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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
7
The notice warns that neglected colds can lead to chronic bronchitis or consumption and advises taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral at the first cough. It notes a few doses cure a current cold and that older colds require more time, mentioning bronchitis asthma whooping cough consumption and hard winter coughs.
The Chicago writer and attorney Blanche Fearing, blind since infancy, earned early fame as a poet and novelist and later established a Chicago law practice. Her Iowa childhood, Union College legal studies, and a well received novel mark a dual successful career.
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A cautious moment unfolds as a girl hesitantly considers a live red bat in a small box. The promise of reassurance from a companion contrasts with the risk of frightening her, while a distant, unsettling image of being sold as a slave echoes weirdly through the scene.
A modern engineering feat sees a 4200 ton displacement steamer built and shipped by sea then transferred to rail for final delivery to Lake Baikal in Siberia. The vessel sailed 5000 miles from St. Petersburg to its final afloat position.
Opal mining has emerged as a leading Australian mineral industry with White Cliffs as the principal center. Within about ten miles of the town gem fields yield rich opals, drawing a population around 1500 locals settled in the area.
The text notes water is hardest to heat besides hydrogen gas, while mercury and lead heat most easily. It then juxtaposes a domestic quip about a arguing man and his wife with a line about everything being knocked down to the highest bidder.
A reader from South Wabash Indiana writes that his wife Polly Evans was cured after using nearly six bottles of Peruna. The testimonial claims Peruna ends systemic catarrh, cures la grippe, cleanses mucous membranes, and restores health, with an offer for free Hartman catarrh books from the Peruna Medicine Company.
Frank McDaniels world running broad jump champion on skates set a standing jump record at Loring Park Minneapolis, flying 6 feet 4 inches. The measurement used toe to heel on 17 inch skates.
An eastern state preacher visited the area to hunt deer. He killed one but could not ship it home, so he cut up the carcass and carried it as personal baggage, effectively evading the law and beating the railroad company.
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain-O has the rich seal brown of Mocha and Java but is made of pure grains and is gentle on delicate stomachs. 1 cent the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers.
A brief note from the Philadelphia North American shows a small boy asking to try a task after watching his father. The snippet also advertises Piso's Cure for Consumption with a claim of relief comparable to a cure at 25 cents.
A playful exchange has a sweet singer asking about a sausage and a comedian boarder joking that a sausage is a ground hog, delivering a light moment in the scene.
An advertisement offers Air Cushion Rubber Stamps from Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana and Eagle Linen Paper and Envelopes for printers. Also promoted are Central Passenger Association Mileage Tickets on Nickel Plate Road Buffalo to Chicago from February 10. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething infants priced 35 cents per bottle.
Bret Harte and Mark Twain join Edgar Fawcett Stephen Crane and Robert Barr in praising England as a literary home. The piece laments the emigration of American writers, arguing England does not offer higher pay yet provides greater prestige in magazines, and questions why American talent seeks exile in the mother country.
The United States military academy at West Point founded in 1802 has graduated 3,932 cadets. Of these, 2,010 are dead and 1,922 living. Active and retired graduates in the army total 1,582, leaving 350 living graduates in civil life.
A nostalgic advertorial extols Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the effective laxative. It touts guaranteed cures, pricing options, and nationwide mail order availability, urging readers to judge by results and beware imitators. The piece emphasizes taste, ease, antiseptic qualities, and a marked CCC tablet badge.
A Boston ad promotes Know Thyself a free sealed and postpaid medical book for male readers who mention the notice and send Ge for postage. It cites the Peabody Medical Institute 4 Bulfinck Street and urges writing today for the free book. Also notes Kemp's Balsam samples and a casual line about ancient Egyptian embalming around 700 A D.
Notice instructs holders to use mileage tickets on Nickel Plate Road trains on and after February 10. The directive emphasizes validity and timing for travel through the specified railway network.
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