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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
3
A down on his luck bettor bets his way back after pawnshop cashing a lead pencil for $500. He wins with every selection, as fortunes turn and he redeems all his valuables by week’s end, restoring his fortune.
A Gibraltar cloth merchant recounts a Moslem buyer using Inshallah to justify delaying payment. The tale shows how the phrase can be used to backtrack on agreed terms, as the seller insists on cash price or higher future payment with the pious proviso.
A Holland native violinist impressed Edward VII as a child when he was Prince of Wales. Asked if she loved her Stradivarius she admitted not absorbing passion for the violin. She revealed a surprising interest in cooking, stating she might become an excellent chef if given the chance.
A visitor asks Mrs Siddons her age after a wager. She says seventy eight. He concedes defeat and leaves. She explains that women with an uncertain age should add ten years to avoid further questioning.
Readers note a lively school column with comments on tests for Latio and Arithmetic, pupil attendance, poetry by Bernard, skating on the lake, and a plan to stage a menagerie. Mentions spelling school, post cards, Valentine tokens, and the Zeta Zeta Literary Society program ahead.
The advertisement promotes Hawk's Burdock claiming it creates appetite purifies the blood and cures rheumatism kidney bladder and stomach trouble. Large one dollar bottles priced at 35 cents offered for sale by H P Rager.
County assessors will receive annual instructions from the county assessor noting two rule changes by the state board of tax commissioners. Grain must be valued at market value as of March 1, and livestock values will be treated as court evidence in future proceedings. The board departs from prior years by requiring grain at market value March 1.
Inez Roberta Dick born July 12 1905 died January 31 1907 at age 2 6 19 beloved only child of Orvis and Horence Dick. Though afflicted she rests in a land with no pain or sickness. Survived by father mother and many relatives. We loved her dearly and she sleepeth now.
A Chicago woman runs a unique service as both caterer and trance medium. Her sign promises "Groceries and Previsions" and hints at a humorous, dual role for her and the sign painter she hires.
A Washington Star item notes a debate on ghosts with a stubborn skeptic and Miss Cayenne proposing that a ghost worth noticing must have an introduction from a psychic research society.
A playful dialogue contrasts the bohemian stereotype with practical views on appearance, noting that a bohemian never changes even his collar. The exchange captures a light, humorous moment in Chicago News.
Bad cords and lagrip are mentioned by residents. J B Richard and family visited William Landis, Myrtle Flora works near North Manchester, Vern did his rounds, Marshall S D Rider and wife visited G I F Rider, John Lynch bought a horse, thanks offered to Fairview but chips declined due to warmth, questions arise about Uncle Fuss, and postcard sales at the Record office are noted.
A brief, dialogue driven exchange recalls how longstanding troubles began before others noticed. The pairs speak of shared hardship and blame, with a hint of regional newspaper voice from Chicago Tribune.
A humorous quip frames a father and son exchange on money and spending. The son retorts by shifting blame to the grandfather, highlighting generational cost comparisons in a compact home moment.
In Kansas City a prisoner Turner forged a cipher on long strips that wrapped an octagon pencil. A deputy seized a strip and, by placing it around the pencil, realigned the segments to form a readable sentence. The scheme hid writing along a flat side then unrolled as a cryptic message.
An old reader muses on the word why in poetry and inquiry. The passage discusses why as a poetic device and its infinite uses in verse. It notes that questions arise daily with no satisfactory replies, citing Socrates and Pope as examples.
A New York to Chicago Pullman car tale recalls a war scene where a wounded soldier survives after a companion threads a ramrod through a bullet wound to remove lead. The yarn ends with a light confusion about who was wounded and saved.
The passage discusses the feminine urge to shop using the C. O. D. method. A woman without funds visits large stores, tries on gowns, and buys a hat and parasol via a COD card, only to reveal a non existent recipient once delivery occurs, yet she enjoys the shopping thrill.
An elderly man on a train complains about a playful boy across the aisle. The boy laughs after breakfast and the man suggests spanking. The mother replies she does not believe in spanking a child on a full stomach, and the man adds turn him over.
A fragment shows dialogue about a man returning home as his final destination. Characters Elow Mrs Newweeds and Puck discuss postcards and prices at the RECORD slice, implying departure and memory in a terse exchange.
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