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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1903
Page
3
Amie overcomes toothache after consenting to a visit to the dentist at her papa's urging. Her mother praises fortitude as Annie admits the ordeal was painful and estimates she endured about twenty tude.
A witty exchange notes the proverb that the longer one lives the more one learns, and thus the sage remains convinced he knows nothing. His wife retorts she could have said so a quarter century ago, but doubted its usefulness.
The Kansas City Southern Railway announces a cheap round trip excursion on October 20 from Kansas City and Missouri and Kansas stations to Lake Charles Shreveport Beaumont and Port Arthur. The $15 fare is valid two days from sale with a 15 day limit to reach final destination.
A collage of advertising copy from 1900 includes medical tonics like Laxative Bromo Quinine, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and Opium and Liquor Habits cures, with quotes from authorities and literature. It also features generic endorsements and prices, plus moral maxims and public notices.
Eugene E. Lario of Denver testifies he endorsed Dean's Kidney Pills in 1899 for backache and kidney trouble. He reports the remedy stopped his pain completely and claims no further pains. A free trial offer and mail order from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, with druggists selling at 50 cents per box.
An article guides creating a natural looking rockery with shade and moisture, using ferns like maidenhair and wax leaf, shade from pines or maples, and mossy stones. It warns against over systematic layouts and suggests large rocks, uneven placement, and occasional cascading water features to evoke woods, with care to water and soil.
The piece explains how cow diet alters butter fats and volatile acids, affecting flavor and purity. It notes effects of green fodder, hay, silage, oats, cottonseed meal, and sugars, plus analytical challenges distinguishing butter from oleomargarine and sesame oil tests.
W A Sheaf describes a simple dairy washing aid to hold a milk can by its handle. Two stakes with bolts are driven into the ground to form a swing support, allowing water to empty and the can to be washed without lifting. The device can be swung aside or removed as needed.
Practical guidance on dairy management emphasizes keeping a clean stable, whitewashed walls, and no harbouring manure. Prioritize pasture reliability, daily summer milk hauling, and feeding shade and hay for calves to improve milk quality and beef potential from efficient cows like Herefords Holsteins and Durhams.
Busy housekeepers should bathe and powder feet daily and change stockings each morning. Use comfortable shoes with moderately heavy soles and soak feet weekly, then scrub. Trim nails straight, remove calluses with pumice, and treat dry or moist feet with cream or borax. For foot odor from disease, rinse stockings in salicylic acid solution and dust feet with boracic acid. Protective carpet mats help.
A Victorian parlor scene turns grim as an old man leads his prospective son in law Charles to a gas meter in the cellar. He warns that each meter pulse brings nearer the workhouse, teaching economy by gaslight in a moonlit prank.
A method from Good Housekeeping for jam like tomatoes. Six pounds of ripe small pear shaped tomatoes are peeled by blanching and cooked with three pounds of granulated sugar in a granite kettle over low heat. The mixture is dried in the oven or sun and packed between layers of sugar in tin boxes.
A judge quotes a quarrelsome exchange about a failed fishing trip. The dialogue shows envy and deception concerns as the men argue over truthfulness and expectations. The snippet hints at a larger dispute around trust and accountability.
Prominent figures including Commodore Somerville Nicholson and U S Minister W G Hunter endorse Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy. Ex congressmen G R Brown and others join in praise, noting widespread use. The ad urges readers to contact Dr Hartman for gratis medical advice if results are not prompt.
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