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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
4
The piece notes a young speaker prone to boastful talk and mocks a critic in court. It reports a public figure fined twenty dollars for casting a disdainful glance at the Darmstadt supreme court judge. The tone blends satire with legal irony from the grand duchy.
L S Gorham of Olympia Washington recalls six years of back pain from a cold after getting wet. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring regular kidney secretions easing backache and lameness. He used six boxes and claims the trouble never returned. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A fragment highlights good value and unexpected delights in seeds at bargain prices, noted for a warm rural tone and cheerful sale vibes. The brief hints at practical buying and small pleasures from garden supplies.
The John A. Salter Seed Co announces a special catalogue driven by large seed crops. Remit this notice today to receive radishes and a free Bargain Book plus a package of Cosmos. Based in La Crosse Wisconsin, the ad hints at reforms by eminent gentlemen without direct relevance to the offer.
The Nickel Plate Road promotes its popular eastbound passenger service with attentive staff, clean cars, and comfortable sleeping and dining options. It emphasizes ladies travelers, uniformed porters, and full ticket information through General Agent Y. Calahan in Chicago. Fortune's wheel remark ends the passage.
A short, satirical notice mocks churchgoers and a claimed cure for coughs during services. It mentions Anti-Groone, a price of 25 ets, and an appeal to Deere & Mansur Co for a free booklet on “More Cert On the Same Acreage.” Itinerants advertise a money order scam.
Uncle Eben warns about a boastful man whose bragging masks real tricks. The dialogue mocks a magician type who shows nothing up his sleeve yet claims integrity, with dialectal narration highlighting mistrust and duplicity.
Pronounced reflections on political life and human behavior attributed to Puck. The fragment cites Benjamin Frenken as a notable figure and quotes Pranchino on how people judge and imitate each other. The text explores vanity, hypocrisy, and moral posture in public discourse.
Mrs J C Aey of Seventh Street Des Moines Iowa was nearly starving and weak after a gastritis misdiagnosis. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with stopping vomiting and restoring strength and appetite in two weeks, enabling her to resume duties at home. Pills sold by all druggists and Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
An eclectic summary notes Maine teachers pay at 1.2 a day for 313 days, Germany's 42569 winter university students with Berlin housing a fifth. It mentions Kingston Canada opening a marine school, Cardinal Gibbons ordaining priests, missionaries in New Zealand, a Wesleyan hymn book sales milestone, and historical shifts in German higher education from 1891 to 1902.
An Iowa clergyman recalls starting coffee at age 20, suffering nervous weariness and insomnia, quitting, relapsing, and finally trying Postum Food Coffee after a friend praised it. He notes ongoing health improvements and a shift away from coffee, describing it as a necessary evil in his search for relief.
The Bureau of Plant Industry received about 620 seedling truffle oaks to distribute to prospective U S cultivators. About 25 growers, mainly in California, have already received seedlings. French native oaks produce the prized truffles, and the department warns of difficulties in soil and climate adaptation, requiring French expertise and fresh truffles for spores.
A Hongkong report claims the Macao quake scare stems from crabs rather than dragons. An old woman’s fisherman son brought home crabs with a white relief design on the shell, a village prophet warned of calamity, and the king crab’s anger, the tale notes, caused the tremors.
In 1905 Allegheny county Pennsylvania including Pittsburgh lists 17 700 killed and injured in mill and railroad accidents. The tally surpasses Fredericksburg Bull Run Gravelotte and other war losses, arguing industry captains drive greater danger than war with no excuse.
A Selma Alabama woman describes severe face and body eczema diagnosed by two doctors as the worst form. After a year of treatment without success, her husband bought Cuticura Remedies and, using Resolvent with Soap and Ointment, her skin cleared after six months.
Advertising note claims Allen's Foot Ease helps swollen and aching feet with a trial offer and 25 cent price. Mention of footwear size changes for women. Concludes with address for Olmsted in Le Roy New York. Separate line notes boarding house keepers reacting to lumber price increases.
An advertisement claims a guaranteed cure for piles with Pat Ointment and offers a Garfield Tea sample in Brooklyn New York. It promises reimbursement if the remedy fails and nudges readers to forward the offer despite a rhetorical aside about judging friends.
A promotional note touts cures for colds and itching with Bromo Quinine tablets and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. It claims money back if ineffective and lists Dr. Detchon Crawfordsville as mail order contact. Also mentions a bigamist conviction and a price of $1 for a lever sale.
The Waldorf tells of a Pittsburg millionaire over 70 who fools his son and nephew on a New York visit. They dine with him nightly then glimpse him in a gilded club as a champagne spilling actor helps fulfill the ruse. A moral about accountability ends the tale.
A photographer praises a woman's hand and the Postum and Grape-Nuts campaign. Mr. Post uses the image with no name to welcome friends, and the hand becomes famous across January February magazines noted as possibly the most perfect hand in the world.
A chest of warnings about female health notes rising operations in hospitals. Miss Luella Adams shares a cure story with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ending tumor and urging women to seek her free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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