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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1911
Page
2
A fragmented OCR passage mocks aviation desire and gender roles, noting July cold waves, oysters and cabbage, risky flights between New York and San Francisco, and divorce themes. It references aviatress ideas and sardonic comments on disaster heroism and social behavior.
A fragment notes that the outpistol toting win in New York was not aimed at halting street hold ups on Wall Street. The passage reads as a terse political or crime brief with unclear context and sparse details.
A baby’s distress cry helped avert a crisis as six people were rescued from ting asphyxiation in an incident. The scene underscored the need for vigilance around infants and crying babies in perilous spaces.
The speaker Mr. Malcolm McDowell asserts the bo's cost of living is four cents a g yet omits how the hobo represents or earns that four cent figure.
A jumble of oddities and misprints covers varied topics from crime and court to public life. It mentions a Cleveland judge, a Greek couple, New York women, Carnegie, a Stamford woman, a Massachusetts shooting, and a Philadelphia preacher, all in disconnected vignettes with many garbled phrases.
Alfred W. McCann, a food expert, warns at the New York pure food show that manufacturers adulterate nutritive viands to look appealing. He cites use of alum, nitrogen peroxide, copper salts, coal tar dyes, sulphuric acids, and many fillers to deceive consumers and lower energy value.
A famed Stroud petticoat worn by eighteen brides over fifty five years in one Atlanta family is now on its way to Texas. The garment carries a long local heritage and symbolizes family wedding tradition as it moves to a new home.
The famous petticoat of Mrs. Emma Stroud Nunnally, born in Madison, Georgia, was made during college days and worn at her wedding. It has since graced daughters Mattie, Dora, Laura, and Maimie Nunnally and now travels to McKinney, Texas, for granddaughter Rosabel Hines. The gown is said to bring good luck to marriages.
Fishkill New York mechanic T M Rafferty jailed for theft is building a biplane in the county prison workshop. He says he plans to glide from the courthouse roof when his term ends, promising a dramatic escape attempt.
Court records show Campbell Carnegie of 1228 Clinton Avenue Bronx fined one dollar for spitting on a Brooklyn Bridge plaza sidewalk. He paid sixty cents then was paroled into custody until tomorrow afternoon to settle the remaining dollar after his payday at Commercial Printing Co. on Beekman Street.
Chicago report tells how H. J. Rhodes of Elgin and David B. Rhodes, Baker City Oregon police chief, were separated for 37 years after a Stoughton Wis upbringing. A grandson identified a matching portrait in a circular will and sparked the family reunion, with H. J. Rhodes planning a trip to visit.
In Stockton California fourteen year old Mildred Smith alone faced a burglar in the home of Ernest E. Smith. She lit the gas, delayed the intruder, and loudly asked if this was the police station guiding him to flee. The incident preserved a large quantity of silverware and jewelry at the house.
Muskogee Oklahoma reports Dr F B Fite a local rancher near Pryor Creek bred a mixed game bird from a cross of native prairie chicken and English ring necked pheasant. The flock now totals about eighty birds as mating produced young chicks. Fite hopes the hybrids endure longer and names the new bird.
A bull terrier reportedly attacked a lion cub threat to life at a Tacoma zoo. The stepmother dog contributed to a plan that aided the cub’s survival after its birth the previous night.
Esther pleads for her people in a 1911 Sunday school lesson outlining Esther chapter 4 through 5 and the Purim story. It covers Xerxes reign starting 485 BC, Vashti’s deposition, Esther’s rise, Haman’s plot, Mordecai’s summons, the king’s decree, Esther’s bold plea, Haman’s downfall, Jewish deliverance, and the theme of divine providence guiding heroism in daily life.
Mrs Emily Howes of 4700 Burling Street Chicago suffers kidney pain and fatigue misattributed to female trouble before using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports improved kidney function and relief from back pain and sickness. She endorses the product and notes it costs 50 cents a box at stores. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY backs the advertisement.
A boy brings an apple to school and plays with it. The teacher confiscates it and eats the fruit. The boy coughs as the last piece disappears and explains it went down the wrong way.
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