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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
5
A young girl on horseback warned locals as a deadly blaze swept Gatebills at midnight. Her fearless ride saved many lives and drew praise for courage amid the disaster.
A British steamer struck a submerged rock and was temporarily repaired with timber canvas and Portland cement mixed with ballast rock. The cement mass was removed with small dynamite charges, allowing the ship to reach port and be docked for permanent repairs.
The article notes that snakes possess rudimentary hind limbs and that whales, while lacking external hind limbs, show internal remnants. Whale forelimbs are modified into flippers, and skeletons reveal a haunch and a rudimentary tibia-like structure, indicating ancestral limb elements.
The passage recommends adding fifteen to twenty drops of dilute phosphoric acid to a glass of water and drinking it three times daily. It claims this enhances solubility of earthly salts that clog the system and may delay visible signs of aging by removing those salts.
The Dusseldorf Chamber of Commerce warns that if Germany mobilized its army tomorrow there would be an insufficient quantity of meat in the country to feed the army in the field.
Jacob J. Armey will hold a public sale on the Jack Hall farm three miles southwest of Mentone. The sale starts Wednesday February 28 at ten o’clock a.m. Items include 13 head cattle 50 head hogs head horses farm implements household goods 100 chickens 1000 bushels corn and assorted produce. Usual terms 9 months time.
A pledge promises support for the county ticket in Kosciusko Indiana in 1912 on condition of 2500 signatures. Signers must receive proof two weeks before the election that the quota is reached. Signed by William Gray Loehr in Warsaw Indiana and directed to request more blank forms.
J. B. Bonhue of So Haven Michigan served as lighthouse keeper and Civil War captain who averted wrecks. He credits Electric Bittere with curing kidney trouble chilla and improving his sight after other cures failed. At seventy he reports good health. For digestive, liver and kidney troubles they offer relief at 50 cents through Rager and Jontz.
Advertisement touts the Calyx-Eyed Self-Threading Needle as ideal for weak or failing eyesight. It claims blind threading is possible with no practice, offers 10 cents per pack to distant readers, and invites orders to Lock Box 33 Silver Lake, Indiana, plus opportunities for boys and girls to sell after school.
An advertisement promises Rexall 93 Hair Tonic will eradicate dermatitis stimulate hair growth and prevent balding with a money back offer. The product is described as non greasy easy to use in two sizes 50 cents and 1.00 available at The Rexall Store Reger and Jontz Druggists.
A historical ad promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills for stomach trouble indigestion and other ailments. The notice mentions a banquet payment to Henry Clay in New Orleans in 1442 and cites local retailer Rager and Jontz offering the pills for 250.
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