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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1899
Page
1
A historical treatise argues that corporations are creatures of the state and subject to political control. It contends charter forfeiture for public-welfare destruction, limits on unauthorized acts, and the need for citizens to engage with newspapers and schools to advance civilization.
A Bloomington tale recounts a poor youth in love with a rich candy shop owner's daughter. He refuses a bribe to drink, then finds a book of a million dollars and wins marriage, a grand wedding, and twins, proving virtue rewarded.
The text asks how much of modern civilization we genuinely enjoy beyond mere observation. It contrasts tents with houses, hand work with machines, and stagecoaches with railways, urging active participation to share in the comforts and progress of the civilized age.
The Board of Review ceased July 8 and outlines county land values. Mesciusko totals show 338,904 acres valued at 8,913,790 with sy gees at 21,159,230 and grand total 39,073,010. True average land value 25.25 per acre. lands and improvements 226.70. City lots 8,223 valued 934,900. improvements 1,204,080. total 1,839,080. lot average 77.17. lot and improvements 222.43. Personal property 2,848,060. polls 4,880. total taxable property 13,760,150. Add rail and telegraph property about 3,000,000. subtract mortgage exemption 400,000. Highest per acre Jackson 29.04. lowest Etna 19.12. Wayne township richest at 958,035. Morrison 878,640. Franklin 759,? Tig. VanParen 759,405. Seward 758,750. Etna 339,710. Warsaw property 1,513,275.
The Pierceton Record notes a man who promised payment to a publisher and was to pay on Saturday if he lived. He passed away, illustrating the fatal outcome of unpaid debts in the neighboring town.
A Bluffton young man wrote two letters but mixed the addressees. One invitation went to a Chicago shirt manufacturer for the Sousa concert, while the other asking for a shirt sample drove the recipient to suspicion.
The passage criticizes persistent faultfinders who never act to improve the world. It argues such pessimists hinder progress and likens them to stumps in the road, suggesting their removal would help working people move forward.
An exchange notes that during the twelfth census women must reveal age or face a $100 fine. The law applies to all who refuse to answer or give false statements. Census takers should be sworn to secrecy.
An exchange warns that a person who buys from a stranger or non resident risks being fleeced of hard earned money. Such a buyer is not fit to seek sympathy and should prefer home merchants or neighbors. The piece emphasizes prudence in purchases from outsiders.
The fragment notes neighbors’ concern that locals may fall prey to thieves offering cheap goods or easy opportunities. It frames the robberies as a nationwide risk and warns readers about “soft snaps” from scam artists preying on trusting victims.
A country editor, after persistent dunning, forces a dead-heat to pay up and is en dorsed a note promising no further paper delivery. The editor then endorses the check with a chilling refusal to send the man the paper ever again, even in the next world.
The passage uses a playful comparison to claim that the annual global beer consumption would form a lake six feet deep and tens of miles long. It imagines suffocating the 120 million English speakers or bathing every person in America, with Europe and Britain occupying the lake bed.
An exchange describes Valparaiso society girls retiring in masks, Bourbon girls sleeping with a stocking over their head, Michigan City girls angered the bug avoids their town, and Argos girls claiming the bug is a man. A Rochester tale adds a negative caricature of the bug, said to carry tools and die after a night of restful sleep.
An editor records multiple towns where threats or pledges to pay ended in abrupt outcomes. A man who promised payment tomorrow was left blind, another who swore to pay or go to the devil disappeared, and a debtor who hoped to avoid payment by Saturday faced family consequences including a new set of triplets. A Columbia City man vowed to pay within a week, then his mother-in-law planned a summer visit.
The speaker urges readers to stop supporting dishonest or unclean papers while defending newspapers that publish the editor’s own views. Truth and courage in journalism are valued over pandering to readers.
The text argues that constant grumbling harms social ties while people seek happiness and friendship. It cautions against presenting imagined woes to others and promotes sharing smiles as a source of positivity, happiness, and social harmony.
A brief note describes a playful moment where a person compliments another on their cheek and the sunny sparkle in their eyes. The exchange emphasizes warmth and positive social interaction.
