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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
9
An essay on how American Indians used sign language to convey messages across long distances. It describes smoke rings and fire arrows as signals for attention danger or camp, and explains signs for animals and deceit. The piece notes white familiarity varied, with old timers understanding the codes.
A British writer profiles Richard Croker boss of Tammany Hall, living quietly at the Moat House Letcombe near Wantage in Berkshire. He drives fast with a agile horse, keeps bulldogs and St Bernard dogs, supports local charities, visits Hendred church, and admires New York cartoons. The piece notes his strength and American accent and mentions his animals, charity work, and possible return to the US.
The article tells how during Lord Howe’s 1777‑raid, Philadelphia Quaker supporters were jailed in Winchester Virginia as political prisoners. Paroled by officers, they were housed by locals including Isaac Brown who planted an orchard in spring 1778. The orchard on the Brown descendants’ farm still bears fruit, with apples sent annually to the writer. The diary of exiled Friends and Washington correspondence are noted in historical records. Descendants of Gilpins Whartons Pembertons Fishers Drinkers Penningtons and other Philadelphia families are named.
The article explains how plains tribes used visible signs for communication over vast distances and how signs varied from simple signals to complex gesture language. It notes the spread, learning, and eventual decline of sign talk as modernization reduces reliance on nonverbal signals.
American Salvation Army worker the Countess of Tankerville arrives with her husband, formerly of Tacoma, where they met and married. The Earl, once third in succession, left his gay life to join her in street mission work before inheriting estates and title.
The article discusses red deer venison from Scotland versus English park fed venison, noting fatness and feeding influence taste. It explains quality varies by forest type and season, with deteriorating flesh after October, and compares prices and availability for different deer, including hinds and fallow venison.
A northern town circus charged sixpence admission with half price for under tens. Edith turns ten that afternoon and her brother Tom 13 buys two front seats for nine pence, explaining she was born late in the day. The clerk accepts the tale, making a close shave for the pair.
The text notes Empress Eugenie led fashion and funded dress costs. Her small shoes and gloves were given yearly to orphans at the Eu genie Napoleon asylum, where fifty fatherless and motherless girls were educated. The white shoes and gloves at their first communion were those worn by the empress.
The census will be conducted on the last day of March 1901. The registrar general estimates the current population at 37,740,283, noting an increase since the previous census ten years earlier.
Women have gained equal access to lectures in Oxford and Cambridge but are denied degrees. In Glasgow Edinburgh Aberdeen and St Andrews women win equal rights and influential ladies push for the same degree access across old universities.
Lieutenant Charles Peterson of Hook and Ladder Co. No. 21 writes from Chicago praising Peruna as the finest tonic after a grippe left him weak. He says two weeks of use restored his strength and a dose or two keeps him healthy during duty exposures.
A letter touts Peruna as a cure for grippe aftereffects such as weak nerves and poor digestion. It urges sufferers to follow directions and promises recovery in a few weeks. The Peruna Medicine Co. (Columbus, Ohio) is asked for a free copy of Facts and Faces.
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