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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
2
A garbled column of humor items mentions Measles like politics in Indiana Iller Lake and Hayward Shrubb as a coach Several quirky notes describe a New York woman with a blue skirt a back driver eating 57 bars and a philatelist grownup A sea monster in Boston and a side wheel steamer for the Hudson are teased with light wit
The Memphis Commercial Appeal quotes a curious proverb about carrying an onion in the pocket to prevent fits as readers eye the European tensions over the Moroccan question. The column mirrors the era's pragmatic wit amid international risk.
Billie Burke arrives in New York to learn her trunks were forwarded on the wrong steamer. The item highlights advertising luck and a milliner who faced a fatal error after publishing his business address.
Fragmentary remarks note that spectators at Rome's Colosseum saw bouts without modern field training, highlighting historical limits of athletic displays and suggesting world progress since then.
The directory publishers estimate New York City houses 5,000,000 residents, yet many of them lie outside the 409 area. This raises questions about the reach of city-wide statistics and the adequacy of current boundaries for population measures.
A young man elopes with his nurse in the city linked to Benjamin Kim’s early life relocation. Local reaction follows the surprise marriage.
A fragment notes Union City, Indiana, as a town with an enterprising spirit, highlighting the local center of population as a fixed point rather than a wobble, and suggesting Union City should welcome changes near this center.
A reading notes Yeans proposes banning slave shooting as birds destroy weeds. The Audubon Society advocates protecting birds for weed and insect control, warning against slaughter. The Texas law serves as an example for other states to preserve useful birds.
A Pasadena woman’s discovery of an unpublished Bryant poem stirs notable fuss. Poets who struggle to publish should note the usual excitement surrounding posthumous finds of dead poets' work.
After years in the ministry in Massachusetts a man has moved into the automobile trade seeking new opportunities for missionary efforts.
Joe Cantillon recalls a Western league feud with Charlie Comiskey over rival mound elevations. Cantillon built a towering hill to train his pitchers, but Comiskey countered by lowering the mound and later creating a grave-like pit. After brutal losses, both men agreed to return pitching heights to normal and end tricks.
Meantime Roy Thomas remains with the Quakers mainly as a pinch hitter. Cleveland adds two Central league hitters over .300, with another near that mark. Petersburg’s M M Hilsher reports to Fred Clarke for a tryout. St Louis Browns acquire pitcher Spencer from Quincy. Decatur Alabama denies cirrus circus representation next season. James McAleer potentially gains controlling interest in the Washington club. Cincinnati asks waivers on Larry McLean. he stays a Red. Henderson tops the Kitty league with three straight shutouts over Fulton. Paris and Shelbyville Blue Grass league post season series for a $1000 purse. Huck Chance drives a new race car from Be ton to New York amid delays for Cubs accounts.
The piece discusses managers increasingly carrying more pitchers and changing them quickly after hard batting. It notes John McGraw’s reluctance to stick with a struggling pitcher and recalls old etiquette where pitchers endured early trouble for a later win.
Umpire Harley Parker becomes the butt of a joke when a Senate officer, in search of Parker, leads him from the Driscoll lobby to Vice President Sherman. Parker calmly explains the famous Germany Schaefer play, easing tensions as Sherman confesses the issue troubled him.
Referee Time calls a dramatic sequence as Jimmy Sheckard of the Cubs is counted out. After three seasons fans awaited the fatal toll but Sheckard remains a top lead off man and brighter than ever. Chicago once traded four or five players to Brooklyn for him.
Joe Jackson of the Naps posted nine hits in twelve at bats for a .750 average in the Highlander Nep series. He consistently faced Ray Fisher and Jack Quinn, showing a notable fondness for their pitching in Forest City.
Three young hurlers emerge as strong bets this season. Walter Nagle joins the Red Sox, Jack Lively moves to the Tigers, and Sean Gregg signs with the Naps, all coming from last year's Pacific Coast League showings.
An advertisement urges prevention of crippling inflammation by using Hamlins Wizard Oi at the first sign of pain. The copy emphasizes early treatment to "drive the poison out" and avoid lifelong disability.
A humorous exchange notes the new minister’s rhetoric as cut flowers with little connection to the stem of his discourses, implying florid language lacking substance. The dialogue contrasts ornate phrasing with actual meaning.
Miss Gertrude von Petzold may become Switzerland's first woman preacher after a cantonal synod decision allowing women to preach. Formerly a Free Christian church minister in Leicester England she has preached in the United States as well.
An oculist jokes with a patient about reading two 144 page newspapers sent by mail marked only with the words marke copy. The patient laments no readable marks. The Buffalo Express cites the exchange as a light gag.
In a rustic comic scene Uncle Joshua wanders into town and asks if the elevator conductor can take him higher. The boy confirms, and Joshua jokes about riding to the top while preferring not to risk life. He boasts he never believes he went higher than ten stories.
A testimonial from a woman alleges removing tea and coffee and using Postum for over a year cured sleepless nights nervous attacks and loss of appetite. She reports sound dreamless sleep steady energy and renewed interest in work with no medicines. The letter promotes Postum from Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville.
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