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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1901
Page
1
Advertisement notes new buckwheat flour at dH Raye and offers sale bills printed at the Record Office. Mentions free sale notices in the paper when sale bills are printed at this office. Also promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy.
Congress will convene in two weeks and sit into summer with committee assignments largely settled. The Schley court holds two sessions daily while Navy secrecy surrounds findings. Admiral Schley’s savings from years of service and prize money are largely gone. Rumors tie ship subsidy, the canal, and railway interests together as Morgan Harris Gould Vanderbilt Hill push canal support for control of domestic shipping. Roosevelt, accused of aggressiveness, briefly retreats to Chesapeake Bay as battles over promotions and tariff reductions loom, with whiskey and beer interests seeking major cuts.
The article discusses reformatories with 183 of 523 boys from Indianapolis and few from the country, blaming city sources for vice. It also describes a large park housing bears, buffalo, monkeys, parrots, raccoons and elephants, noting better breeding in captivity and economic benefits.
An incident near Frankfort in Clinton county reports a corn shredder injuring horses. A fodder wagon driver saw one horse’s tail pulled into the machine, causing a panicked stampede that frightened five other horses. Two horses fell into an old well while fleeing, with both seriously injured and extraction taking hours.
The article reflects on twenty-five to thirty years of progress in housing and caring for animals in menageries, noting a shift from harsh confinement in wild beast shows to improved standards and welfare. It contrasts past poor conditions with current advancements in zoos and exotic animal exhibits.
He denounces rumors of his death as unfounded and notes a strong 1902 Almanac and Warpaxap Works journal. His weather forecasts are in high demand helping farmers plant crops early and save millions of bushels. he promotes his Almanac at 25 cents and journal at one dollar a year from Locust Street, St. Louis.
Community items include pricing from Babcock and Colbert Sons for flour and groceries, visitors to Sanford Martin and J A Meek, local farmers’ milk plans, and a call for item copy deadlines. Advertisements reference Chamberlain's Stomach and Tablets and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with high local familiarity and endorsements from Chicago druggists.
George M. Ray a Shelbyville newspaper man known to many township trustees urged a parole or pardon from the state prison. He offered to move to Chicago and received letters from relatives and a petition from hundreds of Shelbyville residents, though officials doubt the governor will grant clemency.
Chas A Mills and Mrs Reese of near Akron wed at the United Brethren church in Burket on November 10. The ceremony was performed by Miner. Warm congratulations were recorded.
A fragmented OCR item hints at rapid spread and market momentum with phrases like become the best selling. The text references Hare and arp iaona as potential names or terms, but the readable content is sparse and unclear.
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