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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
6
Nee Bana of the Penobscot tribe, famed on her island home near Old Town Maine, receives a Kansas postmark letter from City National Bank of Kankakee offering money to engrave her face on checks. The tale blends regional admiration with a striking proposal across the continent.
A Paris invention named the Long-sighted Stereoscope aims to heighten relief and distance perception. With 40 centimetre objective separation and lens corrections, it makes observers see objects as if 40 feet tall. A New York druggist notes men use hair dyes more than women.
Column notes Charles R Flint defends trusts as evolution driven. Thaddeus Stevens grave to be moved to Greenwood cemetery. Gishkosh public library displays founders busts by Preston Powers. Rail companies resist 26 a ton rails while billets sell at 16 50 a ton signaling a coming steel pool breakdown. Carnegie company seeks 21 rails. others fear 25 plus. Grinnell College elects Frank K Sanders president, born in Indiana to missionary parents.
The noted painter Thomas Sidney Cooper R A was born on September 26 1808. He began painting in 1820, can work without spectacles, and this year had four paintings exhibited at the academy.
Reproductions from Pekin during the Boxer siege show the British legation entrance defended and the legation residence. Another image depicts the battered wall and a British court building used by foreigners seeking refuge. Corporal Patrick Collins of the Fourteenth United States infantry fires the first gun at the Boxers. Also noted is Jacob Riis receiving the Danish Order of Dannebrog. Senator Hanna is described as never using written notes.
A New York writer portrays a typical Hungarian miner family in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. The scene includes a pig yard, a goulash meal, a pass book shown at a company store, and a strike driven by capitalist couples in McAdoo with plans to move if the strike endures. Also notes an aged Georgia adjutant general, ex Speaker Reed’s punctuality quip, campaign circulars about marriages, and Otterville business frankness at a street fair.
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal the Dominion of Canada’s London agent was awarded the freedom of Forres in northern Scotland after recently equipping a cavalry regiment for the South Africa campaign. The ceremony marks a notable honor for the prominent imperial figure.
A fragment from an English society column hints at a group called the Primrose Dames using a coy tactic described as an artful dodge in a rumored courtly intrigue. Names and precise details are unavailable in the readable text.
The critic and naturalist John Burroughs does most writing in warm months outdoors at his Riverly estate on the Hudson River’s western shore.
A large Brooklyn brewery firm declares that only men with a wife’s letter of credit may gain entry into its business circles. The policy implies marriage as a prerequisite for favorable treatment and financing opportunities.
The late Judge Haskell of the Maine supreme court was a careful student of mechanics and spent his leisure in his machine shop where he had built several model steam engines. The Duke d Abruzzi is expected to open the season of the British Royal Geographical society in November with a paper on his arctic expedition.
A chaotic bank run ends with the cashier gaining control of funds and patrons calm as staff restore order. The incident highlights the cashier's quick actions to secure the vault and deter panic.
Roger Wolcott of Boston is named the new ambassador to Italy, drawing strong approval from New England leaders. The former Massachusetts governor, 53, accepted the post as Draper retires, with the appointment stirring noted family and colonial lineage connections.
The article describes Chinese clubs in major cities like Canton and Peking, where wealthy members gather for social and political activities. Each club maintains a dedicated oratory housing a club god, with devotions occurring upon entry and departure. In Boxer-controlled areas the Boxer god may appear in clubs.
An editor from California was held up and robbed of 30 dollars by a stage coach bandit. He hopes to earn 50 dollars by selling his account of the experience to an eastern magazine per the Chicago Post.
Rev. W. J. McCaughan of Third Presbyterian Church in Chicago refused a call to Belfast Ireland that offered a life appointment and a $5000 salary per year. He chose to remain in Chicago permanently.
Street scene in Leavenworth features a mine superintendent riding at the head of eight hundred striking miners during the Labor Day celebration in Leavenworth Kansas.
A brief quip notes a half parasol offering shelter during a shower, contrasting it with a full umbrella. The line emphasizes practical improvisation in wet weather with a playful tone.
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