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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1899
Page
7
A Basel tradition shows grooms borrowing a rich neighbor’s carriage and footman for visits before and after marriage. The engaged man arranges a loan from a well off neighbor he may not know, then uses the conveyance to visit friends with his fiancée. A tip of 2 to 4 dollars to each coachman is expected at the wedding.
The piece extols the Grand Canyon of Arizona as the most magnificent scenic spectacle. It urges readers to request a free illustrated book from F T Hendry, A T and S F Ry general agent in Detroit, noting the canyon dwarfs Niagara, Yosemite, and Yellowstone with deep chasms and vivid colors.
A woman questions a hungry tramp asking if he will work for his dinner. The tramp refuses to beat a carpet on the line, saying he is honest and not about to beg his way through the world at such a late hour.
An advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use priced at 75 cents. The excerpt notes the product's cost and claims of effectiveness, while unrelated dialogue about forming a French cabinet appears in the surrounding text.
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot Base powder. Shake into shoes to ease tight or new footwear and relieve corns and bunions. Claims to cure swollen feet blisters callous spots in growing nails sweating hot aching feet. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free trial by mail from Allen S. Ohnsted LeRoy N Y.
Dialogue excerpt shows Softleigh at 11:55 p m with a claim that Yaws is an easy going chap. Miss Cutting disputes the notion, suppressing a yawn while questioning the assessment.
Nickel Plate Road announces its Seventeenth Annual Excursion to Niagara Falls on Tuesday August 15. Tickets good for fifteen days return with options to Toronto for $1 extra and Thousand Islands for $6.50 extra. Stopovers at Chautauqua Lake allowed without charge. Sleeping Car reservations advised. Tickets valid on any Peerless Trio Fast Express trains. Inquiries to Nickel Plate Road agents.
A collage of quotes and ad copy notes a Derby loss by Tod Sloan joked about by Mr Stubb. It recalls Amos Kelner’s letter about Piso’s Cure, a Franklin quote, and an aluminum design offer. It cites Johns Hopkins’ death in 1873 with a $100,000,000 wealth mark and Nickel Plate Road low excursion fares to the Pacific Coast with Palace Sleepers and dining cars.
United States Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana traveled aboard the revenue cutter McCulloch to Seattle and then Tacoma with Senator Foster of Washington. The three week northern cruise included Wrangel Alaska Juneau Sitka Skaguay and other ports where Fairbanks received large welcomes. He refused to discuss his views on Alaska with reporters.
A quoted speaker, who traveled along the southeastern Alaskan coast, urged holding every inch of land with a rightful claim. He argued there was no reason to grant Canada a port on the seaboard and that Alaska residents deserve better government treatment.
At Columbus Ohio six members of a Reinhard family were killed at the Woodward Avenue crossing of the Big Four Railroad. The seventh member is in critical condition in a city hospital.Mr and Mrs Reinhard and their five sons had been out for a ride. They first visited Mrs Jacob Hoffman near the State fair.
Britain reports motor milk vans and a campaign against women smoking led by Saady Henry Somerset. Covent Garden owned by the Bedford family for two centuries. Liverpool Street Station clock to be among world’s largest. Russia notes 29 female pharmacists and a golden scepter with diamonds. Asiatic empire thrice England in area, 23 million vs 297 million people. Germany produces Scotch whisky and bicycle music boxes. criminal verdicts vary by vote.
In a railway yard accident the Reinhards perished when a survey vehicle was struck while resting on the tracks near the state fair grounds. Mr and Mrs Reinhard and two sons died instantly. three other boys were severely injured, two of whom died later. one son survived with injuries as the horse was destroyed.
General Otis cables that two veteran regiments are assured and about 1,000 will enlist. Eleven second lieutenants for the First and nine for the Second regiment will recruit in the United States with all other offices filled. The regiments would be named the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh United States volunteer infantry to avoid confusion.
Paris approves dismissal of M Deniel director of the penitentiary and guards linked to Dreyfus. A Cassation order for trial revision followed a report accusing Dreyfus via suspect attitudes. M La Soucan named to replace Deniel by M Decrais minister of the colonies.
British Army officers inspect Hiram Maxim’s motor carriage gun concept as Gord Kitchener nears Khartoum. The War Office weighs automob ile mounted machine guns and plans an experimental battery may soon be ordered.
Rain and floodwaters cripple American positions around Manila as the Thirteenth Infantry at Pasay endures near-surrounded conditions. Bridges washed away and streams six feet deep separate units. Cooks stand knee deep in water and supplies suffer as roads become impassable and the harbor silts up.
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