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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
5
An 19th century advertisement claims morning tiredness signals poor blood and promises Hood's Sarsaparilla will enrich the blood to restore energy. It quotes Mrs. R. Merritt of Dowagiac Michigan praising relief from tiredness and a scrofula tendency after using the remedy.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the premier medicine available to consumers like Morey, claiming superior healing properties and efficacy over competing tonics. The copy emphasizes purity, natural ingredients, and the product’s ability to revive energy and health.
The Lake Country region in the Midwest lists Fox Lake to Madison and beyond as popular summer destinations. A pamphlet titled Summer Homes for 1900 offers a illustrated guide and costs four cents for postage applied to Geo. H. Heatford, Chicago. An autobiographer seeks publication with a sensational life story, promising a quick start if a publishing firm can finance and market his narrative.
A Kansas City Journal item recounts a stage moment in Enrea during Quo Vadis where Vinicius pleads with Petronius to forgive him, the bored audience reacting with loud laughter as a dramatic exchange unfolds. The snippet also mentions train times and unrelated ads typical of the era.
Mrs Thos Robbins of Maple Street Norwich New York testifies that Pizo's Cure for Consumption saved her life three years ago. The note promotes remedies and cautions about dangerous bottle prices and deceptive labels in 1900.
An old advertisement touts a laxative drug labeled Bromo Quinine tablets promising a one day cure for colds with a refund if it fails. It mocks refined expressions and claims all goods resemble Prizvan Fannirs in color and branding.
Polly and Jack Kerr raise funds and walk miles to Evergreens to adorn a grandpa's grave with a stone and wreaths. They rent, work for families, and receive kind help from May, the general's granddaughter, as their efforts grow into a real grave marker and education for the siblings.
The fragment features a speaker praising a flag and a grandiose claim while mentioning a rose bush with two roses and three buds. A question about picking buds appears, followed by a reference to Grandpa’s death for country and a family life cut short by a mother’s death.
A boy Jack and his sister Polly plan a humble headstone and flag for their soldier grandfather. They buy a ten cent flag, ink a simple inscription, and enlist help from a shopkeeper. Aunt Mary later leads a charity drive to decorate other veterans’ graves, showing reverence and community care.
The article argues Memorial Day should teach children its purpose, not just be a holiday. It suggests half mast flags and displays of leaders like Washington and Lincoln, along with family prayers, to center gratitude. It warns against overlong exercises and urges outdoor springtime activity to link memory with happiness.
Five small southern New Jersey villages unite for Memorial Day honoring sailors. Children carry flags garlands and flowers to a pier, march and sing, then cast blossoms into the sea as a bugle sounds and a salute is fired. The ritual honors those lost at sea and aims to move residents and visitors.
Carter Medicine Co. wins final injunction with costs against Chicago Label and Box Co for simulating Carter’s Little Liver Pills labels. Case, two years in court, now before Master in Chancery for final accounting. landmark victory for proprietary trade and druggists.
The piece recounts Robert Frank rising from self-supporting artist to earning commissions, including a hurried boxing kangaroo sketch. It then promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface remedy with testimonials, claiming internal action and a Toledo company backing.
A Philadelphia Bulletin exchange contrasts pride in an ancestor who signed the Declaration of Independence with a family divorce. The remark links historic pride to personal strife within the same dialogue.
Grain-O is pitched as a delicious nourishing drink to replace coffee. It aids digestion and strengthens the nerves, is not a stimulant, and is suitable for children and adults. Sold by rocers, it costs about as much as coffee, 15 and 2c.
A brief cartoon caption from the Indianapolis Press features a pessimist criticizing a slow waiter and an optimist retorting that longer wait makes the cheese better. The exchange humorously contrasts outlooks on a simple meal.
A historical notice promoting a remedy that claims to move the bowels daily for health, acts on the liver and kidneys, and cures sick headache. Offered at prices of 25 and 50 cents.
Our community welcomes Mr. Bul Jones back to his native town as an accomplished artist. Previously in Philadelphia he was famed as one of the best barbers at Hotel Blank. He now joins Tom Jonson ton sora parlors. Dropsy treated free by H H Green's Sons in Atlanta touted as leading specialists. An old bachelor quips about men and worry.
The article extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for feminine disorders, claiming lasting benefits for women nationwide. It notes Mrs Pinkham offers free counsel from Lynn Massachusetts and encourages women to write for advice.
A small cadre tends yearly to graves with U S colors, planting and caring for lonely plots as their ranks diminish. Mary E Averlish signs this remembrance of patriotic tribute.
The verse recalls May mornings, lilies by a garden gate, and a soldier’s resting place. A mother imagines wreath making for a fallen soldier on Decoration Day and recalls the farewell of those who died for their native land.
The idea of Memorial day began with Maryland women placing flowers on graves of federal and Confederate soldiers before Appomattox. Women in other states soon adopted the custom.
A Chicago Democrat notice notes the hundred-yard sprinter as a dashing figure, highlighting his speed and style in track lore.
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