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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
4
Toomsboro Georgia resident Mrs C F Phillips testifies she suffered weak backache and nervous tension from irregular periods. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and can work again, praising its effectiveness for similar troubles.
A New York Sun report notes a rare scene where a man in a salvay setting helps elderly women to seats. The piece also recalls a later uptown restaurant moment where a middle-aged woman asks a stranger at the table if she may smoke after finishing dinner.
A coating of magnesia cement on mine timbers is described as an economical and efficient fireproofing method. It helps protect timber in arid regions where wood is highly inflammable and difficult to replace.
A humorous dialogue centers on perfume priced at fifty cents a dram prompting a quip about buying by the drink. The vignette shifts to a call to focus on a suspect’s future actions rather than past deeds.
Mrs. Cora M. Jackson of Terre Haute Indiana reports dramatic relief after taking Tanlac. She describes severe nervous collapse sleeplessness and widespread rheumatic pain before therapy. She now feels steady and strong and urges others to try the medicine as sold by local druggists.
A playful exchange notes a broken engagement ring left for the next suitor to admire. The woman explains she will return it but will wear it awhile to set a standard for future suitors. The Boston Transcript cites the anecdote as a humorous take on courtship expectations.
An advertisement urges buyers to ensure Bayer branding on aspirin tablets to receive physician prescribed genuine aspirin. It promotes Bayer tablets for colds, headaches, neuralgia, rheumatism, earache, toothache, lumbago and general pain with small tins and larger packages available from druggists.
A witty Idaho Yarn line notes a man asking a girl to marry him amidst modern comforts as revealing true unselfishness, calling it the eighth wonder of the world.
Druggist reports show many suffer kidney ailments without knowing it. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root praised for improving kidney function and general health. Insurance officials note kidney disease causes many declinations. Sample bottle offer via ten cent request to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
A woman who harshly hurried departing visitors was praised for an overdone hospitality habit. She told lingering guests it was sweet they stayed so long, then expressed relief as they left. The vignette hints at social tension in farewell rituals.
Catarrh is described as a local disease influenced by constitutional conditions. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is marketed as a tonic and blood purifier that cleanses the blood and builds the system to restore normal conditions, enabling Nature to do its work. Circulars free from EF. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Dallas News notes a change in perspective from viewing wedding invitations as social wins to facing a new reality where a daughter’s wedding expenses appear among monthly bills.
Two children discuss day and night and how the earth moves. One asks if it turns around and around, the other explains the axis and ongoing rotation. They joke about the axle getting rusty if not oiled.
A vintage style ad promotes Allen's Foot Ease to soothe swollen feet and foot pain, claim relief from corns and bunions and ease new shoes. It touts a painless break in and comfort for tired feet with five Allen's Foot Ease.
In a household scene Mrs. Morgan scolds Sarah for her lover wearing white. The maid defends him saying she has hinted but he won’t listen. Sarah finally declares she told him plainly that he looks like a black snake in cream, and that is all she said.
A quotation attributed to Alexander Walker emphasizes that harming a woman degrades the man, while uplifting her elevates both. The message links character with treatment of others and calls for reciprocal honor.
Nora recalls Harry being visibly down after speaking to her father, descending three flights of stairs.
A cryptic remark contends that humanity will gradually learn to abandon certain beliefs, suggesting a slow cultural shift away from established ideas. The statement frames education as an evolving process shaping what people accept as truth.
A brief dialogue centers on a man proposing to a woman after a long silence. An unrelated advertisement follows for Cuticura products promising soothing relief for baby rashes with soap ointment and talcum.
An amused Englishwoman boasts of managing a Russian servant with gestures since neither speaks. A later visit reveals the servant misunderstood, scrubbed the kitchen floor on the dining table, ruined it, and now smokes the mistress’s cigarettes in the kitchen.
A scrambled OCR fragment from the Rouisville Courier Journal hints at a mathematical services topic and a chauffeur exam. It references a government issue and local context with unclear names and places.
A fragment reflecting on social exclusion and the limits of knowledge. It critiques the idea that obedience equates to victory and notes a disdain for ostentatious gatherings. The voice laments men filled with useless knowledge and ordinary people left out of house parties.
On a 15 minute high seas encounter during a storm the six foot tentacled cuttlefish attacked carpenter John Taggart and crew, injuring several men. Sailors armed with improvised weapons finally killed the beast and displayed its body in port.
Cincinnati railroad disaster ends with Frank Meyers, a Covington Kentucky locomotive engineer, pinned under a fallen trestle beam. As rescuers work frantically, he calmly writes his will on a scrap of paper, bequeathing all to his wife, and signs it with two witnesses before dying.
Homer Bartlett of Jacksonville Florida attended his mother Marion Bartlett's funeral in Hartford City Indiana. He did not know of her death until he encountered the funeral procession while en route to the church. Bartlett had driven from Jacksonville after hearing his mother was ill and arrived as the funeral party was leaving.
Bloomington Ind Women students at Indiana University will receive etiquette instruction in private and public life. The sessions, led by Dean of Women Miss Agnes H Weiss, will be voluntary and not part of regular coursework.
Franklin Missouri reports Mary Francis Campbell age sixteen has wed her third husband James D. Hall after divorcing Carl Dickinson in Fayette. The sequence shows widow, divorcee and bride in rapid succession as the union occurs.
In St Louis Edward Sachse fatally shoots Adolph Masson and immediately kneels on the sidewalk to pray for his victim.
Richard Bennett recalls a farm anecdote about a blind horse and a $5 reward. A nineteen year old with a harelip leads the horse to the owner and earns another $5 by explaining the horse’s instinctive choice. The page also recounts a nocturnal drug store anecdote and notes the Atlantic Ocean’s vast area of 80 million square miles.
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