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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
2
The text urges self confidence as key to success and warns that supporting right over wrong even when it pits you against a friend is a duty. It stresses standing with those who do right and persuading enemies toward the good. It ends with urging readers to post cards at the Record office.
S A Hoover and family leaving Pierceton after several months tending the green house to live in Akron for the winter with plans to farm near Akron in spring. Their departure is noted as a loss to the community, per the Pierceton Record.
Rich Man's Gifts are Poor. I want to go on record as saying Electric Bitters is one of the greatest gifts that God has made to woman. It gives buoyant spirits, vigor, and health. It cures nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholia, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells, and builds up the weak and sick. 650 cts at H P Rager's.
J L Arthur was checked in Monday and installed as agent for the Big Four at this place to act during Mr Walter's absence. He went to Wabash Saturday and passed the examination required, per company rules.
The matrimonially inclined girls in parts of the state pursue new fads to snag a husband. Past ploys included wedding cake under pillows and a bride's garter. now a "tippe box" holds articles of clothing each day with the hope a marriage proposal will come within a year.
The Record office advertises fine post card albums and invites viewers to come and see them. It also promotes writing tablets pads drawing paper pencils pens and ink available at the Record office with hundreds of post cards for 1 cent each at the Record Post Card Station.
Superintendent Aley denounces girls of today in public schools and sides with traditional parenting. He claims only about six of two thousand female students are genuine and warns that mothers and fathers fail to discipline and guide their daughters. He argues teachers cannot police afterschool conduct and blames parents for lax standards.
Quote reflects skepticism about medical proof of heart disease used to dodge life insurance. The line attribution points to Bosworth as a lucky man who fakes illness to avoid coverage, illustrating contemporary anxiety over policy loopholes and fraud.
Fragmentary ad copy touts a wholesale draggi ball product claimed to act directly on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers free testimonials and charges 75 cents per bottle reinforced by vague claims and mispelled vendor mentions.
A brief note records a call at the RECORD post card station and mentions the new post card setup.
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