03 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
1
A discovered poem recites a weathered ramble of a wanderer named Jerry who travels west from farm to farm across Kansas and Arkansas seeking luck. He narrates misadventures with oil gas and lead finds, retreat to new lands, and a vow to settle where land remains secure. The piece notes a hot landscape turning days intolerable outdoors.
The piece notes Manila residents rise at four in the morning to conduct business until eight, then rest indoors until dusk. Shops reopen as stores and amusements fill in after sunset, creating a reversed daily rhythm.
A Kansas printer tried farming but failed and returned to printing. He faced a mule and a horse in the field and was dismissed after he reportedly pied three or four columns of potatoes. He asked the farmer's wife whether the hens should be set leaded or solid.
A friend praised Michelangelo for a statue he was finishing. Angelo replied that he had retouched parts and softened features to add expression. The friend dismissed it as trifles, but Angelo said trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
A verbose speaker known as Melancholy McCullom fails to finish his talk to about 50 miners, drawing a chalice of thirst and a single lingering auditor who threatens to shoot to end the show. The piece wends through quips on influence of women, auction humor, and reflections on courage, virtue, and persistence.
A Kansas man discovers brandy can be made from wet elm saw dust. A discouraged prohibitionist mocks the chance of a good cause when a man can use a rip saw to become gloriously drunk on a fence rail.
A party guest started with a lyric about autumn days. The moment captured a brief musical interlude as a young woman performed a song fragment.
A calculation from the era estimates that fingernails grow 44 months to full length. A 70 year old would renew nails 187 times, with half inch nails yielding seven feet nine inches of growth per finger and a total aggregate of 77 feet six inches across all digits.
A reflective meditation on misfortune, desire, and empathy arguing that hope sweetens prudence. It contrasts friends and enemies, warns that most men are evil, and urges honesty. A humor piece ends with a Frenchman’s dictation about language mastery and a playful pun involving ewes and yew.
The excerpt critiques social judging by appearances in farming, commerce, religion, and publishing. It argues for clear Christian faith over outward labels, noting how one’s character should be evident beyond church rolls and rumors. The passage ends with a jab at self-righteous critics.
An editor, fortified by a farm windfall, abandons the pen for broad acres and touts odd biotechnical ideas. He imagines crossing animals and plants to yield endless honey and strawberries and cream, mocking impractical schemes and the stubborn rural mindset.
A Washington florist recounts that George Bancroft bred the American Beauty rose, later uprooted from his conservatory by unknown thieves and carried to France where the rose was named and shown to the world. Bancroft’s Diplomatic and historic fame contrasts with the plant’s theft.
Mrs Ada Hart of Groton writes she suffered a severe lung illness ending in consumption after four doctors gave up. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery, used eight bottles, with her recovery and health. Trial bottles are free at Dr Rogers Drug Store with a regular 50 cent size guaranteed or refunded.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for burns, cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, and skin eruptions. It claims fast pain relief and healing with a 25 cent box, guaranteed cure, sold by Dr. Rager.
If you need a buggy or road wagon you cannot do better than John Cook. He offers the best in the land at the lowest prices and carries a number of good driving horses sold very reasonably. He can supply just what you want.
The New York Star announces a daily prize of a high grade bicycle for the largest word list formed from THE NEW YORK STAR letters with no letter used more times than in the source. Second and third prizes include watches. many rewards follow. Contest runs June 26 to August 21, 1899, with 12 two cent stamps for subscription details.
Mrs Geo F Burotex of Liberty Rhode Island says Cham berlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved her baby daughter during a severe bout of dysentery last summer. She endorses the medicine as one of the best kept in the house and urges mothers to use it promptly. Dr Chas Rager is named as local supplier.
Mr Olivia of Barcelona spends winters in Aiken South Carolina where weak nerves and back pain faded after using Electric Bitters. The ad claims the medicine cures liver and kidney trouble purifies the blood tones the stomach nerves and restores energy. Guaranteed 50 cents per bottle sold by Dr Rager.
For Sale or Trade 160 acres of improved Nebraskee land within five miles of the capitate Red Willow county. It is all under cultivation and in a region where crop failures are very scarce. The society is as good as anywhere in Indiana, schools and churches are to be found very near the farm. Good water is plenty This farm will be traded to an 80acre Indiana farm or sold very reas onable terms. Inquire at or write to the Arecorp, Silver Lake, Ind.
Nickel Plate Road advertises its 17th Annual Niagara Falls excursion on Aug 1 with 15 day return validity. Toronto add on $1.00, Thousand Islands $6.50, Chautauqua Lake stopover free, sleeping car reservations urged, return via Faust Express Trains. Also sells Niagara Falls to Montreal tickets for $9.50 with liberal return.
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