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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
7
The Fresno Home Packing Company plant in California has quietly installed a peeled peach machine claiming it will revolutionize the industry. It promises peeled peaches at 5 or 9 cents per pound, with costs lower than hand peeling, forecasting strong demand and new market outlets for the peaches.
A burglar entered a residence last night and took a diamond ring and a freshly baked pie. Police monitor pawnshops but have yet to locate the suspect. A sharp remark questions why anyone would go to the morgue.
Aimee reveals George proposed marriage and will reply today. Hazel questions the will versus wont in a tense exchange. A stray line about a mouse boring through an inch board in three hours appears as comic aside.
A pair of testimonials from Texas druggists praise Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root. Frank Jenkins of Pilgrim reports six and a half years of sales with satisfied customers and back pain relief. Another pharmacist notes fourteen years of handling the medicine with universally favorable feedback and mentions cases of gall stones graves catarrh bladder inflammation and rheumatism showing benefit.
A writer describes Russian harvests with reaping machines, woods interspersed among fields, and women with sickles. Peasants work from dawn to late day, share meals like thick potato soup, and store wealth in stockings. Crayfish fishing and threshing by steam drive village life as crows and birds watch.
Belfast psychiatrist Dr William Graham argues that wartime stress has not driven society mad and that insanity rates are lower now than before the war. He attributes this to human resilience amid hardship anxiety and sacrifice.
The article notes strict gasoline limits affect all drivers including top officials. Prime Minister Asquith and House of Commons Speaker Lowther receive only six gallons per month. Asquith avoids car use in town while Lowther travels publicly, with an anecdote of Lowther on a South London tram beside a carpenter en route to Westminster.
Tender skin needs mild soothing properties found in Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Soap is sweet and cleansing while Ointment heals irritated rashy skin. Free samples by mail with Book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A decorous scene unfolds as rifles fire during maneuvers. A pretty girl screams softly and steps back into a young man's arms. She apologizes for startling him, and they agree to move to watch the artillery.
A nostalgic advertisement features a shopper insisting on Red Cross Ball Blue for over ten years to keep white dresses linens and lace curtains snowy white. The plea emphasizes brand loyalty and long–standing use.
Report notes Jaeger’s hunting trip yielded little with the only gain claimed as the hunting dog he borrowed from the speaker. The exchange frames the trip as largely unproductive beyond the dog transfer.
The government health service reports a new inexpensive disinfectant derived from pine oil. This discovery promises affordable sanitation options and could impact public health measures.
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