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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1911
Page
2
A jumble of fragments from early 20th century journalism touching on a hard winter forecast, Hamburg Christmas arrivals, fashion and beauty trends, a New Jersey milliner invention, a German arms reveal, and various social musings. Notes on divorce, a New York criminal case, a Philadelphia pastor, ballads, and cultural commentary weave through a collage of short items.
Reports say investors push large scale operations to mine gold washed into the Colorado River bed at Lee's Ferry and in Utah. Dredges haul black sand and gravel rich in gold, with bedrock depths reaching thirty to sixty feet. Profits are uncertain as natural barriers and harsh terrain impede exploitation.
Andrew Gibson, a 37 year veteran driver, plans to end his last horse drawn ride as London buses shift to motorized service. He recalls a time when 31 000 horses powered the two omnibus companies, marking a slow city’s end.
In St. Louis a plan to observe the rich and climbers prompts an embryo playwright to write. James J. Grain, a waiter at Planters Hotel and son of a Russian general, pursues writing for art over money. He works ten hours daily and believes persistence will bring publication.
J R Robinson of Pike County brings a massive hog to Montgomery weighing 1190 pounds. The 5 year old creature measures nine feet tip to tip and around the girth seven tons four inches. Local town observers claim it is the largest on record.
A London article argues men are more inquisitive than women, citing theater crowds and garden parties as evidence. It notes a novelist’s claim that men seek gossip and skim others' lives while women show less curiosity, except among the elderly and in youth.
Lester Ladd, 68, longtime bellboy in San Diego, recently ended his hotel career at the U. S. Grant and now operates a Union building elevator. Born on Hudson Street in New York, he began as a bellboy at age six, with prior work at Buck-Foghat in St. Louis and the Palmer House.
The article details four methods of caring for consumptives among U S workers. Some cities fund separate pavilions or hospitals through unions, others finance care via maintenance funds with employer contributions, and two national TB sanitoria are run by unions. Massachusetts and Illinois firms have voluntary programs to cover ill workers for a limited period.
Mrs Josiah Clinker of State Street Tama Iowa describes kidney trouble symptoms including back pain stiffness and fatigue. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with quick relief and restoration of normal kidney function, noting six years without trouble. Ad promotes 50c Doan's from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Senator Benjamin F Tillman recounts a humorous anecdote about a longtime enslaved man named Jeff living with a South Carolina family before the war. Jeff asks for days off to visit his elderly aunt in Boston claiming she is about one hundred and five years old, leaving his mistress puzzled by the aunt’s age and whereabouts.
Rev. Co. W. Penlow cites a playwright remark at an Ocean Grove beach meeting about youth being forgiven everything but forgiving itself nothing and age forgiving itself everything yet given nothing. The remark frames the contrast between youth and age with wit.
The document notes Western Canada saw 60 percent more U.S. settlers in 1910 than the prior year. It mentions 160 acre homesteads at $3.00 an acre, with favorable climate schools railways and timber. For details contact the Superintendent of Immigration Ottawa or a Canadian government agent.
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