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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
5
A Wayne circuit court judge recalls Col John Atkinson's sharp barroom irony in a dispute with James H. Pound. Pound argued fiercely yet was silenced when the decision was announced, as Pound merely shook his head.
Mrs Ada Brown Talbot of New York recounts meeting a demure seven year old girl who runs a dolls club with dollies as members and a doll as president. The child explains the chair is for her doll's day and the mother approves. Mrs Talbot calls it the most extraordinary club she has encountered.
Fragmented notes mention Great Region of Remarkable Farm and grazing lands along the Prec Line with references to land parcels. Some stray lines describe Miss music and a guest remark about expense, with unrelated quotes and adverts. Public notices are unclear due to damaged text.
A garbled weathered snippet notes hunger for work and wages, with a line about the world owing every man a living. The fragment references digging into the earth’s pockets, hinting at labor or economic strain. Missing proper nouns and dates limit specifics.
A Dallas mother of five Brown daughters defines a bachelor as a "miserable coward" and a lost opportunity. A Kansas City department ad promises weekly pay for introducing races. Various items mention cures and reflections on luck from Midwest papers in a compact local notices style.
An advertised remedy claims to cure a cold in one day using laxative Rromo Quinnine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
A wartime Chicago anecdote links Admiral Watson and Mrs. Edwin A. Clarke to a family scene during the Civil War. Six southern girls on the Desancon plantation clasped the oaks to deter Union soldiers seeking timber, earning praise from officers. The tale blends secession sentiment with a quiet act of tree defense and a later artillery episode.
A New York Sun reminiscence recalls the pork sandwich once common in Civil War camps. Soldiers shuffled up to camp cook fires for pork on hard bread with coffee, balancing it on crackers and a cup while marching back to tents. The dish could be a great delicacy after a week of hunger, yet could lose charm if overused.
A rough hemlock poultry house for about 25 hens is described with the possibility of a duplicate build. The main alley would run the full length of connected buildings and separate sections would hold about 25 hens each. The rough hemlock construction is noted with price considerations mentioned.
The writer compares costs and methods for poultry house floors. Alternates include stone under a dirt floor for dry conditions at ten dollars per 1000 feet, or a board floor option at an added 165. They describe using mill slabs with space between, straw packing, stone fill, and dirt tamping for drainage.
G R France in Farm and Home outlines a do it yourself project using hemlock flooring at 15 per 1000 feet and straight forest poles for cheap partitions. An itemized list covers 260 feet of 10 foot boards 231 feet of 14 foot boards 100 feet of battens and various sills plates and casings. Total lumber 14.45 with two days labor for one carpenter and an assistant.
In the 21 March 1863 engagement near Fort Hudson, the Mississippi and its crew faced a large Union fleet. Lieut George Dewey remained aboard as boats were lowered and men were landed. Marines praised his gallantry as the vessel burned and was abandoned, with exchanges later made at Baton Rouge.
The North China Herald notes a belief in several fantastical kingdoms where inhabitants are pigmies or giants or women rulers, and even a race with bodies bearing holes for pole transport. They claim to have seen pictures as proof, reflecting rumor rather than fact.
A pithy editorial from Chiesage Daily News on how prejudice distorts judgment. It warns that biased minds misread outcomes and fate aligns to expose folly. The piece emphasizes fairness and reflective thinking amid changing fortunes.
A clergyman ends the wedding as the organ roars. The bride lifts a bulky bound book turning out to be a camera. She tells the groom it is her "own idea" as they walk down the aisle sparking amusement.
The article urges using milk as a cheap daily poultry food and adds beef plucks as a low cost meat supplement. It describes preparation methods, including mincing, boiling, and drying, to keep meat usable and prevent spoilage in hot weather.
The Farmers' Review urges poultry growers to feed late fall chicks heavily with meat and ground bone to ensure rapid growth and feather supply by November. Ground beef meal is the recommended but costly aid, with ten pounds lasting late chicks through winter.
An alarming note cautions against tea poisoning among women and urges using Hostetters Stomach Bitters to strengthen digestion, improve nerves, and treat dyspepsia. The advertisement claims it builds health, beauty, and good spirits, with all druggists selling it.
A Nor ristown belle recalls a fiancé asking for perfect confidence then snatching his wig and dancing with it. The note appears alongside an ad testimonial for 5 Drops rheumatic medicine from Swanson Rheumatic Co. Chicago.
Includes medical patent cures for catarrh and Piso’s Cure, mail order house John M Smyth Co promotions, jokes about money and church ties, a sanitation ad for Gibisteape Nature Cure Sanitarium in Asheville North Carolina, and a football quem joke. Notable names include F J Cheney Co Toledo and Dr G W Patterson.
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