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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1898
Page
6
A. B. Farquhar urged educating public opinion on roads and urban rural impact at the Evangelical Alliance gathering in Harrisburg Pa. He warned urban growth breeds vice and poverty of highway conditions harms farmers, cites Europe’s road system as a model, and calls for citizen driven highway improvement.
Fragmentary excerpt discusses the value of purity and noble aims as a safeguard against base desires. It compares moral guidance to deterrents like conflict and penalties, emphasizing the role of a good teacher in shaping conduct.
A niece asks her uncle not to reminisce about old times with Henry, fearing his talk of kerosene lamps, pumps, rag carpets, and wells will spoil Henry who may become a poet. The uncle laughs but promises to avoid the old topics when speaking with Henry.
A Louisville Courier-Journal poem sketches city poets deriding rural husking scenes. It contrasts cold stable nights and yellow corn with city dreamers who sing of harvest from distant streets. The piece mocks urban poets chasing fancies while the farm’s simple work and grit persist.
A device of finely graduated wheels and a tiny diamond point can inscribe the Lord s Prayer on glass within a space of around the dot over i in print. A machine operator could script the Bible s 3 567 480 letters eight times in one inch, as shown by a photographic enlargement of the specimen.
The article notes that both cremation and earth burial existed in ancient Greece though which was more common is uncertain. It mentions that ashes were kept in urns. It adds that burial prevailed among Jews and has continued among Christians.
A reader notes rental costs in Arabia, describing a Bereydah dwelling with two large ground floor rooms three small rooms and a spacious courtyard surrounded by high walls rented for forty cents a month. The account suggests rents are not extravagantly high in certain regions.
Reports describe General Kitchener and Anglo Egyptian forces crushing the Khalifa Abdullah at Omdurman Sudan. The Mahdi’s harem and the Khalifa’s brutal regime are detailed, including his siege and the mass killings, while Slatin Pasha’s portrait notes Abdullah’s pride and iron rule.
John W. Gibson, principal at Fairbank on Talbot county’s Tigh man’s Island, laid out a quarter acre map of the world in Mercator projection on the schoolyard. He uses oyster shells for mountains and river sand for deserts, with water fed from a nearby well.
The Chicago Record recounts Roosevelt visiting two Bad Lands ranches yearly to join cowboys. He rode rough horses, earned 35 dollars a month, and faced bucking mustangs before returning to his duties, proving he mixed with ranch hands during round-ups.
A reminiscence from Sir Charles Gavan Duffy recalls William Smith OBrien, leader of the Nationalists, noting his lack of oratory but strong character. An 19th century duel anecdote shows his chivalry as he halts a signal to point out a fellow duelist’s pistol cap had fallen off.
A medical writer asserts segregation of patients is the only effective method to confront the plague. He claims the policy is so repugnant to Hindus that they would rather die in millions than submit to it.
In Pana Illinois a deadly street riot erupted after a quarrel at the miners hall. Two hundred shots shattered the business district as union miners clashed with armed Black workers. deputies were wounded and a death reported amid retreat to the stockades.
Former Secretary of State and ambassador to England Thomas F. Bayard died at Karlstein near Dedham Massachusetts after a long illness arterial sclerosis ending a career marked by public service and a large family He married Louisa Lee in 1856 producing twelve children and survived by his second wife Mary W Clymer seven children remain living His death followed a gradual decline with periods of semi consciousness and choking spells amid a family gathering at his bedside
General Kitchener reported finding French forces at Fashoda and informed Major Marchand that British possession was official and that the French must retire. Marchand declined without orders. Kitchener raised the union jack and Egyptian ensign, left garrisons to guard the flag, and a final pitched battle at Gedarif saw 1300 Egyptian troops rout 3000 dervishes with 500 killed.
A fragmented synthesis of contemporary figures and events cites Cuba Manila and Madrid. The piece references Shafter Dewey Rhodes and Schurz while noting press and public sentiment about imperialism and war costs.
Knoxville Tennessee Tribune recounts Duke Joyner a farmer nicknamed Duke who after a paralytic stroke directed his reentry home. He ordered his two sons to chain his body to a log and planks then harnessed oxen to move him home where he survived for many years.
A Shortsville item describes a young man taking his little sister to a home where he is a regular. The girl played with a young woman, hugging her warmly, prompting the remark that she is very affectionate and like her brother. The paterfamilias frowned as the group remained silent.
Line from a Washington Post item features Rev. Mr. Chokely and Colonel Kahtah in a comic exchange about brandy in mince meat. The colonel vows to kill the man who tainted the dish, noting the brandy is very old and expressing hyperbolic outrage.
A short note argues the United States may retain the Philippine Islands if peace commissioners decide so, citing war costs in the millions. It then touts Hos ette r's Stomach Bitters as a cheap remedy to restore stomach, liver, and bowels.
Three varieties of dogs that never bark are the Australian dog the Egyptian shepherd dog and the lion-headed dog of Thibet. The article catalogs descriptions of these unusual breeds and hints at their mysterious silence.
A historical note details the Congo railway project where 4,500 white laborers built the line and 900 died from climate in two years while 17,000 black laborers suffered far higher losses with all but 3,500 dying or deserting.
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