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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
2
The page bundles miscellaneous items from urban life including fashion trends like rubber gowns, inventions such as a bubble whisker, and humorous notes on politics and crime. It mentions a New York judge affirming a house as a defensible castle and a Connecticut farmer who finds gold in a chicken.
A decision clarifies that campaign s are not covered by New York law prohibiting carrying deadly weapons. The ruling narrows the scope of restrictions and leaves campaign activities unaffected by the ban.
Medicine Hat has resumed operations to forward weather conditions to any address. The service offers prepaid charges for dissemination of disagreeable weather, indicating a flexible pricing model and readiness to deliver forecasts or alerts as requested.
Report notes smugglers seized in New York with glass eyes valued at about $1000. The anecdote quips about smugglers being blind to their crime as streetcar conductors plan to announce street names via horns to avoid opening doors.
Fragmentary report notes an American airman died by self inflicted action in the English Channel. The text then veers into unrelated observations about fishing methods and Harvard professors, offering no further clear detail.
From the wife’s point of view the age seems proper for stenographers. A Connecticut car force, struck by an automobile, grew despondent and deliberately killed himself, as if fate was rubbing it in.
Opium prices drop due to the Chinese revolution, explaining why war correspondents report heavy daily casualties.
A quirky note says an eastern woman nears marriage to her elf sixth husband after five funerals. A organist plays a funeral march at the wedding as two hunting guides are mistakenly shot on opening day in New Jersey. The era’s oddities remark on men’s obsession with guides amid such events.
A garbled jumble of unrelated lines mentions a mule in New Jersey drinking a gallon of an unspecified liquid and dying, a quip about penitence, a statistic about 536,000 women killed or injured, Sherman on war, a Connecticut school requiring pits to learn cooking, and a claim about girls learning bricklaying or hauling bricks.
Dr. Inge warns that Britain’s coal supply exhausts, labor grows scarce, and America rises as the world’s commercial center. He foresees the yellow peril threatening global trade, predicts China and Japan widen wage gaps, and calls Britain’s empire and industry to decline unless reform occurs.
In Morristown New Jersey the commission government advocates claim their 11 vote win is invalid because the county clerk used the wrong ballot number and the election is illegal. Officials fear proceeding as if approved could jeopardize future bond issues and the county’s credit.
In Bul lard's Canyon Kiamith Falls Oregon William McCully uncovered glacial ice several feet beneath gravel. He carried samples to Merrill where the ice was judged good quality though with small stones. A similar mass was said to have been found thirteen years ago and then covered, now believed still in existence.
B E Moore of Winsted Connecticut describes a steam fed brooding hen house. The framework uses heated pipes to maintain an even temperature and automatic feeding. Eggs drop from nests into a pipe, are stamped with the date, and are cooked by steam as they move to Moore’s home.
Johanna Laschky was arrested after she persisted in tossing money to a crowd on the street. She claimed she had only a short time to live and wished to distribute her change before her death.
London authorities will arm metropolitan officers with automatic nine chamber revolvers supplied by the Home Office. Officers will carry an extra eight-shell magazine, enabling seventeen shots at 200 yards before backup is sought. Distribution begins with detectives and dangerous-boat patrols, expanding to the entire force later.
A New Haven trolley narrowly avoided wrecking after hitting two buck deer crossing the track near Cheshire Waterbury Connecticut. One deer escaped, the other’s antlers scraped the side, jolting passengers and leaving a 15 foot gash in the woodwork.
Letters from Constantinople recount the 19th century Turkish regime’s dog clearance in Constantinople. Dogs were dumped on Oxia island or left in pits to die, sparking fears of war and a Bulgar assault that would devastate the empire and extinguish the light of Mecca.
Queen a yellow bulldog owned by Harry W Gammion of the Gamm en Express and Van Co stops a runaway horse on North Clark Street after the driver is thrown and injured William Schreiber manager of a sewing machine company is also involved in the incident He was thrown from the buggy when struck by a car as the horse dragged the vehicle south on Clark Street Queen lunges at the horse and grips the bridle keeping the animal from causing further harm
Henry Gassaway Davis, former U.S. senator, donated 100000 dollars to the Davis and Elkins College in Elkins Virginia at a special trustees meeting. Mr Davis Elkins was chosen as a new trustee succeeding his father Stephen B. Elkins.
An expert in fish culture showcased a memory theory with a large trout at a hatchery. After a barbed hook incident, the trout learned to fear a rod, fleeing at its sight, unlike a cane or stick, and continued this behavior for years.
A man recalls finding a moth miller in an old library volume believed unread for a century. The insect lay still then wriggled and could fly again after gentle flicks. He ponders how long it had been encaged and why the staff cannot locate the last reader.
A Sunday school teacher visits a small workshop believing it a dentist's office. The clock mender explains the joke, noting clockmakers who fix wooden gears use the term dentist for those who repair with sound teeth. The tale hinges on mistaken identity and punning origin of the word dentist.
In a note on place names the article asserts the original Pittsburgh spelling is preferred. It recalls Forbes renaming Duquesne Fort to Pittsburgh in 1758 and cites Arthur Lee in 1784 describing the city as smoky and sparsely endowed with churches.
The passage notes England's decline in sulfuric acid and indigo production as Germany and other countries adopt new processes. It highlights Germany as a major dye producer, with four fifths of world dyes being made there, and suggests shifts in the global chemical and textile sectors due to foreign innovation.
The article promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative for children, arguing regular bowel movements improve appetite and sleep. It claims superiority to salts and harsh laxatives and notes tonic benefits for stomach, liver, and bowels. Sample bottles are offered by mail from Dr W B Caldwell at Monticello Illinois.
A minister Dr Reed conducted a Sunday service when a stranger interrupted from the rear shouting to pray louder. Reed opened his eyes and replied that he was addressing God, not the man, in a moment of quiet exchange at the church.
A Chicago lawyer delivers a eulogy for late Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan. He recalls how Harlan used a story to rebuke exaggeration, illustrating with a Pittsburgh millionaire's tale of birthplace, first daylight, and migration to Philadelphia.
A frail client tells his lawyer he wants to explain his will. The attorney reassures him and takes control, suggesting the matter will be settled as the sick man sinks back against his pillow, accepting the outcome.
A busy day leaves a young woman browbeating fourteen sales-people and a taxi driver while asserting control over servants and a streetcar ride. She shuts down a would be protector with a firm refusal while not smiling at a man's plea to be her lifelong partner.
A San Bernardino County mother credits Grape-Nuts for swift recovery after a long illness post childbirth. She reports weight gain from 95 to 113 pounds, steadier nerves, and improved appetite for her four year old, whose eczema cleared after starting the cereal. The letter cites relief from continuous fevers and nervous prostration and promotes reading The Road to Wellville.
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