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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1898
Page
6
The account contrasts Lincoln's 1861 mobilization with 1898 United States forces. It recalls raw recruits armed with muskets, mutiny fears, and then gradual adoption of rifles and trained sharpshooters. It highlights leadership, morale, and the transition from improvised to organized armed forces across campaigns and winters.
A jokey quip from the Yonkers Statesman features a kind woman and a tramp at a back door. He replies that he does bathe daily in the sun, humorously correcting the lie about never washing. The exchange highlights streetwise wit in distant times.
A religious reflection compares Naaman's leprosy cleansing to the gospel's simple path of faith. It argues salvation comes through washing in the fountain of grace, not ritual acts, and praises humble trust over pride and ceremonial pomp. The Rev. A McLaren excerpt emphasizes accessible faith and personal transformation through Jesus.
Rev Albin D Matthews of Masson Ohio marks his golden anniversary in the Methodist Episcopal church born April 4 1824 in Pleasant Township. He taught country schools and was licensed in 1846 ordained 1858 and 1871 as he served as treasurer of Pleasant County while declining regular appointments. He has married over 1600 and presided at about 800 funerals, tracing his lineage to an English family that settled in Maryland before the Revolution and whose father served in the War of 1812.
A reflective aphorism compares rest to the fabled bird and urges steady labor. The note attributes the sentiment to Rev. H. A. Tupper Jr. and blends cultural allusion with a call to perseverance in work.
A religious exhortation likens the Ten Commandments to Holland's dikes protecting a vulnerable land. If these fail, only a flood remains, warns Rev. T. S. Henson.
Reverend Jd. D. Long urges readers to recognize the good in others. By noting and praising virtue, people are inspired to live up to high esteem and strive for moral excellence.
Rev. H. D. Jenizins advises consecration by a sacred vow and living up to it through heavenly grace. The message emphasizes personal commitment and steadfast devotion in faith.
The quote from Rev. Frank Crane notes flowers grow from rocks and earth, equating life’s beauty and sweetness with living by the Ten Commandments. It frames moral value as natural and enduring.
A devotional line notes daily progress of a better class of spirits and hourly souls greeting the Lord and living with Him as eternal reward.
Dr Lorimer recounts in Boston a public figure who shuns the self made title, crediting his mother for business discipline reading and integrity. A separate vignette details a New England minister’s joy at his wife and a neighbor’s horse, followed by an account of Henry Savage Landor’s perilous Thibet expedition and brutal torture before ultimate release.
H T Park a cotton manufacturer of Withnell near Chorley Lancashire recently retired and distributed about £20000 among his employees all of whom have twenty years of service or more. Each recipient received at least £20 with two individuals receiving £1000.
The article states the House of Parliament covers nine acres and contains about 1,200 apartments. It mentions Chinese cities like Tientsin showing two lights at night, implying contrasts between urban lighting.
Brief note discusses the origin of the bucket shop and references British ideas of the bucket son, indicating a parliamentary or economic term discussion with limited readable context.
A terse press note states that stock dealings were initiated but not delivered or transferred, with no further details on parties or outcomes.
A plan under consideration by the postoffice and treasury would issue checks ranging from five cents to five dollars to enable cheap easy money transfers by mail. The proposal aims to broaden government revenue and widen accessibility for citizens.
A plan suggests using blank face post notes as fractional currency with a two cent stamp. The buyer writes payee name and location, the purchaser's name cancels the stamp, and the note is mailed. The payee or their order can redeem at a post office, potentially boosting government revenue and aiding merchants with out of town trade. Congress may consider the bill next session.
The Ritchie Mines near Cairo West Virginia show a coal seam with high oil content. Baltimore investors built an extraction plant after discovering oil in coal. A mysterious downward extending vein lies between two parallel rock faces four feet apart, puzzling scientists.
An OCR fragment describes a crevice filled with coal and oil near a main mine, references Southeastern Ohio petroleum fields and a refinery abandoned after discovery of cheap oil. It mentions bog butter as a prehistoric relic, stored in an Archaeological Museum, and notes unearthed relics from ancient times.
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