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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
2
A fouthful Sunday School teacher in a small class of ten girls debates scriptures Revelation and Deuteronomy while a student questions discipline. A brief aside about doctors in a painters’ banquet note adds a side remark on strict accounts and a doctor’s working d.
In a dreary mood Gwen gazes at the rain and laments heart hunger. Tam jokes about meals while the kitchen call arrives with the promise of liver and bacon for dinner signaling a simple domestic interruption.
A home story from Indianapolis News notes a three year old, Charlotte, visiting a neighbor’s front porch barefoot on a warm evening. The neighbor cautions her to wear shoes to avoid dampness and Charlotte bluntly insists she is already dry and safe.
A fragment describes a dramatic greeting aboard a vessel with romance and staged stunts. The dialogue hints at a sailor returning from France and plans for a proper welcome. Mention of work on the ship and its sleeping quarters appears as part of the scene.
A garbled excerpt references cotton linen prices during wartime, Red Cross ball fundraising, a laundry and grocers at five cents, plus stray lines about marriage divorce and memory. The text is fragmentary, with misread words and incomplete sentences.
Steadman, asked to watch over Dorothy Haines during her father’s absence, races to prevent a supposed romance with Martel. He interrupts a late drive, rescues Dorothy, and reveals his love, pledging to prove it once they reach home.
The first message over a wire using the human voice was sent in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell. From a Boston boarding house Bell spoke to his assistant Thomas Watson below saying I want you. Watson’s reply I heard you completed the moment.
J C in Forest, and, Stream recalls a butcher bird perched on a hedge while he shucked corn on a farm. The bird would swoop to catch mice as they fled, growing so tame it hunted almost under his feet. He marveled at the bird’s appetite for mice, though he doubted the creature could eat so many.
Excerpt from Four Years in the White North describes Donald B. MacMillan noting electric lights over the door of a house in Etah and a telephone linking with Eskimo igloos. He highlights a oil engine dynamo powering wireless gear and a large flashlight aiding heavy sledging at night.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a cinema visit in a maritime setting and a remark about dislike of a phrase. No coherent events or names are readable to establish specifics.
A vintage ad cites the U S Railroad Administration offering free information to homeseekers about farming opportunities. It invites state specifics and requests readers to contact J I naware Manager Agricultural Section Boom 70 Washington DC for details. Also includes cosmetic ad for Cuticura products and a Carlyle quote.
Claims of curing kidney and bladder troubles with daily three to four capsules. Presents Haarlem Oil as Holland’s national remedy since 1696 and promises refund if unsatisfied. Recommends seeking GOLD MEDAL on packaging and visiting a druggist for purchase.
A London Tit Bits interview profiles Datas the memory marvel who can recall wartime facts after studying a two thousand facts book. He values his head at £2000, claims the price would rise with more knowledge, and recalls meeting John Lee the Babbacombe murderer and James Barry the failed executioner. Also notes from Philadelphia on shell cloth used in postwar clothing with witty dress line.
George Bailey answers a reader inquiry on good food for a boy citing 1870 North Carolina theories. He recommends daily green fruit pine resin young cucumbers raw new potatoes green blackberries doughnuts branch water and two hours in the swimming hole.
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