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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1912
Page
5
Notes reflect a mix of quips on aging and life, noting George Baer’s birthday wisdom and Metchnikoff’s ideas. It mentions seeing under water with improvised light, home planning for better hygiene, a subway joke about New York, and a child’s mischief with a spanked tale.
Two masked youths held up Louisville & Nashville train No 7 at Blount Springs Alabama. Mail clerks J M Chamberlain and C A Hoover reported the heist to Post Office Inspector Brannon. Bandits were amateurs and they overlooked many valuables. one report says loot could reach 40000 dollars.
Postmaster General Hitchcock reports about 28 million dollars already deposited in postal savings depositories by 290000 individuals averaging 96 dollars each. The system operates in 12773 post offices with 7357 banks receiving postal savings funds. Auto thieves blow postoffice safe in Mount Vernon Indiana taking 3000 dollars in stamps and 90 cash. robbers flee in a stolen car.
Nat Goodwin is recovering rapidly from injuries that kept him confined to his home for several weeks in Los Angeles on November 12.
Forest City Missouri November 11 Tony Jannus piloting a hydrogeroplane completely outdistanced Charles Young in an Omaha to New Orleans race and Young withdrew from the event Friday.
Three detectives from the Burns Agency infiltrated Jackson prison as convicts and uncovered a plot to dynamite the institution. Seven convicts were brought before the warden on Friday.
A Baltimore baseball player from the past, known by the nickname Clarences Cupia, died recently. The obituary notes his old-time status in the game and mentions Childs, perhaps a family or team connection, with scant details from the fragment.
An OCR fragment shows ad like lines for Dr. Pierce and Mrs Winslow with phrases about laxatives soothing teething and misused marketing talk. Included are suspicious sounds and parodic promises, marketing as a family remedy, and generic admonitions about pride and imitation.
An old advertisement claims tired blood lowers vitality and that Tonitives, a Buffalo New York product, improves strength and endurance by enriching blood with nutriment and oxygen. It markets at 5c per box via dealers or mail order.
The victory of Henry Lane the Democratic candidate seals control of the Senate for the party. Oregon's addition brings Democrats to forty nine senators and creates majorities in both House and Senate for the first time in eighteen years. The party will replace Republican incumbents in Oregon New Jersey Kansas Colorado Montana Delaware and Nevada and fill Colorado's vacancy with a chosen candidate.
Mr. W Wester man, president of a large Holland bank, praises Western Canadian conditions and expects prosperity to be a natural development not a boom. He notes significant investments by Dutch and other European banks, plus immigrant farmers helping reach a projected wheat harvest of about two hundred million bushels and other grains. Immigration figures from several nations are cited, with a forecast of growth this year.
Chicago authorities report Jack Johnson, famed boxer, jailed without bonds in the federal transport across state lines case. Judge Kenesaw Landis refused release after a day of court arguments while Johnson’s supporters pitched a $50,000 real estate bond and his attorneys offered $15,000 cash.
John L Wilson owner of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer died in a Washington hotel Wednesday after an hour long illness. Other dispatches note a large $100,000,000 internal silver loan planned for December 1 in London, Taft proclaims Thanksgiving Day, and a dynamite attack on Calvary Presbyterian Church in Canton Ohio aimed at stopping a reform pastor.
Charles D. Hilles, Republican National Committee chairman, returned to Washington on Sunday and resumed duties as secretary to the president on Monday morning. In Stockholm, Captain Pe Lundstedt set two Swedish aviation records by staying aloft two hours and forty six minutes and reaching 6 600 feet. Women go on strike in China.
Daisy teases Frank about a new waistcoat and notes its unfamiliarity. Frank replies it isn’t new, adding that his brother never called on Daisy, implying a prior oversight or missed visit.
Cuticura Soap trusted by mothers for purity fragrance and gentle emollients that ease irritation redness roughness chafing and promote skin and hair health. With Cuticura Ointment it treats eczema rashes itching and infantile eruptions. Soap lasts longer than ordinary soap and offers economy. Free samples with 32 page Skin Book via Cuticura Dept L Boston.
A correspondent named Old Briney quotes a frenzied stump speech praising government aid and urging action. He mocks poverty and calls for aggressive municipal reform and local activism amid loud cheers.
Advertising copy emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It instructs caregivers to ensure bottles bear the signature of the agency and notes decades of use. The message ends with a child’s cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A brief advertisment notes the mild mellow quality of LEWIS' Single Binder cigar as what smokers want. The copy emphasizes personal discretion and a calm smoking experience.
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