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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
7
The train features elegant drawing room and compartment sleepers observation and dining cars built by Pullman for this service. A select party of fifty will tour over 7000 miles in thirty days at about 10 dollars a day. Mr. Thompson will manage and C. S. Crane handles reservations in St. Louis Missouri.
A 50 year old bachelor with a $5 000 life policy planned a lavish funeral funded by the policy money. He improved after the doctor said he would die, and the funeral was postponed when he ultimately did not die. He later married and kept the policy.
An old advertorial promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute. It claims Grain-O suits both children and adults, with a rich mocha look but made from pure grains, easy on delicate stomachs, and priced at 5c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers.
The next total solar eclipse will occur May 28 1900 with totality lasting from 1 minute 36 seconds in Portugal to 1 minute 6 seconds in Northern Africa. Scientific expeditions will head to Algiers for its favorable conditions and accessibility. A London eclipse committee plans a grand excursion.
An ad promotes Kemp's Balsam as a quick cough remedy. It urges readers to obtain a free sample bottle from their druggist and to buy 25 or 50 cent bottles, warning that delays are dangerous.
A brief quarrel over affection erupts with a sharp exchange about romance. The dialogue hints at family honor and differing standards of propriety within a constrained social setting.
A brief advertisement urges customers to request Eagle Linen Letter Paper and En Velopes from their printer for upcoming orders. It highlights the brand as the proper choice for quality.
The lake’s reputed habit of never relinquishing drowned mariners and wreck victims reinforces its perilous fame. Local lore cites shipwrecks and cold currents that preserve bodies longer than other waters, shaping regional caution and memorials along shorelines.
Officials consider a Fenian like plot aimed at Canada and vow to uphold neutral law while preventing American based armies or societies from invading wartime enemies. President and Mrs MeKinley spent a quiet Christmas at the White House as express wagons delivered gifts.
The article notes protests against clemency for butter dealers Joseph Wilkins and Stowsard Butler, with dairy groups opposing pardons. It also covers new experiments showing pearls can be grown in aquariums, Admiral Dewey’s 62nd birthday and pay, a possible Pacific coast trip for the President, the launch of the Ohio, a plan to boost army chaplains to forty two, and Capt. Sigsbee taking charge of naval intelligence on January 1 succeeding Clover.
In a London visit Rubinstein and Sir Arthur Sullivan shared a quiet balcony moment smoking cigarettes. They traded little, Rubinstein admitting admiration for Beethoven but not Wagner, and the evening stretched into the small hours as they talked with no further words.
Sixty miles an hour signals more than speed to the railway man. It denotes twenty tons of steam pressure per piston head every tenth of a second, two thirds of a ton of coal per hour, and two quarts of oil hourly to keep the engine lubricated and running smoothly.
An advertisement states deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It cites inflammation of the Eustachian tube as the cause, often from catarrh, and offers a $100 cure for any deafness due to catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, with circulars available.
Apia features many attractive well educated half caste girls daughters of affluent families who prefer foreign husbands. They claim there are not enough foreigners to marry the Samoan and half caste women who make faithful wives and retain good looks unlike some Spanish American natives.
Bold ad promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. Price 25 cents. Box bears the signature of W Grove.
An advertisement fragment promotes Piso’s Cure for Consumption stating it gives relief in asthma and is nearly as effective as a cure. It claims a 25 cent price and echoes period humor about Earth and age.
Dialogue fragments show Miss Willing urging slowboy to leave as he declares intent to kiss her tonight. The exchange portrays a tense moment of romantic advance and polite boundary setting.
Advertisement notes air cushion rubber stamps touted as best and cheapest with order address Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana for mail orders.
Advertisements promote Dr. Kline's invigorating Yonik cure with a free trial bottle and a two week treatment. The notice claims vitality restoration and avoidance of illness, citing Dr. Kline's Institute at 31 Arch Street Philadelphia, founded 1871.
A Paris bound romance in Geneva ends with the actress learning she helped smuggle watch springs totaling $10,000 into Paris. The man claimed press influence and arranged a grand farewell, then shared warnings about dangers for American girls in Paris. The tale appeared in January Ladies Home Journal.
An advertisement promotes Grain-O 2 as a nourishing coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee, and costs about 17 cents. warns against tea or coffee, and notes it is sold by grocers with prices listed as 1s and 25e.
The question asks which aspect matters more between brain and bone and sinew. Penn replies that the answer depends on the role: an inventor values brain, while a butcher relies on bone and sinew.
An 19th century health blurb promoting Lane's Family Medicine as a daily bowel move for health. It claims gentle action on liver and kidneys, relief of sick headache, with a price of 25 and 50 cents.
Advise not to omit regular bathing as cold weather may close pores and cause congestion or other diseases when skin is not in an active condition.
Ainslee's Magazine portrays Brunhilda as a muse whose eyes glimpse a distant dream of autumn. a meditation on Norse roots and Viking lineage. The verse links Asian dreams, ancient streams, and the German Sea to ancestral courage and the elemental warrior spirit.
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