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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
4
Small bottle of Freezone promises quick relief from corns and calluses. Apply a few drops to the affected area with fingers and painless lifting removes hard or soft corns and bottom foot calluses without pain.
The article notes cottonwood trees are being cut down across the Southwest during certain seasons. Large numbers of these shade trees are sacrificed as cotton is dropped from the trees and the wood is felled.
Jim reported seeing a garter snake coiled around a garden hose outdoors this morning. The sighting sparked noticing the harmless reptile as a fitting moment for a humorous aside.
Mr Merlect M Gessner reports relief after using Bax tonic in Berling Illinois. He suffered ten years with stomach pain and vomiting which worsened. After taking Bax tonic he felt relief within hours and soon had no pain, able to eat normally and drink water.
A reader from Belmont North Carolina credits Milks Emulsion with restoring health after a severe influenza illness. The testimonial claims rapid appetite return, resolution of cough, and gained strength after using six to twelve bottles. It promotes bowel action, appetite, and digestion and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists nationwide.
A fragmentary item references a divided house and a modern note on fentanyl issues, suggesting political or social tension. The text appears as an OCR snippet with likely misread lines and unclear context.
There is one medicine that stands preeminent for kidney and liver cures. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is a gentle healing vegetative compound with quick, mild relief for distressing cases. Test sample available by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY.
A tramp responds to offers of companionship with a blunt remark that he cannot afford luxuries these days, signaling hardship and social isolation. The exchange captures hardship and dignity amid economic strain.
Advert reads that catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It claims Halu's Catarrh Medicine works through the blood to the mucous surfaces, restoring the Eustachian tube and preventing permanent hearing loss. The ad offers a free circular and lists RB. J. Chenery & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
A humorous note suggests many women would donate to charity if they could preserve the secret about their generosity. The remark plays on social expectations of discretion and benevolence.
The ad touts Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine as a defeating remedy for stomach troubles and related ailments. It cites a strong formula of bitter herbs and roots and promotes Tuiner's Angelica Bitter tonic for convalescence. Sold by Joseph Tuiner Company at 1338 Ashland Ave Chicago Illinois.
A brief quip contrasts truth with falsehood and jokes that false teeth beat no teeth, reflecting a humorous view on practicality over idealism. The line points to everyday concerns over integrity and dentition in a lighthearted way.
A humorous exchange features a patient asking if cucumbers affect everyone and a doctor replying that only those who eat therm are affected. The line reflects a pun on a misheard term.
Mrs Margaret Danzl of 743 N 25th Street Philadelphia credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from organic troubles and changes of life. She endured pain in the side headaches and sleeplessness before using the remedy and says it cured her when other medicine failed. She invites others to write for confirmation of her cure.
An old advertisement promotes Bayer Aspirin tablets for pain relief including toothache earache neuralgia and rheumatic pains. It stresses the Bayer Cross on packaging as proof of genuineness and notes affordable 12 tablet boxes and larger bottles sold by druggists.
A brief exchange recalls meeting Miss Daisy at a church fair as a chance acquaintance.
Trinidad Colorado early morning incident ends in the death of Lucas Ruiz twenty two a coal miner. Night Watchman Joe Atler says Ruiz drew a gun fired but it snapped. Ruiz then tried again and Atler shot him in camp. Martinez fled and not yet caught.
John Peraldo a Swiss resident near Inwood was found guilty by the New York court of special sessions of horrible neglect of husband and father duties. His wife and three children Linda six Tedith three and Joseph eleven months were kept in a tumble-down shack with animals and garbage fed to them after he fed a pig and dogs. He lived in a coop behind the yard and worked odd jobs for apartment tenants.
Mrs. Mary Watson, a young married woman, is hospitalized in London claiming she swallowed a mouse while asleep with her baby in bed. She awoke to the creature crawling on her chest and says it slipped into her mouth as she slept with her mouth open.
Eureka Cat Trinidad, one of the region’s oldest towns, will gain new life as a sea food company builds a whaling station this summer. Contracts have been let for a wharf and several buildings to catch and process whales into fertilizer chicken feed and other products.
Elkins West Virginia reports the jail is empty for the first time. Police chief Dallas G Wilrong, a bachelor, fled in fall to marry Miss Lottle G Wiltle.
When missionaries first reached Marsovan, Armenian church members retained many superstitions. They feared witches and used thorny branches arranged as a cross on chimneys to shield children. Graves of saints were visited and prayers offered for relief, with charms tied to a bush for healing.
The adage suggests that as need increases, appreciation for advice often decreases, reflecting a paradox in guidance dynamics. People may seek suggestions more when facing uncertainty yet resist or devalue counsel once options are clear.
A seasoned diplomat blends candor with charm, maintaining openness while securing broad public backing.
A rough stone tower near Auburnadale Mississippi honors early Norse exploration centuries before Columbus. Historians say Iv Norsemen landed on the northeastern coast and may have founded a colony. No ruins found but old stone walks hint at an ancient village site.
A Louisville Courier Journal quote discusses the phrase slow and steady in commerce. The dialogue questions how the adage vigake haste slowly evolves under modern trade constraints.
Jud Tunkins quips that his only objection to jazz dancing is it cannot spoil a man's technique for following a plow. He notes some men go broke while others lack funds even to go broke.
In Sulphur Kentucky eight vehicles carrying fresh vegetables crashed at a bridge. A dressing of gasoline from a trenk car apparently kept residents from protesting the accident.
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