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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1902
Page
6
A physician in Sloane Street notes unusually tall women among shoppers and predicts that fifty years hence the leisure class will be six meters tall. He contrasts office workers with active women, urging fresh air and exercise while critiquing fashion and social trends. The discussion touches physiology, modernization, and national vigor.
A discussion on the American urge to hasten life and production. It argues that the United States seeks maximum output in the shortest time, noting faster plant use and social tempo as defining traits, with January and February referenced as periods of notable activity.
A historical portrait of Glanndorf describing its single long street, thrifty German country farms, and residents living a simple life. It notes German language use, Catholic faith, hospitable people, women at work in the fields, and a famed church built with parish support.
The cost exceeded $50 000 for a brick structure with white sandstone ornamentation. The church back houses the convent and the farm operations are overseen by the Sisters, per New York World.
The king rejects debutantes in mixed social settings saying young women have no place at elder functions. London society observes a shift as young married women push into public life, prompting a clash with strict royal expectations.
An Indiana parent, claiming to be a major taxpayer, berates a teacher after a school day incident. He insists the teacher whip his son as severely as other students and threatens further action if challenged again.
The piece notes that before Charles II women did not act on stage and men or boys filled female roles. A story recalls the king waiting while the queen shaved and laughing at the manager’s honesty. Pepys records first seeing women on stage in 1661, though a actress appeared as Desdemona in 1600.
Dialogue snippets reveal a man and a woman discussing affection with a humorous twist in a Philadelphia Press excerpt. A separate line notes a family’s restless spirit, attributed to the male head of the clan.
The article traces flour milling from stone mills to modern roller mills, noting Pillsbury A’s 14 000 barrels per day and Minneapolis totals rising from 18 750 in 1882 to over 15 million barrels per year by 1990. It compares old methods, losses, and skills to industrial efficiency while preserving craft values.
A Virginia Nev traveler recalls a tale of a 1900 quake and buried treasure linked to a Western gold miner who died suddenly on his return. The story centers on a rumored rich pocket of ore and a fortune carried back to Nevada and Arizona.
A nurse recounts a chilling Alabama fable of a frozen lake and geese that lift a family from a cabin, leaving only an old grandfather behind. While presented as a sad, deserving case, the tale is a grim, likely apocryphal city pamphlet story circulated by the fundraiser.
A youthful man wearing a natty opera hat and a long coat enters a trolley car, drawing smiles as embarrassment shows. Two red faced waitress-like attendants board at Seventeenth Street and mock him, prompting the man to flee before reaching his desired stop.
Antoine Hedin, 52, from Mairy near Briey, has slept in a ditch or under a tree for 30 years. He subsists on roots and herbs, lights fires with flint, and roams the Lorraine woods barefoot earning a reputation for extraordinary strength and speed.
Roberts Austen notes that burning metals produce solid, not gaseous, combustion products. He cites the magnesium parachute flare and mentions aluminum as an effective metal fuel for high heat in welding, a practice growing at Essen, Germany.
In 1950 reports claim the war is over, but Lord Kitchener notes a one armed Boer on a three legged ox attacked a British column near Bloemfontein and retreated to the mountains. London fears a remaining Boer and gloom hangs over the empire as more troops are requested from Ireland for an aggressive campaign.
C L Smith of 309 Anne street, secretary of the Trades Council, writes of a painful illness once requiring two canes. He credits using Dodd's Kidney Pills, saying one box eased symptoms, two boxes allowed walking with one cane, and three boxes led to full recovery and no pain.
The world’s only steel wagon factory is to be built in Pueblo Colorado. A New York firm secured the general contract to construct the large plant for the Steel Wheel and Wagon Company.
A vintage ad offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder by mail. It claims to cure tired sweating damp swollen feet and makes new or tight shoes comfortable. Distributed through druggists and shoe stores with a 25 cent price in small print.
In a chatty exchange Sue wonders about Mildred’s engagement to a literary man. The response decries the risk that his influence could publish her private correspondence, hinting at potential scandal.
The ad copy notes Good Housekeepers prefer Red Cross Ball Dine for quality. It states Belgium exported firearms worth over 343000 dollars to the country in a single quarter last year, highlighting a surprising trade figure.
The ad extols St Jacobs Oil for fifty years claiming secret ingredients known only to manufacturers and trusted staff. It touts pain relief and thousands of success stories with cripples made well and free from pain, asserting record cures and sales surpassing all competitors.
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