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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
2
A garbled column brims with quirky items about a Missouri girl seeking two thousand dollars for kisses a New Jersey tax on cats a New York judge questioning love recall debates and a parade of oddities from vaudeville sexual politics and public life including a pilot of spats the Kaiser's army and a Los Angeles concealed weapon case.
Virginia born Jack Keith, a border plainsman, escapes a raid and faces murder charges in Carson City. In Sheridan he meets Christie Maclaire, a singer entangled with Mr Hawley alias Black Bart, as Keith uncovers clues about missing papers and an inheritance while Hope Waite’s identity looms.
Engineers describe solid petrol as bricks made from 80 percent gasoline, soap, and a 1 percent additive. A brick is claimed to equal a gallon of fuel and could propel a car about 1,200 miles, with a small box carrying the supply on the running board.
A wife receives news of James’s death with careful tact. A close friend informs Hilda that the message is deliberately softened to ease the blow, noting it could have been worse and complimenting her future appearance in widow’s attire.
Mrs Gaddy notes life distinctions puzzling Professor Pundit Like when you write every bad detail in a man's life for a book it becomes biography yet telling the same things to a few on a front porch is gossip.
An economical, bored man proposed a Venus collection to store pictures of the 100 most beautiful women, hoping to stop other girls from asking for their photos. The scheme ends unsolicited photo requests by claiming ownership of the top beauties.
A joke about a commiseration shower for a bride as friends pretend to pity her future marriage. The bride remains unfazed, revealing that all the girls envy the groom so much they would trade for his eyes.
A fragmented reflection notes that predicting the future is risky while suggesting a man may know little of what is to come. The passage hints at uncertainty and the unpredictability of events shaping society.
Gerald and Geraldine discuss adjusting to new circumstances with a hopeful exchange about cheering up and adapting to change.
A brief humorous exchange shows a child testing divine omniscience. The mother calmly affirms that God knows all, even the plan to skip prayers. The child asserts tonight God will be fooled. Published in the St. Louis Republic.
The marquis of Queensberry cited a London incident at a New York dinner about a peer who tipped a taxi driver. The driver mistook him for a member of the House of Commons and the peer replied that he is in for life, illustrating the comment on a long sentence.
A woman told an intelligence office proprietor she wanted a younger servant. A fifty year old Irish applicant challenged the idea, saying it’s a pity the Lord didn’t make her in the gate to suit the caller’s convenience.
A New York hotel man cites nervousness restlessness and sleep loss after coffee and credits Postum with calming symptoms and better sleep. A woman recounts similar improvement after switching from coffee to Postum following a suggestion from a friend.
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