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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
3
Layton Brewer narrates a poem where a highway runs by tall utility wires. The winds carry song and joy with lines about love and good news, then shift to a somber note about death. The wires become a mighty instrument for both happiness and sorrow.
Kathie the twelve year old orphan from Chicago finds a dreamlike country stay with Mrs Winslow and her daughter Gracie. A feared hyena scare under a shed tests Kathies courage as she protects baby Grace and bonds with the Winslows, who decide to keep her as part of the family.
A Chicago Times Herald writer recounts navigating an inland Alaskan steamer route in dense fog. The channel is jagged with rocks and relies on mountain echoes for guidance, creating peril when ships must judge positions by sound alone.
A whisk broom with a slanted edge, one end longer than the other, better for brushing dust from room corners and carpet edges. It is especially well suited for cleaning down stair carpeting.
The career of Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden is recounted, highlighting his role in the 1862 Monitor versus Merrimac battle off Hampton Roads and his earlier actions including the Nashville engagement and Pensacola mission. The account links Worden’s actions to Union defense and his later commands while noting biographical details and related anecdotes.
The narrator describes encounters with Bedouins during a desert journey. He notes wearing Bedouin dress to blend in and avoid trouble, trading camel milk, and observing etiquette as camels are tended. A solitary Bedouin watching his herd is offered milk, and the narrator reflects on hospitality and perception.
A fragment outlines Norway’s small passenger carriages the stolkjaerie and shell shaped carts. It notes drivers often sit behind and travelers ride with feet in fixed stirrups or tucked in front. The piece mentions long processions of conveyances with ponies guiding routes and a sense of crowding and novelty.
At Blue Hill a Be Scientific Society meeting showcased papers on kite flying with notes on apparatus. P Ferguson described a mechanical part work and kites from Eddy Clayton and Hargreave, while Lamson of Portland demonstrated a high ascent to miles and 500 feet before instruments failed in strong wind.
A misread Philadelphia article notes a 2 little t Ohio postmaster devised a plan to boost stamp purchases by promoting stamped drinks and stamps with every drink. The scheme drew attention, led to liquor licensing issues, and the postmaster was arrested, with the report predicting return after this public lapse.
A Memphis girl educated in Germany relates a tale of a German woman who was English and wrote to her parents. The German woman hands the Memphis girl a letter and says it is properly written. An investigation recalls a line misread as a synonym for preserve, yielding a puzzled exchange over the term pickle.
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