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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1913
Page
4
A collage of vintage ad lines and sayings. References include a teething syrup claiming to soothe gums and ease teething pain for children. Witty remarks touch on love and marriage, noting a lawyer might extract a husband from matrimony.
The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton, Pennsylvania, suffered dropsy with swollen limbs and fatigue. After using five boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills his swelling vanished and he felt restored. He confirms lasting benefit and invites correspondence about the remedy from Dodds Medicine Co. Buffalo New York.
The American Red Cross expands rural nursing as a national aim. The Oct issue of Red Cross Magazine outlines training needs for public health nursing and the role of the Rural Nurses branch, led by superintendent Fanhtte F. Clement, describing plans and potential benefits.
In a chatty parlor scene, the hostess calls Tompkins a terrible bore after he spent the summer with them on the Delaware river. A witty guest quips he even “made the Delaware Water Gap”, turning the tale into light humor about a tedious guest.
A quip notes that people ignore aviation because it is over their heads, framing a humorous take on public attention to flight topics. The line plays on a pun about understanding difficult subjects and references broad audience disinterest.
The first public telegraph office was opened on Seventh Street, Washington D C, on April 1 1945.
An Iowa mother reports five children drank coffee from infancy and that switching to Postum improved health. She notes heart trouble in her family improved after quitting coffee and her son’s digestive issues resolved once given Postum. The Postum Co. of Battle Creek promotes Postum as a coffee substitute.
A poem by S. E. Kiser reflects on gratitude amid economic worry and social inequality. It contrasts coal in the cellar and job stability with the plight of the unemployed, noting that gratitude is a humane stance even when wealth gaps persist and others seek aid.
A devotional reflection describes how helping others brings solace to a grieving person. The act unlocks gratitude, renews purpose, and can yield rewards in feeling needed and valued, proving more fulfilling than passive sorrow. The piece frames generosity as a universal remedy.
A short reflective verse by S. E. Kiser on contentment and hope. It Urges gratitude despite trouble and notes that only the foolish wait to return to safer days. The speaker contrasts cleansing tears with watered flowers of joy and calls for strength to clear away longing.
A reflective piece notes severe trials and kingly rebuffs, yet suggests a compensation in the Utes. It frames lingering disappointments as clouds broken by a fine balance and renewed perspective.
A humorous Thanksgiving reflection notes that gratitude often centers on money and luck. It jokes about Pilgrims with little corn, folks thankful for wives or bachelorhood, and the paradox of prosperity. The piece ends with a playful nod to turkey once a year.
The piece argues thankfulness enhances ordinary life by blessing what we have, raising its worth, and adding sweetness to daily fare and conduct. It presents two paths to wealth: more dollars or greater value of existing ones, and credits gratitude with refining character and honor in living.
A reflective piece urges gratitude across all walks of life. It stresses that anyone with a heart can give thanks and appreciate what they have, warning against the poverty of spirit from those who find nothing to be grateful for.
A flexible narrative theme suggests life can unfold in many directions. The piece emphasizes choice and curiosity, inviting readers to explore varied experiences and interpretations without a fixed path.
After serving a three year sentence in Peterhead prison Aberdeenshire Scotland a convict left the facility with a brown mouse that accompanied him. The mouse reportedly learned tricks in about eleven months such as eating from the hand and sitting up on command while sharing meals with its captor.
A reader describes affordable, easy to make feminine garments. Silk or printed cotton kimono jackets and dressing sacks from India lawn with tucks lace and embroidery showcase simple design ideas. Hosiery caps corset covers and delicate trims are laid out as charming Christmas gifts.
A speaker recalls an old diary full of initials and fragments that reveal little readable content. The entries spell out days with short phrases and items like oats and soup. The narrator laments the diary's cryptic nature and calls it a disappointment.
George Miller of Aurora Illinois describes a skin outbreak starting as a pimple that itched and burned severely. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, he reports relief and full cure in twenty six days, aided by free samples and a Skin Book offer.
Frederick Wile quotes stories about famous Germans in Men Around the Kaiser. Dr. Paul Ehrlich collected old linen for lab use and once pulled from his pocket a full nightgown, thinking it a handkerchief, exposing his wife’s nightwear to the audience.
A joke claims a theater chair drops to the smoking room when a button is pressed. It targets patrons who leave their seats mid row at act end, offering a comic fictional device for punctual exits.
Public health notice urges parents to ensure bottle labels read Castoria with the unique signature of the manufacturer. Cautions that the remedy has been in use for over 30 years and that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
The dialogue centers on a speaker asking what to call Jims and describing how Jims appeared pleased after being called a brick. It captures light banter and a playful nickname exchange.
Advertisement claims Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills cure acid stomach heartburn and nausea rapidly. Urges readers to send for a trial box to 372 Pear Street New York. Ad promises swift relief from discomfort.
A garbled fragment notes stocks as gambling and cites Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops for bronchial irritation. It mentions eye soothing Roman Eye Balsam and a dubious egg cup odor claim, captured in an unclear ad-like segment.
The report highlights strong yields across wheat oats barley and flax in Western Canada with wheat near top quality and yields of forty to fifty plus bushels per acre. It notes large-scale farming success in Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta aided by new machinery and 400 000 settlers arriving last year, many taking up farmsteads.
A seedling alligator pear tree in Whittier California earned its owner $3205 in 1912 from 3000 pears selling for $1500 and buds worth $1705. Planted 1905 it began bearing in year four and now sits behind an octagonal fence. pears weigh 8 to 12 ounces.
The couple trade lines about rest and nerves. Mrs Howland laments her husband’s constant movement while Henry boasts he will never rest until death, joking that resurrection would follow in the grave.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes for corns bunions ingrowing nails swollen feet blisters and callous spots. It urges not to accept substitutes and cites A. Olmsted Le Roy New York as the sample feel address.
A lighthearted note on parcel post evolving into romance as a girl in a neighboring state sends affection by mail. The exchange hints at modern communication methods shaping relationships across borders.
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