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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
4
A Jersey newspaper editor received a reader’s grim query asking how to dynamite a stream. The editor’s reply suggested using four sticks of dynamite tied around the neck with a fuse and fleeing water to avoid harming snakes, a cruel joke found in All Outdoors.
In Amateur Gardening readers discuss starting a garden and list simple items they used for plotting ideas. One note asks if anything is planted yet while another shares unconventional tools like rubber erasers pencils and a fountain pen as part of the garden planning process.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura for nightly and morning face cleansing with Soap and hot water. It claims pimples or dandruff respond to Cuticura Ointment and offers a free sample by mail with a book from Boston. Sold everywhere.
The line recalls a festive farewell and a playful return to childhood meals with pie metaphors. The dialogue hints at change among eaters and the idea of returning to familiar tastes.
A reflective quip from The Christian Herald contrasts religious belief with domestic labor and male driven expectations. It questions how to soften a harsh world and suggests eternal hopes may outweigh material security. The piece cites gendered responsibility and social commentary on roles.
A two thousand strong corps works in New South Wales to destroy rabbits. Newfoundland’s Grand Banks yield the most fish. If current growth continues, the nation may rival Europe in wealth within fifty years. An English inventor patents a device to push printer hands away from danger during feeding. The Moscow great bell Kolokol weighs about 200 tons. Welsh coal owners reject a new audit to regulate wages. About one third of humanity eats bread daily. rice is a staple in many countries. London sees fewer public vehicles than two years ago. French tests show sugar slows photographic development. Static electricity from dusters used on incandescent lamps can break filaments.
The article describes Canada and the United States coordinating in wartime, with Canada boosting farm labor to support grain for the Allies. It notes high immigration of farmers to Canada, and predicts continued growth, especially from the United States, as war demands increase. Immigration figures from Ottawa show large rises, with settlers moving through Emerson, North Portal, Coutts, and Vancouver. The piece highlights increased livestock movement and land purchases, signaling a broader food-production strategy.
A compact devotional of quotes from Disraeli Jewett Tennyson Pascal Isa 53 and Helen Hunt Jackson Thackeray. It juxtaposes constancy hunger moral right and love with brief reflections on faith grief and labor. The collage evokes a late nineteenth to twentieth century sensibility in a succinct literary card format.
A rough, reflective piece notes hard work in gardening and questions women's satisfaction with heavenly styles. It warns against aging at forty-five and the ease of a smooth path, while comparing a millionaire’s limousine to ruts and a friend’s fickleness when another suitor arrives.
The doctor confirms the first diagnosis was correct and the exchange questions patient status with sharp wordplay. The speaker wonders if he is the first patient of the sick man. The dialogue centers on medical judgment and bedside banter.
Druggist Herbert Maxwell of Plymouth Massachusetts endorses Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a top kidney liver and bladder remedy. He reports eight years of use with only beneficial results and notes customer praise. Advertises sample and full-size bottles with ordering details from Kilmer Co.
A playful quip contrasts supply limits with mental growth suggesting constraints can foster clever thinking. The lines use rhyming wordplay to reflect on scarcity and wisdom.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes and use in the foot bath. It claims relief from painful swollen and smarting feet and bunions. The ad notes 25c prices and a free trial package, with address given for Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy, N Y. The Value of Second Thought follows as a humorous anecdote from a Cleveland Plain Dealer item about a man ruining a new silk hat and cleverly recovering.
Belle-Bob notes fierce smoke in the trenches while Beulah-Is questions the idea. A whispered hint reveals a birthday present promised for a serviceman. The plan is to send a smoking jacket as a keepsake.
A curt, comic note suggests the man who grumbles about washday would prefer his own dinner if he had done the washing, hinting at domestic humor and gender roles in a lighthearted record.
Fragmented verses comment on gender roles patience and pride with wry humor. The piece critiques stubborn opinions and social expectations using ironic analogies and playful diction.
The notice promotes Green's August Flower as a fifty one year family remedy for biliousness and stomach troubles. It claims to relieve sick headache nervous indigestion sour stomach and general low mood. Available in 25 and 75 cents.
A tramp pleads after door to door begging. A patriotic person refuses aid and directs the tramp to the kitchen for breakfast, noting the need and the hardship faced after miles of travel.
A humorous exchange centers on the idea of Eden and the first humans. A judge recalls a spouse’s repeated divorces, joking about remembering which unions were the first. The dialogue plays on biblical names and marital chaos.
An advertisement urges readers that freezone applied to corns or calluses relieves pain and removes all hard or soft corn or callus without harming surrounding skin. It claims a small bottle is inexpensive and available at drug stores or through wholesalers if not on hand.
Willis Bump talks about cleaning up a fortune by tearing down an eighteen story building he owns and planting the site with onions and potatoes. Gillis questions the plan and the pair discuss what might replace the site. The Town Topics piece notes that restraint is not always safety and that necessity spawns many inventions.
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