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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1907
Page
4
The article notes aging bishops and archbishops still active beyond eighty: Methodist Bishop Bowman at 90, Episcopalian Bishop Huntington at 88, Catholic Archbishop Williams at 85, Catholic Bishop McQuaid at 84, and Methodist Bishop Andrews at 82.
Union Pacific announces daily through April 30 1907 reduced one way colonist fares from Chicago to western cities. Fares include 30 to Ogden Salt Lake City 30 to Butte Anaconda Helena 30 30 Spokane Wenatchee 33 to Everett Fairhaven Whatcom Vancouver Victoria Huntington Spokane 33 to Tacoma Seattle via Huntington Portland 33 to Portland Astoria Ashland Roseburg Eugene Albany Salem via Portland 33 to San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego plus many California Oregon Washington Montana Utah Idaho points. Contact W G Neimyer 120 Jackson Blvd Chicago MI for details.
When Capt. Ronald Amundsen left San Francisco for the east he arranged special transport for his dog. He said the dog is attached to him almost as much as he is to the dog and may be the only one of his kind to have made the north west passage.
Prof. Lyon William Phelps of Yale lauds Mark Twain in a Connecticut lecture, calling him easily the greatest American novelist in the nation’s literary history.
A Detroit machinist Robert Odbert recalls two years of rheumatic suffering with leg swelling heart pain and crutch use. After doctors failed to help his mother urged a trial of Dr Williams Pink Pills and he reports full recovery and renewed strength. Sold by druggists or mailed by the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY 50 cents a box six for 2.50.
Techniques for muffins and biscuits using baking powder or yeast contrasted for flavor and texture. Includes rice corn spread, biscuits, fig bread, and English muffins with detailed measurements and steps.
A housekeeper favors a traditional method for light muffins. She mixes flour with sour milk salt and sugar before adding soda dissolved in hot water, folds in a beaten egg last, and uses two cups flour one cup sour milk half teaspoon soda one teaspoon sugar half teaspoon salt and one egg.
Instructions describe soaking the foot to soften the callous then shaving away thick skin with a sharp knife while avoiding the soft skin. A paste of boracic acid, benzo-napthol, and lanolin is applied, covered with cotton, and kept on day and night to soften and remove the hard spots.
A bridesmaids luncheon featured a Cupid driven toy car centerpiece with a rice road and pink rose decorations. The bride elect, a pianist, posed with miniature Dresden piano favors as guests admired the playful tableaux and trimmings.
The article advises using a weak oxalic acid solution to remove spots from leather. Dissolve two or three oxalic crystals in warm water and apply with a cloth, watching for color change and rinsing with clean water to stop the acid. Dry with a clean cloth. use a weaker mix for bright leather.
A simple jelly uses one third box gelatin and three sour oranges. Soak gelatin in cold water, juice oranges, and mix with boiling water and sugar. Add peels, boil five minutes, strain into molds, then chill ten to twelve hours. Serve with whipped cream.
The article advises thorough stove cleaning with newspapers for the kitchen. It notes tops are wiped daily while sides gather dust and grease. Use a dedicated brush to clean the oven, then wash it, resulting in bread and cake with purer flavor.
An old newspaper fragment promotes a dye product claiming fast, bright color and even packaging, plus an unrelated Garfield Tea herbal remedy touting digestive and liver benefits. It references Lewis Factory in Peoria Illinois and quotes Geo Herbert urging kindness.
The remark suggests women often feel sole responsibility for a husband’s happiness, while attributing his sorrows to his own foolish actions. The comment reflects traditional gender expectations and marital dynamics of blame and burden.
Allen's Foot-Ease is a cure for hot sweating callous and swollen feet sold by all druggists. Price 25 cents with a trial package free. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York for the offer.
A warrant for a town meeting in Claremont New Hampshire spans over five feet and lists 41 articles. Residents prepare for the extensive ballot covering multiple local governance matters.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only true remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease and offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure. It notes internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces and touts testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio with pills for constipation also advertised.
An old man threatens to play football with a youth who returns to a location. The youth remains calm and notes football is out of season, defusing the confrontation with humor.
An eminent authority claims rheumatism and kidney issues arise from sour blood. He prescribes a home mixture: Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce, Compound Karyon one ounce, Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces. Shake and take a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime to purify the blood and improve kidney function.
The Cremona varnish vanished around 1760 with no rediscovered recipe. Theories abounded and Dod, who died in 1830, claimed to have rediscovered it. He had others make violins while he varnished them, and his varnish is highly valued. Varnishing a violin is often performed by a woman and can require up to 30 refinements.
A phonographic device wired to a burglar alarm calls the police by telephone when a break in is detected. If a window or door is forced, current activates the phonograph in the garret which contacts central requesting the police station and repeats the burglary details until answered. This alerts officers and traps the intruder.
A Montana man credits Grape-Nuts with curing years of indigestion and nervousness. He describes initial symptoms including blurred vision and irritability, then reports improved digestion, steadier nerves, sharper mental faculties, and a happier outlook after adopting the cereal.
Otto Yetting of Olds Alberta writes of prosperous farming years since moving from Michigan. He reports high yields for wheat oats and barley, 700 bushels of potatoes sold and 275 stored, cows yielding $41 each, and no grain fed beyond prairie hay. He notes government creamery and the homestead patent, urging others to seek low rates for Western Canada lands.
A frantic visitor begs a busy physician to rush to a nonemergency, only to discover the doctor will come if the matter is a game of whist. The servant relays the doctor will arrive in ten minutes for the card game, highlighting a lighthearted office whim.
Edward Wovell of Fort Crook Nebraska suffered for nearly fifteen years with itchy eczema on his hands arms and legs. After six days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent the itching stopped and the sores disappeared, leaving him feeling the best in his life.
In Galveston Texas Hilary K Adair the famed detective received compliments for an arrest whose method he declined to explain. He joked that criminals are caught by various means and shared a quip about a trap and a mouse.
A 1906 seed promotion from John A. Salter Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin advertises 12c postpaid for 1000 seeds and a free seed catalog. It highlights garden seeds including beets cabbage cucumbers lettuce radish tomato turnip and a bonus cauliflower if 16c more is sent. Also promotes Garfield Tea and Lewis cigar mentions.
Pianist Rosenthal arrived late and inspected rooms at the Majestic. He complained of green shades and noise from streetcars waking him. Manager Mann tried German stories to calm him while a gas pipe burst below and forced a room move at dawn.
A Salem Massachusetts contractor slept with his dynamite in bed to prevent freezing. The unusual measure aimed to keep the blasting powder warm, risking detonation and danger. No injuries reported.
Dr Hartman has many years of experience in compounding catarrh remedies. In Peruna he explains that harmony and proportion of ingredients, plus the method of combining non drug elements, create a superior pharmaceutical product. The value lies in skillful mixing more than any single ingredient.
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