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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
4
A columnist muses on criticism and civic value, urging constructive deeds over fault finding. A Wisconsin girl wins a quirky prize for killing forty six flies with one swat, highlighting how a single action can ripple into broader effects in the fly control industry.
A moral reflection on speaking ill of others. It argues that condemning people you know to be flawed is uncharitable while judging those who may prove good is worse. It distinguishes discretion from dishonesty in revealing or withholding supposed evils.
Homer Longfellow announces his candidacy for Prosecuting Attorney of the 54th Judicial Circuit of Indiana, pending selection by the Republican county convention on June 4, 1912. Washington Township.
At a special meeting the town clerk was instructed to order a car of oil for use on our Streets.
Local notes report Susan Rittenhouse’s return from Macy and visitors in Warsaw and Mishawaka. Readers urged to share travel plans. Ads promote RECORD Office prints and a Titanic disaster book offer at 1.00 per copy. Brush and Hansen seek subscriptions for the forthcoming authentic book with photos.
Jacob Frantz and his wife will travel to Dayton Ohio tomorrow to attend the appeal meeting of the Old Order Brethren near the city.
A wager story recounts Merl McGlennen and an Italian Erie section worker at North Judson competing in raw egg swallowing. The first man ate 49 eggs in 33 minutes, while a second Italian rival consumed 69 eggs in 13 minutes after a meal. McGlennen won the first bet but lost the second.
An old style medicinal advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills to cure the blues and sluggish liver. It claims relief for stomach liver and kidneys and offers the product at 25 cents from Rager and Jontz.
An old ad promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Balm as quick relief for pimples boils scratches sprains burns and bruises. It claims to heal everything and is marketed toward boys and girls with a 25 cent price at Rager and Jontz’s.
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