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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1905
Page
7
A reflective meditation on aging and value as youth fades. The speaker rejects fame and praise as hollow, believing true growth comes with self-control and higher thoughts, rising to maturity like stars in the night. The source is The Spectator.
Four sisters in a crowded city decide on a thrifty seaside escape by bicycle and a mountain tour. They rent rooms, live simply on a budget, and share duties while recovering health and spirit. Romance threads appear as Fanny and Sarah plan marriages with local suitors.
John Drew the actor and a Southampton club steward share the same name causing mail mix ups during summer. Both request friends to note the correct town and include at least a middle initial if possible. No hard feelings have arisen from the mail exchange.
The article credits wireless telegraphy and submarine signaling for maritime safety, noting recent tests aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. It explains how bell signals heard in ship telephones identify approaching vessels and directions, reducing collision risk even in fog or poor visibility.
Article reports rumors in China about 500 Chinese heads to be buried under a power house to start the electric tramway. It notes jinrikisha coolies refuse to take fares into country districts at night as a consequence of these rumors.
A lighthearted exchange from Stray Stories where a lawyer recalls childhood pirate ambitions and a client notes luck at realizing youth dreams. The dialogue highlights humorous contrasts between idealism and professional life.
A playful excerpt from Stray Stories features a pair in a witty exchange about compliments and perception. The line about talking too much serves as a humorous observation on social behavior.
A colossal pumpwork, possibly the world’s largest, was built in Leeds for a Tasmanian gold mining company. It can remove 7 to 8 million gallons daily from 2000 feet deep, with all machinery manufactured in England after a competitive tender against foreign bidders.
A new theory attributes seasickness to a nervous disturbance. It suggests curing with tincture of atropine in one eye or by covering one eye with a device to reduce symptoms.
Canon Ringer, biographer and editor of Charles Lamb, once noted that a preacher who can whistle on a stick wins more attention than one who preaches like an angel. The remark highlights public magnetism over rhetoric.
A Philadelphia Press reader voices a wartime quip questioning a lecturer who proclaims pride in being "one of the men behind the guns." The exchange highlights a veteran claiming close involvement with military action amid audience reaction.
The piece notes alive opposition to capital punishment in Mexico, with long gaps since last executions in cities like Mexico City and Monterey. It discusses wall scarred by bullets at Belem, historic cases, clemency hopes, and shifting attitudes toward execution by shooting versus earlier methods.
A tale from Skibo recalls Andrew Carnegie’s property after purchasing the site. A circus orangutan escaped and fell to its death near the castle. Keepers found the body and joked about hair and identity before planning to check the kirk and Carnegie for missing guests.
The piece notes Laurence Hutton citing John L. Sullivan in reminiscences. Upon Edwin Booth's death Sullivan reportedly quipped in sorrow that only a few of them were left.
A columnist complains of the holiday traveler disease sweeping rail cars. Symptoms include talkativeness childish curiosity and a hunger for food. An Exeter departure reveals a Mrs. with cake milk sandwiches and red currants provoking unwanted hospitality and social mingling.
The Vegetarian federal union held a London congress to discuss varieties of vegetarians. It notes groups such as the Vems who eat vegetables eggs and max, Vegs who avoid all animal products, Edenics who skip cooked food, Wallacites who ban salt bread with yeast, Haigites who omit peas and beans, and Allisonians who forsake tea for dried cereal drink.
The New York aquarium receives a large consignment of blind fish from Mammoth cave Kentucky. Director Spencer believes under care the blind fish may evolve eyes and see like other fish. The Echo river natives live in the deepest subterranean stream.
In Four-Track News the medical expert reports the sleeping sickness spreads via tsetse flies in East Africa. The piece humorously contrasts tsetse behavior with the American fly and notes July and August as hot months in which a soporific insect would be welcome.
London plans a footway tunnel under the River Thames at Woolwich with the free ferry as the sole vehicle and pedestrian link. The ferry suspends service in fog and bad weather, being out of operation for part of 26 days last year.
A Detroit Free Press quotation extols that bluffing works when the other side believes you hold the goods. It asserts success comes from possession or convincing others you possess it, drawing a parallel between life and poker strategy.
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