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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1916
Page
6
Jared Dunn, famed as Bridgeton’s weather oracle, predicts clear skies and a dry spell. Vera returns Honolulu the stolen goose, shoring up his heart and paving a reconciliation with his nephew Harvey, with a new home promised for the engaged pair.
A wild goose named Honolulu, in Jared Dunns poultry yard, gains fame after a dropped arrowhead leads to archeology interest and meteorological fame. Jareds weather forecasts miscredit him while Honolulu proves a natural barometer as Vera and Harvey Morton seek a future beyond poverty and distance.
The article explains how leeches were valued as early medical aids and describes their anatomy and feeding. It details their cup like suckers, three toothed jaws, and the way they cut fish scales to access blood. The leech swells to two to three times its size and rests in mud during winter.
A physician argues nervous prostration is a matter of social station. He cites a society girl whose nerves stem from parental dictation and worry over marriage, while contrasting the industrious wife heard doing family wash and vocal exercises.
Fragmentary OCR paragraph mentions Pennsylvania state zoologist and a misquoted phrase about snakes and geese. Content is unclear and reads as garbled speech without coherent events or factual details. No identifiable persons, organizations, or places beyond generic references.
A 10 cent Cascarets box promises thorough cleansing of the stomach and regulation of bowels. It claims to remove sour foods and foul gases, reduce bile from the liver, and expel constipated waste while you sleep. Millions use it occasionally for headaches, biliousness, coated tongue, indigestion, sour stomach, or constipation. An ad also notes a new electrical process turning sawmill waste into charcoal.
An old remedy claims four ounces of Salts from a pharmacy mixed in water before breakfast can flush the kidneys and stop bladder irritation. The advisory notes meat can burden kidneys and that Jad Salts, made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, is a harmless, affordable remedy used for generations.
The Peninsular and Oriental line steamer Maloja was sunk by a mine in the Straits of Dover with more than 150 lives lost.
The Provence, a French auxiliary cruiser, was sunk in the Mediterranean likely after hitting a floating mine. It carried troops to Saloniki and many died while about 700 were rescued.
The nation plans its first Baby Week from March 6 to 11 as a government effort to protect infants. Central to this are key aides to the children's bureau including Miss Julia Lathrop and Dr Grace L Meggs, with Mrs Etta R Goodwin and Mrs Max Weat participating in the preparation and outreach.
A collage of historical notes covers naval origins of the word admiral, Canadian military recruitment, and famed Baltic Berlin egg dealers. It notes 1,415,000 Canadians in uniform, a British naval leader at age 70, vast pencil production, illicit distilleries seized in 1909 and 1915, and rising U.S. population from 1880 to 1915 with Civil War-era comparisons.
A week after a visit to the president, Uncle Sam is housed at the Washington zoo. Sent by Judge G. KF. Patrick of Ouray Colorado to symbolize Colorado's endorsement of the president's preparedness program, the figure’s size and temper made him an unwelcome guest, leading to his enclosure at the zoo.
Asphodelia Twobble seeks an outlet for her soul and muses about a shift into art She asks if she can paint and answers only for her own face but longs to smoke cigarettes and drink tea in an atelier.
A fragmentary dialogue quotes Mr Jobson reflecting on germs and money. The text suggests a warning about greed and risk as a man with a large roll of bills embodies peril, inviting contemplation of vaccination or safety.
A man of wealth questions his son's future as he lectures on ambition. The youth retorts that his reputation as a dancer proves his value despite the father’s claim that he is a nonentity. The clash centers on fame versus earnings and respect.
In a brief exchange, Mr Wadly questions Jobson about lateness as the staffer explains he was reading war news in the morning paper. Wadly answers that the man may devote his time to becoming a war expert if lateness recurs, implying a firm warning.
A Chicago inventor patented an attachment that lets a phonograph be used as a burglar alarm. The device likely detects tampering or movement and triggers the record playback or alarm as a deterrent.
A man recounts starting coffee in childhood, suffering nervous spells and poor sleep, then swapping to Postum. He credits Postum with better sleep and reduced nervousness. The advertorial piece promotes Postum Cereal and Instant Postum from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
Readable text describes taking hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels as an internal bath. It claims purifying effects and notes it is inexpensive and tasteless. Contains casual dialogue about golf balls and class.
Sir Thomas White outlines taxation aimed at profits over seven percent for incorporated firms and over ten percent for partnerships. Exemptions include life insurers, small-capital companies, and farming or stock-raising. Additional duties target apples and certain oils, with farmers largely spared.
The dialogue notes Ola Mr Grabcom's rapid precision and questions why his quickness appears tied to how he calculates loan interest. It hints at a causal link between interest methods and daily conversation pace.
A head describes a sinecure role as merely managing a joint for about ten minutes. A bookkeeper wonders what one would do if in charge, while a shipping clerk notes the sole activity is going out for lunch. The dialogue conveys a humorous critique of idle tasks.
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