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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
3
Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco tells of a persistent applicant who sought a city job. While resting on his cane the man leaned, causing the cane to slip toward a knot hole in a board walk. The mayor exclaimed there is an opening and urged him to try to fill it or see the board of public works.
A Maryland notice proclaims Dodd's Kidney Pills as a wonder cure for extreme cases of kidney trouble and related ailments. It cites Rheumatism Lumbago backache nervous disorders dropsy diabetes and Bright's Disease as improved or cured with many testimonials including Mrs. John Cooney.
Tickets on sale July 3 4 good returning until July 8. Ask Ticket Agents for particulars.
In a humorous note from London Tit-Bits a speaker recounts a woman boasting that her parrot talks well. When asked who taught it, she replies she taught the bird herself highlighting a cheeky domestic claim.
Round trip fare plus 25 cents applies for travel from July 22 to July 27 on the Queen and Crescent Route. Ticket Agent to provide exact pricing and conditions.
Chelsea Gazette quotes Bings sparking talk of a sprinter who cannot be beaten for running into debt. J F Boyer notes Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal for coughs and colds. Doudan reflects on ego and persuasion in a 1900 sentiment.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents claim to stop the cough and clear the congestion. The slogan asserts fast relief and promises a quick remedy, echoing early 20th century patent medicine phrasing.
This report explains bitter rot as a major apple disease in southern Illinois and Missouri, detailing its appearance, life cycle, and infection patterns. It advises removing cankers and infected fruits and spraying with copper sulfate and Bordeaux mixture to control spread, noting spores spread by rain and insects.
The article notes a surge of support for better highways with President Roosevelt and Colonel Bryan alike endorsing the cause at a St. Louis convention. Bryan urges national aid for roads, arguing roads benefit farmers and city dwellers, justify public expenditure, and promote rural prosperity and equality.
Instructions describe using a farm wagon and team to pull fence posts. Back wagon to post place a chain with slipknot, lay a 20 foot plank to guide, attach to next post, and pull each post into the wagon before moving to the next.
Nebraska Experiment Station tests compare forage plants for summer pasturage. One fifth of an acre of cowpeas yielded 21 days of grazing in 1900, with prior trials. Results indicate cowpeas exceed most crops in boosting milk yield and butter fat, second only to alfalfa. Across two years, cows produced more milk in 20 days on cowpeas than 25 days on sorghum.
Hints advise not spraying fruit trees during bloom to protect bees essential for pollination. Begin spraying early, avoid damaged foliage, and store poisons out of reach. Apply Paris green and Bordeaux mixture together when possible to prevent injuries from both insects and fungi.
East St Louis reports the flood crisis has eased with no direct flood deaths and unclear property losses. Elsewhere, El Paso notes Clifton Arizona bodies recovered and a death count around 31, while Chase Creek and San Francisco River flood waters sweep victims downstream and wreckage hampers recovery efforts.
The June wedding of Miss Ruth Hanna and Mr. Joseph Medill McCormick at St Pauls church drew a crowd led by President Roosevelt who attended with Mrs. Hanna. Out of town guests included Miss Roosevelt and numerous senators and cabinet members at the breakfast.
Fraser Iowa reports five men dead after a small boat capsized in the Des Moines river near Fraser. Victims include Thomas Coleman and four other Italian miners from Fraser coal mines. Coleman attempted to swim but disappeared. Separately, a mountain landslide near Spartanburg and Asheville, North Carolina, blocked Southern tracks and halted southbound traffic.
Maj W H Gibbes who fired the first shot of the civil war at Fort Sumter died in Columbia on Friday. He served as a gunner in Capt George James company and later as postmaster of Columbia under President Cleveland.
Miss Muriel Armitage of 36 Greenwood Ave Detroit District Organizer of the Royal Templars of Temperance writes that after five years of uterine irregularities hysteria and physical ruin she found relief with Peruna. She says six months and fifteen bottles restored her health and she now feels grateful and happy.
An advertisement-style description extols pelvic catarrh as a cause of female weakness and touts Peruna as a permanent cure. It urges nervous and non nervous sufferers to try the remedy and to write to Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for free advice.
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