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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
9
A Mississippi lumberman explains log jams as rapid pack formation in streams. He describes the immense force, the deafening noise, and the way jams break when the key log is found and removed. An old hands on approach proves effective without formal engineering knowledge.
The article lists the longest parts in Shakespearean works noting Hamlet with 1509 lines Richard III with 1161 Iago 1117 Henry V 1008 Othello 888 Coriolanus 886 the Duke in Measure for Measure 883 Antony in Antony and Cleopatra 830 Brutus 727 Falstaff 719 Macbeth 705 Romeo 618 the King in Hamlet 551 Cassius 507 Portia 589 Rosalind 749 Cleopatra
In Otago New Zealand a mend contract for a road was let and awarded to a bidder signing as McPherson. The contractor, described as yellow with pigtail, insisted his name was McPherson to secure the bid, completing the work well despite the humorous prejudice.
The New York State Building at Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition 1901 will be a Greek Doric temple designed by George Cary. Located on Elmwood Avenue near North Bay, it will serve as state headquarters and later house the Buffalo Historical Society with expansive galleries and museum rooms.
The Windsor Castle kitchen is described as perhaps the largest in the world with a lofty roof top lights and antique features. It houses immense smoke jacks used for roasting and a central hot plate table measuring 14 by 9 feet. The copper batterie de cuisine requires annual maintenance and the 1842 remark by Yady Bloomfield recalls a fiery furnace scene with many joints roasted. Charles Murray notes 113 000 people fed last year.
A Ontario NY druggist praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after a customer returned for a refund and recommends it to others. Indiana Fort Wayne event details advertise a rail fare sale and nearby IOOF and K of P lodge notices. Centerville IA clerk reports relief from cholera morbus using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
The Kentucky situation is assessed as a test of law and order amid conflict between governor, legislature, and militia. The piece contrasts Republican-leaning elements with the governor and calls the mountaineers of southeast Kentucky a model for self government, while labeling Taylor as a model for Aguinaldo.
Bfarion O reports in the Mirror that the people should observe Congress as it unfolds, suggesting the ongoing proceedings reveal a clear lesson beyond Kentucky, urging vigilance in national political matters.
The Nebraska City News quotes Gage arguing that the man who serves his country worst serves his party best. The remark frames a political critique linking national service to party loyalty.
Reports describe experiments at Portsmouth England testing cordite as ammunition for quick firing guns to assess night visibility and guidance range. Also noted Kaiser Wilhelm’s dog travel on a train and a French circus proprietor Victor Franconi dies in Paris aged 16.
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