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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
7
Fragmentary archival line suggests a quip about locating the North Pole and a dismissive remark about museum placement. No clear person, organization, date, or event is identifiable.
The testimonial describes a twenty year battle with a severe psoriasis starting on the scalp and spreading over the body. After trying many doctors with no relief, Cuticura remedies are credited with stopping burning and restoring smooth skin within six weeks, followed by lasting remission.
A young Ohio woman recalls a local incident where a young man declined an invitation with exact wording. He said he declines with pleasure Mrs Wood's invitation for the nineteenth, and thanks her extremely for the opportunity of doing so, illustrating deficient familiarity with formal social etiquette.
Dainty china and cut glass pieces reflect a housewife’s taste. Cleanliness matters for brilliancy, with Hewitt’s East Task Soap recommended to loosen dirt without scratching, costing five cents and keeping items sparkling.
A light exchange about aging and appearance appears in a humorous note. Nora reassures Notra that she is not losing her looks, attributing changes to the mirror rather than time, with playful banter.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a cure for constipation, claiming constipation causes many diseases and that curing the cause cures the disease with an easy-to-take remedy.
Chicago speakers at a Race Betterment league meeting argued women are equal or superior in business. They urged women receive a business education to handle lump sum money, citing Hettie Green and Mollie Netcher as examples and noting many fortunes built by women from small beginnings.
A prominent New York charitable organization has deployed nurses in eastern districts to educate mothers against tight swaddling of infants. The practice binds the legs with long bandages for months, believed to prevent bow legs, but investigations show it worsens limb development.
Kansas City families may substitute pine and yellow bull snakes for cats to combat rats and mice. J S Edwards of the Edwards animal show ordered 300 bull snakes from a San Antonio firm, to be given free to applicants who report results. The yellow bull, up to nine feet, is said to be harmless and dis dispositioned toward most creatures except pests.
A large gray rat sparked chaos at dawn on West Lindisor street near West Ubarberna and South Clark. Pedestrians pursued the creature for minutes, a porter nearly nabbed it with a signboard brush, but the rat vanished into a hole beneath a discarded paper, escaping.
In New York a Rochester butter maker's representative fell for Miss Josephine Julian after meeting at a dance at Miss Marguerite Fitch's home on West Eighty-second Street. He learned she could sew and replace buttons, reigniting his interest. Their engagement had been announced three months earlier, with a fall wedding planned, but a four month country trip forced immediate marriage as they prepared to part. They wed hastily and left for the west.
A London physician, typically grave, suggests flute playing can aid weak lungs by stimulating breathing. He notes it should be outdoors, in parks or back gardens, to avoid disturbing neighbors, as the inhalations from playing expand lung cells.
William Waldorf Astor transfers half of the Waldorf Astoria to his eldest son Waldorf Astor for one dollar. The deed places the hotel in trust for the son, part of Astor’s New York holdings valued around 300000. Tax experts note a 5 percent inheritance tax may apply on death if remaining holdings are not disposed of.
Purveys a powder antiseptic claimed to make 16 pints of cleansing solution. It promises germ destruction preventing disease odor and decay, whitening teeth, purifying breath, and soothing sore throat with many hygienic uses. Available at drug stores for 25c or 50c or by mail order from The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston Mass.
Dr. Joseph H. Pratt of Boston, founder of the first tuberculosis class in the United States, urges prolonged bed rest over months before exercise. He claims outdoor rest improves appetite, allows more food, and speeds weight gain and recovery, with fewer complications, especially in incipient disease.
A middle aged spinster orders a hansom and misses her train. The irate passenger demands the driver’s name but he refuses, joking he will share his number with another young lady, then assures she will reach her train.
The notice promotes beautifying a home with reproductions of rare art gems ready for framing. To obtain them readers are asked to send twenty-five Hewitt's Easy Task soap wrappers and a two-cent stamp to Hewitt Bros. Soap Company in Dayton Ohio. The soap is advertised as the original white laundry soap and has sold for a quarter of a century. Five cents at groceries.
Betty vows fidelity to Reginald who is far away in Idaho. She says she remains true and imagines every kiss as his, awaiting his return to Media once he makes his fortune. Her friend questions her constant devotion.
Advert shows antiseptic powder Allen's Foot Base to shake into shoes for a tighter fit. Claims to make tight or new shoes feel easier. Includes offer for free trial package and address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY. Life is for the most part but the union of our individual selves Cow per.
Illustrated booklet prepared for summer travel along the Nicnael Plate Road and available free on application to FL PL at Pt Wayne, Minnesota. Also includes a George Eliot quotation on self conquest and a note on Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain priced at 25 cents per bottle.
The clipper Alexander Gibson, built in 1877 and one of the last of its kind, arrived in port after a 293 day voyage from the Pacific. The vessel will be converted into a coal barge, marking the end of its sailing era.
A York Pennsylvania alley cat found a grim prize after sniffing a hotel yard refuse can. The cat clutched a turtle head from cleaned Chesapeake bay turtles, then fled the scene with the head dangling from its paw.
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