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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
7
Mrs Sadie E Koch of Milwaukee recounts months of female illness and near insanity before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits two bottles with a complete recovery lasting a year and urges women to consult Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
R. G. Dun & Co notes 4g trade remains strong in New York tri-cultural districts despite labor disputes delaying shipments. Railroads show gains with 3.9 percent higher earnings than a year ago and 21.8 percent over 1913. The report highlights robust lumber, fish packing records, rising machinery sales, and possible future tonnage gains, while wheat supplies and exports hint at bearish conditions ahead.
Chicago to Buffalo report shows varied price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Notable figures include New York cattle 4.00 to 7.40 and butter 18 to 20 cents. Buffalo hogs 4.00 to 7.80. Milwaukee wheat 77 to 79 cents, oats 6 to 8 cents, rye 47 to 48 cents per bushel.
A famed American skipper of the Shenandoah earns renown for courage, surviving shipwreck and mutiny. On a NY to San Francisco voyage a boatswain’s mate was sent aloft. he warned about foot-ropes but fell from the mast. He survived, quipping that the captain was wrong about the foot-ropes.
A Hamburg American steamer Nicuria brought seven llamas from the Peruvian Andes to San Francisco for menageries. The animals, banned from export at home, are described as small cousins of the camel with a stubborn temper and a deadly sneeze. An incident on deck saw one llama sneeze after being prodded with an umbrella.
Charles Back of Paris says kidney pain from age three to sixty four vanished after two days of Dodd’s Kidney Pills started in Carlsbad and Montreal. He credits the remedy with curing his severe kidney disease and claims he could not live without them.
A Brooklyn literary reception featured Paul Leicester Ford as guest of honor. A clergyman, misidentifying Ford as a minor figure, greeted him with a swaggering "my little man" remark, prompting a public display of Ford's quiet politeness as the room reacted.
A $100 cash prize is offered for naming the new Daily Limited train to California set to begin service November 1, 1902 by the Rock Island System and Southern Pacific Company via the El Paso Short Line. Open to the public with no fees. requests for instructions go to Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago.
A brief note reflects a Punch quote about dinner time scarcity with a remark on better effort from a leading author and a printer instruction to use Eagle Linen Paper. The line contrasts different authors and practices in a wry period voice.
Advertisement copy describes Mrs Winslow’s Sooruma serum for children claiming teething relief and pain easing. It asserts soothing effects and curing colic with multiple uses.
Washington Post notes a Louisiana belief that the dragonfly or mosquito hawk destroys mosquitoes. Investigators state the insect, known as mosquito hawk in lower Louisiana, is protected here and considered a natural ally against mosquitos. The myth ties to Attakapas history and local lore.
Mr Matthews recalls his mother's famed pies and compliments his wife on a hot morning of baking. He notes the crust is not as timbered as the last one and praises the process, aiming to encourage his wife despite lacking eloquence.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes night or new shoes feel easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent REN Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY
A housekeeper and iceman discuss ice supply and price expectations for next summer. They worry surplus old clear ice will spoil, forcing sale before the cheaper new ice arrives and melts.
A 75 cent price is noted for a constitutional cure named Hails Catarrh Cure. The text also recalls 394 AD when Rome expelled breeches makers and ordered all people to stop wearing breeches.
Congressman W F Aldrich of Alabama writes from Washington praising Peruna made by The Perana Medicine Co of Columbus for building up a depleted system. H S Emory of Omaha also commends Peruna as a tonic aiding digestion sleep and general health amid heat. The note highlights nervous debility and summer fatigue as conditions worsened by hot weather.
A Peruna advertisement claims the remedy purifies blood aids digestion and normalizes sleep. It asserts Peruna renews nerves and brain and offers to mail a book on catarrhal diseases from The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus Ohio amid testimonials.
The 11 year old son of a noted humorist emulates his father by studying the press and satire. He brings a school joke drawing showing a carriage drawn by a horse and asks if it is good. The piece references the New York Times observation of his early talent.
A Chicago Record dialogue notes Miss Wad dington's plain looks and marital prospects. Maude adds her mother has valuable old Colonial furniture to pass down, implying a good match for a man seeking a practical wife.
An advertisement promotes rubber stamps made to order and self inking daters with ink pads and a catalogue offered from Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. A note mentions the sackbut as an ancient instrument related to the trombone family and speculates about its slide mechanism.
The Nickel Plate Road offers Sunday summer trips Fort Wayne to Chicago and return for $2.00, valid on trains No. 5 and 6 the same day. See Ticket Agent or C A Asterlin T P A Here Were fate No 126.
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