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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
5
A Texas woman, Miss Clara Driscol, paid sixty thousand dollars to purchase the Alamo to preserve the historic fort from being turned into a hotel. The Texas legislature authorized the sale and named her honorary custodian, recognizing the Alamo as a monument to Texan heroism and Mexican War history.
A Louisville postmaster reports a Rutland Vermont man seeking to “save” Louisville by listing unsaved residents. The piece references a 250000-name directory plan to give every Louisville resident a “square deal” and compares it to New York City’s 1.5 million-name directory.
Serpent themed adornments arrive in wealth, with rings, broaches, bangles and necklaces. Dealers report many orders for snake inspired pieces. A New York ball featured a coronet of jeweled snakes and a belt is being made as a gold rattlesnake. The trend hints that snake charming may replace toy dogs as a fashion hobby.
The text outlines a dubious method to guan cash by folding bank notes to double money. It emphasizes keeping money in hand and avoiding lending, presenting a risky scheme as harmless. The material reads like an early fraudulent or deceptive plan without clear legitimacy.
Under Mrs. Roosevelt's supervision a valuable collection of presidential dinnerware is shown in the White House basement. The exhibit features fragments from Martha Washington to the McKinleys, highlighting gold trimmed plates cups and saucers once prized by first families.
Helena Gould together with Elizabeth Altman annually distributes about 500000 dollars in charity in the name of her father and mother Helen Gould. The donations support numerous causes directly and indirectly, marking Miss Gould as a major philanthropic figure.
Congress considering reducing pay for federal clerks aged 65 and over by 25 to 50 percent with over 2 million dollars yearly going to those ages. Many longtime workers would face income cuts while noting their decades of service and the difficulty of reintegrating into private life after dismissal.
Various reasons exist for two buttons on a man’s coat back. One claim: they are remnants of eighteenth century riding coat design. The coat was buttoned to secure the rider on horseback.
J M Berger, an expert electrician, claims a method to revive someone electrocuted if begun within fifteen minutes of declared death. He cites 3000 to 4000 volts and demonstrates steps using arm compression, head tilt, and tongue control to stimulate breathing and circulation.
In the seventeenth century button holes served as decoration rather than function. They were carefully cut and surrounded with bright colors, embroidered with silver and gold thread, and bound with kid and velvet.
In the latter part of the eighteenth century, breeches were skin tight. A gentleman reportedly told his tailor that he would pay only if he could fit into them, illustrating the era’s fashion pressures and tailor humor.
A travelogue from St Augustine through Florida’s Lake Region describes the cathedral bells the fort and old streets. The voyage continues on the St Johns River and the Oklawaha with cypress swamps mossy trees and a black water current encountering pine torches and night river life.
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