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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
4
Paris reports Emile Tilloloy, blind and amputee from war injuries, found solace in Jeanne Delavoine. Their engagement announced, marriage planned for spring, ending debates on euthanasia and humane death for the disabled veteran.
An advertisement touts a remedy that acts on blood and glands to expel germs and prevent disease with a few drops daily. It claims safety, lists 60 cents to $1.15 per bottle, and seeks agents for SPOHN MEDICAL COMPANY. London officials face a quandary over a well preserved mummy dubbed Old Jimmy at the Mansion House.
Lawson Purdy, secretary of a charity group, warns that charity to the professional beggar wastes aid. A gaunt beggar knocks at a farm door on a cold December day asking for charity for the Christmas feast. A sharp retort from a farm wife offers to make wood for kindling instead of giving money.
A quoted speaker dismisses spiritualist sessions, saying they did not believe in seances and that spirits were effectively bottled up, adding wishful words about having such powers.
A traditional health ad warns that meat forms uric acid that weakens kidneys and causes back pain dizziness and urinary issues. It promotes Jad Salts a grape acid lemon juice lithia remedy to flush kidneys and neutralize acids with a daily spoonful in water.
A Omaha reader testifies twenty years of using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles and praises its effectiveness along with the Vegetable Compound restorative wash. The testimonial invites others to try it and notes confidential, womanly guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle natural tonic to aid the liver and cleanse the bowels without harsh side effects. It claims twenty five million boxes sold yearly and that Cascarets work while you sleep and cost little.
The Lowell Offering was the first American magazine conducted solely by women, published monthly from 1842 to 1849 by mill girls in Lowell, Massachusetts. Lucy Larcom was among its frequent contributors.
A brief dialogue snippet shows Maud praising the keen air and the morning energy, while Selle compliments her appearance, reflecting a playful domestic exchange captured by the Boston Transcript.
An old advertisement touts California Compound fig syrup as a child laxative with fruity taste. It urges mothers to look for the California label on the package and to follow full dosing directions on the bottle.
An old time advertisement urges readers to rub St Jacobs Oil on tender spots to quickly banish rheumatic pain and stiffness. It claims the liniment soothes pain in joints muscles and bones without harming the skin and invites a small trial bottle from any drug store.
A brief quip contrasts how quickly winter days pass with the heavy pace of coal. The exchange highlights the variation between time and labor, using a playful simile to reflect daily life.
An advertisement urges women to use Danderine to revive lifeless hair. It claims the tonic cleanses the scalp checks dandruff and shedding, restores color and vitality, and makes hair longer thicker and more vibrant. A 35 cent bottle is advertised at drug or toilet counters.
An advertisement urges buyers to seek Bayer tablets with the Bayer Cross to ensure genuineness. It touts aspirin as safe and effective for colds headaches earache toothache neuraglia lumbago neuritis and general pain and notes small tin boxes and larger packages are sold by druggists. It ends with a light aside about a wife and a quip about pink tea.
The remark jokes about delaying snow removal until temperatures rise for a proper thaw. It suggests a planned, slow approach to clearing streets rather than immediate action. No specific people or places are named.
A vintage ad promotes Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach and intestines, and stimulates bile production. It claims wide use in households worldwide for indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, sluggish liver, and related issues. Sold by druggists. try a bottle with no substitute.
A brief quip from the Louisville Courier Journal questions if there is more to rhapsodize about in Turkish music and suggests little material exists to celebrate. The exchange plays on cultural taste and musical pride.
A woman consistently laughs at her husband's jokes prior to attempting a touch. The behavior suggests playful timing in their interaction.
Stop the Pain The hurt from a burn or cut stops when Cole's Carboli salve is applied It heals quickly without scars two cents and fifty cents by all druggists For a free sample write The J W Cole Co Rockford IL Adv
Garfield Tea is advertised as free of harmful drugs and made from simple herbs. The notice asserts the blend is health giving and suitable for general wellness.
A fragmentary ad style note links Garfield Tea to digestion and health. It contrasts male financial embarrassment with feigned friendship and mocks a woman’s remark about a cloven breath signaling a cloven hoof.
Edward Skaring a Chicago mason plunged from a smoke stack 125 feet high in Milwaukee but a rope inside the stack broke his fall. He landed at the bottom with both legs fractured. In Mount Zion Ohio William Fritz a 60 year old farmer died of heart disease while at a neighbor's bier.
A wry note contrasts old log fires with modern disputes as a tenant argues with a janitor over heating. The piece uses humor to reflect changing domestic life and social friction in winter.
The statement notes a trend where most divorces are followed by one or more new marriages, reflecting ongoing relationship cycles after dissolutions.
A brief oddball note claims Garfield Tea is accessible at every drug store with no excuse offered for dyspepsia.
An unnamed local tale portrays a youth nicknamed Young Giglets as a rising nuisance whose boastful behavior leads to talk of dismissal from a position or role in the community. The piece frames the threat of job loss as a consequence of arrogance.
An advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes promising rich fadeless color on wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics with a direction book and color card. The ad notes dye directions and a dealer color card for matching materials. A second line mentions Russians who are religious avoid pigeons citing Scriptural sanctity of the dove.
Mrs. Anna J. Campbell asks for a divorce claiming prohibition era mixture his husband makes drives him into wild behavior. The filing notes the drink as the alleged cause and cites illness and discord in their marriage.
A vintage advertisement claims Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root is a pure non stimulant kidney liver and bladder medicine made from vegetables. It promises reliability with a sworn purity statement in every bottle and offers a 10 cent sample by mail from Binghamton New York.
A terse reflection on vengeance comparing it to a firearm that recoils more than it delivers damage. The line suggests the personal cost and futility of retribution rather than literal action.
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