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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1899
Page
3
A nostalgic lyric poem about a stone house called a playhouse near apple trees and a garden gate. Three sisters are described as queens of long-ago days while the speaker laments lost happiness and a golden prize never fully attained.
Don Jose Le Garde, a wealthy Peruvian mine owner, confronts Marie’s suitor Leon Stevenson at a Caracas ball. Jealousy, manipulation, and a deadly ring viper culminate in Le Garde’s death by a fatal bite. Stevenson later pays the elder Marie’s suitor’s debts and marries Marie as city elites attend their wedding.
A small seven room cottage designed for country or suburban lots offers cozy practicality at about 1500 dollars. The two story plan includes a vestibule parlor dining room kitchen and three second floor bedrooms with a stone foundation ship lap siding white pine trim and a five color exterior. Construction details emphasize solid materials and economical execution with a ready price and variations possible in some areas.
Robert J Burdette lampoons man in a comic sketch detailing a life from birth to death. The piece weaves economic woes, family troubles, weather losses, and social judgments into a humorous if grim portrait. It lampoons finance, work, and social status with a string of ironic vignettes.
A Chicago Tribune piece recalls a sergeant in a backroom reflecting on odd police requests from the public. People sought postage stamps ice water and door access while officers noted ice costs are paid by them. A German man begged to unlock his locked house and a tenement death led to a charity collection for the widow and child that later facing more requests.
Report notes The Hague talks may serve as a ceremonial prelude before the scheduled opening match. Officials indicate the meeting could set tone and timing for the bout, with observers watching for any early actions or declarations.
The piece notes hospitality contrasts among nations. It cites Russians showing respect to introductions, English formal reception, and French etiquette with spontaneous dining, suggesting Americans could learn from these approaches.
The writer notes differing customs in Russia where men are accompanied home by their messenger and women await with letters. In Moscow the author recalls hosts waiting for hours and feeling mortified that four of them were not present to greet every admirer.
The Boston Herald notes rich travelers abroad endure nuisances and theft risks on European railways while enjoying comforts like rugs cushions and travel kits. It contrasts luxury travel with the common practice of thieves targeting luggage and handbags, recounting lack of redress in France and Italy and the careful ways wealthy travelers manage baggage and onboard provisions.
Dr. H. Schlichter told the Royal Geographical Society that the Zimbabwe ruins are ancient dating to 1100 B C. He argues Semitic peoples from the Red Sea including Jews Phoenicians and Western Arabs reached Rhodesia and mined its gold long before modern times.
When a woman entertains she makes more enemies than friends.
The article notes how Dewey's image is single and easily identified due to a long-ago Bell's gallery portrait. It contrasts his modesty and rarity of photographs with the many distinct depictions of other naval figures and recounts a Manila portrait that confused guests in a Dewey portrait game.
ALES Nye explains advertising's purpose as the prime tool to draw customers, urging merchants to advertise during dull seasons rather than peak times. He argues ads must hit hard with facts and price cuts to overwhelm consumers and secure profits, noting the risk of neglecting promotion when sales slump. He ends with the maxim that business comes from timely ads, not sheer abundance.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers offering short humorous exchanges. Notable lines include a child avoiding onions, a theater of misunderstandings, misheard conversations about trains, an inventor mocked by rail stocks, and playful exchanges about weddings and discipline. It captures era light humor and social banter.
The Gate of Tears refers to the Straits of Babelmandeb as a dangerous twenty mile wide channel between the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea famed for numerous shipwrecks. The Bridge of Sighs is Venice’s bridge from the Doge’s palace to the state prison named for prisoners conveyed to execution.
The piece argues Damascus in Syria is the oldest city, predating records of Rome as “the eternal city.” It notes Damascus has been known since writing began and ends with a cryptic line about doctors.
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