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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
4
A collection of proverbs from various cultures and eras includes remarks like A bold attempt is half success and There are two bores in society. The page features sayings attributed to Italian German Irish Chinese Shakespeare and Punch among others. It presents a mosaic of wisdom on life fate learning and social behavior.
In a candid exchange, a person asserts they will be considerate to a wife yet claim mastery at home. The response notes that everyone starts with high expectations, highlighting tensions over gender roles and personal authority within domestic life.
A vintage label urges mothers to inspect Castoria for the signature of VEAALE and notes it has been used for over 30 years. Children are said to cry for Fletcher's Castoria, reinforcing trusted brand familiarity.
A laundress, Cindy, praises guardhouse tents for heroic aid during training. Her son Duke credits a postal card noting he might have died without ten days in one camp, comparing the effort to the Red Cross.
Bonita learns social niceties and fumbles them in a humorous family moment. She says please half excuse me and clarifies she is only half through eating, prompting her mother to ask for clarification. The scene playfully contrasts childhood mispronunciation with growing manners.
A discouraged counsellor tells the court his client faces little chance of justice until judgment day. The judge responds he will plead for the woman himself on that day, and the other side jokes that the judge will have troubles then too.
A reflection on the moral economy of labor where tasks deemed evil or sinful by Satan are abandoned for children, freeing adults to take on other jobs. The passage links virtue and labor, suggesting a social order reassigns tasks away from youth.
A compact editorial notes that truth can be powerful yet often suppressed in public discourse. It discusses how institutions, media, and individuals shape narratives and obscure factual accuracy, urging vigilance and commitment to reliable information.
A young man asks for guidance before his first public speech. The veteran suggests intentionally giving a terrible talk so as not to be invited again, ensuring domestic peace and personal contentment.
The Wyn-Jenkins host carves a fowl at a dinner party the knife fails and the bird lands in the guest’s lap. Pa Wyn-Jenkins calmly offers to take back some of the help as Mrs. Wyn-Jenkins turns pale.
A witty remark from the Boston Transcript compares the bride to a queen and the bridegroom to the deuce, capturing festive humor in a social note about a wedding scene.
A batch of sharp aphorisms on men and society, balancing humor and doom. It riffs on divorce, opinion, wealth, and the quirks of human behavior with a Chicago Daily News flavor. Several lines lampoon missteps and the folly of pretensions in daily life.
A collage of aphorisms about spring fashions health luck and ambition contrasts with a note on a Good Samaritan and a butcher. The piece ends with a reflection on loving enemies and the consequences of foes.
Questions arise about a palm leaf Bible at Gottingen and other historic claims. Topics include French law on inheritance by doctors, the origin of the term Yankee, an ancient shipping yard in Japan, Greek athletic diet in the Golden Age, and literacy in Britain during Queen Victoria’s rise.
A collection of witty maxims from the People’s Home Journal about thrift, prisons, and social limits. A prisoner talks of Auburn and the contrast between charity and need. jokes link coal, patches, and meals to poverty and humor.
A playful list recalls recalled telephone gifts and hand raised buckets, odd shapes like triangles and camels, quick phrases such as just a minute and sixty seconds, and a hair raising tomna hawk, mixing curiosities from memory.
Mrs. J Worthline of 2842 North Taylor Street credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after a period of fatigue nervousness and backache. She says after three months she felt better able to eat and function normally and urges other mothers to try the remedy.
The Detroit Free Press notes foot powder and shoe powder for soldiers at Fort Wayne and Plattsburg Camp. The ad extols Allen's Foot-Ease as antiseptic relief for tired feet, corns, bunions, blisters, and swelling, urging readers to ask their druggist for a package.
A sharp witticism notes that some men fill air with words yet convey little substance leaving listeners unimpressed andpuzzled by verbose chatter that adds no real clarity or value to the discussion.
An advertisement touts Freezone for removing corns and calluses with a pink healthy skin outcome. It also markets Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum for complexion, scalp, and hands, claiming benefits and a daily routine. Baseball is urged to be played squarely.
An advertisement urges lifelong fitness by avoiding careless living and protecting kidneys from uric acid buildup. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules from Holland as a remedy offering rapid relief with money-back guarantee.
A gunboat struggles against rapids in rough waters failing to advance upstream. crew efforts to maneuver are hindered by current and weather as the vessel remains stalled near the channel.
A Brooklyn manufacturer sold millions of fraudulent aspirin tablets mainly composed of talcum powder. Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin bear the Bayer Cross and come in the original Bayer package with proper directions and dosage.
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a leading medicine for kidneys liver and bladder. It claims quick relief from distress and urges testing with a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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