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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
6
A poem from the New Orleans Times-Democrat celebrates Peggy a market shopper. The speaker admires her knowledge noting she distinguishes fresh fish eggs and chickens and critiques vegetables with a critic’s eye while calling market vendors by name. The narrator accompanies Peggy to market and feels pride in her skill.
Nellie Carney, now a widow, marries John Conover after a chance meeting at the dump. Conover moves Nellie and her child Kathleen to a frontier life, fortunes rise then fade as he sends Kathleen to a convent, and Nellie adapts to hotel life in San Francisco while awaiting his return. Fergus O Hare arrives to reconnect with Nellie as the story shifts again.
Nelly Conover leads a rescue bid to free John Conover from three attackers at Toby's Creek. Fergus joins the raid, a firefight erupts, and Conover survives the attack as Nelly vows lifelong aid. The article also profiles Palmer, Cronje, and their impact on Chicago and South African events.
Henry Irving recalled in Ainslee's how he faced nightly boos and a hostile crowd in the provinces. He described replacing a popular actor and the audience’s anger at the management, which lasted about a week.
A man asks the fee for a photograph in a building, only to learn the room is a dental parlor. The clerk jokes about pulling teeth for fifty cents, prompting the man to request extraction. The punchline hinges on mistaken rooms and a comic misunderstanding.
A new arrival asks about corn abundance at Atchison. A local resident replies that corn is plentiful, noting laundries use corn starch in shirts and calling it common for pudding.
A jokey exchange notes that golf players rely on a boy to haul the heavy bundle of clubs. The judge comments that a book amusing by day may fail at night when insomnia returns, and says night is cousin to death.
The piece contrasts Gen. Joubert and Gen. Cronje as leading Boer figures with Cronje depicted as blunt, decisive, and fearless, while Joubert is polished and strategic. It transitions to a Popular Science note claiming influenza may be caused by ozone and asserts that lake-edge residents felt cold symptoms abate after moving away, linking weather, air electricity, and health.
A column lists varied beliefs from Johnson avoiding rooms headlong to bridges for Peter the Great, plus table salt fears, sneezing etiquette, and lucky charms. It notes ladders to avoid, stocking turns, and modern fears about horseshoes, with George Augustus Sala and Shylock referenced as examples of superstition and caution.
A poem advising daughters to please men through arts, cooking, and social graces. It argues women marry best when adept at home skills and proper behavior, noting expectations about age, appearance, and engagement announcements. The tone reflects traditional views on gender and marriage.
The article traces tea from ancient origins in the Orient to its spread in Europe and beyond. It notes legends of Daruma, adoption in England, Russia’s tea habit, and varied customs in Morocco Tibet and more, ending with a wartime prison scene and Atlantic Monthly reference.
The account recalls a fortress cell with a high window barred by iron, a thick outer wall and a distant sentry box, a southwest Bastion view of the Neva, and a bare room with an iron bed, oak table and stool. Light is scarce, walls are yellowed paper, and a canvas with hidden grating muffles sound while a locked door admits food.
Investigations suggest eighty three percent of ocean floor lies below one mile, with interest in deep sea phosphorescence and deep sea life. Reports describe Lake Chelan disturbances, Sudan forest belts, ancient giant sloths theory, and music’s effect on nerves. A women’s club tradition after new member rites is noted.
Visitors to East Gloucester recall a self sufficient New Englander identified as the Madonna of the Tubs. She recalls meeting Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and claims the Madonna story is false and that she sassed the author about the deception.
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