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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1915
Page
4
A Belleview Ohio resident recounts relief from back pain nervousness and weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges women to seek advice by writing to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co confident in female staff handling inquiries.
Advertising copy promotes Cascarets as a 10 cent laxative that cleanses the stomach and liver, relieves indigestion and biliousness, and promises a clear head and sweet stomach by morning. It emphasizes harmless use for adults and children, with the claim that it works while you sleep.
A newspaper item notes that a man arrested as a fence wields political influence and hints at possible whitewashing of the case. The remark signals public scrutiny of corrupt practices and potential official complicity.
An advertisement urges heavy water intake to flush kidneys and relieves symptoms of kidney strain. It promotes Jad Salts a grape lemon lithia product claimed to cleanse kidneys neutralize urine acids and prevent bladder weakness.
A bright young pastor faces a small town church in the West while a beautiful widow attends. After the sermon she blushes at each use of the term dearly beloved as the deacon notes the need for a larger audience.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon caption has a character noting a new accident insurance policy that pays $25 a week if disabled after a fall on slippery sidewalks. A friend expresses relief while mentioning giving rubbers to a man claiming his shoes leaked.
A California business man credits Grape-Nuts with providing sustaining energy for a full morning. He describes starting the day with a small amount of cold milk and a touch of sugar, saying it avoids stomach overload and keeps him alert. The endorsement cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
A Brussels aid operation feeds destitute war refugees with 6000 gallons of soup daily from the Internat ional Express Company Van Gand stores. The staff includes former hotel chefs directing soup quality, with volunteers handling prep and distribution to twenty one canteens across the city under commission seals and the American flag.
In France a thriving funeral wreath trade has emerged since August. Wreaths decorate graves marked only by a cross and a tricolor, with shops offering immediate fulfillment. Elaborate wirework designs use tiny beads and many workers, while heartsease blossoms in purple and blue scripts spell Mort pour la Patrie.
Putnam County Journal country correspondent notes Possum Hollow as a real place. James Kenney visits his sister and helps cut and haul wood with other Kenney family members and neighbors including Will Brancomb and Dora Thompson. The Brenamcombs move into a rental from James Kenney and Mortimer Hill with Ruth. James Kenney is described as the most popular resident.
A six story New York house offers room and board to factory girls at four to four and a quarter dollars weekly. A sewing room with electrically connected machines lets residents make their own dresses. Each floor hosts single rooms with amenities. Miss Margaret Shearer, Bryn Mawr graduate, oversees the facility.
A terse exchange over gender wage equity features a man offering to support a woman's rights yet denying equal pay for women, followed by a blunt retort aimed at his wife. The dialog highlights dated attitudes toward compensation and gender roles.
The article notes Confucius used a small camel hair brush as a pen and that ancestors practiced with similar brushes for centuries. It mentions reed pens from marshy regions were hollow and cut into short lengths.
An editorial reflection on how lightly treating work for personal ends risks belittling effort and wields danger when the weaker party is implied. It cites Kipling's caution to urge seriousness in labor and social conduct.
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It describes symptoms of constipation in children and promises quick relief, noting a 50 cent bottle with full directions. The snippet ends with a joke about a bachelor praising a friend's wife’s cooking.
Made C J Johnson of Lincoln Minn famous for 243 bushels from 244 sown last spring. Johnson challenges readers to beat that in 1915. Salter Seed Co touts headquarters for alfalfa oats timothy clovers and farm seeds offering catalogs samples and vegetable seed packages by mail from La Crosse Wis.
Purports to cleanse and purify the scalp of dandruff while the Ointment soothes irritated skin. Promotes sample by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Ends with a quote about novelty.
Advertisement touts Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for feverishness headache teething disorders and stomach upset. Claims 26 years of use by mothers and 25 cent price at all druggists with sample farm address in Le Roy New York.
In Flatbush designers showcase artificial flowers with tiny incandescent lamps powered by hidden storage batteries inside hats. Bensonhurst wonders if stylish women want to lighten headgear or add illuminated flair.
A Brooklyn reader describes a long awaited gadget a tele scoping phonograph horn made of multiple sections that slide together for easy carrying Bensonhurst readers remark they value a device that could silence a neighbor's phonograph rather than the horn itself.
The Wife notes the gown is stylish yet not military in cut. The Husband contrasts the design with a series of tight corners, calling it difficult to exit. Published in London Opinion.
A minister and an indignant mother clash over the date of a christening. The minister recalls the 27th while the mother insists it was the ninth, recorded as the event proceeds.
The fragment suggests a widow identified as widow Se linked to the Jaggs brothers era. A London figure is cited with a vast wine consumption value of 7 950 000 dollars annually.
Comic exchange pits a Mexican group against a local rival over meals and fighting facilities. The exchange notes the fighters’ equipment appears superior to the dining provisions, illustrating a humorous clash between appetite and aggression.
A feature touting Western Canadian farming as profitable with modest capital. It cites Carl Dickan of Russian Poland who emigrated to Alberta in 1903, detailing his crop yields and assets. It highlights Buck Lake to Pigeon Lake area as ideal homesteading land with timber, water, fishing, and abundant game for settlers from the United States and Canada.
A humorous newspaper exchange questions printing serious poetry by amateur contributors in the humor column. The editor replies that amateurs may contribute to the humorous section, while reserving serious verse for other pages.
A fragment notes someone named Murtagh smoking a pipe under pressure. The quote implies a quick release or shot through the mouth as a dramatic action, with the phrase they’ve just shot it out in his mouth.
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a ready-to-use tonic that darkens gray hair naturally with repeated use. It claims dandruff reduction and less hair loss, suggesting application with a sponge or brush to a strand until gray disappears by morning and hair becomes glossy.
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