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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
2
A chaotic column of short items and snippets covers varied topics from opinions on rights and marriage to memories of notable figures, quirky facts, and stray observations. It includes mentions of Indiana, France, New York, and San Francisco, with musings on fashion, crime, postage, and economy.
James O'Leary known as the King of Gamblers stands at his Halsted Street bar as carpenters convert the building into a chop suey place. He recalls past bets and raids, notes his last bet has been made, and references his long history with faro and roulette gamblers who called his place square.
London suburb Gumley cottage on Kew Green, once the residence of Queen Charlotte's maids of honor. The quaint house features a medallion of Queen Anne above the drawing room, an antique carved ceiling, a powder closet, white paneling, and a cellar once used for smugglers' hoarding.
The Fourth Presbyterian church congregation on Nineteenth Street aided Lorenzo Martinez Picabia a broker after his wife and he were forcibly ejected from their home by his discharged Japanese butler Tamo Ohara. Ohara with four associates used jiu jitsu to throw three policemen and flee as furniture and bric a brac were destroyed.
The curfew bell at Lambeth Palace, likely London's last curfew bell, remains in the Lollards Tower of the aged palace. The tower dates to around 1415 in Archbishop Chicele era. The belfry surface is galena rich in silver.
Henry Holder Corpus, who says he is the natural son of King Edward and half-brother to King George V, marries Mary A. McGill in Chicopee. He asserts royal lineage and seeks recognition through Crawford Elliot in England, recounting a long tale of his mother's alleged marriage and birth in 1863.
Paris society pushes to ban the insipid greeting How do you do replacing it with a livelier opener. Critics note the inquiry about health rarely reflects real interest and discussions of symptoms follow. A preference for a concise greeting like Salve or Je vous salue emerges as a replacement.
Berlin ends a century old practice of waiting at Unter den Linden for royal visitors. Lord Mayor Adolf Wermuth greeted the King and Queen of Denmark at the railroad station and delivered the welcome address.
The lesson analyzes Jacob's journey home after 32 1 2 and 33. It notes his courage not cowardice as he presents gifts to Esau, seeks grace, and relies on divine guidance. It emphasizes God’s control, prudent separation, and living in kindness as taught in Eph 4 32.
Readers are instructed to mail 10 cents to the Pattern Department of this paper to procure a sewing pattern. Include name and address in plain handwriting along with the pattern size and number.
Dress pattern 6155 features a front closing dress with a separate guimpe that can be made with long or short sleeves. Works in linen or lawn and other wash fabrics. Sizes 2, 4, 6 years with material estimates for 36 inch fabric and insertion and lining. Include name and address for pattern request and size details.
The Kansas City Star reports a rising clash where one rival asserts dramatic consequences after insults and broken spectacles. He recalls being punched twice and warns against awakening the sleeping lion in his breast, signaling potential fallout.
The piece explains stage money as a practice of David Garrick in the eighteenth century. It notes Garrick created counterfeit looking coins to simulate real money and that Shakespeare era actors rarely used money due to general scarcity.
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