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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
4
A tense exchange erupts as a hungry customer berates a server over a long wait. Claudine, the waiter, defends the establishment with sharp humor and a lesson in etiquette. The Kansas City Star captures a moment of streetwise diner drama.
Sheriff Cline notes American gullibility in petty swindle cases. A man sought to lodge a complaint after sending money for an advertisement about “Instructions on what to do at the table.” He received only a slip printed with a single word “Eat.”
Louis Yvyne born in Italy fills out registration form but errs on the line for born by writing Yes instead of a place. The anecdote highlights a late registration mishap with a humorous twist.
In a lighthearted note, participants joke that growing hair is easier than composing poetry. The remark highlights a playful challenge and brings a smile to readers.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional cure for catarrhal deafness. Claims hearing loss comes from inflamed Eustachian tubes and that the medicine affects blood on mucous surfaces. Offers one hundred dollars for unrecovered cases and notes availability through druggists with free circulars.
A Texas girl asks an officer about Robert's location showing his picture. The officer reveals Robert near a balloon basket with his machine. The guard escorts the girl to Robert’s company where he embraces her, ending with the phrase she never misses his machine.
In a terse exchange the speaker recognizes dark obstacles to happiness and confesses the looming winter will be harder due to not receiving coal. The dialogue frames hardship and resilience amid scarcity as a personal economic burden.
A fragmentary item notes confusion over a figure named Jinks and a dialogue about allegiance or status, with terse murmurings of a planned joining or shift in position. The passage hints at social conflict and uncertain loyalties within a troubled upper class.
A collection of quips about path, truth, marriage, and everyday behavior. The notes poke at human folly and common town life with humor, referencing missteps and small heroics. The tone is observational and lightly critical about social norms.
A string of aphorisms critiques male finery and domestic life, warning about loose habits and debt in marriage. It notes defective matrimonial ties ruin thought, age signals, and that a husband must pay bills for a happy marriage. It mentions skirts sparking gossip about family secrets.
A collection of wry observations on apartment marriages vaudeville acts and hotel room decor. The piece notes how some hotel managers know as much about entertainment as actors and managers and comments on strikes, peace talks and old fashioned ways.
A collection of humorous aphorisms on fortune, temperance, finances, and life drawn from the Philadelphia Record. The quips contrast wealth strategies with alcohol debates and include lines on experience, weddings, and boxing.
A reflective meditation on warfare and arms in society contrasts past and present trends. The speaker notes the shift from simple items like paper collars to modern weapons and questions national willingness to support belligerents, referencing public skepticism and media prompts.
A concise meditation argues experience sharpens judgment and warns against overreliance on warnings. It notes that aspiration narrows view to one side, while possession clouds other aspects, and that solitude fuels imagination as society benefits character.
An 1890s style testimonial touts Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a liver and blood purifier. It claims to cure weakness indigestion and back pains by removing impure matter and offers a trial package for 10 cents from Buffalo New York. A Mrs Anna Bushaw credits it with restoring health after liver troubles.
A hospital doctor and a Red Cross nurse, engaged, are drawn together by shared crafts. He knits bones while she knits sweaters, illustrating their parallel passions despite different roles.
A vintage remedy notice urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs for sick or constipated children. It claims coated tongues signal upset stomachs and promises gentle cleansing within hours without griping. The ad warns to buy only from the California Fig Syrup Company to avoid counterfeits.
In an exchange from the Philadelphia Record two men discuss Dolittle’s extreme insistence on social etiquette. Buggins notes he only goes to work if he has an engraved invitation, illustrating Dolittle’s rigid formalism and obsession with small ties of social form.
The Guticura Toilet Trio offers a soap to cleanse and purify an ointment to soothe and heal and a talcum to powder and perfume. No toilet table is complete without them. 25c everywhere.
A playful wartime memory recalls a boy Ned who, after a hornet encounter last summer, spots a second hornet at the window and exclaims in a childlike military tone about its sting and precision.
An advertisement extols Knowlton's Danderine to stop dandruff and falling hair. It promises soft, lustrous hair within minutes and new hair growth after two weeks, claiming easy, inexpensive use and wide drugstore availability.
Readers note a sensational line from the Buffalo Express provoking discussion over domestic life and public morality. The excerpt contrasts comic tone with serious insinuations about marital strain and accusations in published content.
An old advertisement promotes GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER as a gentle laxative and digestive regulator for a disordered stomach and inactive liver. It claims to cleanse the alimentary canal and stimulate bile production, with worldwide sale and a persuasive trial pitch. The note ends with a Holmes quote about lies and bravery.
An old home remedy ad touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure for aging ailments including bladder and kidney issues. The copy claims rapid relief from backache joints rheumatism and other pains and warns of serious diseases if untreated.
A collection of quips and witticisms about fire insurance timing and luck. The notes lampoon modern life with pithy lines on spontaneity, apologies, and amateur photo ethics.
An old advertisement promotes Cole's Carbon salve to stop burn and cut pain quickly with no scars. It offers 25c and 50c sizes through druggists and a free sample by The J. W. Cole Co. Rockford Ill. The copy also contains an offbeat remark about married couples.
A sharp line compares an automobile driver needing a new inner tube in his head to an unusual repair joke. The remark plays on mechanical slang and urban humor without naming people or places.
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