10 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1902
Page
1
A Mexican war veteran and editor endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He claims it saved him from pension reduction after contracting Mexican diarrhoea in 1847-48 and credits it with restoring him on every renewal. Sold by Chas Rager.
Washington society notes from January 6 1902 recount the New Year reception and Miss Alice Roosevelt’s coming out ball. President Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and foreign diplomats welcomed a lively social season with dances including lancers and polkas. Congress sessions promise vigor on tariff canals reciprocity and party politics with focus on the nation’s business. The second item defines farm terms from the census including farm income expenses net income and investment.
Record of the Clay and Lake Teachers Fifth Institute held at Claypool on January 4 1902 summarizing meetings details and notes from the Claypool gathering of educators.
The institute convened at 9 45 a m with Mr Adduddell presiding. Absentee Mr Erving noted. Roll call echoed Emerson quotes. The forenoon featured discussions on the Nineteenth Century of Europe. Miss Hoke presented a deferred paper while Miss Brazington spoke next. Mr Valen tine conducted the quiz.
A playful geography puzzle circulates in the press. A girl hosts a party with ten guests whose names echo cities across Nebraska North Carolina Arizona Texas Alabama and more while clues reference rivers islands and state capitals across Arkansas Illinois Michigan Kentucky and beyond in a riddle style.
The institute met with 51 attendees including visitors. Reports and discussions covered Poets and Poetry of Indiana, Rural School Problems, Plutarch Lives, and figures like Alexander the Great and Pompey. A future program at Silver Lake on February 1, 1902 featured papers, quizzes, and sanitation topics, plus a note on cigarettes as health threats to growing boys.
The January number of Word and Works outlines Rev Irt R Hicks forecast for January. The almanac for 1902 is for sale at the Record office for 25 cents. The Frenchtown Star notes Hicks has not missed a forecast this year so far.
Indiana is the smallest of the western states in area yet ranks high in population and industry. It is sixth in population, fifth in manufacturing, and strong in farm output including corn and wheat, with notable coal, petroleum, natural gas, stone, and clay product values.
The president objects to docking horses tails and insists the three new carriage horses for the White House be Kentucky thoroughbreds with natural tails. The piece argues docking is cruel, harms comfort, and sets a bad example for horse owners, urging fashion to end alongside nose rings.
Cardinal Gibbons denounces the New Woman in the January Ladies Home Journal, arguing female emancipation harms domestic life. He laments women seek gaiety abroad, leave homes empty, trigger quarrels and divorce, and says women bear much responsibility for family wrecks.
A new death certificate form takes effect January 1 and aligns with federal standards to improve uniformity in mortality statistics. The old certificate is to be destroyed and must not be used under any circumstances by physicians.
An editor at Carthave Missouri faced a comic backlash after a misprint turned a spider web social into a spindle leg social. He fled to the hills as his Amazonian wife demanded proof of how he gathered the information.
Post office authorities issue renewed guidance on private mailing cards requiring conformity with government standards. The notice outlines acceptable card sizes and markings and emphasizes proper use for official and personal correspondence.
Estella Arnold and Harry N. Carter were married Friday evening January 3 1902 at eight o'clock at the groom's parents home in Goshen. Rev William Pearce of the Baptist church performed the ceremony. The bride is known to local residents whose families live here and relatives extend congratulations.
In 1901 Goshen and surrounding territory in Elkhart County recorded 124 deaths. The data note the year and location within the county’s territory.
A reflective piece condemns vocations lacking approval, depicting a worker as pitiable for choosing a humble job. It urges youth to avoid occupations that crush self respect and alienate them from life’s true joys, advocating choosing what aligns with one’s conscience and potential.
The state reports 186 smallpox cases and 2 deaths in November across counties including Spencer Jefferson Randolph Switzerland Adams Gibson Pike Dearborn Kosciusko Wabash Marshall Warrick Marion Vanderburgh Perry. The State Board urges quarantine and vaccination as the remedy and notes recurrence until most residents are vaccinated.
Lake Shore railway officials experiment with acetylene and electricity to replace Pintsch gas for train lighting. Acetylene likely to be tested. Dining cars are equipped with electricity. A storage battery and motor in each car power via belt on the axle to store and feed light.
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