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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1903
Page
7
Trueman Robert Andrews writes of a father reading a newspaper to his child as the mother sews for a sister, while the child waits to hear an early bedtime tale. The father recounts Jack the Giant Killer with vivid danger and blood as night falls and fear grows.
The Chicago Daily News reports Hungary may see Francis Joseph step down as king, saying Hungarians show him a sarageorgevitch of a time and he could throw up the job.
A short humorous line shows a careful buyer asking what candy to choose with a cent to spend. The girl responds with curiosity about trying samples. The exchange frames a small childlike decision in playful tone.
William Prosser of Dresden New York tells of a whey fed fish from a cheese factory pond that grew legs, walked to the lake, and vanished, then reappeared seven years later as a whale sized creature that blinked at him. Citizens fled as the ponderous fish vanished again amid a baffling tale and a closing quip about Vesuvius and SOKA Upi.
A woman dies in a mountain hotel leaving a confession to her husband written as My husband. She reveals a lifetime of love and longing, then the man who enters is heartbroken, reading her final words and grieving beside her.
Missouri farmers explore goat husbandry to reclaim worthless brush land. D D Moss of Columbia started a herd on hillside and brush land, with goats thriving where other animals would perish. State agriculture officials promote breeding and use of goats on marginal terrain.
A witty remark by a star boarder likens hash to the three graces. The landlady replies that faith hope and charity guide one to tackle it, capturing a lighthearted exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald.
The Filipinos are said to be running away from their new dollars a fact which, says the New York Mail and Express, indicates that their American invasion is far from complete.
Lawrence Perry describes the busy duties of the terminal director as Harvard Princeton Yale games stir extra trains. A flurry of ten car specials and outbound movements test nerves and timing in the New York Central depot amid a sea of smoke and urgency.
A Georgia physician reportedly finished a fifty day fast to treat severe dyspepsia. He continued his medical duties and walked daily during the fast. The record longest fast cited is sixty three days.
L. B. Harvey claims violin aging can be accelerated by X-ray exposure. Fifty years of hard playing effects may be produced in one day as the wood is irradiated, yielding a tone previously gained only with time.
A playful exchange contrasts harmony with nature and the speaker’s pay day remark. The dialogue hints at seasonal cadence and domestic humor within Stray Stories.
Sussex sale records the Billingshurst estate sold for 6400 pounds. An indenture of lease begins a 10 000 year term from the second year of James I with a rent set as one red rose.
The comparison shows Cardinal Rampolla is over ten years younger than the new pope, while Cardinal Gibbons is one year older than Pope Pius.
In western ranges the forward spread of settlement crowds sheep and cattle together. Sheep damage the range, eating vegetation and even young pines, driving cattle to poorer lands. Muir called them hoofed locusts as their hooves compact soil and kill vegetation. Water conservation hinges on vegetation as erosion creates washes and ravines from runoff.
The census bulletin shows continental United States population up 13 046 861 or 20 7 percent, with Argentina the only country rising faster. Growth is strongest in the western states and Rocky Mountain region, while the south edges ahead of the north in the last decade. East and west shifts reflect migration changes and urban versus rural growth, suggesting broad equality in rates of increase across regions.
A juvenile boast recounts travel stories as a boy named Reggie claims to have journeyed around the world with his father last year. Another boy, twelve year old Jimmie, responds with a paradoxical tally of solar orbits and trips.
The article claims Belgians are the greatest smokers with 6.6 pounds consumed per person and notes annual cigarette imports of 59,400 pounds, illustrating a high smoking level across men women and children.
In Arabia wind shapes the desert by digging pits up to 200 feet deep, reaching the hard stratum beneath the vast sand bed.
German wines without added sugar yield acrid grape juice flavors and limited commercial value. The remark notes that sugar’s absence leaves many varieties tasting harsh and unappealing to consumers.
A proposed measure would relocate 300,000 people from Bombay and thoroughly disinfect their homes to combat the outbreak. The suggestion outlines large scale housing cleaning and exposure control as decisive steps in the public health effort.
The article explains that a rifle bullet can be photographed in flight at a duration of 125 millionths of a second using an electric spark. It highlights the speed of motion and the development of photographic techniques to capture such rapid events.
In a move to reduce distraction to engineers, royal personages are forbidden from riding locomotives on German railways. The policy aims to prevent safety risks and keep operators focused on train operation.
Chicago daily receives 25 000 cans of milk totaling about 209 000 gallons, boosting city dairy supplies.
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Bert Dummitt near Monett Missouri is said to have more living relatives than any other child in the United States. Kin include two grandmothers two grandfathers two great grandmothers two great grandfathers numerous great aunts and uncles spanning multiple generations.
The report notes Iowa contains twenty three Carnegie libraries funded for public use across multiple towns. It highlights ongoing preservation efforts and historical significance of these early 20th century educational buildings.
Deposits in German savings banks last year totaled 9 billion marks, about 2 billion dollars, signaling strong public confidence in thrift banks and a large pool of capital available for investment.
An Italian botanist demonstrates that nicotine is essential to tobacco plant nutrition and not a waste product.
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