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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
2
A collage of quirky notes on fashion trends such as harem skirts and tan shoes, odd news about a Kentucky goat and a Chicago real estate view, and musings on king coronations, physical culture, Princeton stadium plans, and Victor Herbert declaring Chicago the musical center of the country.
An American girl paid 25600 dollars in Paris for a handkerchief. She is said to be preparing for the hay fever season.
A brief note estimates Americans will spend about 35 million dollars to secure seats for the coronation pageant reflecting Britain’s costly response to a distant affair.
A writer of How to Be Happy reportedly attempted poisoning, believing life a failure. The book itself reportedly reflects the same sentiment and is linked to the author’s distress.
The article suggests a sensible masculine view that women may wear divided skirts as long as they do not attempt to force men to wear discarded petticoats.
The article notes the pasha skirt as the latest look and suggests a simple method: sew two flour sacks together to a point below the middle and punch holes at the bottom. It ends with a caveat that time is short.
Attendees at a dance in New York criticized a host who wore a live snake wrapped around him. Opinion against such decoration was freely offered by guests after sober reflection.
Sixty seven ships arrive in Chicago each day in the navigation season. A gasoline launch is not included as it arrives after being towed in four miles from isolation.
A New York report says velvet trouser cuffs will be the rage this summer. If adopted, it will behoove more than to maintain silence on the hoop skirt topic.
The latest trend among Washington society women is learning to cook. Enthusiastic praise and curious scrutiny from self-appointed critics of excess femininity accompany this new pastime.
Article notes that bugs damaged the peach crop to about 8000 dollars. It mentions frost and poor weather as factors and warns of possible further losses next summer if conditions worsen.
A historian argues Columbus was an impostor and suggests future generations may doubt figures like Queen Isabella and George Washington. The piece reflects doubt about historic personae and the shifting status of myths.
A French aviator completed a 208 mile flight in under tricky minutes, showing that speeds exceeding 80 miles per hour with passenger safety could make heavier-than-air flight broadly feasible and near unlimited.
Ohio legislator John Stambaugh raises 46,000 bushels of onions on 70 acres of drained marsh near Hardin county. His crop flourishes without heavy irrigation, flooding markets in Ohio and even Texas. Profits from last season exceed 15000 dollars.
Dr. M. Couret of New Orleans told the national convention of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists that fish and oysters may transmit leprosy. He cited Norwegian and Swedish victims and experiments showing leprosy bacilli thriving in fish in both cold and temperate waters, linking seafood diets to disease spread.
Mrs. Sarah Crowther of Forest Grove observes her seventy-ninth birthday with eight living children and ten grandsons. A widow for ten years, she was born in Westmoreland England, lived in New Orleans and St. Louis before moving to Forest Grove twenty one years ago. She remains strong, lives alone, and splits her own wood.
Governor Johnson signs a bill that punishes nonproviding husbands by forcing them to labor on county roads or public works. The county pays the wife and babies $1.50 per day for each day of nonprovision.
Archaeology report details a near Atzcapotzalco site revealing a complete goldsmiths outfit, furnace, retort, and clay mold factory. Patterns show man and head dress motifs, fleur de lis designs, a large silver breast plate, and wide wrist bands, suggesting advanced Aztec or ancient Indian art and possible local gold and silver mining nearby.
A restaurant in Chicago occupies only twelve feet of frontage and twenty five feet in depth. It serves about 500 meals daily with twelve seats and has a kitchen, dining area, cashier’s stand, and snack counter all in a cramped, open space. Staff include a chef two dishwashers a waiter and a cashier who also helps during rushes. Most cooking is visible to patrons as the small operation runs around the clock.
The Duluth fish hatchery plans to plant 8,600,000 trout fry this spring along with 15,000,000 wall eyed pike and 10,000,000 whitefish fry. Trout fry include 7,200,000 lake, 400,000 speckled and 400,000 salmon steelhead grayling. Whitefish decline in Lake Superior prompts broad fry planting.
A historical lesson curates Isaiah's prophecies on national ingratitude, wealth temptations, and intemperance. It links ancient warnings to modern issues, urges vigilance, notes leaders like Washington and Lincoln, and condemns saloons as roots of social evils while urging temperance education and law.
Consistent, Deetor-You are considerably under weight, sir. What, have you been doing? Patient-Nothing. But I'm a retired grocer, doc.
A Brook lyn German proprietor of a delicatessen displays a punny sign hanging in the window. The New York Sun notes the joke with the quoted line The Best You Can Do Is Buy Our Wurst.
A humorous aside contrasts a tired husband with a shopping task and explains the idiom kicking the bucket. It notes the phrase dates to 1725 England when Bolsover hanged himself on a beam with a bucket beneath and kicked away the bucket.
Henry J. Dixey quips at a New York dinner that marrying for money traps men, noting a wealthy ex-wife and a joke about "married money" with a female attachment. He mocks the notion that rich wives would not cling or cut allowances quickly.
A health note urges proper nutrition during adolescence to build a sturdy, healthy body and long lasting well being. A testimonial promotes Postum as easing stomach issues and headaches, claiming improved energy and clarity, attributed to the product from the Battle Creek company.
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