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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1911
Page
6
New York women shed tears less as Mary McMillan and Dr. Sarah J. McNutt credit social change. They describe old habits of daily crying, the shift to mental activity, reading, and work, and the rise of a confident, self managing woman.
A perhydrometer, to be installed aboard the Neptune, will act as a shipboard scale by weighing cargo and personnel through displacement measurements. Authorized funding of about $0,500 supports experimental use to improve coal handling and settle coal quantity disputes on naval colliers and deliveries abroad.
Professor Frederick W. Williams of Yale argues that many missionaries to China are tactless and this harms conversion efforts. He cites a luncheon remark at Princeton, comparing missionary ignorance to a farmer's misread of a foot rule through a humorous anecdote about Jim Driscoll and a steel mill.
A brief item from the Birmingham News records a quip about marriage and money with a joke exchange between Tom and Jack-Why. The quirky line notes a bachelor living situation and a plan to marry for dollars, reflecting a local flavor.
In 1860s New York customs office a storekeeper named Barker fought back a disparaging remark about General Grant by kicking the man out of Murphy's office. Collector Tom Murphy praised Barker, saying it would be a crime not to defend Grant and promised promotion, a pledge fulfilled soon after.
An 1876 night at the New York Times editorial desk, with John Reid guiding dispatches to Hartford. Dispatches showed Tilden leading but whispers and tables hinting at a Hayes edge sparked by Reid, Chandler, and a pivotal telegram. The ensuing controversy helped trigger the electoral commission and the Hayes victory by one vote.
Craig Biddle defended cosmetics and attacked scandal mongering during a New Port dinner. An elderly matron criticized young girls for rouge and powder, while Biddle noted French education views cosmetics as essential as bread and meat. He quipped it is better for a lady to redden her own cheeks than to blacken other ladies.
Bulgaria known as the rose garden of the world provides the bulk of perfume and attar of roses to the United States, sustaining a major industry. The description highlights Bulgaria's role in supplying fragrant oils for American buyers.
The piece recounts how Henry Mygatt met Alexander Hamilton’s widow Elizabeth Schuyler at Trinity Church in New York. She praised his tablet honoring Hamilton high above the floor, and Mygatt’s remark drew her veiled smile. Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton lived to the mid 1800s.
The text asserts that sea flowers outshine land flowers and that the most brilliant blooms occur not on plants but on animals, suggesting a metaphorical or poetic view of marine life.
A comic barter unfolds as a man selects a canary from a shop window. The seller points out one bird in a blue cage is not a singer, prompting the buyer to choose and inquire about price.
An old man asks Bilton for two shillings. Bilton eagerly pays and thanks the boy, with the judge noting the kindness in a lighthearted moment.
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