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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
2
The INDICATOR published weekly in Westville Indiana lists yearly and half yearly rates for advertising and professional cards. It notes submission deadlines for content by Wednesday noon and invites reader attention to current issue advertisements.
Delegates from St Joseph and Laporte counties will meet in Laporte Indiana on October 12 1912 at 10 am to nominate a Republican candidate for Joint Senator. St Joseph gets 9 delegates and 9 alternates while Laporte gets 24 delegates and 24 alternates. Laporte Republicans plan a mass meeting October 11 at 7 pm to select delegates for the joint convention.
An article notes scientists in the Nevada desert push into 5 million year old prehistory with finds including an eighteen foot fish and a three toed horse. It contemplates ancient life and asks what a world then was like while joking about presidential candidates and fashion. A dinosaur was also found in the era.
Aen Samuel Williams in Boys' Life notes two types of poisonous snakes. The elapine coral snake is rare and found in Gulf states and Mexico. The dangerous rattlesnakes include copperhead, water moccasin, and timber rattlesnake, with a caveat about the dwarf prairie rattlesnake in the Midwest.
The piece notes Quebec’s slow decline while western cities like Winnipeg rise from Indian trading posts to major metropolises. It quotes Howard Hungerford in Harper’s Weekly, lamenting loss of second place in Canadian commercial importance and the neglect of Quebec’s riverfront wharves as ocean liners pass upriver.
Panama hats come from the chandelier tree palm found in northern South America and Central America. Ecuador produces the most high grade Panamas with Peru second. top hats can fetch about 150 dollars. Harvested leaves are processed in lemon water for days then dried and bleached before weaving.
A Harper's Weekly excerpt explains that a cat’s night vision owes much to its whiskers. Delicate hairs from follicles provide extreme sensitivity, guiding the animal’s movements and width awareness to avoid obstacles and stay stealthy.
The excerpt reflects on the urge to preserve cherished memories of the past and the renewed impact of great works when they reemerge in literature. It compares distant memories to blue mountains and asserts that revived classical works can refresh and intensify contemporary appreciation.
The New Orleans Picayune argues that all life depends on agricultural production and that Americans must return to farming or rely on foreign labor. without soil based goods the nation cannot feed itself.
Mickey and Pat recall athletes and medals won by Pat’s uncle at Ballythomas. The twist reveals the uncle is a pawnshop keeper rather than a sporting hero. The tale pivots on mistaken athletic feats versus a mundane occupation.
Circular soil amendment for sale. Delivered to Plymouth Indiana. Contact William O Keefe for price and address. Includes range 14 to 20.
An aged French actress famed for a lithe figure shares a simple home treatment. She drinks chocolate and reads the morning paper in bed, scatters torn pages on the floor, and bends to pick them up, claiming this daily “lines” workout firms the body and sharpens the mind.
An 19th century Harper's Weekly summary describes rain water entering soil not by soaking but by boring tiny tubes that can be four to five feet deep. The tubes evaporate water when surface dries, and twisting or breaking tops slows evaporation.
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