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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
2
A garbled column item mixes bizarre notes from the era: bounty for fleis, Venus of Mile, steel prices, kissing customs, a mattress find, gasoline in bottles, suffragette quips, aging learners, heat as a substance, public maths usage, bandit talk, and a Chicago fire response.
A western telegraph manager advertises for "girls with wheels" and suggests he will find them by visiting any moving picture show.
A fragment notes birds migrating to a city but highlights a special kind that waits on the cities for the opera season opening.
Native New England Christmas trees face quarantine as officials halt movement amid plant health concerns. Restrictions aim to prevent spread of pests and protect regional forestry.
A railroad company is asked to pay 00,000 for the death of a chimpanzee. The owner shows reluctance to work for a living now.
A French owl reportedly captured by a policeman stirs local wit as France remains last to be thought of for producing anything owlish.
A Philadelphia man died with 166000 dollars and no indicated heirs. Lawyers will receive the estate. A Boston minister notes it is possible to marry and live on 15 dollars weekly, and a New York arrival with 500 pairs of shoes suggests either a dancer or a centipede.
Fragments mention Zeppelin airships with kitchens and waste disposal, horse scent, distant enemy approaches, and a note on China lacking forests. Includes bizarre lines about New York corporations liquidating as women protest clothing and husbands dropping petticoats.
An English journalist warned of enormous loss of life if liners sailed without adequate lifeboats. The 1886 Stead piece describes crowded boats, a ship breaking apart, and passengers fighting to survive as the Titanic disaster looms in retrospect.
Berlin reports the Prussian diet debates a plan to tax bachelors earning over 750 dollars yearly. The tax would add 10 to 20 percent, higher than married men with similar income, as an income surcharge to fund state support.
William D. Becker of Fleetwood, a large chestnut and peach grower, contends there is no chestnut blight and argues that chestnut trees are healthy, countering reports of a blight problem in the region.
The United States won the international broad water jump at the horse show. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt won the Nata challenge cup with Sir James for the third year, taking possession of the $850 trophy in an amateur drivers event. Triumph, ridden by William P. Kearney, took second prize. Fico, ridden by Lt. H. R. Adair, won the jump contest. Spes with Lt. C. H. Labouchere placed second and Deceive with the US Mounted Service school took third.
Boston mayor Fitzgerald, a baseball fan, is thrilled to own the last ball used in World Series games. The anecdote highlights his gleeful reaction to this historic sporting keepsake.
British bark Helpmate arrives from the north Borneo coast with an island crew. six Japanese sailors kill themselves on deck after learning of the emperor's death and burial. Captain Steers, armed, cannot stop the self-inflicted deaths as the vessel drifts toward Hadgona Bay.
A Mutual Improvement association drive in Salt Lake City asks the Utah legislature to appropriate funds to improve the old Mormon trail from the state line to Salt Lake City and integrate it into a proposed trans continental automobile highway. The route recalls Brigham Young leading followers into the Great Salt Lake valley in 1847.
John Lepis of 804 Buttonwood Street beat his wife for asking for money on payday and spanked his two sisters who helped Mrs. Lewis. He then threw a red hot stove into the street while finishing a house wrecking job. Police officers Nonamaker and Lukweine took him into custody.
A nostalgic monologue recalls Christmas past when gifts were handmade and family love mattered more than commerce. The narrator laments modern debt driven celebrations and asks why father bears the burden of costly, festival spending. He recalls childhood crafts and simple joys as the true spirit.
A wagon unloads fresh Christmas trees at a grocery, sparking festive crowds. The tale traces the journey from snowy Christmas Tree Land where vast forests yield free trees to workers who cut, haul, and ship them south to fill city homes with holiday cheer.
A nostalgic reminiscence crowns the season with a memories of a big bag of mixed candy from the barrel. The writer recalls boyhood delights of red and white sweets, sugar hearts, marbles with nuts, and funny animal shapes from Sunday school treats.
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