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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1897
Page
7
A London Daily Mail passage depicts the German Emperor as a rigid, lifeless figure with yellowed skin and a stiff salute. The description emphasizes a cold, joyless demeanor, portraying him as a man turning into ice under a stern, masterful gaze.
Try Grain-O a new food drink that replaces coffee. Children may drink it without injury and adults can enjoy its rich mocha java flavor made from pure grains. Packages sell for 15c and 25c at all grocers.
An actress recounts a roommate’s misfortune with her fiancé who is touring as Hamlet. She sent him a poetry clipping, but he received a recipe for removing egg stains instead, prompting rueful chatter about the couple’s recent trouble.
An advertisement for the Smith Premier Typ-writer model PheB 3t with the latest improvements. Offers a free art catalogue and provides the Indianapolis Indiana address at 182 East Market Street for inquiries.
Vanity Fair recounts a tale from Don Jaime son of Don Carlos who was teased at an English school. A fellow pupil kicked him claiming he might become king of Spain and wanted to boast about the act someday.
An advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tebleis promises to cure a cold in one day. It claims all druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
A young Worcester woman died after attempting to eat wax candles to improve her complexion. The incident follows other risky beauty practices and highlights dangers of ingesting nonfood substances.
An old medical ad promises daily bowel movement as health, claiming gentle action on liver and kidneys and relief from headaches. Sold at 25 and 60 cents.
The piece notes Coto Paxi as the highest active volcano at 18 880 feet with a last great eruption in 1855. It advertises a lithographed wall map of Alaska showing overland routes and water paths to the Klondike gold fields available by mail for five two cent stamps. Cleveland Ohio address for the Advertising Department is given.
A Maryland host pressed Senator Lindsay to try terrapin at a supper. Lindsay refused with thunderous insistence, saying he comes from a state that raises something else. The exchange echoed with humorous awe as Gibson and others pressed for the dish.
Tisse tests the value of a man or medicine in a brisk account praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The preparation is described as forty five years old, enduring like hardy Alaska lichens and possessing a firm reputation. It is extolled as a remedy for fever and ague, bilious remittent, constipation, liver and kidney disorders, nervousness and rheumatism.
A wide awake Chicago woman supports herself by tending others birds and flowers. She calls herself a bird and flower attendant and visits patrons daily to feed water and care for pet birds plants and flowers. She claims to be the only woman in the country practicing this vocation.
An advertisement states deafness cannot be cured by local applications and claims a constitutional cure. It explains the Eustachian tube and mucous inflammation as causes, offers one hundred dollars for incurable catarrh deafness, and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from J J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio.
The Canary Islands residents reportedly use a true whistling language for conversation. The system forms words like a speech language and locals reach high proficiency handling a wide range of topics through whistle communication.
Advert shows Kemp's Balsam claim to stop coughing instantly with a free sample bottle. It offers 256 and 50 cent sizes and urges immediate purchase from a druggist, warning that delays are dangerous.
A conversational piece features Mrs Cumso and Mrs Cawker joking about quiet dress and button troubles. It promotes Piso's Cure for lung and chest diseases via a Canadian testimonial. It notes hardship in Ceylon tea growers as coffee planters suffer plant disease.
Passenger Department issues a six color lithograph map detailing routes costs and outfits for Klondike Gold Fields. Send five 2 cent stamps to Advertising Department Nickel Plate Road Cleveland Ohio for mail order.
A devastating twenty four hour hurricane lashes the British Isles causing vessel losses and widespread damage. Government stores, Woolwich arsenal, and Sherness dockyard sustain heavy losses while London squalid districts, coastal towns, and quays suffer flooding and destruction. Maritime disasters affect Lowestoft Yarmouth Scarborough and Holyhead with ships foundering and seas washing away promenades and sea walls.
Gen Cassius M Clay 87-year-old abolitionist and former war minister longs for his wife Dora Richardson Clay who left the Whitehall mansion on the Kentucky river ten miles from Valley View. Dora, 14 at their Dec 13 1894 marriage, has lived apart since a quarrel with her brother Clell Richardson and appears to be deciding whether to return.
A New York Herald correspondent reports dire Spanish troop conditions in Cuba. Soldiers lack pay and credit chains crumble as shopkeepers refuse credit. many troops resemble hospitals with invalid guards and weak prisoners. The writer recounts visits to Artemisa stations and a church turned jail with starving prisoners seeking aid.
Washington reports indicate twenty seven American prisoners released amid new action. A wife may pursue legal action to recover money lost to gambling by her husband. Dansel Paz, who betrayed Gen Castillo for five thousand dollars, was captured by insurgents on his way to Cienfuegos and court martialed, drum and bugle details noted.
A historical sketch recounts the Irish widow known as the Widow Ryan who naturalized in 1840s Indiana to manage her farm and support her family. Her sons held state offices, including James B. Ryan as state treasurer and Lieut. Col. Richard J. Ryan, famed orator of the Irish Regiment. The article also profiles Thomas I. Ryan, a longtime Indianapolis businessman who worked in mining and trade across the West and served as a government agent on Alaska’s Seal Islands. It ends with a testimonial about Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, credited with restoring nerve function and mobility for a man named Captain Shepard and claimed to aid blood and nerve health.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet reports a misinformed rumor claiming a daughter is missing. The exchange suggests seven people were present at breakfast, disputing the claim and indicating confusion over the situation.
Fragmentary ad copy pitches Alaskan gold fields and a Nickel Plate Road advertisement in Cleveland. Mentions teething remedy Drs. Winalow’s Scorative Slave for Children, claims inflammation relief and pain alleviation, and requests five 2-cent stamps for advertising. post office and telegrams noted.
A terse note suggests a feigned discontent used as a ruse in a local scheme. No further details clarify players or exact setting, leaving ambiguity about who orchestrates the plan or its goal.
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