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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
4
Mrs J H Meyer of Orange California shares that after years of severe uterine and ovarian issues she avoided surgery by taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports relief during the Change and capacity to work, walking miles daily with her husband.
A group of young people discuss private theatricals. A young man laments he never enjoys taking part, claiming he feels foolish. A girl reassures him that everyone thinks that, offering encouragement.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is praised as a kidney liver and bladder medicine and a physician's prescription. It is said to strengthen organs and has stood the test of years. Readers are invited to obtain a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
A courtroom dialogue shows an alienist mocking the idea of proving sanity while offering services in exchange for help. The exchange hints at courtroom strategy and suggests a satirical tone about psychiatric assessments in legal trouble.
Judge Haughey reports a Thompson family refuging from Ramapo mountains, living in a dilapidated shack near Nyack. The couple and four children lack schooling and basic items, hair matted, clothing worn, and the wife described as dumb. They are taken to an institution for care.
Roscoe Reich aged 70 of Woodhaven formerly of Euston Pa pleaded guilty to bigamy in Kings county court. He admitted marrying Augusta Helmund on August 7 1919 while he already had a wife. Judge Martin suspended sentence and admonished Reich to forget his women.
Talcum powder from a box after a child played with it lodged in the ten month old Helen Dorothy Booth’s airway. Pneumonia developed and caused her death in Middletown New York.
Denver reports Harrison Porter, a patient at Fitzsimons hospital, dislocated his shoulder while sneezing with unusual force. Medical staff treated him and noted the incident occurred at the hospital.
An advertisement touts Tanlac as manufactured at a new Dayton plant and Walkersville facility. It claims ingredients arrive from the Alps to Peru, with a 60 000 square foot factory, 50 000 bottles daily, and 20 000 000 bottles sold in six years.
A Chicago hunter returns from a hunting trip praising lassoing mountain lions as a superior spring fever remedy over sassafras tea. The writer jokes about choosing the hunter’s tonic over other so called cures and suggests the illness remains persistent.
An advertisement warns that genuine aspirin bears the Bayer name on packaging or tablets and that without it buyers are not receiving safe, physician prescribed aspirin. It promotes Bayer tablets for common pains and notes small tin boxes cost a few cents with larger packages also sold by druggists.
Women are cited as excelling in seed testing and analysis within state agriculture departments. Many women are employed in this field across multiple state agencies, reflecting strong participation in agricultural science roles.
A concise note highlights that many trades use tricks involving horses. The piece underscores practical skills and cautions against deceptive practices in equine handling.
The phrase suggests heart failure is linked to a range of misdiagnoses. It implies diagnostic challenges in distinguishing cardiac failure from other conditions, underscoring the need for precise evaluation and testing.
A cinnamon bear weighing 180 pounds rode in a claw torn car through San Antonio streets with Col. R. B. Pearson as chauffeur. The hunter-trainer roped the bear 150 miles west of Chihuahua and has brought it toward El Paso to tame it. Pearson has roped nine bears and lions in Africa, traveled about 2000 miles with this one, which still tests the trainer with fierce snaps and leaps.
Washington reports 83 million dollars of interest on temporary Liberty bonds awaiting owners. A total of 7,471,171 bonds, from various denominations, amount to 1.1823 billion dollars still held by owners who have not exchanged for permanent coupon bonds.
In Glencoe Illinois a two story frame house toppled onto rollers when a steel cable snapped during a transfer. Workmen halted the runaway at street level after the dwelling traveled downhill. Owner banker N Gillett stated the move left the house mostly undamaged.
The speaker reflects on life as a grand study that should not rush. Dialogue repeats appreciation for learning at a measured pace and valuing the journey over quick graduation.
The Cuticura Toilet Trio promises clear skin with daily use. The soap purifies the skin the ointment soothes and heals and the talcum powders and perfumes. Available for 25e everywhere.
Orville Wright spoke at a Dayton dinner praising the Caproni bi plane carrying 100 passengers. He recalled early scientists doubting flight and heavy, stable planes, comparing them to a village old lady who doubted a trolley would go and then could not stop.
The passage credits William Charel of Boston as the original inventor of the typesetting machine, noting a 1822 patent in England and about 382 years before Ottmer Linotype inventor Mergenthaler. It mentions 20 different typesetting machines that proved useless compared to Mergenthaler.
A fragment notes that ancient Egyptians crafted coffins using cork material. The reference mentions cork as a component in burial containers, highlighting an unusual early use of the material in funerary art.
Ten year old Maurice vies for a teacher's favor with gifts and plans. John brings a church entertainment ticket to win her attention. Helen offers a dance class party ticket. Maurice finally wins with a Mason’s supper invitation to dine with the teacher.
A Mount Hamilton like telescope shows high accuracy when air is steady. An authority notes double stars with nearly equal brightness can be measured if their separation exceeds one tenth of an arcsecond. One tenth second equals the apparent pinhead diameter seen at two miles.
A playful line from the Paul Dispatch features a quip about marriage and keeping someone in clothes. The banter centers on style and practicality in a lighthearted exchange.
Hamp Huff's bull wandered into Hanlan Kentucky and frightened a store owner after crashing a plate glass window. The owner seeks 75 dollars for damages. The animal then raided a department store and chased two Black individuals with a loud hat toward a bridge, prompting a man to jump into a stream. A rope incident ended the animal's town visit.
Sheldon Iowa reports George Rolfe attempted suicide by hanging from a windmill. His fourteen year old son cut the rope causing Rolfe to fall about fifty feet. He suffered a broken back but is expected to live.
In Denver New York officers cited Arthur Corise and Henry Keith each for heating pennies with a cigar lighter and tossing them on the sidewalk to spur children to scramble for them. Patrolman Terence Harvey retrieved a penny amid the incident.
A playful exchange centers on Peggy and Tin head falling in love, with one character expressing surprise at the other’s emotional state and the situation described in lighthearted dialogue.
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