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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1911
Page
2
A collage of oddities and brief notes features jokes about war, fashion, rabies, and alimony, plus light political quips. Topics range from tobacco taxation in Austria to a New York alimony debate, a New Jersey yard Suter aiding a rail car, and a Philadelphia rabies inoculation tale.
On the USS Sheridan voyage from Manila to San Francisco the discharged soldier C. RR. Talerito disguised himself in his wife’s clothing to escape custody on Nagasaki. Sentries blocked enlisteds from leaving, but he slipped into her cabin, then to a sampan and hotel in Nagasaki. The tale spotlights a comic honeymoon altercation awaiting with bravura disguises.
Two enormous sea birds were captured off the Long Beach pier near Los Angeles. They are unknown to local naturalists and will be kept in captivity for identification.
Joseph A. Carter of Jefferson county Tennessee died at his home at age 73. He was 42 inches tall and weighed 58 pounds, recognized as the smallest adult in Tennessee. Carter served as a county registrar for eighteen consecutive years and was a college graduate, bachelor, and school teacher.
Captain George Auger of Bridgeport, eight feet one inch tall, formerly a London police officer and Cardiff native, has received his final naturalization papers. He owns a farm near Fairfield, Connecticut.
Chicago interest grows in a fly reduction device based on feeding flies to frogs and toads. A Colorado farm claims to keep insects flyless, and zoo keeper Cy De Vry notes frogs as top fly eaters. Local bait dealer F. J. Burns says Chicago could benefit from his hundreds of frogs.
Miss Fionia Jennings nineteen daughter of E C Jennings of 2326 Sycamore street woke in a neighbor’s bed after a sleepwalking episode. She wandered barefoot eight blocks through rough streets and past tunnel tracks before being helped to bed by Grace Hawk, a Mount Washington teacher. She recalled her brother Paul’s exam outcome and felt relieved he passed.
The Zoological Garden restaurant in Berlin opens with government and municipal officials present. Ten thousand can dine indoors, another ten thousand on summer terraces. a total capacity of twenty thousand. One thousand waiters and over five hundred kitchen staff run operations. It has its own laundry and bakery.
Aeronaut Wilson chooses a mid city descent to avoid Elbe winds. He releases the rip cord over Altoona’s fish market and lands safely among the fish dealers in the open square, the descent hailed as dangerous yet successful.
Cincinnati capitalist Frank L. Perin, visiting Baltimore, argues the United States leads in essential respects. He cites faster trains and cheaper transport abroad as proof of Yankee superiority and says being born and living under the American flag is the happiest destiny.
William Crates family slept as a large tree toppled from an adjoining yard and tore through the roof, splitting the home in two and destroying the garret and two bedrooms. The massive trunk blocks removal without nearly tearing the house down.
The passage recalls Josiah's discovery of the temple copy of the law in 621 BCE, its read aloud by Shaphan, and Josiah's covenant to follow the Lord. It warns against neglecting Scripture through worldly interests and urges daily Bible reading and application in life.
News reports a potential 200 to 250 million bushels of wheat across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with high demand for farm help. Government agents across the U S offer guidance and low boundary rates to attract American workers to homestead or buy land priced at 7 to 20 dollars per acre promising yields of 20 to 25 bushels per acre and net incomes of 8 to 10 dollars per acre.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial suggests commissioning a national wedding march to honor a notable couple. It argues for pride in a homegrown procession music as an antidote to reliance on Bavarian or German marches.
A washwoman may adulterate laundry soap with rosin to add weight. Rosin binds dirt by sinking into fabric during soaking. Hewitt's Easy Task soap uses soap elements only and cleans effectively at the same price.
A business owner recalls hiring cheap help at $25 a week and soon needing a $100,000 lawyer to fix the problems created. The anecdote highlights the hidden costs of skimping on talent and legal safeguards.
A sharp exchange questions whether George can rival nature in acting. Critics contrast a fool’s behavior with genuine performance, debating authenticity in acting versus naturalness.
Tired swollen feet find relief with Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder. It soothes, brings rest, and makes walking comfortable. Sold everywhere. sample address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A wry remark suggests the census would grow if all men leading double lives could be identified, implying hidden duplicity among the population.
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