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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
6
Harvard chemists report atomic weights for nearly forty elements and the discovery that lead exists in two varieties. The radium mineral lead weighs 206.1 while ordinary lead weighs 207.8, suggesting mixtures or disintegration processes and prompting questions about matter’s fundamental composition.
A photograph shows Sarah Bernhardt in her La Gloire role and reveals she has begun carving a marble statue of herself for her tomb. Separately, Prof W D Harkins of Chicago presents evidence that ordinary chlorine is a mixture and N W Aston suggests atoms of different weights underlie many elements. Harvard chemists pursue lead studies but face inseparability of mixed forms by ordinary chemistry.
Edward Seth, a Walnut Ridge farmer, asked that his dog two chickens and a mule be buried with him. A physician anesthetized the dog and chickens for burial in a plain wooden box with their master, while the mule remains alive to mourn.
Four captains on one ship, each licensed to navigate unlimited tonnage, serve as mates amid a postwar shipping slump. Officers and sailors endure idle time as many captains take shore duty on farms, aiding unemployed seamen and sharing in union supportive relief.
Seattle reports Alaska natives face starvation as winter nears due to a failed fishing season and cheap furs. Gambling and goods from traders erode traditional sustenance, while disease and malnutrition accelerate decline despite missions and reindeer programs aiding some groups. Over the last decade 3,000 deaths outpaced 570 births.
Lang Milton a colored man from St. Louis was paroled by Sheriff John Willmann of St. Louis County after several weeks in jail. His claim of a new “panacea for prisoners” accompanies the story, and his ration return was so heavy that he was released unconditionally.
Paris fashion notes highlight girdles as the season's key accessory with elaborate perforated metal designs from Lanvin and Martial et Armand, wide Egyptian belts, padded silk girdles, fur belts, and tin and steel trims influencing both day and evening dresses amid a shift to corsetless silhouettes.
Georgetown Illinois resident Mrs. Margaret McCumber describes severe back and side pain after childbirth. She avoided surgery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, allowing her to resume daily work and urge others to try the remedy. The ad targets housewives with similar ailments.
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