14 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1899
Page
1
A tramp incites self harm near a grate over a burning fire then tosses a can into it as bystanders react. The crowd disperses in panic while later return to find the area damaged with empty glasses and plates, and Hamlet missing.
Home owners should keep homemade extinguishers for minor fires. A recipe uses quart bottles filled with twenty pounds of common salt and ten pounds of salammoniac dissolved in seven gallons of water, corked and wax sealed. The released gas and heat-formed gas will extinguish flames faster than buckets of water.
A Women’s Guardian writer argues that mothers owe children discipline and moral training beyond meeting basic needs. Regular tasks build character, self-control, and industry, while overindulgence fosters selfishness and crime. Proper guidance develops resilience and prepares for life and a future beyond.
A somber man in a coffee-room displays a small canister from a gunsmith and jokes about blowing himself up. He laments that professional actors are scarce with many fine amateurs around, then pledges his sincerity.
Data on 63 thirteen year olds, 59 smoke. 153 fourteen year olds, 125 smoke. 82 fifteen year olds, 73 smoke shows about 92 percent of entrants smoke. Authors urge parents to heed the harmful effects as smoking dulls intellect and lowers academic performance and judgment.
You assume no risk when you buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Dr. Chas. Rager will refund your money if not satisfied after use. It is everywhere admitted to be the most successful remedy in use for bowel complaints and the only one that never fails. It is pleasant safe and reliable.
A claimed scientific compound named Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is advertised as digesting what you eat and curing dyspepsia. A customer, M. A. Betron of Bloomingdale Tennessee, says it relieved ten years of indigestion. physician Dr Charles Rager is noted in the text.
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best cure for burns, cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns and skin eruptions. It claims decisive healing and pain relief, offers a 25 cent price, and notes sale by Dr. Rager, the druggist.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes a cultural shift as rural life fades under urban growth. Mills, meeting houses, and stores are replaced by towns with bonds issued water works street cars and electric plants. Fast trains bring farms and cities closer and the telephone makes the world feel intimate.
Chester H Brown of Kalamazoo Michigan reports Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cured his severe indigestion. The product digests what you eat without stomach aid and is recommended for dyspepsia by Dr Rager.
Mothers of children with croup or severe cold are urged to give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It contains no opiate or narcotic and is safe for babies as well as adults. The remedy has achieved wide approval in the United States and abroad and is sold by Dr. Chas. Rager.
The St. Joseph Evening Press notes a strong control method for Canada thistles by applying a gill of sulphuric acid in the crown of each plant. The acid destroys the plant to the roots with few survivors. It is inexpensive but requires careful handling and should be applied from a bottle or similar vessel.
EKE Turner of Compton Missouri was cured of piles after seventeen years and trying over twenty remedies. Physicians and surgeons endorse it. Beware of dangerous counterfeits. Dr. Chas. Rager.
Mrs. Adam Hart of Groton writes a testimonial after recovering from a severe lung illness. Four doctors gave up her case before she trusted in Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. She used eight bottles, is now well, and trial bottles are available free at Dr Rogers Drug Store with a regular 50 cent size guaranteed or refunded.
A rural anecdote describes a frugal man who blocks rock salt on a rock stool in town then returns home to let his cows lick his trousers.
An advertisement from Popular Music Co. of Indianapolis offers six pages of new piano and organ music in exchange for the names and addresses of three music teachers or performers and twenty five cents in silver or postage. The items include The Flower that won my Heart Mamie O Rourke March Manila Dewey s March Two Step as played by the U S Marine Band and five more pages.
A La Fayette Indiana reader Robt Moore calls DeWitt's Little Hurly Risers the perfect remedy for constipation and liver issues. The note highlights the pills as never gripe and mentions Dr. Uhas Rager in connection with the product.
Fee sale or trade 160 acres of finely improved Nebraska land within five miles of the capital of Red Willow county. It is all under cultivation with scarce crop failures. Schools and churches nearby, good water, society comparable to Indiana. Will trade for an 80 acre Indiana farm or sell on reasonable terms. Inquire at or write to the Revorp Silver Lake Ind.
Mr Oliviar of Barcelona spends winters in Aiken South Carolina and reports relief from back head pains after using Electric Bitters. He claims the remedy cures liver and kidney trouble purifies the blood tones the stomach and nerves and brings vigor. Also mentions DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as healing for wounds burns and skin eruptions with endorsement from Mrs Imma Boller of Chicago.
The medicine’s great success in treating bowel complaints has made it standard across much of the civilized world. Sold by Dr. Chas. Rager.
The advertisement promotes DeWitt’s Little Liver Pills as a cure for constipation nervousness biliousness and worn out feeling. It claims the pills cleanse and regulate the entire system and are small pleasant never grip or sickening.
John Cook offers bogey driving wagons and horses at low prices with an assurance of quality. Advertisements praise One Minute Cough Cure for instant relief from pneumonia to recovery, Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for stomach troubles, with testimonials from Helen McHenry and O R Moore praising cures and health after using the remedies.
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