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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1911
Page
2
A collage of witty observations and fragmented notes covers fashion like the harem skirt and the ugly dress, politics from Russia and China, New Jersey fox hunting, a Los Angeles marriage joke, Wisconsin fish stories, milk machine progress, and skeptical commentary on humor and literature.
London to stage a grand Festival of Empire at Crystal Palace during coronation season with King George and Queen Mary attending a May 12 empire concert. Mme Clara Butt and 5,400-voice chorus conducted by Dr. Charles Harris will perform, with Sir Henry Wood leading the Queen's Hall Orchestra. Fifty large carnival cars plus imperial displays parade from Hyde Park to Crystal Palace, featuring global pavilions, emblems, and tableaux illustrating colonial history.
A first edition of Lord Byron Poems on Several Occasions sold for 425 at Anderson's in St Louis as part of Judge Jacob Klein's library. The item, from 1807 Newark edition, was once owned by Col. E G Hibbert and had previously fetched 250 in 1902 at Sotheby's. Other notable items included first editions of Beckett and Aldrich works, Arnold's Empedocles on Etna, Besant manuscript Andromeda, and Walton Angler edition with Burr journals.
A Chicago West Side vacant lot at West Taylor and Jefferson becomes a makeshift mining camp as residents unearth old scrap iron and copper. Claim jumping leads to crowding, fights, and a self organized defense before families continue daily digging for nickels and other salvage.
A German women's rights advocate argues for compulsory domestic service for women to balance male conscription. She contends life in barracks and drill builds manhood and suggests an imperial army of cooks could influence Europe, noting cooks are more needed than soldiers and questioning discipline and uniformity in such a force.
The data shows a strong peanut market in New York City with residents consuming about $4,500 worth of peanuts daily, reflecting high local demand and steady consumption patterns.
A 1911 Sunday School study on Jonah 3 1 4 1. It outlines Jonah's call to Nineveh, his flight, the great fish, and his eventual obedience. The piece contrasts God's mercy with human pity, noting God's compassion extends to children and animals and ends with a panoramic assertion of divine love beyond human measure.
A farmer from Willis Mich extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a long trusted household remedy. He claims spring use cleanses the blood and expels winter humors, noting exposure to bad weather often affects his health and crediting Hood's Sarsaparilla with good results. The ad touts liquid and Sarsatabs forms.
An aging craftsman praises his son for practical sense over spelling errors. The son chides a worker named Gibson for mis spelling coffee with a K. The father notes Gibson’s reliability and cash payments as a key point the boy will learn.
In dialect reminiscence Pete says Sam's wife struck him with a rolling pin and hurled kindling during a violent quarrel. Joe jokes she celebrated their wedding wooding by the gesture.
A farmer feeds grasshoppers a mixture of greens and bran to kill them. One grasshopper eats the bait and dies, triggering a chain: 20 grasshoppers die, then 400, 8,000, and 160,000 more follow. The farmer is left relieved.
A quotation highlights the love of dress as a social vice second only to drink and gambling, attributed to Mrs. Humphrey, noting its pervasive impact on society.
One of the loudest cries today is for universal independence as voiced by Mrs. H. R. Haweis. Some women are set in their ways like old hens, reflecting the era’s social attitudes.
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