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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
7
Leaf mold is a highly valued soil amendment for heavy soils and tender seedlings. It forms best from beach and bark leaves slowly decaying in woodlands, should be prepared with care, and used up to one third in azalea and rhododendron beds. Regular turning and air exposure speed decomposition, while avoiding sticks and excessive heat.
Instructions for building square compost heaps four to five feet high under shelter. Mix leaves with stable, hen, or cow manure and lime. Add kitchen waste but avoid diseased vegetable vines. Fork and keep damp. eight to ten tons take months and require four or five heaps for easier handling.
Lesson reviews Cyrus decree allowing Jews to return to Jerusalem the generous permission to rebuild the temple and the obligation to aid with money goods and beasts. It notes a mixed response among Israelites neighbors aid from non Jews and restoration of sacred vessels brought from Babylon for use in the house of God.
A quotation discussing poverty, suggesting it is only contemptible when perceived as an evil. It argues that making poverty respectable is achieved by not feeling it as a fault.
A devotional note cites Frederick W. Faber on love as serving God through small duties without concern for their insignificance. The quote emphasizes humility and daily obedience as the path to divine closeness.
Fragmentary quotes without a discernible event or context. No identifiable people, organizations, places, dates, or outcomes to summarize into a coherent newspaper card.
In this time of high cost of living a vigorous campaign to exterminate rats is urged to protect foodstuffs. Keep garbage in rat proof cans stop up holes and exterminate with Stearns Paste. A two ounce box will rid a house or barn of rats and also destroys mice cockroaches and waterbugs.
In London G Bernard Shaw asserts only a fool would admit pacifists or socialists will influence postwar negotiations. A labor leader replies if Shaw is right it’s bad, expressing hope he is wrong and that peace talks will foster neighborliness as an old grandmother’s saying. Exchange.
How's This ? We offer 100 dollars for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. Sold by druggists for over forty years. Price 75 cents. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney Co. Toledo Ohio.
Douglas Sladen recalls at a Lord Derby hosted ball in Canada an A. D. C. presenting a politician to his wife, a society lioness. The introducer quips that the man is a stupid old duffer, but he will steal him away soon.
An advertisement lists protein percentages for foods: potatoes 2.2 percent, milk 3.3 percent, wheat flour 10.7 percent, eggs 14.8 percent, lean beef 21.38 percent, navy beans 22.5 percent, and Soja beans 34 percent used in Alice Pork and Beans.
A light exchange ponders why more women write their autobiographies and jokes that a publisher should let a wife tell her life story in about twelve volumes for her own enjoyment. The remark reflects humor about publishing and gender roles.
The passage counsels bold self-promotion as a path to success and urges men to boast of their achievements rather than flatter women. It suggests using force against female neighbors to gain power, reflecting harmful attitudes toward women and aggressive behavior as a means to rise.
A humor filled column reflects on a mummy scene with Professor X and a playful remark about reviving the ancient Egyptian. It also notes Boston stores refusing surplus bread stocks, a remark on gray hair signaling old age, and a customs quip about ocean travel dangers. It ends with a wry line about bargains and a note on Boston delaying war garden taxes.
A suitor declares marriage or military service, and the girl replies with sharp wit about future acquaintance. The note closes with a food product mention: Alice Pork and Beans in tomato sauce.
Edith notes the loss of her dog Mr Sopht after a railway accident. The dog died though a rescue effort saved Edith from bigger harm.
Ellis Perrot Blister, the fly fishing expert, praised patience as the mark of a great angler at a banquet. He recalled a Shawnee boy who eagerly fished a creek bank and replied when asked what he sought, Snigs, with a candid admission he had never caught any yet.
A streetwise exchange recalls Dubhwaite's notorious standards as he visits a cabaret. He criticizes the jazz band claiming the drummer lacks full strength, underscoring his exacting taste.
A narrative follows a girl who desires a husband at first and shifts to craving Tim's wealth once he becomes part of her life. The plot explores motive driven by romance and material gain within a social setting.
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