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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1918
Page
2
An American and an Irishman trade boasts about national athletic feats. The American praises a jumper whose teammate reportedly ran thirty miles before leaping a five barred gate. The Irishman quips that the run explains the jump, and they both extol their countrymen.
Have a Clear Skin. Take Cuticura Soap your everyday pilot soap and assist it now and then by touches of Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal. For free samples address Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston. At druggists and by mail soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.
A dusty doughboy asks for water outside a shell battered house at Chateau Thierry. A Frenchwoman guides him inside and recalls the house served as a dressing station for wounded Americans. She details plans to rebuild windows and walls, noting the debris as she looks toward the river.
Dubbs retorts that a woman never knows what she wants while Mrs. Dubbs protests. The chilling pause breaks the thermometer, spilling mercury in a vivid, comic moment.
A poem excerpt by Ella Randard Pearce in Browning's Magazine muses on a hypothetical future where a past grandmother's feast, preserved for Thanksgiving, would evoke pride and nostalgia when shared again in the present.
The piece contrasts Arizona and Kentucky Thanksgiving customs with venison, bear meat, and bear paws a la Mexicaine in the Southwest and a Kentucky dinner scene praised by Asher Carruth. It describes hospitality, festive meals, family gatherings, dances, and racecourse chatter shaping a vivid holiday portrait.
The fragment recalls Governor Bradford declaring a day of thanksgiving after the first harvest and sending four men to hunt for food. It evokes early colonial life with references to Tar and a marsh scene with teal and mallards, suggesting a poem-like historical vignette from Old American origins.
Gen John J Pershing, commander of American expeditionary forces, rides through Paris in an open car sparking massive crowds on Place de la Concorde. Thousands cheer as children toss flags and flowers, and Pershing grins and waves amid the throng.
A report notes a wide hardware shortage in New Zealand and strong demand for tape and cordage in Kingston and Jamaica. It mentions four thousand French girls hired for salvage pots to support fighting men and that the national harness and saddlery commission ordered leather workers paid 60 cents an hour on government work.
A brief reflection notes that a girl’s impact appears in a lover’s heart and on his coat collar, contrasting inner memories with outward mark. The piece reads as a wry, domestic aside from a Boston Transcript page.
Canton Ohio resident Mrs Marriage Born recalls suffering female troubles and two doctors recommending operation. She credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with relief enabling her to perform housework. She urges others with similar issues to try the remedy before surgery and invites inquiries to Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
Jimmie asks about senses and a teacher mentions a six senses. Pa explains one sense is the war tax, a humorous family exchange about wartime taxation.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin tablets as instant relief for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims meals trigger sour, bloated stomachs and headaches, and asserts the tablets provide immediate, harmless relief at little cost.
A humorous exchange notes that a man owes much to his wife and that he owes everyone else as well. The line plays on the theme of gratitude and reciprocity in marriage.
The article promotes avoiding panic and crowds and argues for fresh air and the three Cs Clean mouth skin and bowels. It recommends a May-apple liver regulator Pleasant Purgative Pellets and Anuric Tablets for kidney relief plus hot lemonade and foot baths during illness. After recovery an iron tonic such as Trontic or Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery is advised to rebuild strength.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a home Sunday school service and a kindergarten song. It includes garbled phrases about a person named Harry and a sun bean for him, with unclear context and no definite event or figures.
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