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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1900
Page
6
A casual view from Quincr Journal of Industry argues for state and county cooperation to fund hard roads. It cites costs from 1500 to 7000 dollars per mile, suggesting an average around 3000 and proposing exemptions for counties already investing, to spur broader use and statewide prosperity.
A Lincoln County farmer explains bad roads hurt local trade as hay potatoes and farm seeds cannot reach Merrill. He notes mired teams, lengthy trips, and two days to travel fifteen miles, forcing farmers to abandon loads at great expense.
William W Birth, senior member of the Oldest Inhabitants Association, recounts a cane made from a ship rail aboard the San Pedro. The Spanish warship sank off Venezuela or Colombia after a magazine fire near 1819, carrying troops and about a million dollars. Wrecking efforts recovered silver and part of the treasure, with the ship later buried under sand. The cane rail and a brass cannon were stored in the Union Bank of Maryland in Baltimore.
A witness recalls mounting a stick with a silver eye and silk cord tassel and using it for years. The Washington Star quote describes black masses of coin recovered from a burning ship melting into coal ashes and cinders seen at the bank.
New York's fashionables embrace London slang with terms for weather, money, and manners. The piece notes shifts in vocabulary from thick London influence to expectant American usage, citing phrases like beastly, quid, toff, crummy, plucked, rusticated, and many more as evidence of cross Atlantic linguistic trends.
A Minneapolis Tribune piece recounts ten-year-old Jack asking a visiting woman if she was handsome when young and suggesting she looked old and ugly now. He also jokes about neighbors, pie, and his mother’s rule that boys are to be seen and not heard, leading to a potential spanking.
A Londoner visits a Perth pigeon fancier who gifts two fine breed eggs. The hatchlings become top flyers but vanish twice. After two days the Perth friend mails back two birds marked with the owner’s initials. Wings clipped in London, the birds disappear again, then after 34 days arrive back in Scotland footsore and weary.
High prices are being paid in Paris for Sisley works. "L Inondation," once rejected by the 1876 Salon, sold by the artist for $8 and later for $17, was bought by M. Tavernier for $2,000 and resold at his sale for $8,600. "Premiere Neige a Veneux Nadion," bought by Durand Ruel for $230, brought $1,020 three years later.
A Chicago Inter Ocean excerpt recounts a brutal murder tied to a South American electric plant. An assistant engineers a fatal accident by sabotaging a belt drive, killing the chief with 2000 volts and a staged accident, while the company later rewards the assistant for quick action in a separate incident.
A London man known as Doctor Talbot faced a railway fare charge. He claimed Doctor was his Christian name earned as the seventh son of a seventh son with healing gifts. An inscription in an English graveyard mentions a seventh daughter doctress.
Historical notes claim the seventh male child, never a girl, heals the king's evil by touch. In France the Orleans district calls him a marcon with a left fleur de lis mark, while border regions mark him with seven stars. Such seventh sons are often raised as doctors due to their healing gift.
A survey notes Nebraska log houses and forested Europe,Japan quake cycles since 416, coastal soil loss, and Essex soil salinization. It then details basking sharks Rhinodon, and a century of steamship growth from eight to twenty two knots, tripling size, doubling breadth, tenfold displacement, and fuel efficiency gains versus 1840.
A New Orleans jeweler recalls a man who boasted about his opal ring's luck. The ring, bought in El Paso, later revealed a fake opal set with ten small diamonds. On learning the truth the owner grew furious and gave the ring to his porter.
The Brazilian uses a small ant with two strong head nippers to close wounds. He presses the nippers on each side of the cut, squeezes, and the ant bites, embedding its jaws to hold tissue together. The ant dies as the body is jerked free, repeating until the wound is neatly closed.
Ninety five percent of U S toothpicks come from white birch in Franklin County Maine. Fewer than 200 people work in the industry in that state. Major factories outside Maine are in Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Western New York. Maple and poplar are used occasionally but birch remains the standard timber.
