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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
14
John D. Rockefeller Jr. at a New Jersey YMCA camp recounts a tale of a wealthy bridegroom who refused a house gifted by his father in law. He explains the man plans to inherit the home, living rent free while the old man pays taxes.
The Memoirs of Walpole quote Sir Robert Walpole deriding flowery oratory. He claimed pretended patriots speak for themselves or relatives and that all such men have their price.
The piece recalls George Washingtons ties to Alexandria Virginia highlighting the Carlyle house as a center of his early military rise and social life. It notes Washingtons market caravan to Belle Haven, brick and stone origins of the Carlyle house, Braddocks staff commission in the blue and white room, and Christchurchs role in trade and worship.
In a lobby reference to Representative Joseph B. Thompson of Oklahoma a tale recalls a boy named Johnny who visits his grandma every Saturday. She saves him a slice of coconut cake and he muses on smelling cake despite the small portion left.
Curious Condensations reports Florida contains about 4 000 000 acres awaiting proper drainage and that contracts for draining nearly the entire Everglade region have been made. Other notes include a dog in Hennifler New Hampshire aiding a hedgehog from a 40 foot tree, a French aviator compass showing deviation and north, a two wheeled coal trailer, a signaling device for moving trains via rail sink, and the magnetic pulley removing metals from bulk materials used in 84 industries.
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