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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
2
A glimpse of Greek popular belief shows that many peasants think a newborn’s fate is decided by three old women who visit the home. furniture is cleared, offerings of honey bread cakes wine are left, and money is placed on the table as a bribe to ensure the child’s favorable future.
A fragmentary remark contrasts a man’s eating with a bird’s pecking, noting such comparisons prove little about appetite. It cautions against belittling others with flippant jests and urges restraint in social ribbing.
In New York at a theatrical supper David Belasco recalls old stock companies. He notes they were rough and ready and able to perform a varied repertoire. He cites a Western town performance where a hero forgot his line and the prompter frantically searched through scripts.
The scene in Boys' Life features an office boy facing his boss after many mistakes. The boss taunts him asking for an excuse, and the boy fires back that if everyone were like the boss, the boss wouldn’t be where he is. The boy remains on the job.
A devotional excerpt analyzes the Pauline saying that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. It explains the names Christ and Jesus, the incarnation, and the all inclusive salvation covering justification sanctification and glorification with a cautionary tale about lost sinners seeking mercy.
A meditation on living one day at a time inspired by Christian in Pilgrim's Progress. The author urges dropping yesterday's remorse and tomorrow's dread to find happiness and efficiency today.
The passage extols quality of life over quantity and envisions a life enriched by waters that grant peace joy and truth. It invokes spiritual ideals and cites Christ’s saying that drinkers of this water shall never thirst, framing a moral aspiration for deeper fulfillment.
The Agriculture Department urges farmers to value farm woodlands as a major crop and to join public efforts to protect and develop forests. It warns privately owned forests are being dissipated, equity and markets depend on sustained wood supplies, and public cooperation plus better data are needed for planning and reforestation.
The annual report of the U S chief of the bureau of entomology says American beekeeping could meet rising demand as exports to Allied countries surged during the war and keep growing. It notes two brood diseases and stresses professional focus for large returns. Local sales rise with more bottling, and consolidation under commercial beekeepers is viewed as favorable.
Revised 1919 estimates show US sugar beet seed output about 6.7 million pounds from 11 100 acres at 600 pounds per acre. Earlier figures claimed 7.5 million pounds. Idaho and Michigan yields were much lower than expected with Idaho acreage largely a total loss. 1919 production surpasses 1918 by 800 000 pounds and exceeds 1917 by 1.62 million and 1916 by 1.16 million.
Stock raisers in a community gain by raising the same breed. Uniform product can fetch better prices at sale and suitable breeding stock is available locally.
Winter hen health depends on green foods like mangels cabbage clover and alfalfa to supply materials for egg production.
Victorial Koppl of Summit New Jersey reports relief from digestive issues stomach pain and hot flashes after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during menopause She endorses publishing her letter and urges others with warning symptoms to try the remedy immediately.
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