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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1916
Page
6
Purely vegetable pills that act on the liver to cure biliousness headache dizziness and indigestion. Small pill small dose small price. Genuine must bear signature.
A truncated excerpt shows Mr Twobble noting his wife’s first voting booth visit while admitting he did not observe women’s broader participation, reflecting on women’s role in the election. The dialogue hints at gender expectations surrounding suffrage.
This advertisement touts Cuticura cleansing soap and healing ointment for clear skin and healthy hair. It offers a free sample by mail via a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston, with sale available everywhere.
A Louisville Courier Journal fragment shows a father advising his son about courting. The exchange highlights a parental warning to invest effort in winning a partner, framed in a casual domestic exchange.
This advertisement promotes Mother Gravy's Sweet Powders for children to ease feverishness headaches bad stomach teething disorders and bowel issues. Claimed to break up colds in 23 hours and loved by mothers for 29 years with all druggists selling at 25 cents and a free sample offered from Le Roy New York.
The Birmingham Age Herald notes the Jibways appear content in marriage. Mrs Jibway joins many clubs leaving little time for soul concerns while Mr Jibway is absorbed in business and has long forgotten he possesses a soul.
The paper reports a new double keyring that separates keys into groups to improve access at night. Mr Flatbush notes the invention means a person must locate the correct group before finding the keyhole, adding a small search step.
A physician named Doctor Polytick tailors guidance to individuals. He advised an artist to avoid drawing on reserve strength and counseled an architect to focus on building up.
A quotation on genius and madness notes that while genius is a form of madness some people’s madness remains uncertain and variable in nature. The remark explores how creativity can mingle with instability yet differ in certainty among individuals.
The snippet notes a shift as more people move from coffee to a hot savory drink, highlighting the cheerful feeling after tasting a comforting warmth as the start of satisfaction. It signals a growing trend toward alternative beverages.
President Wilson in a joint session outlines urgent measures for railroad regulation and eight hour work rules, plus public arbitration, enlarged Interstate Commerce Commission, and wartime rail control. He renews calls for enhanced commerce authority and ethical election funding rules, pressing immediate action.
A garbled pastiche of quotation marks and phrases yields no clear event or entities. Readable words hint at mixed language fragments and stray punctuation without a coherent news item, person, place, or date to anchor a summary.
Fragmentary text notes few beggars in the city with a population around 60 000. Mentions blind men among the unrepresented or sparsely present groups within the inhabitants.
Amateur sportsman notes that fishing results depend on more than luck and easy talk. He argues time and money spent improve chances of catching fish, countering the notion of a simple, effortless catch.
A fragmentary excerpt notes a substitute for bread and comments on an elderly person needing not to worry. The speaker remarks a cook has long provided a certain dish, implying routine use over many years. The passage lacks clear scene, participants, or event.
The speech argues for immediate action to reform campaign finance and remove legal obstacles for expanding export trade. It stresses urgency, potential benefits, and the need for clear laws while praising Congress for its constructive policy record and inviting continued cooperation to complete a distinguished legislative legacy.
A method described in Engineering Record uses dynamite rather than axes to remove tree tops for mast logs. Workers rig the trunk with cartridge chains and a blasting cap, then detonate to fling the top free. The trunk remains about 12 inches in diameter, ready for rigging and dragging.
A London Mail reminiscence recounts a bluejacket veteran from the Jutland fight in a railway compartment. He speaks with dignified wit while a silent foreign gentleman departs, the crowd settling to hear his tale amid war memories and cigars. He clarifies his role as a coal stoker, noting that much of the sea battle was only coal in his view.
Quote set on dieting and frugality among fashionable women. They claim openness about weight management while fearing gossip about cutting costs.
A fragment shows Henry a doctor claims steady work prevents worry while Omar exclaims that steady effort finally works. The terse exchange hints at a pragmatic dispute over mental strain and stamina in a working person.
The Houston Post notes that observable progress remains inconsistent in most directions while criticizing enduring cheap vulgar and disgusting old forms of profanity among English speaking peoples.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorials caution that nothing is certain except the value of starting to save money. The piece argues disciplined saving prevents wasted funds and prepares for future expenses.
