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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1898
Page
3
Poem speaks of enduring hardship with steadfast faith. The speaker values patience and resilience, finding growth in darkest nights. It asserts contentment through trust in eventual good for those left behind and those who suffer, believing fate yields rightful outcomes.
Miss Jemima Sprague, long known for a cherished time worn valentine, secretly rekindles love when a new envelope arrives from her old flame Eli Taylor. After trial, a quiet Easter wedding seals their renewed bond, with both admitting past deceit and lost years.
Dr. Tewkes of the Smithsonian, after visiting Mogqui villages in Arizona, reports on the Say-la-na ritual. The nine day winter ceremony venerates the sun and seeks its return. a Plumed Snake figure, gourds, a sun shield, and secret-room rites feature a battle scene and a welcome rite to bring rain and harvest.
Jack Dodge of Lanesboro Pennsylvania rescued a squirrel from a six foot rattlesnake. The hunter struck with a pole as the snake tried to swallow the rodent, killing the reptile on the ground.
Mr. Ernest E. Wild appointed by Norwich Town Council as judge of the Guildhall court of records succeeding the late Mr. Carlos Cooper. Wild was called to the bar in 1893 and is twenty nine years old.
The piece notes wedding gifts given to the bride in Norway. Guests bring items such as a keg of butter and in winter salted or frozen meat may be offered.
Chief Justice Fuller cherishes a Mexican parrot that calls him Grandpa and praises its owner’s pride. Diplomatic circles boast talkative birds like Jacob the British Embassy parrot who survived a street rescue. Other parrots belong to Mme Romero the Mexican minister’s wife and to Miss Mitchell, Mrs. Stanley Matthews’ cousin, with talks and songs.
The article notes rising acceptance of horse meat as a food substitute amid beef shortages. It cites French prices 25 to 40 cents per pound for beef and 5 to 8 cents for horse meat, and mentions animal welfare groups promoting horse fattening for market.
Mrs Deakoon of near Nineteenth and Christian found a blue frog frozen in ice in her refrigerator. It proved to be a toy tin frog painted bright blue, explained after melting, ending the mystery of the color.
Rich ledges of copper and gold ore have been found on Gravina Annette Revillagigedo and Mary and Prince of Wales Islands along the southeastern Alaska coast. Prospectors flock from Puget Sound to Gravina where Wragel and Juneau ledges offer easy development and potential shipments to smelters.
A Minneapolis carpenter M Hauge found a cross grained maple block with a natural three face likeness. The piece shows near Raleigh Elizabeth and Shakespeare with missing beard and tooth, about two inches long and three quarters inch thick. The carved section was polished to preserve the curious natural portraits.
Japan police modeled on the French system operate small kobanchos with three officers per box. One stays inside, one guards the door, and the third patrols the beat and rotates every eight hours. On off days census work and reporting on streets bridges embankments cemeteries occur. They also note weddings deaths performances and suspicious people.
Lord Strathcoma presents a fine buffalo herd described as the only one in the North. The plan calls for removal to Banff National Park, a notable action involving the herd transfer to a protected area. Two rodeo events or demonstrations accompany the notice.
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