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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1905
Page
6
The piece profiles Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver acting secretary of war and his choice of a business path over military promotion. It also recalls Col James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago, a sharp dressed populist former congressman from Washington, noting his legal career and city influence.
Minnesota congressman James Tawney long served as Republican party whip in the U S House. He desires retirement from leadership duties, citing earned right to step back after years of strategic management and key votes.
Fragmented item from a 19th century paper mentions a charity verse about quick giving. It includes mock dialogue on generosity and a quip about soap and skeeter bites as a lighthearted aside. Cleveland Leader appears in the readable text.
A correspondent describes Japanese jewelers who craft inexpensive trinkets from coal, called black diamonds. Workers in Nagasaki select glossy coal pieces, bond them to items with rubber-like cement, polish by hand, and sell cane heads, rings, and chains at low prices, using simple tools and growing craft in crude shops.
In a vignette from Lippincott's Magazine Harold keeps a store with his grandmother as a customer. He offers vegetables fruit and meat and touts a “boiler him” ham while she declines saying she does not like ham then he suggests it is “hardly a bit hammy.”
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Hicks Penniman plans to shave himself and then walk into a barber shop for a haircut. The stunt is described as having nerve and involves personal grooming in a public display.
Detroit Faye Piste notes a playful exchange where Johnny answers the teacher with a pun about perfect tense. The dialogue centers on the verb invest hinting at the joke to investigate.
The United States Fish Commission reports Missouri as the leading frog producing state due to its favorable climate. An investigation into propagation methods and locations is underway. Arkansas ranks second in frog production.
An irritable man laments bad luck saying music troubles strike his household. He notes his daughter has a sore throat and the singer has a sore finger, reflecting a misfortune affecting their musical endeavors as described in the Chicago Journal.
A London News observation notes striking growth in tall strong girls and the beauty and vitality of many women past fifty, reflecting shifting physical development trends in society.
An elderly man asks if the others have read the Last Days of Pompeii but Mrs Cumrox confesses she has not read that or its stones, revealing a charm and frank demeanor in a Washington Stay style.
Randolph Harrison quit life without riding a train. He lived most of his days near C. P. & St. L. tracks and watched cars pass. He refused a railroad ticket and interview, citing a lifelong aversion after hearing of accidents. He never felt the urge to venture aboard.
Pekin man Pekin Charles Vogel of Delavan township settled his $30,009 damages lawsuit against the Chicago and Alton Railway for $3,400. Vogel was struck by a C and A train on August 12, 1904, three miles south of Green Valley. His head was crushed and skull damaged to relieve brain pressure. He still suffers dizziness and occasional limb numbness hindering farm work.
The south bound Alton limited struck a railroad velocipede containing two surveyors at Kruger two miles north of Lincoln. John Harts of Lincoln was killed instantly while D M Calman escaped. Harts, 21, was the youngest son of Capt D H Harts a prominent citizen and on his first survey assignment.
Five hundred ministers from various denominations met at the Y M C A auditorium in Chicago to adopt resolutions and pledge to enter ward politics under the Anti Saloon league of Illinois to oppose saloons dance halls and liquor traffic nationwide.
Springfield reports the Chicago and Alton subdistrict mine strike ended as 300 Diversion miners voted to return to work. The 1,800 affected miners and operators estimate losses exceed 250000 dollars due to the shutdown.
A compilation of brief Illinois notices includes Edward Brandt hit by a Chicago and Northwestern train near Sterling. a court opinion denying governor power over Sunday saloon closures. deaths in Pana Shelbyville Litchfield and Peoria. a Carnegie library opening in Litchfield. a fatal collision near Faris. deaths in Peoria and Chicago suicides. a timber hunt near Sterling. two more deaths in Jacksonville and Lacon. Swedish American leader John Streed killed by gunshot. health official Dr Egan asking Roosevelt to skip fever belt visit. Mrs Mary Farwell dies. and dedication planned for a new Lincoln courthouse on October 17.
A bright medical graduate applying for navy service faces a blunt test by Col. W C Gorgas. When asked what to do for an exploded patient, the candidate says he would wait for him to descend, and if kicked would use arm muscles to knock the colonel down. The colonel smiles and passes him.
Deep Valley Pennsylvania reports a case where a young girl with long term rheumatism improves after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The father credits the remedy with saving her from lifelong disability and notes rheumatism stems from diseased kidneys and uric acid in the blood.
Alma wife praises patent medicine in a Detroit Free Press note claiming she grew strong enough to discipline her husband after using the remedy. The playful endorsement highlights a domestic scene and the influence of popular medicines.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as cures for eczema psoriasis scalled head pimples ring worm and milk crust amid quotes from sources like St Louis Globe Democrat and J F Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana. The snippet also makes a quip about short men looking dignified while seated.
Mrs Henry A Reamer of South Bend Indiana says she was weak nervous with backache bearing down pain headaches dizziness and weak eyes when dropsy and chest bloating threatened her heart. Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her and saved her life. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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