A dated editorial argues that cleanliness is essential for streets alleys and premises and extends the logic to people. It warns that decay from a dead rat on a main street breaches health rules and perfume manufacturing standards, urging year round cleanliness especially during rapid decomposition and disease risk.
The Bluffton News notes that many giving advice on parenting matrimony and war lack experience. It mocks unmarried men theorizing on marriage, veterans on battle tactics, and editors with only mortgages guiding newspapers. The piece laments people prescribing to others while misusing prayer.
A patriotic duck laments being unappreciated for laying many large eggs. A wise rooster advises that, to gain recognition, she must advertise her deeds. He contrasts her silence with the hen who is celebrated for books and verses.
A religious note proclaims the only true virtue lies in action as a preacher exhorts his congregation. The message emphasizes that goodness comes from effort and deeds, not mere intention or idle talk.
A medical ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best cure for burns cuts sores and skin eruptions including fever sores ulcers boils felons and piles. It promises fast pain relief and healing for 25 cents a box sold by Dr. Rager.
Geo. H. Jacobs of Thompson Connecticut endorses De Witt's Little Early Risers as prompt pleasant and non gagging pills that cure constipation arouse the liver and improve blood and appetite with clear brain and steady nerves attributed to Dr. Chas. Rager.
Mrs Ada Jr Hart of Groton writes a testimonial after a violent lung illness that nearly claimed her life. Diagnosed as consumption, she refused to give up and credits Dr King’s New Discovery, taken eight bottles, with her cure and renewed health. Trial bottles offered free at Dr Rogers Drug Store with a regular 50 cent size, guaranteed or refunded.
A humorous verse advises careful selection of a husband through playful kitchen metaphors. It warns against extremes of height weight and size, suggests love as salt and a kiss as spice, and emphasizes dressing and polite conduct to keep a spouse content.
A promotion claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests food without stomach aid while healing the digestive organ. It is advertised as the only remedy doing both and able to permanently cure dyspepsia according to Dr Chas Rayer.
A Liberty, Rhode Island mother of eight recounts how Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy saved her young daughter's life during a severe summer bout of dysentery. She urges other mothers to trust the medicine and notes it is sold by Dr. Rager.
A reflective note on everyday faults in a newspaper office and local trades. It catalogs petty complaints from merchants, postmasters, barbers, bakers, grocers, and others who face criticism for common service flaws. The piece suggests not taking such sour reactions to heart.
A Mayhew Wisconsin resident praised Dr Chas Rager product One Minute Cough Cure as a quick safe remedy for obstinate summer coughs and colds. The testimonial attributes wonderful medicinal qualities to the treatment.
For Sale or Trade 160 acres of finely improved Nebraskee land within five miles of the capita of 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 80 acre Indiana farm or sold very reas onable terms. Inquire at or write to the Brecorn, Silver Lake, Ind.
A dubious tonic named WKodol Dyspepsia Cure claims to treat all digestion disorders. The advertisement cites Dr. James M. Thomas and the American Journal of Health to back its broad master remedy claim.
Mr R P Oliviar of Barcelona spends winters in Aiken. Weak nerves caused back head pains. After using Electric Bitters, pain left him. The medicine is praised as a blood and nerve remedy curing liver and kidney trouble purifying blood toning stomach and nerves. Every bottle guaranteed 50 cents. Sold by Dr Rager.
During the civil war and our late war with Spain dixdirhood troubled many troops. David Taylor of Wind Ridge Greene County Pa used Chamberlains Voice Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and reports speedy relief. Sold by Dr Chas Rager.
A Bluffdale Texas mother credits Dr Chas Rager and One Minute Cough Cure with resolving her baby’s month long severe cough and flu like illness after other remedies failed. The account cites B L Nance, a High School principal, endorsing the product’s rapid relief and cure.
The soothing healing proper ties of Chamberlains Cough Remedy are praised for pleasant taste and prompt cures. For sale by Dr. Rager.
Rural testimonial notes Chauncey resident Hamilton Clark cured after twenty years with itching piles using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve two boxes. Warns against counterfeits and praises Dr Chas Ruger. Also touts DeWitt’s Little Liver Pills as a safe constipation remedy without griping.
If you need a buggy surry or road wagon call John Cook. He carries the best in the land at the lowest prices. He also offers good driving horses at reasonable prices for buyers.
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