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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
6
An expert warns modern books use poor ink on perishable paper, risking future reading. A Boston contraption creates counterfeit five dollar bills by piecing fragments. Cal beet-sugar contracts cover 150000 acres near Chico Marysville Red Bluff with three factories and a 15 million capital.
A Pall Mail Gazette note recounts an American cyclist touring Europe who, after bragging of American cleverness, witnesses a German rider using a sapling as a brake to slow a descent in Switzerland. The sight sparks shock and a hat-tipping respect for German ingenuity.
A Philadelphia Record note describes a children's party where ice cream was served in candlelike pink paper holders with a taper lit inside the hollow of the tube. The burning ice cream spectacle drew extravagant praise from the youngsters, a curious novelty similar to festive plum pudding fire.
A fragment notes a device named Tuby weighing four or more commands with a price of ten. The readable text provides limited context on function or provenance. No additional names or locations are clear from the excerpt.
A collage of light humor from a historical paper includes jokes about health, thieves, Darwin, and daily life. It features quips from convicts, clerks, and Britons, plus social banter on marriage, travel, and fashion, reflecting early 20th century humor and manners.
Roy Bean, high judge of Langtry, was in San Antonio last week when a drummer at the hotel played a cruel practical joke about his famous bear. The incident recalls Bean’s novel and distinctive way of dispensing justice to living and dead alike.
A drummer faced Judge Bean in Langtry after a disputed bear debt. The drummer claimed the animal died, prompting Bean to send a telegram ordering the skin to be sent express. A bear fur delivery followed with a quip about smoking the bacons as Bean reacted by breaking chairs.
The article describes the Khang Nai inner palace where the king’s wives live in seclusion guarded by female police. It notes strict rules, rank among queens, and selective access for a few European visitors, with historical anecdotes from 19th century Siam.
The piece argues that true preaching requires dead earnestness and a fiery voice. It contrasts two preachers—one who speaks with conviction and one who merely has to say something. It cites Whately and notes that great oratory can win hearts even amid opposition, tracing the enduring impact of speech from ancient to historic figures.
Mrs Anita Comfort of St. Louis owns a large black cat adorned with diamond screw earrings. The owner reports the cat seems proud of its adornment and rarely leaves the house, keeping the jewelry well protected.
Fire starters are produced in Germany by twisting wood into rope, cutting into short lengths, and dipping the ends into melted resin to create ignition aids.
Storms lash the middle Mississippi valley and Southwestern region causing deaths in St. Louis and injuries, widespread property damage, and halted traffic. Snow, wind, and thunder smashed roofs, blew down wires, closed schools, and suspended business from Kansas City to Iowa and Illinois towns.
The piece argues Alaska and Yukon travelers must use Royal Baking Powder, as other brands cake, cake poorly, or lose strength in cold damp conditions. It cites McQuesten and Peary, noting government relief and arctic explorers rely on Royal for lasting keeping power and reliability.
Fire in East St Louis destroyed the Union grain elevator the Burlington freight houses forty dwellings stables of the St Louis Transfer Company and 100 loaded wheat cars. The elevator held 500000 bushels of wheat 480000 bushels of torn and 20000 bushels of rye. Loss approx 1500000 with wheat losses near 600000 bushels. Fire began in the elevator about 10 o'clock under a northwest wind. Insurance covers the damages through multiple companies.
An application will be made to the Dominion Parliament at its next session by Canadian and United States capitalists for an act incorporating the Montreal and Lake Champlain Canal Company. The project has strong backing and the route is endorsed by the International Deep Water Ways Commission.
Defiance, Ohio reports Rev. A. B. Smith of the Methodist Church denouncing high hats in church. He from the pulpit declared a decree banning women in his congregation from wearing them during sermons.
A man mocks bicycle riding as a fad while his wife counters. He boasts of future zeal to march with a torch to election meetings, citing labor-like effort and weather challenges as proof of his commitment. The Washington Star provides the quoted exchange.
Brown and Green discuss a man rushing to downtown to retrieve his son’s body. Brown clarifies the son’s father sought a new suit of clothes rather than mourning attire, while Green questions if the son’s death was due to drowning.
In ancient Egypt medicine and surgery were practiced within priestly groups with each priest specializing. High proficiency was attained in the dental art among the healing arts described.
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