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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
4
A wandering salesman criticizes a town on Memorial Day calling it rotten and noting he did no business. He writes home that residents decorate graves on the west but ignore the east side, comparing the cemetery to the town’s worst product. The scene is relayed with sharp, biting tone.
Advertisement touts Cuticura products for sore hands with a quick healing claim. Recommends hot Cuticura Soap suds, drying, then applying Cuticura Ointment, removing excess, and mailing for a free sample with a booklet. Mail address given for Boston department. Sold everywhere.
A North Alabama man boasts a tiny backyard garden of many vegetables and a brassica campestris yellow flower seedling. A neighbor misinterprets it as turnips and the man hints at future growth while joking about city rules and practical economy.
An advertisement promotes a cereal mix claimed to supply mineral salts and energy from whole wheat and barley. It emphasizes easy digestion and quick energy with a delicious flavor.
A historical piece reflects on Independence Day origins and the birth of the United States. It praises patriotism, virtue, and civil liberty while criticizing trivial celebrations and urging dignified observances through public games, music, and noble leadership.
Poem fragment showing a grizzled bell ringer amid crowd awaiting a sign of independence. The old man fears no signing yet, while July sunlight and air carry portent of a nation’s birth and the ringing iron tongue proclaims liberty as voices rise and flood the square.
A brief patriotic note extols the Flag of the Union of States emphasizing unity among lands and people in a ceremonial recital of national ties and shared allegiance.
The excerpt discusses writers ages at works like Shakespeare and Whitman, a noted immortal Shelley reference, a Bible color symbolism note, Whitman Leaves of Grass period, plus an ice shaver invention and roles of women in industry and war reporting including Fraeulein Thea von Puttkamer with the Turkish forces in Mesopotamia.
A collection of wry maxims on human behavior and relationships. The lines joke about business, marriage, rumor, and personal faults, noting how truth, love, and balance shift with time and circumstance.
A Canadian bank vice president, formerly a farmer, argues the farm is the chief wealth source. He notes wartime gains, high food prices, and the need to secure and develop land in Canada and the United States to meet rising global demand. Governments push land access and investment for farmers.
A short humorous reflection on fear and desire in men and women. The speaker notes that no man is immune to being frightened by a woman and jokes about life’s turns and aging as Old Man Time wrinkles everyone.
A compact reflection on proverbs comparing talk to fruitless effort and self awareness. It notes skepticism toward idol worship by highlighting knowledge of the gods’ composition, and cautions humility when resources are scarce. It ends with a line about wine and personal restraint.
Popular Science notes microbes avoid gold coins while paper money harbors them. In Chinese farming regions pigs pull small wagons. Birch bark oil fuels southern industry. Tests show a red globe light repels mosquitoes, ordinary light attracts them. A German inventor creates an unusually hard artificial wood from sawdust and magnesium chloride.
A Cincinnati authority says corns can be removed harmlessly with a few drops of Freezone applied by finger. A small bottle sold at drug stores can rid feet of corns or calluses with no pain. The solution dries on contact and does not irritate surrounding skin. If a druggist lacks Freezone, ask for a bottle from his wholesale house.
A satirical line about Germany ordering a census of all shoes is paired with ad snippets from Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Co offering to buy broken or worn sets, and a domestic supply firm in Binghamton paying up to five dollars, plus a note on kidney trouble affecting vigor and cheer.
A note invites readers to write to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts for special advice. It promises a woman will read answer and keep it confidential. The message emphasizes personal and discreet consultation.
A fragmentary item notes extreme temperatures in La Guayra Venezuela 100 day and night. It mentions a busy bee teaching a lesson and references a rose diamond with facets. The legible content is sparse and unsettled.
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