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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
3
A humorous exchange between two men in a social setting centers on dying with a box of cigars. One porter jokes he wants cigars tucked under his arm when he dies, choosing a 27 cent near Havana option. The other quips about Havana being cold after death as winds sweep Greenland.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay $100 for a case of catarrh cured only by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The oath, sworn December 6, before Notary Leah A. Gleason, notes the medicine is taken internally and acts through the bloodstream to affect mucous surfaces.
A playful exchange where one person laments lack of daily affectionate letters and the other replies that it is patriotism as the government asks to save paper.
California plans to irrigate 5 490 360 acres of land. The proposal targets vast water distribution across multiple regions, reflecting statewide agricultural policy.
A concise meditation on success noting that meaningful achievements require deliberate effort and planning rather than waiting for luck. It stresses consistency, discipline, and patience as core drivers of lasting outcomes.
A Kansas City Star excerpt contrasts George Hackenschmidt with an Irish man famed for whale fishing using a three inch hawser hook and a 600 pound anchor. The piece wryly notes Atlas once held the world but, with modern weight and machines, the burden seems greater.
Promote Cuticura for baby rash relief with a hot soap bath followed by Cuticura Ointment. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents. Ad.
A compact note presents a humorous wartime style exchange with quips about darners and cutworms. The brief line references a cartoonish slogan and a tongue in cheek stance on fixing a problem.
A concise reflection on friendship highlighting its paradoxical strength and elusive quality, suggesting that bonds can be deeply meaningful while remaining hard to define or quantify. The phrase invites contemplation of loyalty, support, and shared experience across relationships.
A devotional outline on discipleship in Matthew 5 12 16 and 28 19 20 outlines Christians as salt and light and a city on a hill, their commission to all nations, and the sustaining divine power. It recounts Paul’s call to preach in Macedonia with vision come over and help us and first fruits in Europe.
A Bible reflection notes God as loving Father. The speaker declares faith in a tender, fatherly heart that remains constant in weakness and need, emphasizing that divine love is based on sonship rather than merit.
A fragment notes a religious theme with reference to enduring faith. No clear event date or location is readable. Further details are unavailable in the legible text.
An Indianapolis school student misused singing and singeing in sentences about a singing nation and the Kaiser. The teacher corrected the Kaiser note, explaining he has a mustache, not a beard, and the student sighed over not spelling mustache correctly.
Two neighbors discuss a young man who lived off his mother. They note his lack of earnings to support his home and relate it to a Lincoln quote about gratitude to one's mother. The second item urges citizens to avoid shooting pigeons as they may be carrier birds for wartime losses.
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint of a complexion lotion. Grocers carry lemons and drug stores supply Orchard White. massage daily to fade freckles sunburn windburn and tan and achieve clear soft white skin. Harmless, at very low cost.
Report notes that young men often look to a bright future that remains unrealized while Ohio farmers organize cooperative buying societies to gain collective bargaining power and improve market access.
Two recruits at Camp Dodge Iowa await further instructions. One quips that war will be new work for them while the other replies he has been married to the wrong girl for five years.
A fragment suggests a father telling a child about Berlin and a wartime victory, noting the capture of an American with minimal German losses, indicating a commentary on wartime propaganda or sentiment. The text centers on a claimed measure of success amid conflict.
A judge recalls asking if the soil could support crops and reveals sending a sample to an agricultural expert who advised raising more “bies.” The remark reflects a humorous or rustic exchange about farming viability.
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