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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1897
Page
8
A customer testimonial from Mrs M H Wright of Akron Ohio claims two years of stomach trouble were cured after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. The ad ends noting 6 4's Pitts as a favorite cathartic priced 25c.
A vivid description portrays the German Emperor in a stiff salute amid acclama tion with a middle sized figure and a dead yellow face. The portrait emphasizes his masterful, grim expression, lack of warmth or pity, and a sense of turning toward gloom and sleeplessness.
Try Gra n O grain O the new food drink. It may be consumed by children and adults without injury and has the rich aroma of mocha or java. Made from pure grains it agrees with delicate stomachs. Price 15 or 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers.
An actress learns her fiancé, who is touring as Hamlet, received a note with a poem cut from a paper that instead carried a recipe for removing eye stains. The room mate notes the mishap as an amusing miscommunication on set.
Advertisement for Smith Premier Typ-writer and B-st Value Writing Machine promoting latest improvements. Includes an art catalog and address at No 182 East Market Street Indianapolis Indiana.
Vanity Fair recalls a moment when Don Jaime, son of Don Carlos, faced a schoolyard kick in England. A fellow pupil admitted he struck the prince not for misdeed but to claim he once kicked the future king.
An old drug ad promises a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Beblets. It notes refund if it fails and sets a price of 25 cents.
A young Worcester woman in England died after attempting to eat wax candles to improve her complexion. The self harm followed continuing efforts to alter her appearance and resulted in a fatal overdose.
An aged ad touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement is necessary for health and lists effects on liver and kidneys. Prices 25 and 50e. Also notes a volcano height claim and an Alaska wall map offer with 2-cent stamp response.
A quip from the New York Tribune recalls Senator Lindsay declining Maryland terrapin at a supper. Lindsay explains he hails from a state that raises something else, prompting banter with Senator Gibson and a playful thunderous tone.
Time tests the worth of a man or medicine. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters boasts forty five years of growth and a hardy reputation. It is highly regarded for fever and ague bilious remittent constipation liver and kidney disorders nervousness and rheumatism.
A wide awake Chicago woman supports herself by visiting patrons as a bird and flower attendant. She tends pet birds, cleans cages, waters and trims houseplants, cleans leaves, and applies fertilizer to keep both avian and botanical clients in good condition. She believes she is the only woman in the country pursuing this vocation.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and offers a $100 reward for any Deafness case due to catarrh not cured by Ball's Catarrh Cure. It explains etiologies including inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and catarrh and promotes a Toledo based remedy by J Cheney & Co. with agents.
The Canary Islands people reportedly use a whistling form of speech for conversations. The language consists of word like phrases and allows fluent discussion on many topics among inhabitants.
An old药 ad promotes Kemp's Balsam claiming it stops coughing immediately. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and notes sales in 25 and 50 cent sizes with a warning to act quickly.
In brief humor lines Mrs Cumso jokes about her husband’s quiet dressing while Mrs Cawker comments on his buttons. A testimonial from J L Northcott of Windsor Ontario endorses Piso’s Cure for lung and chest diseases. An ad promotes a six color lithograph map of Klondike Gold Fields from Nickel Plate Road with route and outfit details for five 2 cent stamps.
A severe twenty four hour hurricane battered coastal towns causing extensive property damage and loss of life. Vessels foundered and ships ashore from Lowestoft to Holyhead with rain and floods flooding quays and streets. Government stores and arsenals suffered heavy losses as streets and sea walls were destroyed.
Gen Cassius M Clay longs for the return of his wife Dora Richardson Q Clay who has left the Whitehall home for Valley View on the Kentucky river. The fourteen year age gap and the 1894 Dec marriage drew scandal as the elderly abolitionist and war minister kept a fortified mansion. Dora has been living with her brother Clell Richardson after tensions arose, and now Gen Clay fears she may stay away permanently while she asserts she may return when ready.
A New York Herald correspondent describes dire conditions for Spanish troops in Cuba reporting months of unpaid wages, exhausted shop credit, ill soldiers at stations and in towns, and a church turned jail with invalid guards. The writer cites personal observation from Artemisa and notes a paroled prisoner begging for clothing.
The article notes thirty seven American prisoners freed in Cuba since the new administration took office. It reports the Indiana State Supreme Court ruling a wife can sue to recover money her husband lost gambling. It mentions Angel Paz, who betrayed General Castillo, being captured by insurgents on his way to Cienfuegos and court martialed.
The piece recalls the life of the Irish widow known as the Widow Ryan who naturalized in the 1840s and built a family that produced Indiana leaders including James B. Ryan treasurer of Indiana and Lieut. Col. Richard J. Ryan. It also documents Thomas F. Ryan’s ventures from California mining to Alaska government work and his battle with locomotor ataxia treated with Dr Williams Pink Pills.
A witty exchange from the Cleveland Plain-Dealer features a false alarm about a missing daughter. The reply clarifies that all seven were present at breakfast, reversing the rumor with a light, humorous tone.
Alaskan gold field notices and postal statistics from London and Cleveland advertise telegram flow and a teething syrup for children. Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup promises relief for teething pain and wind colic at 25 cents a bottle.
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