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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
11
A witty remark notes the phrase culinary symposium on a hotel bill of fare implying hash. A joke claims a woman invented the alphabet since a man would start with I. A burglar who robbed a Chinese laundryman and got hot starch as a reply is described as briefly the most stuck up criminal in town.
A father's solemn wedding moment contrasts with long standing doubts about war powers. The piece argues Congress must authorize declarations of war, while industrial conflict could soon be restrained by compulsory arbitration to prevent strikes.
The American manufacturer shows overwhelming presence at the Paris world fair with 6,564 exhibitors, six times as many as Britain, three times Germany, and four times Russia. Our displays span nearly eight acres.
Alexander Ramsey the first territorial governor of Minnesota celebrated his eighty fifth birthday in Minneapolis. The long serving public figure held roles as mayor of St Paul governor of Minnesota Territory U.S. senator and secretary under President Hayes. The piece notes his vitality and historic lineage of Jones family ancestors.
Hobson tells reporters he never intended to belittle Admiral Dewey's victory and praises the grand outcome. He says he has spent months repairing wrecks Dewey left and understands the triumph's significance, leaving judgment to the press.
A new survey shows Mount McKinley in Alaska stands higher than Mount St Elias by about a half mile, confirming McKinley as the tallest peak in North America and a fitting presidential landmark. Seventeen mountains exceed ten thousand feet. McKinley remains the measure of national pride and geographic scale.
The passage asserts Koreans were once superior to the Japanese and Chinese but now degenerate due to devil worship and fear of spirits. It blames Shamanism and witch doctors as the rulers, claiming Buddhism and Confucianism were overthrown by sorcery.
The New York board of health plans a steel framed laboratory with asphalt walls to study bubonic plague. No chimney or windows, electric lighting, and its use strengthens quarantine port safety. The move follows earlier plague ship arrivals from Santos and speeded by Glasgow outbreak.
The Illinois State Horticultural Society seeks Illinois apples for a Pan-American Exposition display in Buffalo 1901. Promote a one hundred barrel contribution with careful selection and proper labeling, ship to cold storage, freight paid by the commission, and credits given to grower and locality.
J A Kemp of Dickson County Tennessee reports blooming a hybrid between Orchid flowering Cannas and a dwarf French bedding Canna. He cites a cross of Parthenope and Duke of Marlborough producing large crimson blossoms with good color yet modest petal substance, noting southern climate supports such hybridization efforts.
The article explains a home bottling method to preserve foods by destroying the corked container and applying a hot syrup or stock fill. Fruit, vegetables, or meat are placed in a bottle, steamed for an hour, then filled with boiling liquid and resealed to seal tightly.
A regional press campaign calls on South American republics to form a united front against Chile’s passive neutrality. The articles stress collective action to counter external pressures and safeguard regional interests.
The Illinois legislature provided 2600 dollars for repairs to the Lincoln home at Eighth and Jackson in Springfield. Albert S. Edwards directed restoration to preserve the original condition, with 15000 annual visitors recorded and the work praised by many.
The article recalls how presidents, including Cleveland and Harrison, used Chesapeake Bay and Orange Island for recreation during vacations. It notes limits on travel beyond U S borders, recounts Arthur dining aboard a British ship, and mentions Adams’s Adirondack retreat as a way to escape duties.
A columnist explains the vertical address system in large buildings and cities. The concept assigns up to 100 room numbers per floor, making floor numbers clear from the hundreds digits in the room numbers. The piece cites examples like 737 and 1737 and notes New York’s gradual adoption alongside Chicago and others.
A historic Alaska glacier known as the Noblest Glacier and Muir Glacier in Glacier Bay suffered severe damage from a September earthquake. Tourists mourn its loss as the face once stretched two miles with 200 foot cliffs and 800 foot ice thickness, leaving bergs stranded on the seafloor.
The piece notes how tramp steamers from northeast ports like Tyne Tees and Wear transformed cheap sea carriage. It highlights ships delivering vast food cargoes to Britain, aiding a self-sustaining, well fed nation and underscoring the steamers as vital arteries of Britain's life.
The Wayback Bazoo editor says a story titled The Editor's Purse was sent to the wastebasket without review due to an empty seeming premise. The editor notes the title alone suffices to deem it unworthy of consideration.
A dismissed servant in Kennington, England writes a romance in which she is the heroine. She leaves servitude for the Transvaal nurse role, saves a wounded general, and marries him. After Pretoria falls they return to England and the former mistress and master, now poor, seek aid but are rebuffed and die in paupers grave.
Cuban teachers visiting Boston attempted to attend an evening function at the Longfellow house on Brattle Street. They bowed politely to requesting ladies and asked if their day dress would be acceptable or if they should return home to change into night attire. The ladies advised them to stay in their day dress, and the group departed gratefully.
The New York Commercial Advertiser claims southern French papers omit losses at Monte Carlo and personal crises to protect profits from table gains. It notes English reports disparaging Monaco are subjected to censorship and temporary bans.
The pope, now about sixty eight, has shown health gains with a strict daily regime. He rises at six, spends an hour in prayer, celebrates mass, eats two biscuits with coffee, and follows a structured day of meals, rest, prayer, and an early bed.
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