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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
4
A London Fleet Street tavern near Temple Bar known as The Devil and Saint Dunstan drew lawyers with its dinners and wines. Patrons often posted Gone to the Devil on their doors, a phrase later used to mark a man slipping toward ruin, as noted by The Sunday Magazine.
Dr Chester Mayer warned at a Chicago AMA meeting that 75 percent of medical school graduates are unfitted to practice. He cited 3000 of 4000 graduates yearly as a threat, with 58 percent failed licenses in 28 states and many relying on quick retests. Physicians also cited ignorance of pharmacology and illiteracy in papers, raising concerns about patient safety nationwide.
A column offers methods to store white summer hats with muslin bluing and wax, then describes Savory Stew a nourishing dish using chicken or veal broth, macaroni, rice, onions, corn, potatoes, tomatoes and peppers with okra when in season.
Tips for washing pale ribbons using white soap and clear water to smooth wrinkles and refresh texture. Use a bottle or glass to rinse, then air dry. Reattach taped ends to ribbons to ease rebobbing during washing.
Prepare peaches by slicing and sugaring then warming. Beat eggs with sugar and lemon juice. Cook in butter until set, fold with peaches in the center, finish on a hot dish, dust with powdered sugar and serve.
Pale colored broadcloth capes gain favor for evening wear as they slip on easily without crushing delicate gowns and satins. The kimono vogue encourages loose flowing lines, with risk noted for amateur dressers who misjudge kimono sleeves and the balance with sheathlike skirts.
Fragmentary old recipe describes peeling one pound sweet potatoes and boiling, then cooking with onion green pepper bay leaf and thyme. It advises mashing, pressing, straining and serving on toast with sherry in a wine glass as a finishing note.
A rustic method describes parboiling one pound of spaghetti, forming a chicken tart with two cups of cold chopped chicken, a custard like steam for one hour, and serving around tomato sauce with a creamy blend of flour butter yolk egg salt pepper nutmeg and chopped parsley.
Fragments show an ad for an onion and pepper salad or mixing seed product with garbled text. No clear entities or concrete details to confirm a complete item or event.
A Civil War veteran, Capt Bly, credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing a chronic kidney and back pain after years of distress. He recalls using the product in 1901 and reports ongoing health since, noting the remedy was sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co. for 50 cents a box.
An overcrowded Broadway streetcar in New York led to a fatal fall as passengers jostled for seats. A small man crouched at the end of a car seat was shoved toward a rail and fell out, prompting a nervous passenger to ask if he had died by his own action. The pretty girl claimed the end seat afterward.
Mrs Kate Keim reports her three children all contracted eczema within five months. Sores appeared on the head and intensified daily. After visits to the Dispensary and using Cu Cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, sores diminished in a few weeks and heads looked clear.
The Manchester bachelor is teased by nine women as they secretly vote to be his wife. Each woman enters a corner and disguises her handwriting. nine votes are cast, each for a different woman. The bachelor remains single, friendships end, and the women vow not to speak to him again.
A Wisconsin merchant sends a Swedish clerk to collect money. The clerk reports delayed payments with various promised dates in January. The boss notes Bill never set a date to pay. The tale blends a humorous pay prediction with old time idiom and a poem aside about Niagara Falls and marriage humor.
A Wilkes Barre nurse reports personal relief from headaches and indigestion after replacing coffee with Postum Food Coffee. She notes others in her care have benefited as coffee no longer triggers discomfort.
A letter from Gerts of Battleford Sask Aug 4 1907 extols homestead entry rules in Western Canada allowing a family member to claim land for another. He describes 480 acres near Cut Knife, crops, stock, and railroads shaping a thriving settler life with growing towns.
A disjointed clippings blend features a contractor’s remark on a grand pyramid like structure, humorous camel ride reference, and a long disjointed medical ad about deafness. It weaves fragmentary quotes, odd capitalizations, and stray product pitches into a single page snippet.
A fragmented passage recalls an early steam boat on the Conestoga river, a Chester County native, and a mishap sinking the vessel. It blends with an old laundry starch ad praising stain resistance and home use, plus a fleeting note about the Carlyle memorial fund and subscriber count.
The Kansas City Journal notes a 535 foot Washington monument and 50 cow eggs shipped, with statements about building a taller monument. It references the idea of placing the eggs end to end to compare heights and mentions a figure of 221 and 82 in relation to the shaft.
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