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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
4
A difficult season challenges many golfers with inconsistent results and injuries. Several veterans show resilience as rising talents gain ground, reshaping rankings and inviting renewed media attention.
A playful exchange centers on a blue ribbon color seen by Henry and a joking tie to a salesgirl’s eyes. The vignette implies colleagues’ humor in a shop or cafe setting without broader context or events.
A reflective piece on spending a week in the woods to gain perspective. The author contrasts human vanity and petty anger with nature’s vast cold beauty, suggesting worldly concerns are small and unworthy beside the quiet permanence of the forest.
A mother recalls her daughter Marie alone in the nursery during a fierce thunderstorm. Lightning startles the room as Marie sits up in bed clapping and cheering her brother after a ball game, exclaiming excitedly for more thunder.
A mother urges better child nutrition with fruit Grape-Nuts and Postum breakfast options. She notes her children improved greatly after cutting potatoes and coffee, reducing meat and adding eggs, vegetables, and varied meals.
Washington notes the United States maintains a high standard of diplomatic handwriting. It praises Ben G. Davis E B Russ and Percy F. Allen as master penmen who craft legible and individualized foreign correspondence for kings emperors potentates and rulers worldwide.
The corps handles forts coast defenses and all national waterways and harbors. It approves creek canal projects and forbids dam construction on navigable waters without permits. The Savannah flashboard incident shows its role in protecting water access. Government spending highlights its heavy workload with billions already expended and millions allocated yearly.
In the eastern market at Seventh and C streets SE the rat problem was tackled by rifle fire, dogs and ferrets after Marketmaster James A. Mangan and James H. Sherman intervened. The ten day operation sent rats fleeing from stands while spectators watched as terriers and ferrets cleared the tunnels and pipes used by the vermin.
A vast adult recreation complex is proposed for Potomac Park east of the rail line. The plan includes an 18 hole golf course 40 tennis courts six baseball diamonds two gridirons two cricket fields two swimming pools a boating area band stand golf house and picnic grounds with government backing. Officials say construction awaits congressional funding and the next session will shape appropriations plans.
A citizen complains about a neighbor's late night phonograph, claiming it aims to elevate taste and sharpen appreciation for finer things. The other man is seized by a strange spell, uttering a muffled Gue-gug as the scene unfolds.
A terse exchange in the courtroom left observers noting the clerk’s question and the judge’s restrained response as the matter proceeded. Details remain unclear due to fragmentary transcription from the historical page.
A Chicago man patents a soda water class switch and paper linings for reuse. A New York store uses an 80 progressive elevator display. Burma hosts the world jade mine long held by an Indian tribe. An Australian seed drill and a reversible cap patent are also reported as rural and consumer tech advances. New Zealand promotes timber for wood pulp industry.
A playful, rambling hometown column jokes about urban life and trends. It touches on auto sales, revived whaling, Havana tobacco, alfalfa crops, odd chicken breeds, and a humorous coalitions between ostriches, hens, and flies as the writer pipes a lighthearted, satirical tone.
A compendium of quips about gender roles money and politics rambling through aphorisms. The speaker notes distrust of fools and jokes about marriage and public discourse reflecting a 20th century social tone.
The text reflects on money as a driving goal and the role of critics among creators. It notes heroism as noble yet disregards common sense, and argues good policy lies in seeking opportunity. It mentions McClary Magazine and a claim about English workers in pitch fuel briquetting.
A New York Times report describes two burglars attempting to crack a hat store safe using every tool, only to find a lone note inside reading What s the idea The note and shredded safe hint at a failed heist and mounting tension as the criminals interact with nitroglycerin and other explosives.
Promote thick, lovely hair with Cuticura Soap and Ointment for dandruff itching and irritation. Clean scalp equals good hair. Try these emollients, sample by mail with a book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
A speaker reflects on illusion and the solitary mortal amidst divine beings. Snowstorms of deceptions pour down as the crowd sways and dictates actions, while the gods remain unmoved on their thrones. The momentary clearing reveals the same divine observers still surrounding him.
The Philadelphia Record notes that etymology causes trouble for students whose English stops at common street talk. A shy pupil defined ligament as a band then piloted the derivation and used the word in a sentence about “a brassigament” rolling down the street, showing the coherence gap between definition and real usage.
A Kilmer Swamp Root advertisement claims it is the premier remedy for kidney liver and bladder diseases. It notes a sworn certificate of purity with every bottle and offers sample by parcel post to Dr Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York for ten cents. Available in drug stores in 50 cent and one dollar bottles.
A visitor, Dnele John, praises a college's curriculum while touring his nephew's campus. The nephew touts a steel and concrete stadium that seats 20,000, inviting the guest to see it.
A playful exchange unfolds as Emma Wayup resists being told to grow up and be good. The Sunday school setting highlights a tension between conformity and individuality as a judge weighs the child’s preference to explore rather than conform.
When all others fail to please Try Denison's Coffee. Truth may be stranger than fiction yet some men hustle to stay ahead.
A 77 year old Indiana trapper, Peter McDaniel, lived in a wooden cabin by Fourteen Mile Creek near Beaver Hole. The piece links frontier life to enduring hunting and fur trading, noting many still make livelihoods harvesting pelts in forest fringes and waterways.
E Moody Boynton proposes willow tree barriers to stabilize Panama canal banks. He suggests driving willow piles along slide-prone sections and letting the roots spread to form a protective web up to 100 feet wide. He has written to President Wilson and his plan was sent to Isthmian officials.
Treat gray hair with Hay's Hair Health from your druggist. The product promises to restore youthful color, prevent new gray hairs, and improve scalp condition with harmless formula. Available 25c 50c or $1.00 with dealer name, Druggist return policy detailed.
Perry Belmont, condemning materialism at a Newport dinner, quips that the average husband ignores love if his consomme grows cold. He mocks the idea that affection fades while a meal prompt makes him leap to the dining room in quick, comic fashion.
From last accounts the Turkish army was in good running order according to a brief report.
Jamaica establishes several public quinine depots to provide the drug at cost to poor persons, expanding access to medical supplies and relief for needy communities.
Philadelphia woman 52 reports six years of severe monthly pains during change of life. She found relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and praises it as a woman's friend. The ad invites letters for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
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