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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1907
Page
2
Advertising rates reasonable and on application. Obituary notices limited to ten lines or less, with poetry priced per line and other professional cards per size. All items for publication must read this office by Wednesday noon. Obituaries appear in the Thursday October 17 1907 issue.
A Saturday Review piece argues inactivity after active work harms neither life length nor vitality. It cites Napoleon and Bismarck as examples of longevity despite retirement, noting cancer and age as factors while praising enduring spirit and youthful vigor in old age.
A tailor in a house with two chimneys experiences a thunderbolt that manifests as a blue flaming ball six inches above the floor. The ball moves through a paper pasted over the stovepipe, explodes near the chimney top, shattering it and sparing the family from potential catastrophe.
In a late evening train compartment a middle aged man and a youth debate love and marriage. The youth claims lovers feel life like a sweet dream while the man cites marriage as a steady state. The fragment ends with a sharp exchange as they approach a station.
An American visitor in a German city bought a dachshund. After the dog disappeared the next day the narrator learned it had been killed by a spiegel splinter transport wagon with mirror plates. The account notes the dog’s long body and short legs and laments the animal’s untimely end.
Fragmentary account describes Bedouin reception of French engineers who helped construct his two houses and a permanent habitation, with the Bedouin expressing gratitude amid astonishment at the engineers and questions about sleep.
Parker delivers a vivid, sweeping tribute to Daniel Webster. He depicts Webster as a colossal, kingly figure whose presence dwarfed others in the senate and whose look and bearing evoke Charlemagne and Jove. The orator praises Webster's mind, force, and magnetic charm.
The excerpt discusses wit as an intellectual quality and humor as emotional, noting incongruity between ideals and realities. It includes a farmer anecdote where a humane observer suggests killing a horse, and the farmer responds that they almost did, highlighting irony and moral tension.
Theo dore Andrea Cook recounts a tale of Fox racing between Paris Dover Calais and Newmarket to attend a horse race then rushing to London for a marriage bill debate. A special messenger hurries him to the House of Commons where his speech defeats North by one vote with Burke observing.
Naturalists describe the common bee’s feet as a basket and brush with a tiny spoon like appendage to collect pollen and nectar. The brush and basket open to form pinchers aiding honey cell construction for the tongue. The dialogue adds a humorous aside about language learning.
The scene shows a captain deriding a private about his family while the private replies in broken humor. A quip about a brother is followed by a pun that ends with a garbled remark. The exchange reflects military brass and soldier wit in a terse, dialogic moment.
A historical note describes a practice among Korean farmers called the packing of widows. A widower and friends raid a village and carry off a young widow to marry her, seen as a local pastime.
The Deadheads report a disrupted Hamlet showing as the audience reacts to a skull scene. Pearson S Weekly notes a tense moment with the line Alas poor Yorick and jokes about dead heads in the house.
A profile of a young woman who turns small, everyday acts into meaningful progress. The piece highlights her practical mindset, persistence, and ability to leverage tiny efforts into significant outcomes.
A fragmentary section lists visits by Wolcott Flegel and relatives, mentions a winter resort purchase and 860 acres of Texas land, plus Gary station dock work by Wabash bridge crew. An elderly reader recalls long eye disease treated successfully with Chamberlain's Salve, restored sight and aid from neighbor.
The pleasant purgative effect experienced by all who use Chamberlain's Stomach and Juiver Tablets and the healthy condition of body and mind they create make one feel joyful. Price two cents. Samples free at E. T. Scott's drug store.
Notice in LaPorte County Indiana states HAUSE HAUS appointed by the Circuit Court as Administratrix of the estate of Ben Amini Dagey late of LaPorte County Indiana deceased. The estate is described as solvent with the appointment dated Sept 24. 1807.
Legal absurdities in British acts include a punishment of fourteen years transportation with the penalty split between the king and the informer. Another Chelmsford prison bill required confinement in the old jail until the new one was built and ordered the new prison to be constructed from old materials.
Gracious Mr Staylate notes it is nearly midnight and he should be going soon. Miss Patience Conne confirms the saying Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. The Philadelphia Press quotation shows a light exchange about urgency.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills to regulate the liver and prevent appendicitis. It also promotes Electric Bitters for the elderly and for female weakness, stomach, liver, and kidney troubles with testimonials from W. B. Brunson of Dubin, Ga. E. T. Scott Druggist sells both products at his store.
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