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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
2
A collage of snippets reflects on science, politics, and society. Dated musings touch Mars sightings by Professor Lowell, distant asteroids, marriage and divorce, beauty cures, telephony links between Basel and London, and jokes about fashion, rotundity, and etiquette amidst a restless year.
London interview with Rev. Dr. Cobb founder of the Honorable Fraternity of Antwut Masonry. He argues Masonry includes women and that the modern craft has become too materialistic. Cobb describes forming a lodge with five friends now numbering 150, aiming to deepen spiritual life and allow wives and daughters. He says Grand Lodge of England opposes change but insists secrecy remains intact.
A report from Santa Rosa notes Luther Burbank has developed a thornless blackberry after ten years of work. He demonstrated the plant to Australian visitors, stating the thornless variety is not yet distributed and may take time. The fruit is described as high quality. Separately in Paris, Japan seeks a large airship of about 200 yards to transport 20 passengers and weapons.
In ten miles around Leavenworth, towns like Slabtown rose and fell. E W Snyder bought the former East Leavenworth site, platted in 1869 by Hervey L Bickford, locating near the Ryan ice plant. Excavation uncovers a brick cistern, store foundations, and saloon remnants, while the town's station moved twice and houses vanished.
After a week of waiting with a marriage license, Arthur Owens of Camden finally wed Catherine Connolly upon the Haverford’s arrival. The ceremony quickly moved to Gloucester where the couple, with Catherine as bridesmaid and Joseph Connolly as best man, began their life together. Owens serves as chief ranger of Court Washington Foresters of America in Gloucester.
Paris hosts an international fisheries exhibit drawing representatives from multiple countries. The event showcases global aquaculture and marine commerce with exhibits and delegations assembled in the French capital.
The piece notes that Roman and ancient women used vast amounts of borrowed hair to surpass rivals, with Caesar benefiting commercially by collecting Gaul hair. Hairdressing was a prestigious craft, forming elaborate styles like harps and diadems, while cropped hair signified subjection.
Pleasant weather draws couples to benches before the New York public library. Rain and cold have them indoors on decorative corridors where they chat and linger. A girl asks why others love it, and the reply notes the library's loveliness and solitude.
Alexander Carr shares a wry tale about two Hebraic friends on a lake each renting boats. One sinks and calls for help while the other calmly considers his own benefit and asks for the stranded boat if the drowning man fails to surface again.
Mabel Parr, age six, asks her mother the meaning of a cold sore. The Cleveland Leader notes the scientist mother suffers a blemish mistaken for a rosebud, and the child ponders why that rose never blooms.
A recent typhoid attack felled Oliver Hereford as his wits declined. A clergyman visitor left the room with a cheerful blessing, and Hereford weakly replied that the parting wish should be extended to many others.
A quoted exchange shows a voter denying selling a vote while admitting he voted for the candidate he was asked about. The fragment reflects skepticism toward electoral integrity and personal motivation in a past public discourse.
W L Douglas argues in the Boston Herald that big firms remain essential to compete globally. He calls for licensing of interstate manufacturers, full capital payment, semi yearly public statements, and state examiners to monitor directors, opposing Sherman Law reforms.
A spoiled star declares she wants a puff while the meek manager asks if she should contact the confectioner or the press agent. The piece ends with the familiar quip that the all knowing figure rarely wins bets.
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