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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1911
Page
4
A satirical meditation on Thanksgiving verse from Wilbur D Nesbit. It jokes about ragtime and dialect rhymes and anticipates abundance of pie and poetry as readers seek solace in seasonal verse. The piece riffs on poets, magazines, and town traditions from Higginsville to Boston.
In the dialogue Abdul Hamid and his grand vizier discuss American comic papers arriving. The sultan reacts by destroying a hookah and harming a dancer, condemning foreigners for Thanksgiving jokes involving his realm.
A brooding guest eyes turkey and sides and sighs about future payment. The host counters with a regretful remark about having paid yesterday, reflecting a humorous quarrel over costs.
A teacher defines reminiscent as calling up past memories and events. A student humorously answers with Turkey, turning the moment into a schoolyard quip about memory and history.
The turkey dreams of the dinner bell as midnight nears. Boarders anticipate a feast while the bird awaits its fate in a guarded coop. The two week buildup promises hash and a meal that speaks in memory.
A fragment shows a landlady and a cap tious boarder quarrelling over restaurant economics. The landlady complains she loses money on each meal while the boarder agrees, and they stare at one another, hinting at ongoing tension.
In the passage Maud complains about her twin brother who annoys her by claiming to be older. She notes she cannot pass for twenty four while he insists he is thirty, a discrepancy that leads to social confusion.
August Strong of Minneapolis testifies that a fifty cent bottle of Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root relieved his lame back and allowed him to return to work. He praises the medicine and says he recommends it to friends. A druggist named Skinner confirms the sale.
Prove what Swamp-Root will do by sending to Dr. Kilmer and Co. at Binghamton New York for a sample bottle. It will convince anyone and you will also receive a booklet of information about kidneys and bladder. Mention this paper. Regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles available at all drug stores.
A terse exchange notes Daring Ike's death from a shot to the heart. The dialogue implies a known weakness of Ike's heart and confirms the fatal wound, with onlookers reacting to the tragedy. The piece conveys a blunt, laconic tone typical of a newspaper brief.
Mrs J F Deal of Kansas City Kansas reports her four month old baby suffered severe chafing with bleeding and constant crying. She used Resinol Ointment and was rapidly relieved, praising Resinol Soap as well. The notice promotes Resinol Ointment and Toilet Soap sold widely with free samples by Department No 48 at Resinol Chemical Co Baltimore Md.
A Philadelphia Times note recounts a suburban Mothers' club lecture on cooking. The expert begins with a cabbage based cold slaw recipe and humorously prompts on determining the cabbage s disposition as a curious audience member seeks practical wisdom.
David P. Corey of Ionia Michigan reports kidney trouble for six months that left him bedridden with a cane. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with gradual improvement and recovery. The ad urges readers to remember the name when back is lame and urges 50 cents at all stores.
Fragments show a surprised speaker questioning life in Chicago and addressing expectations about tasks. The dialogue hints at social roles and assumed duties, with an air of curiosity about community norms.
A fragment quotes from Lippincott describing a person who left another for an unstated motive. The archaic phrasing hints at a literary or diary line rather than a full event.
Widespread Indiana notices recount the John W. Poole murder case witness testimonies from J Poole and Grace Poole about Joseph Kemper's disappearance from a Benton county farm in 1909. Other reports describe the Beutler family tragedy in Tippecanoe county, a police shooting in Lafayette, a burglary arrest in Indianapolis, assaults on a sheriff, accidental deaths near Vincennes, double funerals in Terre Haute, pastoral moves in Laporte, an exhumation request in Evansville, an eleven year old death in Vincennes, a banking defalcation probe in Laporte, and fires and turkey price disputes across the region.
An persuasive appeal touts Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a cure for chronic constipation. It claims broad American support and wide use by families and druggists, noting a free sample offer from Dr W B Caldwell at Monticello Illinois.
A brief patrol dialogue reveals a policeman pursuing the marriage license bureau as the reason behind the inquiry, highlighting civic procedures in a street scene.
A tale told by Abraham Lincoln lore describes a rugged woodsman bursting into his cabin firing at a oak near the door. He boasts of missing a wildcat only to learn from his wife that the target was a tiny bug on his heavy eyebrow.
A photographer recalls a humorous incident where a woman with a small boy asked for “picketers” at four dollars a dozen. She planned to have the boy photographed with her, justifying the request by her streetcar habit. The photographer notes a higher rate for two pictures taken at once.
In a Waco speech Representative Henry ridiculed international marriages. He recounted a joke about Maude Laclands, daughter of the Earl and a Chicago pork queen, asking how long a honeymoon lasts. The mother replies the honeymoon ends when the husband begins to pester for money.
The readable lines describe a man who believes his nervous system is affected by an ordinary diet long ago. The text hints at a bodily reaction after eating and questions about staining or acausate effects.
A fragment shows a character named Jack Hardappe asking about repayment, promising to write the employer a letter, and mentioning an errand boy. The speaker notes buying three letters with the suit and paying cash on delivery.
A humorous dialogue features two men discussing marriage and fidelity. One quips that the other is his wife’s fourth husband, prompting a wry rejoinder that the man is not a husband but a habit. The exchange plays on wordplay about lasting marriages and familiar banter.
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of CASTORIA bottles for infants and children. It claims a XGAFE remedy used for over 30 years and notes Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
The passage blends a comic quip about a furnace cleaning with an advertising claim for Hamlin’s Wizard Oil promising cures for rheumatism and neuralgia. It mixes testimonials and promotional language, ending with a wry line about loving enemies as a sign of moral concern.
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