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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1912
Page
2
An assortment of odd notes and musings from a dated page touch on rented homes in Indiana and Pennsylvania, social manners, fashion, and scattered opinions. It references a Kansas dentist, golf, snoring relief, and language ideas, all in a meandering newspaper fragment style.
The University of Pennsylvania South American expedition sails from Philadelphia aboard the 120 foot Mermaid heading for Para and Manaos. They plan to explore uncharted Amazon tributaries, study Indian tribes, record songs, films, languages, and arts, with Algot Lange leading the party and a medical investigator accompanying the group. They will exchange gifts for local handicrafts as they gather specimens for the university museum.
Joseph Kowanski a 51 year old watchman in the Chicago Eastern Illinois railroad yards at South Leavitt and West 43rd streets was caught by a frog on a track at 5 am with a passenger train due in 30 minutes. He twisted and broke his leg in two places then attempted to cut off his foot with a knife before fellow worker Alexander Geta arrived.
John Boland of 1700 West Twenty second Street slept on his porch when a large Angora goat charged him pushing him from the chair. Patrolman Charles Tickey searched the yard and collided with the animal as neighbors reported a riot in progress. Boland denied knowing the creature and joked about a white elephant loose in the yard.
York police traced a $2000 theft from the Pullman Automobile works to Adan S. Keesey of Spry after Detective White found the loot at his home two miles from the city. Keesey admitted guilt and said he sold the parts as junk. he was jailed. He is married with five children.
New York news notes Douglaston Long Island where a village within Greater New York plans prizes to any resident who provides three more children of proper age to attend the local kindergarten. The measure aims to boost enrollment in the community school program seeking younger students.
The New York Herald backs a 200 mile Newfoundland jetty to halt the Labrador current and reroute warm Gulf Stream waters. Proponents claim melting Arctic ice, warmer summers, and global climate shifts, citing Carroll Livingston Riker’s steamship and dredging innovations.
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