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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
7
The board president questions a candidate with a monkey language test using a garbled transcript. The applicant struggles to answer the simian equivalent of fear and leaves disappointed as the interview ends with doubt about his qualifications.
A farmer named Smith hires a horse for a canter along the pike. The horse balks and rears, throwing Smith from the saddle who lands unharmed but surprised. A friend teases about the “case of necessity” that caused the fall and asks what he needed to hold on to.
A clipped exchange shows a wife worrying about leaving the house during a burglary risk while a husband and a judge comment on the scene. Names Vinson-Harry Uinson appear as part of a dialog snippet. The text captures a domestic moment turned into a courtroom mood.
A brief quip from the Boston Transcript noting a humorous exchange about a piano, with the reply “Oh, about an octave of it.”
Moody Bible Institute outlines Elisha’s succession after Elijah’s ascent. Translation follows testing, with Jericho and Jordan as key stages, and a visible mantle as sign of succession. The piece frames heaven as a transition to a higher field of activity and stresses faith and obedience.
The Gloria Dei bell, dating to 1642 and recast in 1806, is the oldest church bell in Philadelphia and remains serviceable. It originated with Swedish settlers on the Delaware and was moved from Tinicum to Philadelphia as the Gloria Dei church grew.
A string of brief notes mentions opossum farming moving beyond experiments in Australia, then shifts to ads for Red Cross Ball Blue made in America and general grocer coverage. A stray theatre audience exchange and farmer Corntessel joke close the fragment.
The Repase c of Williamsfort, aged eighty four, is praised as America’s most enduring brass band. Originating with a single horn, its history includes playing for a Whig national convention, marching armies in the 1860s, and performing at Appomattox. The article hopes the band will return for the next Republican convention in Philadelphia.
Uncle Ozias Pike joins a tense schoolhouse scene as discussions turn to the war. A dozen men hiss and argue while the judge calls out the muttered jostling and the crowd demands silence before the debated issue.
The Passaic valley hosts a spring that formerly flowed continuously but now only on Sundays and holidays. Artesian wells drilled nearby to supply silk coating plants drive the pumps. when those pumps run, the spring’s outlet drops below the flow level, stopping the spring except on Sundays and holidays. The explanation comes from Kr. Robert E. Felton in the Proceedings of the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers and is echoed in Scientific American.
An old social quip recalls the Gadsbys once sharing pork chops for dinner. Five years later Miss Gadsby suffers acute indigestion unless champagne is present at meals, highlighting a shift in palate and circumstance.
A physician argues coffee harms certain systems and promotes health with Postum. A nervous patient notes better sleep and weight gain after switching to Postum from coffee, saying children also improved. Product details follow, including Postum Cereal and Instant Postum prices and availability.
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