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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1911
Page
4
A husband mocked his wife’s new hat sparking tears until she billed him for retrimming at 18.34. He paid the amount and claims the hat is now perfect. The episode ends with him ceasing sarcasm about hats.
Marion’s mother sick, aunt governs meals and forces disliked foods. When Marion refuses to say grace after eating onions, she is told to sit and wait. Hours later she yields with a prayer pleading for gratitude for onions, doubting God’s power to change her view.
A revived old tale contrasts Baptist and Presbyterian disputes over salvation. A neighbor compares choosing a church to picking a wheat route to the mill, noting the miller asks only if the wheat is good. The anecdote draws a lesson on faith and judgment.
Riot fears and mass arrests spread after the premier is shot at the municipal opera by Dimiry Bogroff, a Jewish lawyer. Thousands flee Kiev and neighboring areas while authorities tighten patrols and guard high officials. The incident triggers panic, arrests, and a wave of anti Jewish sentiment as the empire braces for further upheaval.
Madrid reports widespread labor unrest across major cities as revolutionary sentiment grows. Martial law has been proclaimed in several centers, clashes between troops and rioters cause bloodshed, Bilbao and Valencia figure prominently, and Canalejas faces pressure as rail workers threaten to strike.
A conservative investor can profit by buying good but cheap feeder sheep and lambs now, as production costs are below what meat buyers will pay later. With high feeding stock prices expected to rise, the market tightening by fall should push prices higher in October and November.
Columbus police captured life felon Michael Soboleski, who escaped the state pen by posing as Warden Jones wife. He made no resistance and muttered I should have died by my own action during arrest.
A baby weighing 18 pounds was born to the wife of James Leigh in this city. It is their first child. Mother and child are reported to be doing well.
Portland report says Angelo Delmonico, nineteen, trespassing in a Windham orchard, was terrorized by a farmer’s shotgun discharge and bolted into the river, where he is believed to have died.
Mrs Freeman Craver reports her eight month old daughter suffered eczema on face neck and back that flared with teething. A physician attributed it to teething and gave ointment with no relief. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment following the book’s directions the child was fully cured by age one and remained well. An offer for free Cuticura samples is extended.
Terre Haute hushes up a blackmail case as Prosecuting Attorney Owens lists grand jury witnesses including victims and Dr. O R Spigler who shot Lilian McCullough. her condition worsens amid silence. Fort Wayne Pennsy test train covers 105 miles in 84 minutes real time with 4 minute delay at Hamlet. Hammond Captain George W Bacon, linked to Gary real estate wealth and bankruptcy, is found dead at his country home. hearing follows. Laporte Lena Park receiver Henry C Rogers appointed by Farmers State Bank of Knox. Indianapolis detectives expose McManigal film evidence of dynamite plots. Bloomington Taft praised for treaties via international arbitration. Kokomo St Joseph conference protests Wilson at Brewers congress. Indy purse snatcher steals Grace Cahill’s silver purse. attacker escapes. Indianapolis Mrs Lee Gore dies after gas blackout. Terre Haute Clinton Coal miners return after company drops personal questions. Bloomington Monon foreman Grant Nelson killed in crossing accident. Hammond scaffold fall injures three men at Indiana Harbor church. South Bend Bishop Alerding finishes duties in Fort Wayne area.
Emergency advice promotes Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap as universal skin remedies for pimple, cuts, eczema, and more. Claims instant effect and physician approval, with sample offer and Baltimore company details. Includes a quip by H N Brown about repartee and employment.
A dialogue shows De Witt asking a professor to clarify a doubt. The professor explains but uses unfamiliar language prompting De Witt to return tomorrow for a clearer explanation.
An ad features Henry C C Leonhardt of Liberty St Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin praising Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney pain backache and dizziness and claiming permanent relief after prior treatment failed. The product is sold by druggists and general stores for 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the manufacturer.
A melodramatic vignette from Success Magazine depicts Jim stumbling back to a Tennessee town exhausted and hungry, claiming he came home to die while Uncle John bluntly insists he came home to eat. The exchange highlights a stark contrast between doom and practicality.
Webster reflects on the challenge of containing Ben Tillman and muses that future rivals like Hennery Cabot Lodge or Winthrop Crane may be tasked with squelching him, doubting their ability to do so.
Advertisement urging parents to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature of Smeecher and to trust Fletcher's Castoria, claimed safe for infants and children and used for over 30 years, with children urged to cry for it.
A judge features a wry exchange about illness and absurd remedies. The dialogue mocks platitudes in a world where workers suffer while horses are well fed. The text contrasts a cold complaint with a vacuum cleaner suggestion.
An advertisement promotes Cole’s Carboli salve claiming quick healing from burns and cuts with no scars. It offers 5c and 30c sizes sold by druggists and a free sample by writing to J. W. Cole & Co. in Black River Falls Wisconsin.
A terse maxim from George Macdonald equating desire and wealth with power found in the era’s moral prose. It contrasts having what one wants with the strength to live without it, signaling a stoic ethical stance.
A household liniment claims to relieve headache toothache and earache as a versatile remedy. The advertisement presents Hamlins Wizard Qil as the best solution for common pains.
A reflective line attributed to George flirt notes that personal desire and attachment to wrongdoing sustain harm more than external doom. The quote emphasizes internal choices over fate.
An OCR fragment notes Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children claiming to ease teething pain and wind colic, priced at 25 cents a bottle, alongside a moral proverb about earning what one deserves.
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