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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
5
A Birmingham Age-Herald exchange shows a pompous citizen denying Poam’s Pic Brigade link while Mr. Duthwaite pushes for government service as every patriot’s aim. The debate centers on public service without pecuniary reward.
A brief dialogue notes belief in fortune telling and claims that mercantile agencies are fairly accurate, as recounted in the New Haven Register.
Mrs William Paulus of Elkhart attended the commencement and the Samuel Clink funeral. Mazda Class of the M E Sunday School met at Mrs I A Snoberger's. next gathering May 18. Mrs Jobe Harris’ condition serious. Will Welch visited Pierceton. Alumni events and visits highlighted by Fort Wayne guests and South Bend relatives. Notary work offered at the Record office and Kinsey family burial-related travel noted.
Swedish lumbermen study rafting timber from British Columbia to Europe. Rafanutes, large square timber rafts, have been towed from Sweden to Great Britain. The Ocean Rafanute Syndicate hires William Olsson to explore adapting the method to BC exports. Olsson notes BC timbers could allow much larger rafts than Baltic ships. Current Swedish structures carry 4 to 5 million feet. proposed BC rafts would hold 15 to 20 million feet.
Classified note seeks young men in northern Indiana counties to sell a device advertised to prevent car capers and back pain. It promises a quick sale, low price, and big profit. Respond by enclosing a red stamp to Box 215 Silver Lake Indiana.
The Wall Street Journal recounts Baron Rothschild advising to buy French rentes as a first class investment when Paris was troubled. He noted bonds were cheap at 63 while Paris ran with blood and later, about 25 years later, the bonds rose to 105 becoming one of the safest investments.
A flier circling Des Moines observed ribbons of smoke rising from deserted areas and uncovered several autos hidden in brush. Upon landing with a companion, a large copper still was found attended by four men feeding corn from a wagon, according to Popular Mechanics Magazine.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt humorously frames a couple shopping. A floorwalker directs the man to the men s wear area while he quips about a lifelong collar joke tied to a preacher s influence. The exchange satirizes marriage and role play in a shop setting.
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