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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
2
A selection of eclectic newspaper clippings touches on topics from divorce law to royal age and a future hotel planned in Philadelphia. It mentions cigarette usage, press power, a poet said to be dead, rodent extermination, a St Louis divorce case, and reflections on civilization and urban life in New York.
An exchange states there are 11 463 practicing lawyers in New York fueling concerns about crime in the city.
Barbers in Paterson New Jersey demand higher pay and seek to abolish tipping. The union style push signals labor pressure in a city with modest industrial footprint.
A Russian immigrant arrived in Philadelphia recently with a beard several feet long. He should have no trouble finding employment in some sideshow venues.
One New York manager expects twenty five shows on the road next season. The note suggests enduring troubles and a strong summer fishing effort as the story carries over. Coffee experts testified that the Mocha shipment was extremely large, lasting for many years.
A Boston woman physician urges scientific marriages to address social needs, arguing such unions could reshape family life and public welfare. Her ideas highlight debates on matching science with social policy and the potential effects on community institutions.
A Chicago high school grants a diploma to a woman who has been married thirteen years. The piece notes that marriage is a liberal education for many women and mentions the value of such achievement.
A Japanese statesman suggests the nation needs a new religion as a unifying force. He notes that hundreds of religious cults and isms already exist and could be offered, implying a broad transformation of belief to bind society.
The brief mentions Boston women slow to adapt to fashion with hood skirts, a street car conductor urging movement, and extreme summerlike heat in Medicine Hat and Battleford as each city endures severe seasonal conditions.
An Ohio man seeks surgical brain treatment to cure gambling instinct. The item notes gamblers’ venues profit from such cures typically via fees, and mentions a sparrow mother disrupting a painter who fell from scaffolding, injuring his arm.
Miss Alma Pitlinter, once a Cincinnati socialite, now hides in Topanga canyon north of Santa Monica. She dresses as a man, tends a small ranch alone, and shuns relatives, living with two deer hounds as guardians and only rarely leaving the property.
Walter Campbell of 136 South Broadway, Pitney, New Jersey, reported losing three teeth after a lightning bolt struck his house. He says the bolt entered as he sang and later vanished, leaving him puzzled but alive, insisting he will guard himself against lightning in the future.
An enraged lion injured trainer John Hoffman at a Chicago amusement park. The attack targeted his right shoulder side and leg with both arms affected as staff responded to the dangerous incident.
Fireman C A Leatherman of the Illinois Central railroad slowed a speeding train after seeing engineer Louis Bullock unconscious with bloodied face and glass splinters in the cab. Bullock suffered nonserious injuries, and the crew avoided a collision near Big Clifty.
One man is dead and five others are seriously wounded during rioting among strikers at the National Conduit and Cable Company in Hastings on the Hudson New York. A woman is among the injured in the strike clash.
In Woodbury New Jersey farmers discuss irrigation as rain continues to dominate attention. Arthur Seabrook Cumberland County hosts visits by growers nationwide to observe an overhead irrigation plan. Dr John C Cury former city councilman operates a home garden using a gasoline pumped overhead system watering with directed sprays.
Theosophists in Paris greet a fifteen year old Hindoo prophet from Adgar fo India noted for a book written at fourteen. Known as Krishnamurti and Alecyone, he is seen as the precursor to a global moral transformation and the coming of a master who will found a new religion, echoing Mrs. Annie Besant’s Sorbonne address.
Nelson Noteware of Sheffield died last winter and rumors spread of buried money on his mountain premises. Frank J. Davis, administrator, warned trespassers to stay off the estate while he plans a controlled, systematic search once the weather settles. Davis recalls finding a tin box with coins and another hidden cache, supporting the belief of money on the property.
Herman L Vail son of Count Commissioner Harry L Vail entered the annual oratorical contest at University school despite mumps that swelled his cheeks. He gave a speech on The Hudson Bay Company, won first prize over four rivals, and qualified for tennis championship consideration.
A sermon on Matthew 13 24 30 36 43 explains the kingdom's mixed nature the sowing of good seed by the Son of Man and tares by Satan during an uncontrollable planting phase and the harvest when angels separate good from evil with the tares burned and the wheat gathered for the barn.
The remark highlights how married men may find humor in home duties like wash days and cleaning seasons, noting a playful take on the burdens and compared joys of domestic life and heaven.
An old advertisement touts Cole's Carboli salve to halt pain from burns or cuts and prevent scarring. It promises quick cooling and lists prices 25c and 50c by druggists with a free sample offer from J. W. Cole & Co. Black River Falls Wisconsin.
A humorous Florida Times Union quip notes some men are so selfish they would not give up the ghost even in a haunted house.
A dialogue reveals an art dealer confirming a painting as a genuine treasure. One character recalls owning similar works and believes the old master could be among a stack of pieces, hinting at a potential hit on the original.
A little girl plays with a water cup in a stable when her father accidentally spills some water on her. She exits in a huff crying that he has wet her clear to her feelings, a quip from Everyone’s Magazine.
A passerby breaks up a fight between two boys on Pittsburg South Side. One boy had rubbed weeds into the other’s eyes after the aggressor swore in front of girls. The boy explains he aims to become “a great man like Abraham Lincoln.”
A teacher credits an easily digested breakfast of hot Postum and Grape-Nuts with curing years of indigestion and boosting energy. She notes a ten pound weight gain and a calmer day, saying a simple fruit toast egg breakfast caused distress before switching to the Postum and cereal routine.
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