal to avoid lapse. It stresses the publisher’s push for continued attendance and service.
A man in Mhannesburg, Pa., afflicted with lung fever and abscesses on the lungs, recounts using Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. He bought three bottles and regained health with a 48 pound weight gain. Free trial bottles offered at E. Smith's Drug Store.
A 25 cent salve claims to treat cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rceum fever sores petter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by I.8. Smith druggist in Westville Indiana with refund if not satisfied.
A nineteenth century note discusses weak generative o7 gas netting and signs of short life observed by Lord Bacon. It cites a modern observer’s dubious methods, plus a pain relief tooth treatment and a preferred alcohol-doused nasal antiseptic as daily therapy for chronic nasal catarrh and hay fever.
Distress from dyspepsia and chronic diarrhoea is attributed to the stomach by Hunter. The text claims floods Sarsuparula cures several gases and digestive ailments with notable efficacy. It asserts the medicine acts as a general curative agent and gains public confidence after first use.
The fragment combines social commentary on justice with advertisements for Laforte furniture in La Porte Indiana and carriage work by Wm C Pitner. It notes hair care advice, a free chrome with Magnetic Soap from Ansley, and other retail lines including sugar and granulated items at Ansleys.
A collection of humorous, clipped anecdotes and snippets mentioning Kentucky hangings, a pawnshop, a dumbbell joke, a spring boil, a marriage sign, and odd remarks by teachers, reporters, and poets. The items mix public notices, social jokes, and light commentary across random dates and places.
The passage surveys historic beliefs in sea monsters and mythical creatures. It recalls the kraken, dragon, hydra, phoenix and basilisk as features of ancient natural history and literature, noting how explorers and writers of earlier eras popularized wonders before science clarified many mysteries.
A British experiment measures ball bearings from Mr. Brown traveling 1000 miles. Twelve new balls weighed 25.8040 g, fell to 25.8008 g after 1000 miles, a loss of 3.12 mg or 1-208 grain. Wear equates to 1-158,000 inch per ball per 1000 miles. At this rate they'd lose 1-34.3 of weight to the moon distance.
A brief philosophical musing argues that surrender to fate and necessity can yield greater strength than opposition, suggesting a measured approach to destiny and effort.
A New York Inter Ocean piece describes Mrs Tom Thumb on an elevated train, noting her height of about three feet and a half and her social position. The essay discusses public attitudes toward her size, railroad seating, and the idea she may still grow, with casual references to rights of women and social scrutiny.
The Smithsonian name derives from James Smithson who left £120000 to nephews with condition if no heirs the funds to the United States to found a knowledge diffusion institution in Washington. The nephew died in 1835 and Richard Rush helped bring £515159 from Britain to the U S. Congress set interest rules and later lent the principal to the treasury at 6 percent per year.
The Philadelphia Times notes a rising eye irritation from electric glow, urging protection with smoked glasses. Linemen and arc workers in New York use blue oblong lenses to shield eyes, yet eye injuries remain common amid this glare.
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