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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
7
The English parliament funds a secret service to defeat conspiracies against the state. Last year the fund paid 65 000 dollars to spies. Britain once paid 200 000 dollars for a copy of the Franco Russian treaty known as the Tilsit treaty.
A statistician claims the typewriter's invention created 500000 jobs but omits illness figures from sedentary work. He asserts people in sedentary occupations need Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to cope with confinement strains.
In Austria before vaccination, 38 541 of every 1 000 000 died of smallpox over thirty years. After general vaccination, deaths fell to 3 745 in the same period, a reduction shown in support of vaccination.
Special inside price on binder twine including Sisal Standard and Manila. Mail your quantity and desired delivery to Sears Roebuck Binder Twine Departments Chicago and they will quote a price to secure your order or force lower pricing from competitors.
Giles praises a man famed for keeping promises and Miles comments on the man’s mute nature in a brief Chicago News excerpt.
A vintage ad recommends Grain-O as a nutritious coffee substitute for kids. It claims Grain-O is made of pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, and costs about one third as much. Available in 15c and 25c packages from grocers.
Mrs. Julia Clark of Dallas Texas survives days of 749 in California She was the sole woman in the gold hunting party that sailed from New Orleans in July of that year.
An advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine as essential for daily health. It claims the remedy acts gently on the liver and kidneys and cures sick headache. Price listed as 25 and 50 cents.
A note from Trinity Springs Indiana dated February 15 1900 reports a factory producing a pair of shoes in twenty nine and a half minutes. The item also mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption and a claim about its ineffectiveness for coughs and colds. Danish lighthouses are supplied with oil to pump on the waves during a storm.
An assortment of old advertisements lists Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use at 75 cents, Red Cross Ball Blue for white clothes, air cushion rubber stamps, and fashionably specific travel routes for the N E A convention in Charleston South Carolina with map and time card details. It mentions Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana and J C Tucker Chicago address for orders and maps.
Indiana State News notes notable marriages and obituaries, crimes, and general happenings in neighboring communities. It highlights weddings and deaths alongside crime events and public notices shaping local life.
Local news items report deaths from apoplexy and accidental causes, drownings in Ohio and Iroquois rivers, injuries from dynamite, religious and civic updates, a bridge cornerstone plan, bank proposals, corporate layoffs, patent lists, and regional geology prizes. Notable names include Mrs. Schroyer of Peoria, George Gertz’s daughter, and Clara Quilleon linked to Indiana.
Advertorial letters praise Peruna as a panacea for girlhood to motherhood. Elderly and young women attest it aids tiredness nerves and irregularities, with claims of restored health and avoidance of illness. Readers urged to request Dr Hartman’s book on catarrhal diseases in women from The Peruna Medicine Co.
The cost of constructing a cable system is about $2,000 per mile and the total invested in submarine lines today tops $200,000,000.
Question of daily family dessert answered with Jell-O. Ready in two minutes with no boiling or baking. just add hot water and chill. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. Available at grocers for 10 cents.
The Grenadier Guards were nicknamed The Coalheavers for plain clothes odd jobs. The Seventh Foot were The Elegant Extracts due to officers from other corps. The Forty-sixth became The Lacedemonians after a Spartans speech. The Gallant Fiftieth earned The Blind W Half-Hundred and The Dirty Half-Hundred for ophthalmic trouble and Peninsula campaigns. The One Hundredth are The Old Hundred and the Centipedes. The Twenty-eighth were The Fore and Arts for front and rear defense near Alexandria 1801. The Cheshire Regiment is The Lightning Conductors after a 1899 night march lightning strike. Also an ad for Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic offers a free trial bottle.
The Peabody Medical Institute in Boston offers The Science of Life or Self-Preservation in multiple formats at 25 cents to 1.00. The 365 page work promises health vigor and happiness and notes over a million copies sold. Mailing details and postage six cents are provided.
An application for a French patent covering Algeria costs 100 dollars total and includes all expenses for the first year.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all druggists and shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FRIBE Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY
A celestial themed note asserts China's population at 303 million. The claim appears as a standalone estimate without official corroboration or context.
Jell O unveils a new dessert promising appeal for all ages. Four flavors listed Lemon Raspberry Strawberry and a range variant available at grocers for 10 cents.
The filing cost for a British patent is fifty dollars, covering the government tax and all related expenses.
Advertising snippets include a 75 cent Gall's Catarrh Cure claim and a 2½ cent Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. Also note a quoted George Washington line and Wilmington Del distance to St Louis. Nickel Plate Road advertises a July 3–4 round trip fare within 200 miles with Fort Wayne agent contact.
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims to resemble Mocha and Java in color, is safe for children, easy on sensitive stomachs, and sold by grocers at 15 and 25 cents per package.
The Nickel Plate Road announces one fare round trip excursion tickets within 200 miles. Valid July 4 and 8 with return by the 5th. Purchase by writing calling or phoning the nearest agent or C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad announces Homeseekers Excursion tickets to Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indian Territory Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas. One fare plus 2000 for round trip with 15 day outbound limit and 21 day return limit. New wide vestibuled train Chicago to Waco and Fort Worth departs daily at 1 50 p m. Through Pullman sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars. Contact agents or C L Stone G P T A Chicago.
The Eagle Linen Writing Tablet with 100 sheets both ruled and unruled is advertised as superior to all others. Letter size sells for 25 cents and Note size for licents. Purchases urged through your local deal ex. Take no other.
One fare for the round trip within a 260 mile radius on Nickel Plate Road. Valid July 8 and 4th with return until the 5th inclusive. Write wire phone or call nearest agent or Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind.
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