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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1907
Page
4
Katy Holt schemes to reunite her estranged uncle Will and father Tom for Thanksgiving. A gift of twenty dollars and two engraved rings sparks a reconciliation, with Katy sending her uncle to college on the condition of yearly home visits for the holiday.
A recipe for palatable pump kin fachonettes uses 1½ cups dry pumpkin ½ cup sugar 2 cups milk 2 eggs 2 tbsp molasses 2 tbsp melted butter ½ tbsp ginger 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp salt. Bake in pastry tins for 25 minutes. Also begins PUMPKIN CROQUETTES with two cups cooked pumpkin.
The extract describes making pumpkin rolls from a batter of butter milk and egg yolks, cooking until the mixture leaves the pan, forming rolls, breading, and frying until amber. It also outlines a pumpkin pie with milk, boiled pumpkin, and sugar, urging precise beating and cooking steps.
A Baltimore lawyer tells a jailed client about a pardon not from the governor but from an uncle's inheritance. The client hopes for mercy, but the news is that the governor won’t intervene and the only relief is a $200 windfall to pay the lawyer.
Mrs. A. C. Brestlin of Chicago reports her child suffered a year with severe itching skin. After trying many doctors and colleges she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills and saw rapid improvement. Three boxes of Ointment completed the turnaround. child deemed healthy. Dates Oct 20 and 30, 1906.
An Atchison woman visited millinery shops twice after initial browsing and another trial. She finally bought a grotesque hat that horrifies relatives and strangers alike, while she concedes the effort was her best.
A city boy visiting his uncle on a farm takes a freshly laid egg from a hen. The farmer's wife offers to cook it for lunch, but the boy retorts that the hen did it all right, claiming the egg is warm and finished.
Wilton Lackaye's five year old son displays a bright mind. He tried to accompany his actor father and mother to a Shelter Island Heights card party but stayed home with his governess Mary after insisting Mary might be a Christian Scientist and he could fall ill in the night.
A witty exchange unfolds as a woman teases a playwright about his rumored winter success. He smiles and confirms he had a single night run last winter and that seven of his plays will be produced this winter, a claim she attributes to him.
An Ohio woman suffers years of indigestion and constipation until trying Grape-Nuts. She reports dyspepsia relief after switching to the cereal, noting regular bowel movements and improved memory as her digestion strengthened.
The 1907 crop across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta shows strong yields and high prices with oats and barley especially profitable. Saskatchewan wheat is valued at 21.1 million dollars while local farms report high bushel yields and good quality grain, supporting optimism for the region’s agricultural year.
Smith wakes to a masked burglar with a sawed off shotgun asking who he is. The burglar claims to be a burglar, while Smith jokes he thought the intruder was a plumber. The scene ends with Smith returning to sleep as the intruder exits. A separate ad extols Defiance Starch for finer laundry results and stronger hold enabling lighter starch applications.
Women in Britain are well represented across fields with about 4.5 million earning their own living. The counts include 124,000 teachers, 10,000 bookkeepers, over 3,000 printers, nearly 500 editors and compilers, 1,300 in photography, about 2,300 civil service clerks, 3,800 in medical work and nursing, and 330 blacksmiths.
Warning against mercury containing catarrh remedies and endorsing Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as a safe internal remedy. Includes price 73c per bottle and testimonial soliciting free samples. Also advertises Ball's Family Pills and Lewis' Single Binder cigars with supplier details and quotes from unrelated items.
The Missouri Pacific system including St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern and Central Branch reports 66.8 percent efficiency for last year up from 67.9 percent, gross earnings of 48.7 million, net earnings of 16.19 million, and total income of 19.47 million. Expenses rose modestly while transportation costs rose only 2.6 percent, yet stock trades at its lowest price since 1900.
A German mechanic sports a tiny battery powered motor as a scarf pin. The device runs continuously to prove the motor is functional, with miniature wheels spinning while resting on the scarf.
Important notice urging careful examination of CASTORIA bottles for infants and children. Ensures the remedy bears the signature of J Fo r A In Use For Over 30 Years, The Kind You Have Always Bought.
A thunderstorm lit a house near Deal England capturing a perfect photo of a flower vase on a mirror. The striking image appeared as a sudden lightning imprint seen during the storm. The rest of the text promotes cures for nervous diseases and various advertisements.
An elderly man in an Indiana village had Minnie Dayton arrested after a glass pane was broken at his home. He claimed her giggle identified her, but he could not prove it or imitate it, and the case failed.
The dialogue contrasts an orator and editor on truth in reporting. The editor concedes difficulty in telling the truth without inviting challenges to veracity while maintaining accuracy and fairness.
A promotional paragraph touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a wholesome family laxative approved by physicians and Well-Informed of the World. It urges buying the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co. through leading druggists.
Historic testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for tumor growths and related female distress. Letters from women describe relief from fibroid tumors and displacement after using the remedy, urging readers to insist on the product and avoid substitutes.
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