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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
4
Mr C B Fizer of Sterling Kentucky reports ten years of kidney and bladder trouble improved after three months on Peruna and no pain since. Mrs Geo IL Simser of Grant Ontario credits Peruna and Manalin for a dramatic recovery after four years of illness. The ad asserts kidneys must stay active and Peruna provides needed support to prevent disaster.
The beauti ful wife laments poverty while her shifty-eyed husband boasts of unpaid bills. Gas and electric services are cut, the telephone disconnected for two months rent. He quips that visitors will think they are not at home, a Judge quote in the Bright Side.
Advertisement claims St Vitus Dance and other nervous diseases are permanently cured by Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Offers a free trial of $2.90 and a treatise from Dr R H Kline Sd at 931 Arch St Philadelphia Pa. Includes a Schiller quote on character.
Mrs Roosevelt pursues a national profile through art and music patronage, aims to create a National Academy of Art and a National Conservatory funded by government, and seeks White House records of china used by presidential families. The government also plans a federal Habitual Criminal Registry with centralized identification records.
The government plans centralized tracking of criminals and suspects. Bertillon measurements photographs and fingerprints will be sent to the central bureau from Washington for all convicts and suspects. Records of habitual criminals will be reviewed before hearings to determine potential sentencing.
A famed White House crow, said to have long headquarters on the north front, is described as a weather augur whose Easter forecast of rain altered plans for some White House staff. Guards and clerks note the bird’s age uncertain but wisdom clear, while Taft era ministers critique his nonconformist church habits.
An excerpt describes Secretary Taft’s perceived lack of regular church attendance and a scene where a dinner with Native Americans becomes tense. A dramatic moment unfolds as a knife strike signals grace at table, unsettling guests before eventual calm.
The speaker reports relief from the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills and credits two boxes with restoring health. He notes his wife and friends have used them with good results and recommends the product. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents per two boxes from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Christ Nelson, new to the United States, misreads a five day return instruction on his naturalization papers. He naively asks at the county clerk for guidance, then realizes no one is after him and leaves unsure if he is officially naturalized.
A third grade teacher notices a boy intensely copying the teacher’s handwriting and muttering dammit as he compares each letter to the copy. She rewards his focused effort with a smile and a pat, while the student quietly persists in his penmanship task.
A downtown broker of cheap mining shares notes a buyer offered 50 dollars for stocks with a paper value of 50 thousand dollars. The buyer aims to show creditors where funds vanished, a tactic seen in bankruptcy preparations.
A passage from Dr. Charles A. Eastman’s Schooldays of an Indian describes a white woman inflating an organ, its top board emitting a howl when pressed, and the curious narrator imagining how the box gains a voice and teeth, reflecting on how children are taught.
A Meorley Observer anecdote describes a Highland tourist learning there is no local doctor within 30 miles. An old woman explains villagers treat illness with successive glasses of whisky, declaring death only if three drinks fail to help, presenting a grim rural humor.
A testimonial claims Grape-Nuts food cured years of dyspepsia after using it every morning per doctor’s advice. The user states the family consumes four packages weekly and credits the product with predigested nutrition that eases stomach strain and supports the nervous system.
A Philadelphia Ledger item records a commuter asking about Hawkins of Stamford as he plans to move next door. The conversation reveals long acquaintance, with one party noting Hawkins as a first-rate, desirable fellow while humorously remarking on his small hat.
A parent recalls eczema beginning at three months. After trying several doctors and remedies with no relief, a friend recommended Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Within days improvement appeared and by six months the baby was cured using one cake of Soap and two boxes of Ointment costing $1.25. C. F. Kara, 343 East 65th Street, New York, March 30, 1906.
A Kentucky colonel recalls a gathering where a man claimed it was his birthday though the group knew the date had passed seven months earlier. They humor him as he misstates the occasion and learns it was his wife’s birthday instead, with gifts given for the mistaken celebration.
Personally conducted special trains via the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line leave early in July for the Pacific Coast. Special all expense tours at very low rates for round trip including sleeping car accommodations meals etc. Write for itineraries and full particulars S. A. Hutchison Manager Tourist Department 212 Clark Street Chicago.
A Rouen shop offers a poster showing a modern feminine compatriot of Joan of Arc in a Domremy cottage. The description links Normandy tourism with the heroine motif and notes spring themes.
Krause's Cold Cure promotes relief for head cold throat chest and back with 25 cent price. The ad mentions the spring poet by a fire, and Lewis' Single Binder Cigar from Peoria Illinois. A German motto proclaims where might is master and justice is servant.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference claims about dye, medical or smoking lines, and a quote from William Burleigh about opportunity. The readable bits mention Putnam Fade Les, Lewis single binder cigar, a Peoria factory, doctors opinions, and a promise of guaranteed success.
Cure for swollen sweaty hot aching feet. Available at all druggists for 25c. Accept no substitute. Trial package free. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A historic daring deed features matador Garrito on stilts facing a maddened bull. An ad promotes Garfield Tea as a herbal laxative claiming to aid constipation regulate liver and kidneys purify blood and improve health under Pure Food laws.
A Washington preparatory school instructor stated that each year a sheet of sea water 14 feet thick rises to the clouds. A freshman asked when this occurs and the professor implied it is a sight worth seeing.
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. F A Cheney Co Toledo. The undersigned certify F J Cheney of twenty years' standing as honest and financially able. Tiall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. price 73 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The czar has spent 18 months in confinement at a palace and filled intervals with composing music and writing verse. His poetry is polished and his music shows melancholic fatalism. Three years ago poems appeared under Olaf with music by Grand Duke T Assia. now he sets some verses himself. Nicholas II. owns a notable collection of violins.
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