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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1923
Page
2
Mrs Edna Eason of 709 Fort Wayne Ave Indianapolis praises Tanlac for restoring strength after three years of stomach trouble and weight loss. She says she regained fourteen pounds and now feels strong and well. Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 37 million bottles sold. You may hire men to be good but pay them and they turn.
A humorous quoted exchange from The Times of Cuba shows a light banter about speeding and being slapped. The brief dialogue hints at social attitudes and cheeky exchanges captured in the paper.
Secretary Mellon announced a 400 million issue of 4% treasury notes maturing in 1927 and possible extra notes to cover 4% Victory notes. He predicted a fiscal year surplus of over 125 million, with Budget Director Lord citing at least 60 million surplus due to economies and rising revenues.
Article of agreement states Jack Dempsey will defend the heavyweight title at Shelby Montana on July 4 against challenger Tommy Gibbons of St Paul. The match will go fifteen rounds or less to a decision. Dempsey receives a 300000 fiat guarantee and Gibbons earns 50 percent of receipts beyond 300000 up to 600000.
Mrs. Virginia Brain said to be wife of a Standard Oil official faces a court martial at Saloniki in Greece. An Athens dispatch to the Daily Express notes the charge is unknown but stems from a street incident in which she was questioned by a gendarme whose face was slapped for alleged impudence.
In St. Joseph Michigan on May 353 a Berrien county jury returns a guilty verdict against Charles E. Ruthenberg the Cleveland communist after prosecutors urged conviction to preserve the nation. The panel of eight farmers one former justice of the peace two oil salesmen and one American Legion man deliberated about three hours and fifty minutes.
Albany N Y May 5 The Mullan Gage state prohibition enforcement laws were repealed as the legislature adjourned when the senate 28 to 22 concurred with the assembly in passing the Cuvillier repeal bill The measure goes to the governor The house approved with 76 votes two thirds required
Samuel Gompers asks for nonpartisan unity in support of the League of Nations Permanent Court of International Justice. The American Federation of Labor president endorses the President's stand in Washington on May 4.
A Norfolk County Probate Court petition states Henry M. Whitney of Boston left personal property valued under $1,000. Whitney, a transportation figure, died in January in Dedham Massachusetts.
Georges Barbot flew a small airship named flivver across the Channel to England and back covering 80 miles. The flight consumed four gallons of gasoline costing $1.23 and 15 cents for oil. The May 7 crossing between Calais and England showcases early aviation endeavors.
The first nonstop coast to coast air flight was completed by Lt. John A. Macieady and Oakley Kelly in the T-2. They departed Hempstead, New York at 12 36 53 p m EST and landed in San Diego after about 26 hours 50 minutes covering roughly 2685 miles. Officials at Rockwell field North Island and naval units greeted the crew with escorts and whistles as messages from Washington poured in. The President General Pershing and Major General Patrick congratulated the aviators on the historic achievement.
Washington reports Germany agrees to reimburse American cash assets confiscated in Germany by the alien property custodian. The pledge comes through German representatives on the mixed claims commission. Dr Karl von Lewinski cites dollar for dollar repayment.
The East Chicago Land company of Hammond bid 375 dollars an acre totaling 119,625 for 319 acres of state land in Lake county. The bid was the sole offer and accepted as the site for the Jones & Laughlin Steel company plant in Pittsburgh.
In the house of commons Chancellor Stanley Baldwin said 80,000 Britons paid a supertax last year with total income 470 million pounds. Incomes above 500 thousand pounds yearly totaled 28,880, yielding 367 million pounds.
Washington May 7 A Fine Arts commission decision reduces the present standard flag length by 12.1 percent to better suit artistic proportions.
Madrid May 7 Ambra sador Alexander P Moore informs the cabinet that a commercial treaty between the United States and Spain has been completed and will be transmitted for approval.
Ford Motor Company now holds more cash on hand than United States Steel, with February 28 1923 cash of 159.6 million versus 126.7 million for US Steel. Ford’s total assets reach 536.35 million and 119 million in net profits for the year, hinting at a fortune between 600 and 700 million.
Jackson Mississippi May 4 joint meetings of white and colored citizens set for May 19 at all Mississippi courthouses to discuss the exodus of negroes to the North and the labor situation, following a committee of twelve from both races appointed by the state chamber of commerce.
About one thousand Ku Klux Klan members paraded in Columbus then rode street cars to outskirts where Klan officials say two thousand were inducted. A Common Pleas Court injunction barred a "klan vacation" at the Columbus Driving park, pushing the group to an open field east of the park for assembly.
The Sioux Nation plans to sue the United States in the Court of Claims for lands and property taken by whites. They claim at least 750 million dollars including interest, marking a shift from warlike to legal action in seeking compensation.
In the Tientsin Pukow railway raid Bandits killed one foreigner and abducted 150 passengers near the Shantung border Miss Aldrich of New York sister in law of John D Rockefeller Jr and daughter of Senator Nelson W Aldrich was aboard and unconfirmed.
Twenty five persons are reported killed and more than fifty injured in a head on collision between Hershey Electric railway trains near Camasi in Matanzas province Cuba.
Paris May 7 Premier Poincare rejects all reparations proposals from the Cuno government. He brands the latest offer quoted as 80,000,000,000 gold marks as insufficient and insists on new terms. France remains firm on its stance in ongoing negotiations.
Market summary of the week ending May 3 across grains dairy and livestock. Chicago cash prices list wheat corn oats and central farm averages. Fruit and vegetable prices include cabbage potatoes onions berries and apples across multiple cities.
Washington May 4 Senator Smoot, next chairman of the senate finance committee, says the upcoming Congress will pass a soldiers' bonus bill and no tax cuts are expected. He notes he supported a sales tax to fund the bonus in the last congress and joins Harding in that view, making his statement significant.
Six Italian immigrants attempting to cross into the United States were shot dead and a seventh wounded when a group of Mexicans hired to help them across the Rio Grande opened fire. The reports come from Columbia in Nuevo Leon.
London May 7 Lord Robert Cecil who returned on the Olympic from America warned English advocates not to rely on America joining the League of Nations. He said the United States showed no intention of entering and urged caution in expectations.
Congressman John W. Rainey of Illinois died in St Bernard's hospital after a two weeks illness of double pneumonia. Rainey, born in Chicago in 1880, was a Democratic representative from the Fourth district.
E R Campbell vice president of the Commercial National Bank of Fort Dodge dies after brief illness. He formerly served as vice president of the Iowa Bankers association.
Buenos Aires May 5 The president plans to urge Congress to resume Argentina’s membership in the League of Nations in his annual message. The issue remains under consideration as officials review the situation.
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