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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1898
Page
7
The letter from Miss Gertrude Sixes of Eldred Pa. promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for painful menstruation and leucorrhea. It claims Pinkham's remedies helped her and urges suffering women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The passage lists humorous London advertisements with odd wording such as a gentleman’s apartment description, a room measured in feet, missing dog notices, and quirky wants like an organist, a boy by the counter, or a boy who can open oysters with references.
An old advertisement promotes Lene’s Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movements aid health. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys and relief for sick headaches, with prices listed at 25 and 50 cents.
In Paris the bread is distributed almost exclusively by women who go to bake-houses at 5 30 in the morning and spend about an hour cleaning loaves. The bread porter then rounds out, delivering six foot loaves to apartments and flats. Wages range from about a quarter to a half dollar daily and the work ends by 10 o'clock.
Linwood Park Ver million Ohio hosts religious meetings from August 2 to 22. Nickel Plate Road offers a round trip fare for attendees.
A fragment notes President McKinley receiving a daily mail load from a thousand to thirteen thousand letters and several sacks of newspapers. An advertisement claims permanent cures and nerve relief with a free trial bottle from H. Kline in Philadelphia, offering a treatise and medical claims.
The Indiana weekly crop bulletin notes warm weather with frequent beneficial rains improving crops. Corn shows rapid growth with yields near three fourths in northern areas while southern fields face some drying scorch. Potatoes affected but ripening. oats variable. hay yields high. hog cholera present in some localities. peaches and pears reduced by drought.
Pensions have been granted to individuals across Indiana. Original pensions awarded to Horris Devel of New Albany and David Boos of Indianapolis. Restorations and increases issued for Jesse Fletcher Knox, John Forbes advance, John Low West Lebanon, and Theodore Robbins Paragon. Reissues for Henry M. Johnson Delphi. Original Widow pensions include Mary T. Conrad Indianapolis, Rebecca Stockton Linden, Louisa H. Bedell Blooming Grove, Millie White New Albany, and minors of William Wilson Vincennes.
Mixed Indiana news: Shelby County reports hog cholera activity while Floyd County grape markets expand. July oil output hits 32 000 barrels in Peru. Peru begins 10 0000 sewer project along Broadway, wells going dry. Several peo ple suffer injuries including a fatal bottle-throwing incident in Evansville and a monk demise from a gravel train at Ellettsville. Congressman Crumpacker backs Mrs. J B Wood for Hammond postmistress.
The three year period shows output nearly doubling the previous twelve months. Sales of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters rise rapidly as the remedy is advertised to cure dyspepsia indigestion constipation nervousness and weakness.
The article notes that both Chinese and Koreans are highly superstitious about product labeling. Buyers seek lucky color schemes and reject items with unlucky labels, while color combinations influence perceived suitability for certain goods such as biscuits cosmetics and medicines.
An advertisement announces Halls Catarrh Cure priced at 735 cents. The pitch presents it as a constitutional cure with stated benefits and appeals to buyers seeking health remedies in a period newspaper display.
A gray haired man recalls making over fifty thousand dollars in three hours trading wheat. He notes he lost the sum in a subsequent deal the next day amid a short dialogue with an innocent maiden who questions the fortune.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful feet and bunions and relieves sting from tight shoes. It prevents sweating and callouses, cooling and soothing tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or mail for 25 cents. trial package is free. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
Lily Langtry could lose 500000 and still be independently wealthy. Her English racing stables are valued at about double that amount and she also owns valuable ground along the Thanes.
Agricultural ad highlights wheat at 40 cents a bushel with guidance for high yields including Salzer's Red Cross winter wheat 80 bushels per acre and other seeds like rye oats and clover. Full seed catalogue offered for 4 cents postage from Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wisconsin.
A reflective aphorism from Beecher about enduring hardships as divine refining. It suggests trials mold character, preparing individuals for greater purposes. The quote emphasizes persistence and faith through hardship.
A quotation from Mrs. Lucy Wallace of Marquette Kan dated December 12 1895 is included. The note mentions more than 50 000 gypsies in Spain. A one fare round trip to Linwood Park Vermillion via Nickel Plate Road runs August 2 through 22 for religious meetings.
A compact eighty page manual features a map of Guba and Spanish naval vessels with interior drawings. It lists U. S. and Spanish ships, army terms, a table of distances, commanders of U. S. ships and army corps, and regimental leaders. Send Chas. Fee in St. Paul for ten cents and receive the book.
The text notes rhododendron in India reaches about thirty feet tall while marigolds and camomiles in North Africa attain four to five feet.
Vintage drug advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam to stop coughing and warn of danger if delay. Offers a sample bottle and bottles priced at 23 and 50 cents.
Advertises daily express trains between Fort Wayne and Chicago via Nickel Plate Road. Notes station arrivals and departures at Van Buren Street Union Passenger Station Chicago. States agent contact and phone. Also promotes Ripans Teething Strips with sample offer and testimonials.
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