18 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1902
Page
1
The event featured music from the Mandolin Club and vocal solos including The Flight of Ages and For All Eternity. Distinguished speakers included Rev J Q Cline and Prof L J Rettger. Graduates listed with theses cover Christianity and institutional development. an admission fee of 10 and 15 cents was charged at the door.
W B Herendeen of Frederick Ohio stopped in on return from Kansas and Nebraska. He described fertile soil ideal for rabbits and gophers and boasted of eight rabbits and one gopher killed with a single shot from a band of twenty six. The writer questions the accuracy of his later tales though notes his boyhood honesty.
Arrangements are under way for a meeting in Indianapolis on May 14 and 15 for regulars and United States volunteer soldiers and sailors who served in Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines. A reunion event is set for May 14 evening with public invitation. Coal deposits discovered in South Dakota offer easy access though low quality. many ranches rely on their own fuel supply.
A novel grafting attempt blends strawberries with milkweed to produce a plant yielding strawberries and cream. If successful, the next idea aims to cross the cowling family with a refrigerator to create ice cream.
All large guns for the United States will be made 10 percent longer to achieve greater velocity and closer shooting. The adoption follows the newer slow burning powder that necessitates the change.
The Indiana legislature will be asked to provide an appropriation to establish trade schools at the Jeffersonville reformatory. The board of managers and Superintendent Hert plan to open bricklaying stone cutting cabinet making carpentry plastering painting printing tinsmithing and cloth weaving courses and to manufacture the cloth for inmate uniforms. All contracted work may be halted and new buildings machinery and equipment needed.
James A Shaw argues that boys underestimate the need for a solid foundation in business life. They must aim for accuracy and promptness in all tasks, learn to save money, and show initiative. Punctuality and communication with employers are essential, and ambition grows from humble beginnings.
Arthur Griffith a Milford mathematical prodigy was arrested at Blaffton for failing to settle a four dollar board bill at the Washington house. After lecturing at M Bd church he checked into Adams house and fled before daylight. A warrant was issued, Griffith resisted, and was finally found at a livery stable where he paid the debt and costs. Goshen News Times
A promotion promises one year of four subscribers to Recorp at one dollar each paid in advance, with an additional copy mailed free for one year to the purchaser.
Washington reports detail Senate debates on oleo margarine and Chinese exclusion with opposition from Hoar Dillingham Gallinger and Cullom. It notes Platt amendment replacing current bill, Depew’s federal supervision idea, and Senate tensions. Also covers Roosevelt inauguration date debate and Roosevelt family travels to Charleston Exposition and Havana visit by Miss Roosevelt.
A single Century page for advertising pur poses costs 500 dollars, with rates from 3400 down to 100. A yearly ad in one column of the New York Herald runs 30000 dollars for the lowest and 310600 dollars for the highest columns. The figures appeal to small investors who think they are bold advertisers.
A historical note describes postage stamps as issued to cover every man woman and child with at least sixty stamps annually. It claims enough stamps exist to provide three letters per person globally and to encircle the earth three times if laid end to end.
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