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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1915
Page
4
In a hotel smoking room, men in civilian clothes trade boasts about wartime exploits. One self-proclaimed hero claims captures of officers and soldiers and a transport wagon before adding he is a photographer, prompting laughter at his bravado.
A brief exchange from the Boston Evening transcript features a rich man asking about love and marriage. The woman responds that she cannot promise love but would not object to marrying him.
I Get good backing. The line hints at strategy and support for rising to prominence within a group.
In East Brookfield Massachusetts Jaris Wood and his brother John led a grim estrangement that lasted 42 years after both wooed Miss Mary Squires. Jaris won and married, but John refused reconciliation. The men kept a bare farm, avoided talk, and even at funerals maintained distance until death.
Randal Rundal, missing for 21 years, bursts into a dining room in Lestershire with groceries. He claims to be the husband of Anna Rundal, who had remarried Henry Pickering after Rundal vanished. A police judge orders him to return to Warren Center and discharge.
Physicians study Mrs. William J. Fredericks a fifty year old Meriden resident who is gradually petrifying. Her lower limbs stiffen and arms fix across her chest while her mind remains clear and only her husband and a nurse can understand her sounds. She has been ill five years.
In Goff Kansas Ernest Jinks a blacksmith escaped a clothing fire caused by a gasoline explosion. He rolled in the snow to extinguish the flames and then returned to his shop. Jinks saved himself and put out the blaze afterward.
In Ilwaco a woodpecker caused excessive water pumping by shorting the signaling wire to the reservoir. An electric indicator controls when pumping stops and the bird’s perch and tail contact interfered with the depth gauge, leading to inflated bills for months.
In 1896 J Milton Williams of Tennessee bought a turning plow on credit from H S Speck of Morristown. Now residing in Little Rock Speck receives a $3.50 check with a note apologizing for the long delay and confirming payment of the debt.
Fragmentary report of an attempted wedding at a Baptist church. It notes a public declaration that the bride had been commanded to serve God in the missionary field, and that the wedding was abandoned. mentions Miss Isree as a participant.
The La Habra tank ship on a rough sea battleed blazing benzine after a blast blew off tank hatches. The chief officer and five men in a boat vanished as flames surged and other crews returned to the ship. Winds and waves eventually subdued the fire and left navigation gear destroyed.
London authorities have moved priceless manuscripts books and artworks to vaults and basements to shield them from air raids. The National Gallery Guild Hall and British Museum house safes basements and strong rooms while the city’s municipal records collection preserves charters from William the Conqueror onward.
In a London Tit-Bits style snippet, a soldier’s unmarried partner invites a widow who represents families of soldiers to her wedding. The widow declines due to her own wedding, joking that missing such an opportunity would be a fault.
Washington DC District building superintendent J M Ward introduces a sanitary air tower for hand drying. The device is a rectangular box with a top opening, powered by a blower and electric heater, distributing warm air to all hands. Foot pedal activates the system, ensuring hands do not touch any part of the device.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger transcription notes a witness’s lengthy testimony described as chatterbox by the defense lawyer. The judge ordered the pretty plaintiff to depart from the witness box after hours of questioning.
A noisy jumble of phrases shows a butcher and a man debating a bone, with uncertain questions about a shin bone and a casual exchange about availability and help. The text reads as garbled dialogue from a noisy market setting.
Fragmentary text markets a hair and skin care product with a Boston distribution and generic claims. It mentions a postcard address and a promotional vibe aimed at women, noting selfishness in others when people discuss themselves.
A Houston Post note recalls children learning to recite Old Ironsides. One girl at the line Aye, tear her tattered ensign down! shouted with feeling I’d tear her tattered inside out. A lighthearted moment from local school activities.
Salzer Seed Co notes Alfalfa boomed over 30 years ago and touts Grimm Montana Liscom Agr College strains. The La Crosse Wisconsin address offers a 20 cent bundle including catalogs and six seed packages plus a big vegetable catalog. A joke about a marriage dot appears at the end.
Mothers urged to examine Castoria bottles for the safe remedy for children. Advertisement highlights Castoria bears the signature and notes it has been in use for years. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
The copy touts Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops as stopping the tickle that causes coughing. It says the product is backed by druggists and praises a good business manager who lets others do the work.
A terse exchange as a lawyer greets a doctor with familiar banter. The physician responds with a restrained report that all is well, though the mood remains somber.
Western Canada shows early spring signals with farmers preparing seeders and plows while expanding emigration from the United States. Government agents report growing settler arrivals and rising grain demand, with high crop optimism despite some regional failures.
Fragmentary OCR from The Times shows unclear phraseology. Readable bits suggest a short item about a bound document or note concerning lending or loans, with no full names, dates, or events clearly identifiable.
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