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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
4
A Silver Lake newspaper feature prints a collection of quips and maxims on conscience money language manners and social behavior. It notes humane societies the nuisance of a blind pig and common vices while offering witty observations on self-perception and community conduct.
Reports from several localities indicate nearly all low land corn is drowned out due to excessive rain across the area.
Public notice plea urges readers to consolidate legal ads with The Record for appointment notices and real estate sales. Advises clients to instruct attorneys to place notices in preferred papers to avoid publisher bias and ensure timely publication.
The piece details a large policing presence in Indian Territory including U S marshals, Indian nation officers, and local marshals policing liquor laws. It notes many unlawful sales through medicines and products with alcohol, illicit booze via covered wagons, and concealed shipments. Choctaw beer, called chock, is popular in coal districts with barley malt hops and sugar as key ingredients.
A sailor recalls twelve ostriches aboard a ship during a storm. Two perish as waves lash the deck and the birds break their legs while the others struggle as the ship lurches. Only two reach port alive from the twelve. A dentist discusses reinforced false teeth for sailors facing salt beef and ship biscuit.
A girl staying at a friend's former boys school in India sees a fair haired boy in a bathing costume walk from her room to the dining room. She pursues him but is told no such boy was present. Years later she learns the figure was the ghost of a drowned schoolboy from the adjacent swimming bath.
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