The text appears as a garbled, partial OCR fragment. It references a person named Dorothy and a dispute over being placed to bed at 7 30 against her wishes, with a mention of a mother. Context and full details are unclear.
Detective Miller questioned Julius Bernheim and William Clapp over a Sabbath law violation at the New York theater. The judge asked what is meant by ballet dancing and the defendants prepared to respond as Miller illustrated with a display before arraignment.
Miller does not speak but illustrates with tumbling acts in court. He executes dives and spins, then tosses 72 freckled kisses and a juggling routine with derbies and a hat, drawing amused approval from Magistrate Breen as defendants are held for examination.
Fire apparatus from six stations rushed to a small boy setting a cat on fire. The cat leaped onto a platform and started a blaze in a pile of acid carboys. Fire crews with extinguishers chased the animal several blocks and quenched its burning fur under a house.
East Liverpool reports tableware prices boosted amid soaring food costs and mounting living expenses. The notice states that prices on consumer tableware have increased, paralleling higher food costs and general price inflation.
Glens Falls New York reports a hotel bellboy at the Rockwell house departed for New York City to claim a fortune alleged to be about six million dollars left by an uncle. The story notes the extraordinary sum and the bellboy’s claim of inheritance.
Chicago report states Mrs. PT. Sherrin loved her first baby deeply and held it to her breast too tightly. The infant suffered and died, physicians report after investigation.
An advertisement touts Anuric from Dr Pierce’s Surgical Institute in Buffalo as a cure for rheumatism backache and inflammation by removing uric acid. It urges readers to buy trial packages and cites Mrs Ida B Titus praising Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. It notes 10 cent trial packs and 50 cent large packs.
The land lord at the Petunia tavern describes a day filled with quirky acts: Burt Blurt wheelbarrows Riley Rezzidew three times around the public square, Judge Puffer will eat his hat, Hyson Hush guides the peanut, and Doc Snort with Homer Spraddle fight off and on. Purley Purt and Miss Kissie McQuick bet a marriage if Wilson or Hughes wins, proving the fools are not all dead yet.
Notice urges careful inspection of bottles of Castoria the infant remedy. It cites the long use over 30 years and requests confirmation the label bears the stated signature. The message appeals to mothers and caregivers to ensure authenticity.
A New York board of health bulletin cites Dr. Charles F. Bolduan noting life expectancy for 40 year olds has fallen since ten years ago. An Australian commission report in Lancet backs the finding, citing high blood pressure from overstrain and poisoning of the blood by foods and drinks as key middle age risks. It praises campaigns against avoidable adult mortality while warning against sensationalism.
A contributor to the Atlantic Monthly Contributors' club recounts a decade of editors urging revisions from lack of punch to more kick. His letters tracing the escalating feedback were finally published in Outlook.
A fragment quotes a discussion on rewards for campaign workers and specialists who assisted by speaking and spraying orators' throats. The tone is historical and reflective on political effort and recognition.
In a lively exchange, Jerkins dismisses a man’s argument as unsupported while his spouse notes the significance of the footnotes in the printed page. The dialogue hints at scrutiny of sources and evidence.
A brief exchange questions why a wagon has a tongue and points to the wheel spoke as the key observation. The dialogue highlights a simple mechanical detail in a humorous way, reflecting practical curiosity.
The daily average of accidents in Pennsylvania industries reached 810 incidents during the first eight months of the year. This figure reflects ongoing safety concerns across multiple sectors and underscores calls for enhanced workplace safeguards and enforcement.
The father reveals a scheme to entertain seven suitors this year with his daughter’s engagement while offering free cigars. The young man Brown expresses shock as the cynic explains more suitors are expected next week.
An advertisement touts Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as tasty and nourishing for children. It claims strong bones and muscles, no nervous irritability from meat, and presents it as economical and high quality made from durum wheat. Free cook book offer from Skinner Mfg. Co. Omaha Nebraska.
A witty exchange notes a man deep in thought and a dog chasing its tail both striving to make ends meet. The line humorously links human concern with animal antics in a concise, period-voice quip.
A fragment notes some women laugh when a pretty girl’s appeal wanes. The item hints at social reactions to changing attractiveness without detailing individuals or events.
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