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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1911
Page
4
A Munyon Remed y Company item touts a magazine almanac offering phrenology palmistry birth stones dream interpretation and beauty tips. It claims weights measures antidotes and amusements for the whole family and rural readers. Free delivery on request from Philadelphia.
The Yonkers Statesman quotes a mistress and servants discussing a butler named John seen smacking lips. The pretty waiting girl asks what he was doing while the mistress notes the act and hints at possible misdeeds. The exchange captures scandal mood in a home.
A concise aphorism attributes to Herbert Spencer the test of education as doing what one ought to do when required regardless of desire. It frames education as action aligned with duty rather than inclination.
A promotional piece extols a Cascaret movement claiming four hundred thousand adherents nightly and blessing daily lifters as the greatest asset, urging readers to join the crowd or miss the asset of life.
A Washington Times account recalls how a Roosevelt era secretary of the treasury, Shaw, carried apples in his traveling bag during trips. The anecdote contrasts with others in the cabinet and hints at questions about personal expenditures and spending habits.
Mrs Francis Lund of Plain City Utah recalls a severe baby rash on her child that became a solid running sore. After using Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment and soap washing the head cleared the eczema quickly and promoted healthy hair. She endorses Cuticura for scalp care and hair growth and requests a free Cuticura booklet.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Base antiseptic powder to be shaken into shoes to make tight new footwear feel comfortable. It offers substitutes and a free trial package with an address in Le Hoy New York.
A historical note presents the saying Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel attributed to Johnson. It frames a critical view on rhetoric used to shield questionable actions. The quote echoes debates on political manipulation and ethical boundaries in leadership.
Brief advertising snippet touts Dr Pierce's Pellets as small sugar coated tablets that regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels without griping. Aesthetic phrase extols modesty as merit enhancing figures in a picture.
An advertisement urges buyers to request the genuine Syrup of Figs by its full company name California Fig Syrup Company printed on every package. It notes the price at 50 cents per bottle and lists leading druggists as sellers.
A confused man bursts into a tailor’s shop claiming a $105 missing from his left trouser pocket. The tailor shows the trousers with various items in each pocket, including a watch, pistol, and cash. After paying five dollars for the tailor’s honesty, the man vows the worker will eventually return his pants.
A German female proponent of women’s rights urges compulsory domestic service for women to balance male military conscription. She argues that life in the kitchen could build womanhood and that a global trend toward culinary service might curb militarism. She notes the world needs cooks more than soldiers and warns that culinary conscription could spread Europe-wide.
A boy Willie recalls his first theater experience in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. His father asks for thoughts and promises another visit if he behaves. Willie says the first was awful but the second, shown to the family, is nicer.
A 17 year old girl told her mother she would not work and chose marriage instead. She wed a young man earning $8 a week before nightfall, in a case cited by the Boston Herald alongside another tale of a girl answering Mamie by saying she is married, not working.
A Texas physician recounts his bias against advertised foods and admits he never tested Grape-Nuts until a winter in Corpus Christi while visiting his son. He describes his early prejudice as harmful and outlines a candid, reforming realization about nutrition.
Spokane police arrest three men Stuart Moffett John Steele and Andrew Johnson on charge of anarchist plotting to assassinate Mayor Pratt during the election and to kill President Taft as he leaves the White House. The men suspected of involvement in Chief Sullivan's murder were watched after covert surveillance and stenographers captured conversations detailing the plan.
At Bologore in St. Petersburg a moving picture theater burned killing ninety people and injuring forty as a stampede after flames forced exits. The fire began during the film and many were crushed in the rush to escape. Death toll could rise to around 128 with about 300 spectators inside.
Detroit based Michigan Alaska Development Company officials Wilbur McAlpine Albert Boehme George Ross Frank Andrus Arthur Holmes McCurdy Le Beau and Chicago’s John Bushnell are indicted on conspiracy charges alleging they lured 200 to 300 stockholders with fraudulent Alaska coal land locations to violate 1910 entry laws restricting company formation and patents for large tracts.
A rugged Methodist minister famed for denouncing sin and praying plainly recounted a log meeting house scene in north Alabama. After a fiery sermon he watched young celebrants kneel at the altar, then prayed that they seemed penitent though they did not smell like penitents, per Youth's Companion.
Conversation reveals playful attitudes toward wagering in card games with Edna claiming kisses are the prize and Jack admiring a cheerful loser. The exchange highlights social norms around flirtation and games in a lighthearted domestic scene.
A Brookline man Christopher Holmes reports twenty five years of itching piles relief after first use of Resinol Ointment. He says only occasional applications are needed and claims the product is the best remedy used worldwide.
Conversational quip highlights a couple's harmony with a wink at daily disputes. The jest implies married life involves frequent differences that are kept private, reflecting a light social humor tone.
A fragmented OCR snippet features a para noiac remark from Mrs Hoyle and a Mrs Doyle remark about marrying an American. It also references sore throat as a serious illness and promotes Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a cure, followed by a Coleridge quotation about wisdom.
A drug advertisement promises PAZO OINTMENT cures for itching bleeding or protruding piles within 14 days with refund if not. It also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Garfield Tea for constipation, and a quote from Robert Greene.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a character insisting TV can’t go to jail, claiming to be building a shack nearby. The Philadelphia Evening Post text captures a rough courtroom exchange and a humorous tone amid legal proceedings.
Three youths Richard aged 12 Warburton 14 and Gordon 10 discuss their million dollar purchases Richard would buy a motor boat Warburton would spend on music and theater tickets Gordon jokes he would buy an automobile and spend the rest on fines The excerpt appears from Harper s Bazaar.
An advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a daily health aid aiding digestion and liver function. It features a masculine motto about inner struggle and warns against flattering women, urging use for constipation biliousness and impure blood.
A compact reflection on moral conduct quoting Rochefoucauld, arguing that doubting others is more dishonorable than being misled, framed as a aphoristic maxim.
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