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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1911
Page
2
A collection of satirical and whimsical quotes from the Silver Lake Record including musings on heat and mosquitoes, aviation jokes, Germany’s gun design, prison strikes, astronomy, weather predictions, fashion, safety razors, and a Missouri name joke. It presents brief blurbs rather than a single news item.
A city resident with a garden roughly the size of a checkerboard accidentally spoils $38 worth of clothing while planting 10 cents worth of peas, illustrating the oddball mishap in a compact urban plot.
A five aces poker hand in Pennsylvania ends in the death of three men. The incident highlights how a high risk game can lead to fatal consequences.
A New York boy found a certified check for 55.00 and was paid 1 reward when he turned it in to its owner. The incident underscores that honesty remains the best policy.
A returning scientist offers a remark about a man with a tactful wife in a wild country needing company twice as much as a single man, and that in a tame country the same rule applies. The quote highlights interpersonal dynamics in different settings.
A pointed jab at independence and luxury mocks wealth as a troublesome path. The speaker laments ridicule for wearing a silk hat and short coat, critiquing capitalist attitudes and social pretensions of the era.
A few days ago New York dispatched a Pullman carload of women to Reno to obtain divorces. The action highlights the era when Reno became a popular divorce destination for residents from other states and cities.
It is shown that motorcycles lose in collisions with cars, prompting concern from people who must cross busy roads and navigate traffic.
A Atlanta wife had her husband arrested after he refused to kiss her prompting a social critique of frictions and the claimed advance of femininity forcing men back into traditional roles.
A government specialist claims chickens stored cold for nine months at 2 percent annual loss are more healthful than freshly slaughtered birds kept unrefrigerated for a day. She cautions consumer acceptance may be slow.
New York supreme court rules a bill collector must pursue debtors in 1 1 apartment houses only by the dumb waiter. Previously they faced deafness. now both deaf and dumb obstacles confront the collector.
The heir to the East Indian throne of Baroda, a Harvard student, labors on his twenty first birthday while his future subjects celebrate at home. This exemplifies the modern burden on princes to prove themselves to keep their positions.
W S Webb of Missouri Savings Association, Kansas City, told the local Banking Institute that Miss Priscilla Wakefield founded the first English savings bank in Tottenham, Middlesex in 1798. He noted European claims vary and discussed Missouri’s restrictive banking laws and low-profit prospects for bank stock, urging reform.
The International Rubber Trade exhibition opens June 24 at the Royal Agricultural Hall with samples of rubber paving as a potential substitute for traditional roads. A 122 by 10 foot rubber roadway will be shown, promising durability and reversible blocks. Initial costs would be only slightly higher but offset by longer life and quieter traffic. London already uses rubber paving at some rail stations and officials expect it could end the constant roar of wheels and horses.
Professor John B. Smith told Belleville board of trade that the mosquito threat is nearing elimination. He cited ditching draining and oiling in Newark and Kearny meadows, showed lantern slides, and noted a May lull followed by lingering nuisance from overlooked breeding grounds.
Two Irish girls visit the Thirty-fourth Street Political Equality association seeking to become farmerettes. They worry about wearing pants but are told bloomers are allowed and can be self styled. They plan farming in Hempstead where a cottage piano is provided by Mrs Belmont for evenings.
James E. Gorman of San Francisco established a new world revolver record with 467 points for 50 shots at 50 yards on the standard American target at Shell Mound range. The previous record of 465 was held by Captain Galkins of Springfield, Mass., in 1904.
A Chicago order from A J Callaghan chief clerk in the corporation counsel's office directs girls in the Olmeyville factory district to primp before starting work. He notes that the primped workers are the best.
Nicholas Warmcastle suffered a shock when his wife In Liverpool England informed him their two year old child had died just before their departure with four children to join him. He collapsed and doctors feared a broken heart as his hair reportedly turned gray overnight.
The exile era Isaiah 52 13 to 53 12 centers on the servant figure Israel and then Jesus as the means of redemption. The lesson explains Israel elected to service not salvation and how Christ bore human sorrows to save mankind transforming grief into character, with Ramsay cited on biblical revelation.
A concise reflection notes that critics who doubted us most often claim they expected our victory after we reach success. It frames doubt as a boost to perseverance and achievement.
Charles Understein of Chicago testifies that severe kidney problems left him bedridden and nearly paralyzed. He credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with finishing his recovery after passing multiple kidney gravel stones and regaining full health.
The dialogue shows Edith refusing marriage to Mr Stingy because he smokes cheap cigars while Edward defends him. Edith contends he says her smoke is expensive. The exchange highlights generational tensions and social status via smoking habits.
Mrs F E Harmon of Atoka Tennessee reports a six month old baby cleared of a spreading scalp eczema after using Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment. She notes hair regrew in curls and praises Cuticura for cuts and sores as well. The testimonial dates September 10, 1910.
A playful piece describes a simple blindfold challenge: place paper on the floor, walk to it, pick it up with eyes closed, then pin a wall four feet high and try to remove the pin blindfolded, and approach a table from five or six feet away without hitting it.
An ad notes how overwork ages wives and suggests Hewitt's Easy Task Soap as a solution for kitchen and laundry chores. The ad promotes the original white laundry soap, claiming twenty five years of customer satisfaction and a five cent price per cake.
In a brisk dialogue from Harper's Bazar a woman asks for a practical household addition. The man probes for specifics and she requests a new hat as a ready example of needed improvements.
A humorous dialogue from Harper's Bazar parodying marriage quarrels. The cook hides from scolding by claiming he was making mayonnaise while the waitress publicly admits she explains the absence to his wife.
A compact maxim notes that vision alone can mislead when perception lacks practical grounding. It cautions against overreliance on ideal schemes without evidence or concrete steps to implement them.
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