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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
4
A spectator witnessed coming trouble and left before the climax. A fat plumber recalls meeting someone at the moving picture show last evening and leaving when danger loomed. He avoided involvement in ensuing domestic trouble between a man and his wife.
A gold handled penknife so small it could pass through the eye of a needle is shown in the window of Solomon L. Baxter, jeweler, Wellesley Massachusetts. Baxter asserts it is the smallest penknife in the world. The tiny knife carries two blades each three thirty seconds of an inch long and uses three tiny rivets to hold blades and sides.
A humorous exchange between a grandmother and a child after church. The kid complains the organ felt odd because there was no monkey with it, eliciting a lighthearted family moment.
A provocative line notes that for certain individuals the sole path to enjoyment is inciting anger in others, reflecting a cynical view of social dynamics and conflict. The remark suggests a mindset where amusement derives from provoking reactions rather than shared pleasure.
An advertisement for Cuticura Toilet Trio features Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as daily skin care. The copy urges cleansing purifying soothing healing and perfuming with the trio and notes they are 25 cents everywhere.
An Indianapolis physician vents anger after a ball crashes through his window. A boy apologizes and says he feared hitting one of the doctor’s patients, revealing the neighborhood’s undercurrent of respect and risk.
The musical comedy manager learns all principals are on strike while the chorus and costumes stay ready to work. Despite the walkout, the manager orders the show to go on.
Miss Josephine Weil daughter of prominent Peoria lawyer Joseph Weil hid aboard a Venezuela voyage after learning no passenger space was available. she offered the captain her fare and was placed with the purser's wife, earning admiration from fellow travelers and gaining social notoriety as possibly the first society girl stowaway in ocean travel. her mother plans a Honolulu departure in September while josephine resumes studies eastward.
May Bradley-Kosack-Davis-Porter, 20, dubbed “the girl who married the navy,” received a yearlong prohibition on loving any man after pleading bigamy. She wed three sailors from ships including the Marblehead Luckenbach and Oregon, all living and none divorced. She explains dances sparked marriages and that Porter, her favorite, will stay with her if she can obtain divorces from the other two. She even joked about entering a convent if he cannot stay.
An artistically arranged banner made of seventeen year locusts protests the removal of judges Endlich and Wagner in 1919. The display, with locust shells for decoration, was presented to the judges and placed in the Law Library amid thousands of insects.
In New York a bartender named Harry Deed sold a small drink to a man who turned out to be a detective. Deed was fined ten dollars after the encounter.
Dallas judge grants leniency to veteran accused of drunkenness after homecoming. Judge Robertson states every man who fought in France is entitled to one drunk, freeing the veteran.
A wallet with $1,200 and papers belonging to Dr. W. R. Hodgson of Stoneham was recovered from Watershops pond by A. A. Dunham of Springfield and sent to Hodgson. Hodgson had lost the wallet and a rifle and binoculars when his canoe capsized two years earlier and a diver search failed.
In Brooklyn a jury awarded Dr Anna Speare 25000 against Miss Frances Goldstein for alienation of her husband's affections. The letters describe romantic passion and musical allusions including Mendelssohn and Caruso as vivid proof of strain in the Speares’ marriage.
A Cleveland streetcar motorman Andrew Hardos slammed on the brake and snapped to attention after a bugle call. Passengers asked about a possible crash and he replied he felt like he was still in the army.
Frank Sovansky a Bungarian faced 30 days in the city workhouse after displaying a German flag over his residence in Brooklyn. Neighbors burned the flag in response to the display.
An advertisement claims a tiny bottle of Freezone removes hard corns soft corns and calluses from feet. Apply a few drops to the corn or callus to instantly stop pain and lift it away root and all with no soreness.
An old advertisement claims weakened kidneys trigger aging and promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a home remedy. It markets odorless capsules, urges preventive use, promises renewed vigor, and offers money back if unsatisfied.
English researchers report successful experiments growing peanuts in Mesopotamia. The findings indicate viable cultivation potential in the arid region.
An old advertisement offers $100 for any catarrh case not cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. It states the remedy is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces of the system. Sold by druggists for over forty years with testimonials and free information from FB J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio.
A dry comment about a club dinner prompts a quip that the orchestra supplied Meyer beer. The banter hints at a rowdy night with music and beverages during a social event.
A woman attempts to remain discreet by offering no reason for her refusal, leaving observers without clear justification for her silence or actions.
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