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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
3
American service member Mark Alexander from Roanoke Virginia survived a trench explosion at the Dardanelles. He lost both hands and his left eye while shielding six comrades from a shell and earned a Medal of Honor from King George.
An offended speaker recalls Miss Lang-Syne’s anger after he wished her happy returns on her twenty-fifth birthday. She reveals yesterday marked the fifteenth return of that birthday, making her sensitive and silent toward him.
A moralist asks if truth crushed to earth will rise, framing a debate on perseverance and justice. The remark centers on belief in eventual vindication of truth despite oppression.
Washington March 5. Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall were inaugurated for a second time as president and vice president. The day featured a solemn parade, heavy military presence, and a nationwide display of flags amid serious foreign relations concerns.
A startled visitor meets a con artist professor selling a memory system. The lesson has the victim pay five dollars advance as the professor explains a method to instantly link a name to a face, then sends Oscar to the elevator.
A terse fragment shows a location query with sly phrasing about Bobbie and a crude remark. The line hints at a confusion over place and a crude insult, with minimal context or follow up.
Green's August Flower claimed to improve stomach and liver function and aid general health. The poster states it helps weak stomach, constipation, nervous indigestion, and relieves morning taste and fatigue with quick correction of digestive issues. Available at druggists in 25c and 75c bottles.
The South Jersey Farmers Exchange, a cooperative with 750 members, announced a 100 percent stock dividend and an 8 percent cash dividend. Last year its sixteen stations handled 907 carloads of white potatoes at 90 cents per bushel, with total business of 1,087,347.70 and a net profit of 34,237.79, the largest year since its 1900 founding.
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle inside cleanse for constipated children. It warns of counterfeit syrups and promises quick relief, with dosage and directions printed on the bottle for all ages.
A Vaudeville performer bills himself as the Lusitania singing fireman and asserts he sang during the sinking. The claim is disputed as possibly a theater performance distant thousands of miles rather than aboard the doomed liner.
A vintage advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue is the best American made product for wash day. It adds a light note that one cannot buy friends for the price, framing the detergent as essential and valuable.
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