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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
2
Barton Gray faces a blackmailer from his Canadian past as a threat targets his mayoral bid. After a perilous night his doctor friend uses poison to avert disaster, revealing the plot involved a deceitful messenger and a fatal trio. Gray is innocent, yet the mystery reshapes his future.
The piece argues happiness is earned through ongoing effort not possession. It urges embracing beauty, enjoying others, loving work and play, learning to care about others, noticing daily small joys, and living fully without dwelling on happiness itself.
Gardening notes advise propagating rex begonia by leaf slashing, potting primroses, cineramas, and mignonette for autumn, and tips on mulch, leaf mold, and avoiding overwatering. It also covers transplant care, shady placement, and using trailing plants for winter displays.
A gardening note by E. Van Benthuysen explains lily bulb planting timing from September to November with bed prep. It details soil needs, mulching steps, sand around bulbs, and lists among notable varieties Madonna lily Canada lily coral lily longiflorum sp etc including speciosum and golden banded Japanese lily.
The crimson winter rhubarb offers superior flavor to common varieties being less acidic and ever bearing. It peaks late in fall when other fruits and vegetables are scarce, making it a prized seasonal crop.
Tomatoes may be trained to stakes or trellises to good advantage. Keep the branches thinned to just the number needed for fruit.
Daniel shows unwavering conscience under Nebuchadnezzar. He resists the king's meat and wine, remains loyal to God, and gains health, wisdom, and leadership. The narrative emphasizes purpose, integrity, and reliance on divine guidance through trials in exile.
A New York Times account notes a khaki dressed man with a hat emblem of an eagle globe and anchor, prompting a bystander child to declare him a marine. The anecdote highlights how colored hat cords helped civilians distinguish military branches and the marine’s ambiguity despite recognizable insignia.
A Cincinnati authority endorses freezone for corns and calluses. A few drops applied to a tender area stop soreness and loosen the corn or callus so it can be lifted out root and all without pain. A small bottle costs little at any drug store and is said not to irritate surrounding skin. If unavailable, ask the druggist to obtain it from his wholesale house.
In a humorous exchange from the Sunday Herald, Doctor John explains his poverty and philosophy while proposing marriage to his second wife. The woman replies with wry lines about relatives who ought to be hanged, prompting a final, lighthearted moral about Providence and philosophy joining them.
A Teuton commander in France jokes about keeping a fruit tree to hang two peasants on, a line the young officer explains was spared because it was their tree. The piece laments a universal belief that economy should start at someone else’s home and notes the harsh view of burden.
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