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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1901
Page
6
A London Globe summary notes that outdoor breathing exercises are being promoted as a treatment for asthma bronchitis and other lung conditions. The regimen includes open windows sleep with windows open and breathing through the nose, with fifteen minutes twice daily for asthmatics and even fashionably concerned women.
If the United States and England should form up an alliance the combined strength could be so great that there would be little chance for enemies to overcome us. Also Hoefetter's Stomach Dieters strengthens the body reduces attacks from illness and improves appetite for dyspepsia and nervousness.
The census hints at a gender imbalance in colonies and suggests a large potential for women to emigrate to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other settlements. It notes New South Wales and Victoria population gaps, with a surplus of males in NZ and implies action to equalize sexes.
A Highland Iowa couple recounts eighteen years of kidney trouble and rheumatism eased by six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. The wife says her pain lessened dramatically after a week, and her husband’s kidney issues improved after three months, prompting praise for the remedy and advice to buy locally or send to Buffalo, New York.
A new sect named the Jamrelites plans to settle in Scotland. Their prophet foresees an imminent end of the world and claims followers will ascend heavenward from a Scottish mountain summit.
A brief humorous exchange where a father calls his son a figure with many sides and angles, and the son replies by recognizing a polygon joke. Aunt Sarah and Puck are lightly referenced in the playful dialogue.
A reflective line notes how men seek to erase memories by using a toylog to blot out past events. The fragment hints at memory, time, and ritual in a historical context. The exact source context remains unclear but centers on memory and acts of erasure.
Washington report notes the Senate passed the army appropriation bill after hours of debate. Spooner Philippine amendment and Cuban amendment were approved by 45–25 and 43–20 respectively, with strong denunciations from Democratic critics. Speakers including Bacon Hoar Morgan Teller and Allen warned of despotism and consequences for Cuba and the Philippines.
The Senate advanced key supply bills including post office and diplomatic and consular funds amid debates over fast mail routes and the pneumatic tube service. It also passed fortification and river and harbor measures while approving conference reports on multiple appropriation bills and defending actions on Philippine and Cuban amendments.
The suspect George Ward, jailed for the murder of Miss Ida Winkelstein near Terre Haute Indiana, was seized by a mob taken to the Wabash River bridge where he was hanged from a beam and burned. Witnesses describe the crowd as large with no police intervention.
The west bound Wabash limited traveling from Detroit to Chicago derailed 4.5 miles west of Millersburg Indiana after a defective rail. Forty three aboard were injured and three were fatally hurt as cars plunged into a 20 foot embankment after striking a baggage car.
Chauncey P. Overfield from Salt Lake City says polygamy persists in Utah outside urban areas with fathers keeping wives in separate towns. He notes Salt Lake City demographic and political influence remains heavily Mormon, while non-Mormons dominate rural towns.
The Maryland Biscuit Company plant in Baltimore burned, causing losses around 100 dollars. Japanese residents organize to keep disorderly characters out of the country, while Chinese doctors are described as deficient in their knowledge of anatomy and medicine.
Ed J. Makinson of St Paul extols Peruna saying four bottles cured his bad cough and that the remedy helps his health. The piece discusses catarrh as a widespread disease and criticizes doctor costs while advertising Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio.
An advertisement offers dates, printing outfits, stamp cancellers and related items with a call to write for prices and information to Lock Box 219 in Fort Wayne Indiana.
The United States supplies the most visitors to Carlyle's birthplace in Ecclefechar Dumfriesshire. There is nothing new under the sun except Mrs. Austins new dress.
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