The dream envisions connecting the Atlantic and Mediterranean by a ship canal in France using a huge ship elevator and moving locks. A vast metallic reservoir would move up and down a system of rails to lift vessels through interior waterways and enable deepened passages for ocean-going ships.
The plan describes a pair of water basins acting like a funicular on a slope to balance ships by weight. Water is added to the lighter basin to reach equilibrium, then a small force lifts one basin and lowers the other. The system uses metallic basins and ordinary locks to drive ships toward Narbonne via the Aude River.
Salisbury’s erstwhile critic joins the British Cabinet as Postmaster General after declining the Lord Privy Seal offer. In 1896 he opposed the Irish land act and in 1898 attacked the workmen’s compensation act, claiming Conservative principles were endangered by such legislation.
The article notes a political shift with Lord Durham in rebellion and Lord Londonderry cooling support. It reports the Marquis of St Martin’s-le-Grand, aged 45, taking over as administrator in succession to the Duke of Norfolk and highlights his previous tenure as Viceroy of Ireland from 1886 to 1889.
A stormy day left two young brothers confined at home. Sammie showed pent-up energy with disruptive acts. The boys shared a bed and prayed together that night. Willie asked the Lord to make Sammie a better boy, but Sammie replied, You shut up, I can pray for myself.
Dmitri Scheviteh, the Russian ambassador in Madrid and noted collector, has bought a medieval marble bust known as Christ with the Blue Eyes. The statue, once in a village church near Valladolid, features rock crystal eyes. Its origin is uncertain but thought to be Italian early Renaissance.
Dialog shows a woman blaming a man for mailing a troublesome letter she wrote to her father. The man confirms mailing a $100 check, claiming the recipient has it now, prompting blame and tension highlighted by the Indianapolis Journal phrasing.
An admission that storms take about two weeks to clear a family and another is due in a week. The saying suggests that the happiest women and the happiest nations have no history.
Tuckerman's Ravine in the White Mountains of New Hampshire is noted for a yearly snow arch formed across its chasm on the southern side of Mount Washington. The feature is named for Edward Tuckerman the explorer who discovered the site and the arch remains until late August each year.
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co. claim honesty and solvency. Wast & Truax and Kinwan & Mannix of Toledo endorse the firm. Cure taken internally and sold for 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available.
The Boers and other residents of South Africa use a home remedy by applying 2 small amounts of tar or eucalyptus oil to a horse’s nostrils when the animal is in the veldt to prevent horse sickness.
Promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. Claims it suits both children and adults, easy on delicate stomachs, with a rich seal brown color. Priced 15 and 25 cents per package, available at all grocers.
Rubberized nails from India are being used in Germany where metal nails corrode. The substitute aims to extend life of wooden structures and reduce maintenance costs in damp environments. Authorities note the technology offers resistance and easy installation for builders.
Carter's Ink proclaims itself the best ink and claims the largest sale of any ink in the world, highlighting widespread consumer demand and popularity. The claim emphasizes premium quality alongside vast market reach and sales.
The article notes Venezuela possesses extensive mines of Bessemer iron copper and gold, outlining the nation’s abundant mineral wealth and potential economic impact.
The Eagle Linen Writing Table offers 100 sheets in ruled and unruled formats. Letter size sells for 25 cents and Note size for 15 cents. Ask your dealer for them and take no other.
Anywhere and return for one dollar on the Nickel Plate allows parties of five or more to travel Sunday on any two points within one hundred miles on Peerless Trio of Daily Express Trains. No need for large groups or special trains. Contact R J Hamilton or C A Asterlin in Fort Wayne for details.
Colorado Special departs Chicago at 10 00 each morning and reaches Denver at 1 20 pm next day with same cars and dining service. Colorado Springs and Manitou stop same evening. A second fast train runs at 10 30 pm daily. New book Colorado mailed for four cents. Ticket offices Chicago Northwestern Bay 193 Clark St and Wells St Station.
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets candy laxative as a cure for blood poisoning and blues. It claims liver detox and bowel movement support, offers money back guarantee, and lists 10c 25c or 50c prices with mail order options from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago Montreal and New York.
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