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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1913
Page
2
A garbled column notes hot stove baseball and cotton crop impacts, discusses poets and a lecture on chivalry, reports on a Chicago assault with a tooth loss, and comments on animal lovers and Newport society with a sharp, editorial tone.
A Bostonian donated one hundred thousand dollars to boost college sports programs. The rest of the note suggests funds may back chess checkers and ping pong events. A Kansas City women's jury reached a verdict within three hours after a male jury earlier failed to agree. An Idaho female jury conducted court at noon and then adjourned for dinner, illustrating ongoing debate that jury service interferes with women’s work.
Two Chicago detectives abandoned pursuit after chasing two merry iron workers up and down a skyscraper skeleton. The men remained aloft, and the chase ended with the officers yielding.
A Philadelphia incident reports a fog from a Pomeranium trapped in a rainspout. A patrolman used a car opener to extract the lid, demonstrating a quick, hands on rescue.
A Chicago doctor argues appendicitis can be treated without surgery though anesthesia will be required to ease the patient’s pain and expenses, as in current practice.
A savant compiles a monkey language dictionary and a set of monkey gongs ahead of a new vaudeville release, signaling playful curiosities in entertainment archives.
A Columbus woman knocked down by a street car recovered and found her decade long deafness had disappeared. She likely first heard an automobile honk as a warning to dodge the vehicle.
A Bronx Zoo animal displays rapid kicking, prompting speculation about police officials backing the creature for action. The item reads as a lighthearted, oversized anecdote reflecting urban life and novelty acts.
A Gotham judge holds a husband not required to support his wife who moves into the building’s second flat and stays there, citing the wife’s upjish behavior as the basis for the decision.
A feature of sick bets has a man push a pea nut along the sidewalk for four city blocks with a sausage. The wager includes the likelihood that the winners will obtain jobs helping to run the country.
A Milwaukee man claims to have developed a system that produces milk from timothy hay without a cow. He says the method improves on some milk dealers who allegedly try to make milk from water.
A Parisian chemist discovers a dye for dresses that shifts color every hour. The invention serves as a time saving device for soci ety matrons who previously redid their toilette each hour.
A report recalls a dramatic incident where a substantial stash of British sovereigns valued at 50 000 pounds vanished during transit. England reacts with astonishment, likening it to a boy surprised by a rabbit emerging from a hat.
Suffragettes in New York forbid den to speak at a big exhibition and have invented the voiceless speech. The idea ought to take them enthusiastically in the average domestic arena.
Local rumor claims a Paterson woman served a purported dog biscuit that guests found unfit. The woman allegedly described it as her first biscuit attempt to cover a failure as a baker.
A contemporary suggests the English sparrow largely caused the horsefly’s disappearance. The speaker notes an earlier belief the horse’s absence was due to other causes and acknowledges the remark with a blessing.
Fragmentary note warns that the fly starvation idea begun in homes may spread to markets and shops where flies would freely attend feasts, suggesting a broader public health concern.
A New Jeans resident files a lawsuit alleging a prick from a needle lodged in a mattress. The suit targets a local Higher Keeper authority, citing personal injury and safety concerns.
Berlin reports a heated debate over women conscription as a remedy for Germany’s decline. Proponents envision barracks training for 18 to 20 year olds to develop physique and character, focusing on domestic duties and social work, with costs estimated at £22 million for facilities housing 250,000 annually.
Police magistrate hears Anna McDonald charge against John S. McDonald after she reports him for greeting her on the street as dearie. The husband pleads ignorance as the court weighs whether the act constitutes an offense.
Dr Charles W Elot former Harvard president addressed the Channing club of Unitarian Ministers arguing against total depravity and calling for salvation through good works. He urged social work with Provident Society of Boston and associated charities as essential to personal salvation. He described the doctrine of born in sin as horrible.
Albert T. Patrick, recently pardoned by Gov. Dix, meets his 16 year old daughter Lilian Patrick in St. Louis. They arrived from Denver with Patrick’s wife and mother at the home of John T. Milliken. Patrick plans uncertain. he may return to New York or be joined here soon.
Miss Florence C. Sheldon of Montclair New Jersey fell through thin ice on Inverness lake. She tossed the end of her fur boa to rescuers who could not go onto the ice and they used it as a lifeline to pull her to safety.
Ninety two year old London resident Leslie Fraser Duncan says two meals daily, a long walk as a boy, and limited alcohol keep him vigorous. He recalls walking six miles to school each day, a fifty year work career, and a ritual diet with breakfasts at one, eggs and milk, later meals, and minimal drinking. He insists modern overfeeding ages people and that many feel old after fifty.
Professor Hiram Bingham of Yale returns from Peru reporting Machu Picchu discoveries on a cliffside plateau. More than a hundred burial caves, baths, houses and palaces uncovered. the site near the buried Inca city could be reburied if Peru acts to close it.
The text portrays Mr. Levi a kind-hearted conscientious man praised by Maeterlinck for moral seriousness. Though generous, he is German and frugal, hiring a man who complains of constant work. Levi owns a balky horse. the hired man offers to whip it, while Levi hesitates and questions what else he could do until work begins.
Army orders prohibit officers from acting as umpires at ball games. It reports that players abuse umpires, degrading discipline when officers are in the role and subjected to insults like mutt and horsehead.
An old advertisement urges mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the signature and notes it has been in use for over 30 years. A brief courtly quip about a wombat being a genius is followed by a joke about a loan repaid, ending with a canard reference.
In a playful exchange Patrice jokes Patience is a knickerbocker poodle and notes his short pants. The ad references Dr. Pierce's Pellets described as small sugar coated candies that regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation.
A humorous item notes a man visiting a beauty doctor and joking that his brain is faulty. Another quick quip remarks on Mr. Austin's Bag Pancake Flour producing tasty brown cakes. A grocer advertises goods. A joke about a man failing to recall a girl’s marriage proposal adds local humor.
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