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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
3
An old print advert notes Panenke flour ready in a jiffy for cooks and grocers. It mentions Austin fame and Swiss Lake Dwellers using spelt more than wheat. Special rates daily to West and Northwest via Nickel Plate Road. contact in Fort Wayne Indiana.
The report notes unusual summer conditions harming vegetation and dampening orders for supplies, with some cancellations. interiors show progress in agricultural markets but cautious buying persists. Despite unrest, manufacturing stays active, rail earnings rise, and price adjustments occur as buyers seek favorable terms. Wheat and corn exports rise year over year with strong fiscal-year totals.
Listed are livestock and grain price ranges from Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo and Buffalo. Cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and pork show varied values by city and grade. Prices reflect shipping grades and quality from regional markets.
A wide range of incidents are reported including several deaths and injuries: Frank Hockett of Richmond dies from lockjaw after a pole-climbing accident. Charles Harmon of Spencer County is dragged to death on a mule. Henry Kastler of Elwood suffers severe burns in a natural gas explosion. Also noted are crop losses in Orange County due to rust, multiple fatalities from railroad accidents in Cass and Porter counties, saloon closures in Chesterfield, and a large oil drilling syndicate filing leases in Porter County. Postmaster salary readjustments across Indiana are listed, along with details of a Lake Erie & Western freight collision near Plymouth killing Edward Volker and Daniel Haag, and a long list of Indiana patents issued.
Eyewitnesses report bullets whistling as a balloon attempted a rapid ascent and descent. Peasants and locals fired on it, thinking an evil spirit a flying fish or a sign of looming ill fortune, prompting investigations into the incident.
Adrian Minnesota June 1 Philip Doyle of this place says he has found a medicine that will cure any case of Kidney Trouble He was very sick for a long time and is now as well as ever The remedy is Dodd's Kidney Pills He used about ten boxes and is completely cured He recommends the pills to anyone with Kidney Trouble and says friends who tried them were not disappointed
Prof Jowett of Balliol College reflects on aging noting that later life brings less care and worldliness. He argues things matter less than imagined, events align with true proportion, and that people grow resigned to God's will with hopeful faith in an afterlife.
A humorous exchange appears as a domestic vignette focusing on a wife questioning her husband about dressmaker bills and his remaining salary. The dialogue highlights financial strain and household budgeting in a playful tone.
Report mentions excursion rates to West Northwest and Southwest via Nickel Plate Road. Citation given for agent C. Asterlin T. P. A. Fort Wayne Indiana.
An early 1900s advertisement claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures severe female indigestion tied to uterine issues. It asserts many women suffer similar dyspepsia not relieved by ordinary medicine and urges sick women to write for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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