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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
4
A Silver Lake column comments on social changes and new Indiana laws in effect. It jokes about prices, drinking fountains for birds, length of women's skirts, and hints at marriage licenses and home building permits amid local life changes.
President Harding warned that war losses must not recur. In contrast, for every 50 000 Americans killed in the war, 92 000 were killed in peace on our highways, highlighting a high road toll.
Classified ad seeks young men in north half of Indiana counties to market a device claim to prevent car capers and back and arm pain. It is advertised as inexpensive with large profit and asks readers to enclose a red stamp for reply to Box 215 Silver Lake Indiana.
A Japanese firm import imported American made movable houses hoping to aid workers and improve home life. The venture failed as Japanese customs and long standing domestic practices resisted rapid change. The East and West News calls the effort preposterous and compares it to forcing Christian dogma on a native population.
Relics of Junius Brutus Booth and period theater artifacts were discovered in Walnut Street Theatre Philadelphia while wreckers cleared old caves. Hampers of aged costumes a actor diary a license for Booth's father to practice law and historic playbills were saved. A marble lithograph stone bearing Clark advertisements lay beside the hampers.
A method described to photograph objects magnified by the microscope uses the electric arc light filtered to create a monochromatic ultra violet rich beam. Excellent photographs of tiny objects at 2 200 diameters were shown, suggesting UV corrected lenses could push photography for the microscope as telescopes have been for astronomy.
Kansas City Star notes ancient beliefs framed a two story cosmos and a dead‑space cellar, while modern astronomy shows the sun moves through space and stars are suns traveling at high speeds. It suggests our Milky Way is a spiral universe among many, possibly revolving toward Lyra, with infinite space and expanding ideas.
Miss Mable Sprigg and siblings visited War with siblings and Miss Carrie Kissinger. G A Brush and family visited E E Shenefield home in Andrews. Mrs Hanson stayed longer with Nora Dillman. Fraser family near Liberty Mills returned home. Wade Whitcomb bakery offers loaf bread. Walter Harris and wife from Columbia City visited relatives. Silver Lake Elevator promotes bulbs with 1000 hour life. E T Baker advertises furniture and undertakings.
Wedding notices invite guests to print invitations at the Record Office Silver Lake on special stock. Couples may view specimen cards to select designs and pricing is described as very low.
London displays a Waxworks record of women's war work in photos and figures. Featured roles include ship painter, tanner, coke quencher, stoker, airship maker, munition worker, farmerette, and operators of electric machinery and cranes.
A study compares US mails to foreign countries by steamers for the first nine months of the last two fiscal years. Letters and post cards rose from 1 794 822 pounds in 1919 to 2 560 043 pounds in 1920, a 32.63 percent gain. Prints moved from 16 948 543 to 17 877 424 pounds, up 2.56 percent. Parcel post climbed from 12 883 722 to 26 453 543 pounds, a 105.25 percent surge.
A fragment reports a dispute over a rooster or hen kept by a resident. Neighbors weigh in on noise and nuisance concerns while authorities consider enforcement options. The wordy exchange hints at broader community tension around urban poultry.
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