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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
6
A vintage advertisement touts GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER as a universal cure for constipation indigestion and nervous dyspepsia claiming relief after a few doses. The copy notes it is a gentle laxative sold worldwide and urges readers to ask a druggist. A comic parade anecdote follows featuring a dialogue with Uncle Rastus and Aunt Chloe about medals.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura products for baby rashes. It touts Cuticura Soap for soothing baths, Cuticura Ointment for gentle application, and Cuticura Talcum as a finishing dusting, priced at 25 cents each.
A fragment captures a debate about gender order with lines about who is made first and who controls money. The exchange notes money must be earned before a woman can spend it, highlighting dated views on gender and economics.
A quip notes the bald eagle as emblem with a jab that the nation has no use for heirs apparent, reflecting political humor about leadership succession.
Gates G. Carstairs at Yale denounces professional beggars and recounts a Red Nose beggar tale. A brother in Germany's army shared a trench-line anecdote about a German behind bushes claiming the war’s end.
A columnist weighs in on the long use of flat meaning a suite of rooms on one floor. The piece notes that selecting apartment implies one room, and argues language favors traditional terms over newer judgments.
A collection of 19th or early 20th century style lines mocks women and marriage. It contrasts women and men, notes jealousy and vanity, and jokes that praise by agents signals ugliness, while perseverance wins affection.
A collection of humorous quips from RE W Howe on civic politics manners and grammar. The items poke fun at Republicans and republics social pretensions strangers in town eggs bought in a store and the vanity of pride as life constantly humbles.
James Allen reflects that noble deeds begin as impossible yet are pursued through consistent action. Happiness cannot be bought and must be created, while well-doing is common but sustaining it is the race of life. He urges guarding thoughts from gloom to sustain effort and achievement as the crown and diadem of effort.
A Dallas News excerpt mocks wartime attitudes with sharp quips on vocabulary, wood alcohol scarcity, and a surreal view of a woman as fore lady of a grand jury. It contrasts doughboys preferring dog fights over Berlin riots and jokes about Mr Peavish’s financial antics in Burkburnett.
Fragmentary notes discuss styling and presentation before a party or event. The text mentions a four In hand knot and preparing a player piano for home use, suggesting a focus on dress or display and decorative music.
Cartoonish musings note the difficulty of finding a dentist and learning English as the mother tongue. The quip references a widower and jokes about corkscrews, cork jackets, and saved lives, framed in a light magazine tone.
A concise reflection notes that personal limits and self-doubt hinder happiness more than external factors. It emphasizes inner restraint and discipline as essential for contentment, suggesting the mind’s choices shape one’s joy more than circumstances.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as an effective kidney and bladder remedy. It cites testimonials and sworn statements, asserts it fulfills promises, and offers a ten cent sample by mail with a request for the buyer to mention a doctor. The copy urges consideration based on claimed patient success.
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