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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1921
Page
6
An official report details mutiny aboard the Senator Schroeder, a Cuxhaven fishing steamer seized by mutineers and Bolshevist agents who sailed to Murmansk. Knuefken, the ringleader, later returned to Hamburg for a five year sentence.
Lloyds of London must pay Duchess Decazes the half million francs after rain exceeded two millimeters by eleven in the morning. Observers atop the Eiffel Tower reported three and a half millimeters of rainfall by six o clock, triggering the weather gamble payoff at the Polo club charity fete bagatelle.
In Paris at Pere Lachaise Cemetery a French widow believed a voice from her husband’s grave asking for 500 francs. She and a neighbor sought help from authorities, but a nephew stole the money. a later mercy plea from the wife and baby prompted the widow to drop charges.
In Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, George W. Weaver, aged sixty eight, is described as having a great-slangechild older than his youngest daughter from his second marriage. Weaver has been married twice and fathered eighteen children, thirteen alive, with his oldest granddaughter married to Edward Askey. Their eldest son is thirteen, older than Weaver's youngest daughter, making the boy the great-nephew of the lad.
Mrs. Hamilton Wright urged Washington officials and others to back League of Nations recommendations to curb opium traffic. The report proposes allowing League consuls to urge Chinese military leaders to stop poppy farming and to dispatch a special inquiry into China’s poppy provinces to assess cultivation and drug marketing.
Seventeen year old heiress Helen Owen later known as Gordon, daughter of Warren D. Owen a Roosevelt Rough Rider, vanished after escaping from a Chicago home. Wealthy uncles in New York Boston and Oak Park seek her amid warnings of a large estate and six acre seat abroad.
In Lenoxburg a farm turtle once marked by J T McClanahan forty four years ago is found by Peter Sheppard now on the neighbouring farm. A second turtle bears the name of John Sheppard carved twenty eight years ago by his father. The discoveries follow his recent catch and close examination.
President Harding told Congress that enacting World War I veteran pay adjustments now would imperil the nation’s finances and hinder readjustment. He urged tax reduction and budget discipline, stressing the need to restore peace through prudent spending and stabilized finance.
Mrs. May Peterson, wife of a Lakeville farmer near New Bedford, Massachusetts, says Tanlac cured her acute indigestion and soreness. She describes shedding thirteen pounds, regaining strength, and gaining six more, with a restored appetite and improved sleep. Tanlac sold by leading druggists.
A humorous quote from Uncle Bill Bottletop suggests that if funding for prohibition enforcement falters, liquor controls could be treated like high explosives, highlighting era tensions over temperance and regulation.
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder issues are urged to seek Swamp Root, a physician’s prescription remedy. The ad links back pain headaches and weakness to kidney problems and invites readers to mail ten cents for a sample bottle, listing Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
The quote laments a decline from a feared “Bad Man of the plains” to a era ruled by defaulters embezzlers swindlers and other criminals. It also promotes Red Cross Ball Blue a laundry product claiming snowy white clothes result and urges readers to buy it from grocers.
A brief exchange features a pun about a car named Regula tor, joking that all other cars go by it. The gag reflects lighthearted whimsy in a casual street chat.
Instructional note promotes Cuticura Ointment for itching and dandruff on the scalp with a gentle rubbing, followed by Cuticura Soap shampoo and hot water. Claims include clear skin and soft, white hands as everyday toilet preparation benefits.
Classified note from the New York Sun questions patience as a virtue, offering a terse, witty reflection on virtue and practicality in everyday life.
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