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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
2
A compact collection of quirky observations from Silver Lake Indiana touches on baby cries and lung development, fashion signs, grandmothers of office workers, and a wish to blend baseball zeal with business, plus a note on Germany restricting tango dancers and a call for sober joyriding.
The column notes quirky trends from garden hoses changing places to Paris fashion, a Chicago girl fending off a footpad in a bite gone wrong, and a British ambassador who prefers baseball over tennis or golf. It muses on elopements with press agents and a professor calling baseball a nerve irritant.
An intrepid woman explorer claims Broadway needs mission aries more than dark Africa yet acknowledges the city has its angels. Her comment frames Broadway as both demanding and rewarding for seekers of purpose and aid.
Orville Wright says aviating is as safe as motoring. He claims this view will bolster public confidence in car travel and ease nerves about driving.
A New Jersey school plans to teach milking cows as part of a program. The article highlights a pretty girl taking part and presents it as an essential life skill and a subject for song.
A Missouri woman has replaced her husband with a Missouri man, finalizing a notable local change in relationships. The event highlights evolving views on marriage and local social norms.
Police in Chicago observe the arranging of a housemaids union in the city and the subsequent grant of use of the front parlor. The event signals organized labor activity and local approval of a domestic workers’ association in a historic urban setting.
A ninety year old man in Pennsylvania was jailed for failing to support his wife. The report condemns the behavior of younger adults who neglect family duties.
Report notes that sit skirts are forbidden in Los Angeles schools as authorities seek to improve pupil understanding by different methods. The article implies a shift in educational approach and mentions old fashioned attitudes.
Fragmentary note asks about the origin of the slang phrase I should worry and suggests leniency in handling a man found, who may be allowed time to repent, reflecting historical language and social attitudes.
A discussion centers on what word correctly names the place where an aviator keeps his machine. Some argue hangar is strained for this era, proposing nest or roost as more fitting to the avian metaphor and tribal vernacular.
A humorous line questions the desire to contact the moon while proposing talking to Venus instead via a local telephone wire. It reflects midcentury whimsy about long distance communication and space.
Across the country, countless mothers refuse the report that a perfect baby has been found on the lower East Side of New York. They insist their child could not be the one described, affirming continued concern and doubt about the discovery.
A physician now indicts the fly as a carrier of infant paralysis, challenging the view of the insect’s utility and suggesting harm over usefulness.
A young New Yorker pleads that his memory lapse led him to marry a young woman, creating a legal and personal mishap. He argues the unusual circumstance should affect his obligations and status. Courts weigh his claim amid marital confusion and public scrutiny.
The Philadelphia Association of Day Nurseries led a citywide probe of milk shops near twenty two nurseries. They found widespread violations and secured an ordinance that bans dipped or loose milk except in shops selling bread eggs or butter. Licenses were revoked in two cases and sales restricted to properly qualified outlets.
Mrs Julian Heath leads a Housewives league raid on upper west side soda water emporiums. She and fellow members question clerks about shop practices and ingredients amid claims of poisoning customers.
In St Louis Charles Wightman, deputy county clerk at Clayton, said he could walk unaided for the first time in 38 of 42 years after a wasp sting to his ankle woke him from a nap. A frightened neighbor had told a snake tale before he slept.
Secretary Bryan shops at a local market with a large basket, elbowing through the crowd as he selects produce. He is fond of white radishes and comments that no other kind will do, continuing his search when the stores run low on his preferred vegetable.
A long tale from New York recounts Woo Chow, stranded by immigration rules as a man without a country. He left Canton for Singapore, drifted to New York twice, altered his appearance to seem non Chinese, but failed to prove his identity or obtain a passport, and faces a life at sea until he can land or be legally recognized.
A British expedition to locate an $18,000,000 cache on Cocos Island failed after months of digging. The Melmore arrived in port with Mrs Barry Till and Miss Davis, who helped organize the search with British backers. The crew ended the venture and prepared to sail home.
Charming waist pattern 6076 for an evening gown with a round neck and short sleeves trimmed with edging. Pattern available in sizes 34 to 42 inches bust. medium size uses about 4 5/8 yards of 36 inch fabric. width of lower edge 1 1/2 yards. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address and pattern number.
The pattern offers a Scotch plaid or plain serge or cashmere dress with yoke and cuffs of contrasting fabric. The five gore skirt features side front plaits and a back inverted plait. Size range up to 12 years, medium needs 2 1 2 yards of 36 inch material and 1 2 yard of 27 inch contrasting. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
A reflective meditation on books that sustain hope awaken courage soothe pain and unite distant ages and lands. The author James Freeman Clark notes how literature binds people, elevates beauty, reveals truth, and offers blessings across time and space.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a woman and a request for food and rest, with scattered words about a house breath and strong notice. The readable parts suggest a brief, unclear domestic scene or notice fragment.
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