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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1900
Page
7
A Washington Star report cites a lawyer and a man on how to use unused adhesive stamps by cutting them from an old envelope and regluing them. The expert notes a genuine stamp remains valid for postage even with attached envelope fragments, and government delivery obligations hold.
Try Grain-O. Ask your grocer for Grain-O the new drink that replaces coffee. Children and adults may drink it without injury and most people like it. Grain-O has a rich seal brown color like mocha and java but is made from pure grains. Priced 14 cents to 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers.
The foreman tells the clerk the jury has agreed but the verdict says the lawyers mixed the case up and left the jurors ignorant of the facts. This humorous exchange highlights courtroom frustration and unclear proceedings.
A Chicago Record item reports a couple ended their engagement over a dispute about engraving the nickname Babe on wedding cards. The bride insisted on the personalized touch, while the groom balked at the request. The breakdown highlights conflicts over wedding branding and personal tributes.
An advertisement asserts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cures painful periods and guarantees relief for women in need. It targets female readers with a reassurance that no sufferer should be without this knowledge.
Community notes from Indiana newspapers highlight local doings including marriages deaths and general notices. Short items cover accidents personal milestones and civic updates within nearby towns and counties.
Peter Wolfe and Charles Taggart die in separate accidents near Evansville and Lafayette. A man named Frank Richardson faces assault charges in Lebanon, while a teen 15-year-old in Shelbyville chooses jail over school. Reports include fires, mill boiler explosions, gang activity in Babytown, and public works contracts in Elwood and Logansport.
An advertisement touts Swanson's 5 DROPS Rheumatic Cure as a universal remedy for rheumatism and related pains. It claims dramatic cures, offers a sample for 23 cents, or a large prepaid bottle for one dollar, and notes the product is opiate free and child safe.
Sir Joseph Noel Paton, Her Majesty's limner for Scotland since 1865, has completed his seventy eighth year. A painter and poet, he studied at the Royal Academy in 1843 and joined the Royal Scottish Academy in 1850. Knighted in 1867, he is famed for his volumes Poems of a Painter and Spindrift and houses an extensive arms and armor collection in George Square, Edinburgh.
Ask Rate every day and answer with Jell O the delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared in two minutes with no boiling or baking just hot water and cooling. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers for 10 cents.
A Philadelphia Press quip mocks buying a car with a joke about taking lessons from a professional acrobat to dismount gracefully when starting to drive. The light item reflects comic urban chatter.
An old ad claims coughing leads to consumption and promotes SKemp's Balsam as a quick cough remedy. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and mentions 25 and 50 cent bottle sizes with a warning to act now to avoid delay.
A collection of sentences features self appraisal on virtue and public conduct. Included are medical ads for Piso's Remedy for Catarrh and Dr. H. H. Green's Dropsy treatment with Atlanta origin. The George Eliot quotation reflects life’s fleeting moments. An ad urges readers to steal sufficiently to advance careers.
Advertises laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promising cure for colds in one day. Refund offered if not effective. 25c. BE. Grove's signature on each box. Ends with note about employers wanting strict honesty from their workers.
An offer to travelers promotes the Central Passenger Association Mileage Ticket and notes the Nickel Plate is honored for passage on thirty-six other roads. Apply to any agent.
An advertisement touts Alabastine as a durable wall coating distinct from kalsomine. It is sold dry in water-to-ready form in white or fourteen tinted colors with full directions on each package. Suitable for plaster wood or canvas walls and easy for a child to apply.
The Hindu vassal state Bhopaul is ruled by Djihan Begum a woman about fifty who appears no larger than a child of ten. Despite her diminutive stature she governs with a firm hand and maintains quiet and order over a realm of more than a million souls.
A discussion on rivalry to produce the ideal man, defined as strong and intellectual, with health emphasized as essential. The advertisement claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters keeps bowels regular and stomach healthy, cures stomach disorders, and prevents malaria fever and ague.
The text recalls Beecher’s wish for a successor different from him. It includes a notarized Ohio deposition by Frank J. Cheney offering one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. The ad notes the product is taken internally and claims blood and mucous surfaces are affected, with testimonials available and Druggists selling it for 75 cents.
A wry exchange portrays a man who can name distances and positions of planets yet cannot answer simple local distances to a grocer or post office. The contrast highlights gifted knowledge versus practical everyday measurement.
An advertisement recommends Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for children. It promises health benefits the more given and notes Grain-O is made of pure grains, tastes like coffee, and costs about 15c to 25c, available from grocers.
The King of the Hellenes enjoys rustic recreation by plowing and harvesting. He can cut and bind corn, milk cows, and manage a farm single-handed if needed.
A printed offer from Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York invites readers to request a free sample of Allen's Foot Ease powder. The ad claims it relieves tired sweating damp swollen feet and makes tight shoes comfortable, and it cures corns and bunions with druggists and shoe stores selling it for 25 cents.
A brief exchange hints at plans for a future appearance and a personal anecdote about tying a knot in a handkerchief, suggesting lighthearted intent for a forthcoming interaction between the two figures.
A brief historical note recalls a European locust swarm carried by a southern gale that settled near London in 1748 and consumed all vegetation. The piece also advertises Salzer Seed Co. catalogs and seeds with testimonials and pricing details.
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily use supports digestion and bowel movement, gently acts on liver and kidneys, and cures sick headache with prices 25 and 50 cents. The text includes a quotation about bearing provocation as a sign of great reason and mind.
New Jell-O dessert appeals to families with four flavors Lemon Raspberry Strawberry and Orange available at grocers for 10 cents each.
Miss Howard Weeden, author of Bandanna Ballads in the April Ladies' Home Journal, emerges as a new singer of Negro folklore. Her poems win high praise from Joel Chandler Harris, and she accompanies her writings with pictures that match the verse in felicity and fidelity.
W H Kinkade recounts leaving Minnesota for Alameda in 1898 with $3.55 and detailing twenty one months of wages and homestead costs. He notes 32 acres ready for crops in 1900 after leasing and self work, concluding Western Canadian life suits a poor man seeking a family to support. He thanks B Davies, Canadian Government Agent, for guidance.
Ainslee's Magazine notes theaters of war echo real conflict but focuses on communications. It estimates ocean cables around 200000 miles with land wires vastly longer, totaling well over a hundred million dollars in wire in use in the United States.
Excursion tickets offered to students at one and one third fare for round trip. Tickets sold the day before school closes, the closing day, and the day after, with return valid over the vacation period. Inquiries directed to agents.
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the ideal liver aid and blood purifier. It warns against lazy liver function causing skin issues and aches, promising mild, effective relief and urging purchase from druggists or by mail. The copy emphasizes authenticity with the printed CeU logo on genuine tablets.
The text explains kalsomines as cheap temporary wall coatings made from whitenings chalks and clays that cling with decaying animal glue. It contrasts Ala bastine as a rock base cement that sets and ages without stripping coats and notes its hospital use for reducing dirt and germ spread due to its disinfectant properties.
The interior walls of churches, schoolhouses and public halls should be coated only with Alabastine. It resists rubbing and scaling, stays clean, and lasts long. Builders are urged to use it and to request tint cards and a free booklet from the Alabastine Co. Grand Rapids Mich.
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