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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1902
Page
6
A compact reminiscence of poets Thomas Hood and Thomas Moore, recalling childhood, ancestral home, and Tara’s halls. It contrasts yesterday’s idealized memory with present disillusionment and fading glory.
The article profiles Hwene Jackson a wealthy, respected Black farmer in St Louis County who has expanded holdings to nearly 4400 acres near Creve Coeur Lake. It notes his wealth, origin as a former enslaved person, rise after the Civil War, and his role supervising labor on the Stevens farm. His children hold diverse professions, including a physician, a professor, and a farmer, and he has remarried to a sister of Emanuel Belcer.
A portrait of Maharajah Scindhia of Gwalior highlighting his blend of eastern autocrat and western reformer traits. He funds a grand local hospital and has pursued medical study, earning praise for welfare work and personal charity. A hospital tragedy involving a laborer is briefly noted.
The Mahara jah Scindhia is praised as a ruler who acts as supreme judge, merging eastern justice with western jurisprudence, studying Austin and Bentham. He funds a hospital for British troops in the China expedition and governs a state as large as Scotland and Wales, with Gwalior resembling its geography.
Rosa Starratt of Bath Maine survived a revolver discharge that shattered several teeth and stopped the bullet in her jaw. The 18 year old and her family, including a 15 year old brother, faced a dramatic incident witnessed by two boarders as a loaded pistol misfired at close range.
A damaged 19th century note describes a room setup with a bed, reading desk, raising headboard, and a side electric lamp over the bed. An adjustable overhead light and raised control are noted, with emphasis on the position and reach of illumination for the occupant.
A clerk repeats revolver questions as a determined man confirms he cannot hit a target in six shots. The dialogue suggests a tense moment amid a cautious exchange reported by the Catholic Standard and Times.
When two women boast that their husbands never speak a cross word the others think to themselves what a patient man he must be.
A remark notes that in social gatherings a man is expected to cover expenses and eat out while a woman hosts. The piece comments on gender roles in party hosting and financial duties.
The Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh has not served as a royal residence for two centuries though built as an abbey in 1128 by King David I. It hosts a rich Scottish history with monarchs born crowned married and buried within its walls and features notable events from James II Mary Queen of Scots Rizzio and Charles X.
Governor Shaw released murderer S&S RN. Dawson, who claimed a long lost Damascus steel secret and copper hardening method. Dawson’s vault key trio kept the formula safe. with free rein, his metallurgical work may restart in Des Moines and Chicago experiments showcase his blades and chisels.
A geologist explains Mohave beliefs led by Mat o we ha with Mas zam ho guarding the white mountain and departed spirits. Some Mohaves cremation of owls, yearlong mourning rites were halted by government agents. A second feature by Alexander Southern Thweatt discusses securing a colored delegation to Arkansas with travel tracts and a long route gaining luck.
A London writer recalls a dinner party with Arthur Bal four the new prime minister. The conversation centers on self confidence with Bal four noting that God helps those who have conceit in themselves, calling it the only prayer that is always answered.
Germany plans to drill 53 400 reserve troops this year nearly twice the level of two years ago. The announcement indicates a rapid expansion of manpower amid growing defense concerns.
Rev H Stubenvoll of Elkhorn Wisconsin leads St John s Evangelical Lutheran Church and owns two Bibles presented by Emperor William of Germany both bearing handwritten text. He praises Peruna in a letter to The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus offering free medical advice from Dr Hartman for catarrh sufferers seeking prompt relief.
The snowbell and related alpine plants generate heat as they form flower buds under snow. Heat melts surrounding ice, creating a dome around blossoms and enabling surface emergence. Foxglove and arums show similar warming, with bells in shade reaching higher temperatures than the air.
A Yale class of 1902 reminiscence recalls a stout member who, when told by a tutor he was better fed than taught, replied You teach me I feed myself in a sharp retort reported by the New York Tribune.
A line from Myra of the Pines notes that a man who admires a girl will want to marry her only if she treats him badly. The statement frames affection and courtship in terms of mistreatment and desire.
New England accounts for sixty percent of the boots and shoes produced in the country, highlighting the region's dominant role in footwear manufacture and industrial output.
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