Aladdin Lamp Exhibit Shown at Record Office
John S. Sheets of Claypool as Kosciusko County agent displays a sample Aladdin lamp at the Record Office exhibit. The show highlights antique lighting and local history within the county.
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1910
Page
3
John S. Sheets of Claypool as Kosciusko County agent displays a sample Aladdin lamp at the Record Office exhibit. The show highlights antique lighting and local history within the county.
Readers seek fresh ReEcorps items for the week to boost columns. Please provide one or two concise notes highlighting notable activities, projects, or impacts for timely publication.
A lively school bulletin reports spring fever, class rankings, and social quirks at Mishawaka High. It notes seniors wearing caps and gowns, Easter Post Cards at the RECORD Office, and student anecdotes about Iva, Velma, Ruth, Gordon, and others. It mentions post cards, theatrelike dress, and a hair boycott by girls of the local mills.
Report from the grammar room notes a girl seen in the streets and many pupils absent due to illness. Discussions centered on corduroy trousers and drawing a map of Indiana as school year winds down.
An advertisement highlights Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a rapid remedy for skin eruptions boils ulcers fever sores burns chapped hands lips chilblains and piles. Claims instant relief and healing for various skin conditions. Sold for 25 cents at Rager’s.
Mrs O O Oliver is on the sick list. John Lynch has returned home from South Bend. Miss Jessie Landis suffers lagrip. Kenneth Oliver in Rochester hospital slowly recovers after two weeks in critical condition. Henry Clinker, Bechtelheimer family, Clinker and Middough households, and Emma Oliver visit John Flora home with other relatives.
Items note interest in press gossip and celebrity scandals as readers discuss headlines and identity of figures. Practical tips cover novelty photo holders using animal skins and home remedies for eye inflammation and laundry blues.
The text discusses applying surface finishes to soft woods to achieve varied color effects. It covers rubbing techniques, surface smoothness, and options like shellac and furniture oil. It also emphasizes affordable cottage design details such as raftered ceilings, narrow boarded floors, and diamond panes to suit small country houses.
A nervous woman should try a bran bath before bed. Use bran from a feed store in a cloth bag, placed in a bath half full with warm water until brown and bubbly. Do not stay longer than five or six minutes, rest ten minutes, then massaged or rubbed with a towel.
A letter from B. F. Toleon of Elizabethtown Kentucky says he travels most of the time and notes how he is urged by friends and acquaintances to keep moving despite age.
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