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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1898
Page
8
Advert says Grain-O replaces coffee with a rich seal brown appearance like Mocha or Java but made from pure grains. Children and adults can drink it without injury and it costs 15 or 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers with the slogan The Real Thing.
Advert contains a cold cure claim for Laxative Bromo Quinine with refund offer. Mentions Easter, student travel rates via Nickel Plate Road, and through sleeping cars between major cities. Promotes Dr Kilne's Great Nerve Restorer and a free trial bottle from Dag. B. H. Kine Ltd in Philadelphia.
A naturalist notes that an ant mound displays a conical columnar form created by constant traffic along its passages. Inside the mound are hundreds of terraced cells connected by architecturally precise stairways, with basement store rooms where provender is stored. The finding supports Saville-Kent’s claim of high insect intelligence.
At a Carrolton Baptist Church meeting presided by Doctor Fitts the re election of Reverend J C Wingo was completed by a unanimous vote. A dog pupil stood with the congregation as the motion passed and the pug walked to the pulpit to confirm the humorous result.
Dogs serve as watch animals on coasting vessels, wood schooners, fishing boats and oyster boats. They are often tied up at wharves or harbors. A large dog on deck and rail deters thieves from boarding an anchored boat, giving crews added security.
The report notes Anderson socialists may nominate a city ticket as part of local party activity. It also lists varied Indiana items including crimes, fires, and public notices across several counties with names of towns and individuals. The piece mixes political rumor with numerous local incidents.
A Paw Paw Illinois resident Mrs Ellen A Oderkirk suffered neuralgia and nervous distress after losing two children in the past six years. She found relief after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, consuming seven or eight boxes and then recovering enough to eat normally and feel no nervousness.
Short remark notes vanity serves as a chief intellectual pleasure for many people, suggesting a social value placed on personal display and self interest over deeper study or reflection.
Louisville & Nashville offers semi monthly trips on first and third Tuesdays in April with return validity up to twenty one days. Tickets cover Kentucky Tennessee Alabama North Carolina Mississippi Georgia and western Florida with two thirds rate on some dates. North Western Line also offers Home Seekers' excursion tickets April 5 and 19 to West and South at low rates. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething priced at 2 cents.
Fragments show a nearly illegible 19th century testimonial for Hall’s Catarrh Cure by J Cheney & Co of Toledo. A sworn statement by notary A W Gleason dates to December with sales data and a promise of one dollar reimbursement per case. The text also notes a note on a curious Venezuelan “cow tree” producing milk-like fluid.
An old ad copy touts Kemp's Balsam as a quick cough stop with free sample bottles and 25 and 50 cent sizes. It interjects a separate line about the Russian Empire citing sixty languages under the Czar, not connected to the product.
Nickel Plate Road offers low rates for students on Easter vacation with a trio of fast Express trains daily east and west. All departures and arrivals at Union Passenger Station on Van Buren Street Chicago. See agents for details.
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