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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
4
A Texas acquaintance of Representative Cooper offers a weed he calls something like a cigar. Cooper admits trying it and takes a few puffs while asking what it is in this New Orleans Lawyer and Banker item.
A Tulsa World item recounts five year old Johnny reprimanded for disobedience. When told God does not love naughty boys he asks how God knows and receives the reply that God sees everything. He sighs then quips that Panust keeps him busy.
The defendant Mrs Youngbride faces assault with a deadly weapon and a charge of nonpayment costs after claiming the incident involved a sponge cake. Judge Wisorderly conducts the proceeding pronouncing ten dollars costs and a one year sentence in the record.
An advertisement touts Kilmer's Swamp Root as a leading remedy for kidney and liver troubles. It claims broad healing effects, gentle action, and quick relief, urging readers to start treatment and offering samples by mail from Dr. Kilmer & Co.
A fragment suggests a domestic power dynamic with Mateie asserting control over children and animals while Joeano challenges with a lighter tone about the goldfish. The text centers on who truly leads the household.
An old advertisement claims Cole n Carbolisalve quickly relieves burning itching and torturing skin diseases. It says the product stops pain heals without scars and offers 30c and 6c sizes. Readers are urged to send 3c to The J W Cole Co for a package in care of Rorkford Illinois.
Ortis root comes from the rear of several iris species and is valued for its violet like scent used in perfumery and in a tooth powder manufacture.
An old advertisement touts California fig syrup as a quick remedy for children’s constipation. It claims a teaspoon clears bowels in hours, restoring a well, playful child, and warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with directions printed on the bottle.
A brief exchange notes tension between a contributor and a editor about jokes. The editor questions point of humor while the contributor asserts restraint.
A fragment notes tears shed inward, described as fanning anger rather than cooling it, signaling internal distress and emotion under the surface.
A store clerk explains the delay to a hurried customer. Eight or nine clerks are in the shop, but only the one who can fill prescriptions is away for lunch. The line forms as staff await the return of the pharmacist.
An advertisement traces the 1900 introduction of Bayer aspirin insisting on the Bayer name stamped on every tablet and pack to guard against imitation. The ad promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as prescribed by physicians for over twenty-one years.
An advertisement touts Culicura talcum for face skin baby and dusting use. It claims Culijcura Vho soup ointment and talcum as an all in one product and implies wide availability and reliability.
Lite Tholem’s brother shares news of an expected arrival at their home. Ilel en shows little interest until asked if she prefers a brother or sister. She replies she doesn’t care about gender but hopes it’s not a cousin.
Testimonials from Chicago and Burlington women claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured female troubles without surgery. The letters describe relief from symptoms, renewed ability to work, and recommendations to others, noting husbands and sisters also use the remedy.
Archer Milton Huntington recounts a New York profiteer rejecting a pompous dictionary offer at a Baychester dinner. The dealer boasted of updated terms and features, but the profiteer mocked the volume for lacking a copious index, turning the scene into a humorous critique of sales hype.
A Philadelphia Ledger quip highlights Mrs Cassidy's worry over not hearing from her daughter Clara who was sent to college. Mrs McIntyre suggests the mother should have chosen correspondence schooling instead.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple for any woman to dye or tint garments and draperies. It guarantees no spotting fading streaking or running and directs buyers to specify wool silk linen cotton or blends to druggists.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a New York broker who printed a biblical line on his checks, predicting riches with wings and flight. He later went bankrupt, illustrating the proverb in business.
A bystander notes Miss Upstart flaunting wealth and social ascent as she joins an exclusive country club and reportedly contemplates applying to the League of Nations, highlighting her wide ambitions.
The joke imagines Adam and Eve discussing life after Eden. Eve quips about TU roof drying her hair while Adam notes they must now live in a house. The line plays on domestic concerns with a playful twist.
An executive order by Hsu Shih Chang, president of the Chinese republic, directs the good roads program. Primary trunk roads from Peking to provincial capitals will be fifty five feet wide and connector roads to district seats will be at least thirty three feet wide.
Advice for separating stuck stamps. Place a thin paper sheet over the joined stamps and apply a hot iron to gently separate them without damage.
A provocative remark compares blaming a man for an action to calling him a donkey, highlighting how labels shape reactions and accountability. The exchange questions fairness and responsibility in public discourse.
Mary Hodiwanetz of New York charged that Jack Brown alias Carolyn Schimeck deceived her by posing as a refined man. The court heard Mary’s tale of romance and exposure, noting Brown’s work on a farm near the metropolis and in a New York wholesale house while presenting as male.
Gennaro Pastore sues Crystal and Morris Cohen for 80 000 in a Brooklyn Supreme Court suit claiming a can of gasoline sold for fuel oil ignited, causing a stove fire that killed his wife and eight year old son Marco. Pastore and two friends were nearby when the flames erupted. The mother and son died in hospital the following day.
Ten year old Harold De Camp returned from a country vacation to find his parents had moved without leaving a forwarding address. Police arranged for neighbors to care for him while search efforts locate the missing parents.
Mrs Aaron Berg of Montgomery Alabama says her husband a local butcher sent her three handkerchiefs to use when she felt like weeping over his desertion. He received two years imprisonment and a $500 fine.
Abney B. Enyart collapsed and died with joy when notified his son Frank Inyart had been pardoned from a six month bootlegging sentence. The story notes the pardon and the family’s prior prominence in Philadelphia.
Americans misidentify Nikolai Lenin as Russia’s president while he actually leads the All Russian Central Executive Committee. Michael Kalinin, a peasant, has held that role for over two years, a position limited in real power akin to a French president, serving as mediator and adviser to peasants. Kalinin’s Moscow office sits outside the Kremlin, in a normal building with no entry papers or guards.
Quoted line about life as theater surfaces as critics joke that local street performers imitate roles while on the move. Comedic acts are described as knobby and raucous, with observers noting the lively street theater atmosphere.
The line imagines souls seeking rest as lower berths fill, leaving the hopeful to navigate scarce space. A wry note on allocation and desire frames a meditation on afterlife, memory, and the limits of comfort in death.
A defendant tells the judge that he mistook his car for an air bus due to absent mindedness. He claims he panicked after seeing eight miles per hour on the speedometer and instinctively pressed the accelerator to avoid a tail spin. He admits driving at fifty miles per hour previously.
In Tombstone Arizona Two-Gun Steve recalls cousin Pete who died of overattention. The tenderfoot responds with astonishment as Steve notes the ailment is common in their town and ties Pete’s fate to horse stealing rumors.
A witty exchange features a husband’s denial and a wife’s prompt retort as a humorous aside. The dialogue plays on opposites in a brief, pointed moment reflecting social banter.
A brief reflection urges embracing neighborly care to unlock mutual benefits and stronger communal ties through everyday acts of kindness and cooperation.
The text argues caffeine from coffee and thein from tea harm the nervous system and sleep. It urges stopping tea and coffee and switching to Postum, available as Instant Postum and Postum Cereal with different preparation methods.
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