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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
3
Mrs. Watt of 593 Helen St Detroit describes relief from a severe cold and poor appetite after using Earle's Hypo Cod. She cites renewed appetite and recovery, endorsing the orange bottle and to read the formula on the label, with claims of nationwide brand quality.
A captain of industry declines to meet an old college friend now in need, saying it would be painful to reconnect given his own sophomore year expulsion. The Birmingham Age-Herald notes the awkward encounter and the lingering impact of past frictions on present aid.
An advertisement touts Gramulated Eyelids and Stiles relief by Roman Eye Balsam claiming overnight relief after a single trial proves its merit. The ad emphasizes dramatic eye cure effects for readers seeking quick remedies.
A New York Central Magazine vignette shows a conductor sternly demanding a passenger board a departing train while she pleads to kiss her sister. The conductor obligingly offers to handle the kiss moment, highlighting courteous humor on rail travel.
The passage presents a brief exchange where one speaker expresses feeling foolish upon entering unfamiliar company and the other reassures it was natural to feel that way. The dialogue highlights social discomfort and supportive response.
A New York company has started a business supplying ready to use typewritten sermons for clergymen. The firm markets prepared homilies enabling pastors to deliver polished religious addresses without drafting them themselves.
A special House committee to aid farmers plans to chart policy on price declines and emergency tariff measures. A Massachusetts Republican proposes a one fourth of one percent tax on bank deposits to raise about 1 billion dollars yearly. Industry and banking interests appear unlikely to mobilize strong opposition.
Washington reports President Wilson will reside at the former home of Henry P. Fairbanks at 2340 5 Street Northwest after leaving office on March 4. Bolling, the president's brother in law, announced the purchase and said possession would occur by February 5. The price is undisclosed but rumored near 150000 dollars. The colonial brick and limestone house sits on grounds covering nearly a square and sits high above the street.
Washington reports the January 1 population as 105,708,771. The continental United States shows a gain of 25,668 over the preliminary October figure in the census bureau certification for apportionment of House members.
Senate passes Poindexter antistrike bill without debate or roll call. Measures makes interference with interstate commerce a felony. Washington dispatch notes the action on December 18.
London reports say eight police were ambushed by about 100 armed men at Kilcommon County Tipperary. Four officers are said to have been shot dead amid the firefight with rebels.
Jack Dempsey heavyweight champion of the world knocked out Bill Brennan of Chicago in the twelfth round at Madison Square Garden. Brennan pressed hard, then collapsed after a swift right to the stomach followed by a left to the stomach and a final punch to the head.
Four Americans and seven Filipinos die in a riot inside the walled city of Manila after a clash between enlisted Filipino constabulary and the Manila police. Governor Harrison and Brig. Gen. Crame move to quell disorder as police and constabulary suspend activity.
Geneva reports four new members Bulgaria Costa Rica Finland and Luxembourg admitted to the League of Nations by the assembly. France and Australia abstained on Bulgaria’s admission while Rene Viviani urged caution. Austria was elected without opposition with 35 votes in favor two absent and four abstentions.
George Gipp Notre Dame all American fullback died in South Bend Indiana from streptococcus throat infection following pneumonia after the November 20 game against Northwestern at Evanston.
Washington reports 40.605 million acres sown to winter wheat this fall, 2.8 percent below last fall's revised area. The crop condition on December 1 stood at 87.9 percent of normal.
Washington December 20. American shipbuilders broke the world prewar record of launchings during the last fiscal year according to figures in the annual report of the commissioner of navigation made public here.
Lieut Pat OBrien a famous World War I aviator was found dead in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the forehead and a revolver nearby. A note left by OBrien cited separation from his wife as the motive and his prior wartime exploits are noted including escape from German lines and a 250 mile trek.
Twenty five conscientious objectors, some imprisoned for refusing to bear arms, were honored at a dinner by the American Civil Liberties bureau in New York. Speakers included Scott Nearing and Rev. John Haynes Holmes praising the objectors as the bravest of the brave.
Victim of St Louis Walter Feddermann dies from injuries after a plant explosion at Monsanto Chemical Company in St Louis. Eight others were injured. Fire causes estimated damage of fifty thousand dollars.
In South Bend Washington on December 20 a dredge named Beaver exploded at the mouth of the North river. Four people died Eagle Christensen John Jarre Frank Behnke and Blanche Behnke.
Washington December 20 1920 Representative Begg introduces a resolution proposing repeal of the Underwood tariff law and re enactment of the Payne Aldrich tariff schedules abolished in 1918. The measure aims to restore pre 1918 tariff structure and protection.
The U S Bureau of Markets notes heavy export sales of wheat and strong futures buying for wheat corn and oats with cash wheat in demand to fill export sales. Prices for corn and wheat gain while hog and cattle prices decline across Chicago and eastern markets. Dairy and fruit markets show mixed moves with butter rising and cheese inactive as regional prices vary.
Final estimates from the Department of Agriculture show 1929 crop production and valuation for corn at 3,282,367,000 with 2,189,721,000 dollars. winter wheat 580,513,000 and 866,741,000 dollars. spring wheat 209,365,000 and 273,465,000 dollars. oats 1,524,055,000 and 719,782,000 dollars. barley 202,024,000 and 142,981,000 dollars. rye 69,818,000 and 88,600,000 dollars. buckwheat 13,789,000 and 17,797,000 dollars. flaxseed 10,990,000 and 19,413,000 dollars. rice 53,710,000 and 63,887,000 dollars.
Horatio Winslow Seymour editorial writer for the New York World and former Chicago and Western newspaper figure died in New York at age sixty six. He had long been a prominent editorialist and press contributor.
Former United States Senator Paris Gibson, founder of Great Falls, Montana, died in the city at age ninety. He was elected to the Senate in 1900 to fill a vacancy.
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