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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
4
A new rural minister greets his parishioners and asks an old farmer how the sermon was. The farmer jokes that his view was disrupted by a crowd, including Miss Smith, with mouths wide open, swallowing the best of the germon, and that the rest reached him as pretty poor stuff.
A bookkeeper, traveling about 10,000 miles a year, relies on Denison’s Coffee to please. The advertisement touts consistency and reach as a selling point.
A presiding magistrate asks the defendant if he knows the nature of an oath. The old colored man shifts and grins, replying that for many people it seems almost second nature, eliciting a sidelong joke rather than a direct admission.
Dialogue humor about a young man, with a father asking about career choice and the son's lighthearted focus on socks and neckties. The fragment conveys domestic wit and social expectations in a living-room exchange.
A brief, lighthearted note touts keeping eyes looking young to appear younger. It suggests post movie routines and a playful reminder not to reveal age. The casual tone frames aging as cosmetic, with emphasis on eye care as a simple solution.
A brief aphorism anchors a column on gender and virtue, noting that a woman’s practical tool asserts influence, while true gentility requires concealing rudeness. The piece uses pointed humor to critique social manners and power dynamics.
A warning to mothers describes common infant sickness signs such as lassitude loss of appetite sleepiness and heavy breathing. It attributes fever congestion worms croup diphtheria or scarlatina as possibilities and promotes Castoria as a remedy to stimulate digestion open pores and expel toxins.
The ad warns that back pain signals kidney trouble and may lead to dropsy or gravel. It promotes Doan’s Kidney Pills, claiming a 50 year history of cures and presents Mrs. M. Clinker of Tama Iowa as a testimonial about relief and lasting recovery.
A boy believes turning twenty one will grant freedom but the usual path leads to marriage. The remark captures a common expectation about growing up and relationships.
An instructor at the city college asks about Indian traits and a former De Witt Clinton boy answers they play football to beat the band. The exchange captures a regional schoolyard remark reflecting early 20th century attitudes.
A rumor spreads as a cook quits claiming strange coincidences. She says every afternoon off coincides with the family car needing repairs. The family questions payment while the cook suspects foul play.
Fragrant super creamy emolients offered for babies from birth. Soap cleanses and purifies while Ointment soothes rashes itching and chafings. Free sample by mail with book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
A nameless French woman, long sending funds to the army via Le Figaro in Paris, recently mailed a final note and a $5000 check. She says her savings are exhausted yet wishes to aid aviators with clothing and comfort.
The article recalls the humble Lombard Street coffee house that became the center of Lloyd's of London. It notes that the house, run by a coffee-house keeper, gained fame near the Royal Exchange and drew underwriters to sales and letters. Mention appears in 1700 poems and 1710 Tatler references.
A letter-like advertisement touts Grape-Nuts as to provide digestion aid and sustained energy for a reader with dyspepsia after railroad office work. The testimony says a small serving satisfies hunger, supports weight regain, and inspires family use, attributing improvements to pre digested nutrition. The notice attributes the source to Postum Company Battle Creek Michigan.
Chicago dealer Sam Shamberg found a second hand liquid carbonic acid tank and dismembered the brass nozzle. The tank hissed and tore through West Chestnut Street injuring a driver’s horse while workers fled, then vanished after a final explosive hiss.
A Shenandoah man buys a car and, after a driving lesson, takes a solo spin. His wife Lizzie watches from the window as he whizzes by at speed, returns repeatedly, and jokes for directions to the garage on how to stop the machine.
C T Taylor of Lesbia in eastern New Mexico reports a string of 800 rattlesnakes named the devil's rosary. He says rattlers are dangerous this season as they shed and are partially blind, making them mean.
A cloudburst in Frederick County causes livestock and household losses. County Commissioner Frank M Stevens loses two cows, one found in a peach tree fork seven feet high. Samuel Geisbert of Creagerstown reports a cellar loss: a barrel of vinegar.
The New York Bankers' Club mansages membership resources totaling two billion dollars in money and securities under its control.
Leading medical authorities and authors back Dr. Pierce as a source for urinary and rheumatic complaints. The advertisement invites readers to mail urine samples to the Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York for free, no obligation advice and claims Anuric is thirty seven times stronger than lithia. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets with trial packets available for 10 cents.
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