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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1903
Page
2
The piece portrays George Ade fading in a playful musing about copying ideas. Ade contemplates writing but faces a stark obstacle: he cannot think of a topic, demonstrating that to be as good as others one must be better than them. The tone mirrors the New York Times’ quirky observation of creative ambition.
Beadle County in South Dakota buzzes after G W Gray of Broadland attributes a miraculous recovery from Bright's disease to Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says he was dying and bed ridden before one box eased his kidney trouble and restored his health, prompting praise and belief in the remedy.
A playful dialogue contrasts spouses absorbing each other. Muggins jokes about unity as a husband and wife become one. Buggins recalls his early marriage when his wife had no necktie. Philadelphia Morning Record notes a witty exchange.
A bank cashier reportedly fell and then took a trip to recover, with no immediate injuries reported. The incident prompted routine checks by staff and a brief halt in service while the area was secured.
Woman recounts fallopian tube abscess alleviated after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy for female troubles and urges others to seek Mrs. Pinkham's guidance at Lynn Mass.
Colonel George Church, in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, argues the Panama Canal will not pay. He contends Europe Asia Africa traffic favors routes via England and rail to the Pacific, while canal tolls and calms offset any savings. He notes New York San Francisco traffic on the Panama line dropped from 70.3 million to under 5 million in a decade and cites British rail efficiency and safety as superior to U S practices for rail operations.
An critic argues that society softens punishment by excusing crimes and ends up labeling violence and fraud as less severe. The piece notes tolerated swindles by financiers and the ease of blaming women while highlighting a trend to romanticize broken marriages and murder. It cites the London Spectator on avoiding euphemisms for crime.
During the past year on all U S railroads 107 people were killed in railroad accidents and 3586 passengers injured. In Britain no passenger deaths and 476 injuries. With far more track in the U S the risk rises with higher traffic density.
The Troy Times reports corn may become dominant in world cereals as Europe increasingly imports corn. A booming demand may sustain high prices, prompting American farmers to expand production across the corn belt via irrigation and improved farming methods.
A New York World analysis notes the 1890 census showing about 249,000 Indians, with Secretary Hitchcock reporting 269,000. It argues Indians now thrive, live in compact, prosperous communities, and hold valuable lands, with wealthier tribes outpacing average whites.
Georgia Congressman Livingston recounts a near fatal escape from Yankee soldiers during Atlanta operations. He and a Texas scout wore citizen clothes, rode to the city gate, fled when Yankees occupied a house, and a Massachusetts general later praised their survival. Livingston, a longtime Democratic figure, hails from fighting stock.
The narrator recalls a father tending a heavy snow coated log into the hearth. He describes setting the log in the chimney, the sturn, back-stick, fore-stick, and crossed kindling. Fire kept burning all night in extreme cold, or smoldering in summer, with coals remaining alive by morning. The scene ends with a belief that not all was right.
Russell Sage buys a team of trotters for his Long Island country place and negotiates a hay load price with neighbor Frank Tilford. A passerby farmer offers five dollars for salt hay, Sage counters to four dollars, delivering it to Tilford's barn. Sage notes the farmer would have sought seven dollars if he knew the buyer’s identity.
A garbled fragment discusses a Persian breed and reference to free points. No clear event date or identifiable entities beyond Persian. Content appears as stray OCR text with multiple unclear words.
A violent domestic dispute erupts as a mistress accuses a housemaid of lying about her sister being at home. The confrontation escalates after four flights of stairs were climbed during the quarrel.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune item notes Tommy was not present yesterday. The master asks if rain caused the absence. Tommy replies he was not detained at home due to the weather.
Weather disruption ends rain checks as forecasts warn of a major storm. Officials issued advisories while residents adjust schedules and prepare for potential power outages and transportation delays.
A rustic advertisement touts Mrs. Austin's Buckwheat as the real genuine buckwheat flavor. It urges readers to seek the authentic product, describing its blunt appeal to common sense rhetoric and women as advocates.
A comparison notes that San Francisco lies farther from New York than from Liverpool by sea, highlighting transatlantic versus transpacific maritime positions.
An old testimonial advertisement touts Doan’s Kidney Pills for back pain and urinary troubles. It claims trial and subsequent purchases improved symptoms such as pain, scalding urine, and swelling, with users reporting lasting relief and increased ability to work.
A reader testifies to the efficacy of Cuticura for skin tumours and goitre, describing rapid swelling relief after using Cuticura Resolvent and Ointment. She notes successful cures in herself, a sister, an office boy’s father with salt rheum, and a housemaid’s mother with goitre, urging others to try the treatments.
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