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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
4
A courtroom moment reveals a witness who declines to state his business yet lists roles he holds including deputy sheriff city marshal and church janitor as he avoids direct answers in a Oklahoma case heard before Judge Pancoast.
A description of severe back muscle rheumatism linked to cold drafts and damp clothing, noting danger if chronic and recommending quick relief by reddening the skin with a flesh brush or rag and then applying St Jacobs Oil by gentle rubbing.
A country clergyman asks a boy about Bible parables and which he prefers. The boy mutters that he likes the story of loafing and fishing, prompting the clergyman’s quip about marriage and money.
A Michigan music student describes severe nervousness that hindered hours of study and practice. After switching from coffee to Postum, she reports steadier nerves, resumed practice, and improved daily performance. Her father, a physician, endorses Postum for patients. Read The Road to Wellville in the package.
A sweeping survey of famed writers who endured poverty and exile in final days. It recalls Ouida, Richard Savage, Chatterton, Swift, Dodd, Burns, Hutten and Saint-Simon among others, noting debt, hunger, illness, and even death in poverty or exile.
John R. Rockefeller and John Bendrick Kangs prepared to board a steamer for an ocean voyage. Kangs asks if Rockefeller is well heeled. Rockefeller replies Hmm and a humor note follows. Bystanders laugh as reporters wire verbatim reports to papers nationwide.
A rural anecdote recounts the prophet Mahomet selecting five mares as the best in his stud after a thirst test. The second tale shows a father remarking he runs two continuous performances to fund shoes and schoolbooks for thirteen children.
In a brief exchange Tess notes a quiet wedding while Jess jokes that elopement with a young scapegrace will lead to a noisy divorce, reflecting gossip from the scene.
A Saskatoon writer cites a Paynton Canada mover to Iowa, praising milder climates, abundant grain yields, wood and fuel access, game, fish, and affordable timber. He says oats can reach 100 bushels per acre and wheat 25 to 50 in good years, with strong stock country and opportunities for homesteads.
The ad proclaims a cure for catarrh claiming a constitutional treatment that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a hundred dollar reward for failure and directs readers to send for testimonials from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists. Also promotes Hall's Cathartic Pills for constipation.
A collage of old advertisements and quotes features Allen's Foot-Ease promising relief for feet and growing nails, Brown's Bronchial Traches claimed to ease throat troubles, and Lewis' Single Binder cigars touted for value. The text also sprinkles aphorisms and playful lines from Subbubs and Popley.
Mrs. Thomas Dunn of 153 Vine St Columbus Ohio reports over ten years of backache that exhausted her with headaches and dizziness. After using Deans Kidney Pills she experienced quick relief and a permanent cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A discussion labels a reformer as radical, claiming his proposals would disrupt social and business life. The speaker asserts the reformer would jail many who deserve confinement, highlighting intense opposition to sweeping changes.
A LeSueur Minnesota mother recounts her infant daughter's severe eczema starting at two months, spreading to face and head. After ineffective remedies, a family physician diagnosed eczema. Two months on Cutiura Remedies cured all signs, with the child’s skin and vision apparently restored by April and May 1907.
A playful verse by Charles S. Putnam from The Sunday Magazine ponders pronunciation and teaching a Hottentot tot. The humorous tongue twister riffs on tottering and tooting, asking what the tot should be taught and whether the tooter gets hot in the exchange.
The Irrigation Department reports hundreds of applications for the public lands mentioned in the last issue. It notes that refusing to yield when reason or special cause requires it is a mark of pride and stiffness.
A guide explains the blow pipe test to distinguish pure White Lead from adulterated paint before purchase. Genuine White Lead with metallic lead will revert to metallic lead under intense heat, while adulterated samples will not. The National Lead Company offers free blowpipes and instructions by mail from New York City.
A quirky excerpt from Squenunk features a youth railing against modern life. The clippings promote Pettit’s Eye Salve, Pazo Ointment for piles, a champagne note on grape squeezing, and bromine quinine laxative with signature E Grove.
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