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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1899
Page
7
Lilian Bell in the Woman's Home Companion describes an ostrich farm near Cairo. She compares the birds' agate eyes to cold intelligence and notes their seemingly criminal allure. She observes domestic behavior by the father, ostrich wing displays, and a keeper's command leading a tall bird to dance.
The Secret Service captures another group of counterfeiters and seizes a batch of faked currency. The crooks imitate high value items, especially Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, praised for indigestion dyspepsia and constipation.
A Washington Star quote reports a man famed for regretful looks criticizing American zeal to profit. He says he wrote a book on the topic but will not publish until he finds a method that makes it pay, underscoring irony in financial ambition.
The Nickel Plate Road announces a one cent per mile round trip rate for military companies and uniformed bands in groups of 50 or more for Admiral Dewey's arrival celebration in New York City on Sept 29 and 30. Gate tickets on Sept 26 27 28 allow return by Oct 2. Individuals pay a fare and a third round trip with tickets on the same dates and return by Oct 4. Inquiries should be made with railway agents. London has 800 laundries.
A collage of humorous exchanges from various newspapers including Tit-Bits Boston Traveler Chicago News Kansas City Star and New York World. Snappy lines cover marriage letters schoolroom chatter and social observations with playful punchlines and regional flavor.
The Prince of Wales recalls his boyhood favorite book as Robinson Crusoe, noting it was the work that impressed him most in his youth.
A proverb-like reflection notes that the actual visitor appears less fearsome than anticipated, suggesting caution toward anticipated danger and the power of perception shaping fear.
John C Hubinger of Keokuk Iowa, a noted manufacturer and philanthropist, leads the Midwest progressive set. At 47 he commands a fortune built on starch and other ventures, plans Red Cross Starch sold cheap with premium Shakespeare views, while continuing railways electric plants and Mississippi Valley Telephone Co. He backs home life with a large family and generous hospitality.
The city outlines two main events on Monday October 2 with a White House reception and a sword presentation by Secretary Long at the Capitol front. A night parade with city illumination will follow, as preparations pace under a citizen committee of over a thousand. Cheap railroad rates are arranged to encourage wide attendance.
Great Britain demonstrates motor cycle assisted artillery with a two horsepower powered gun carriage carrying a Maxim gun. A unit from the Twenty six Middlesex cyclists maneuvers at Alder Shot shows the zero emission cycle carrying the gun, a six man team, and 250 pounds of ammunition per man, on challenging roads.
The famed writer Joel Chandler Harris is described as the most difficult literary figure to interview in the nation. He is quoted saying he knows no one and has no interest in meeting people.
An 1895 advertisement promotes Piso's Cure for Consumption and a $2 round trip fare from Fort Wayne to Chicago every Sunday on the Nickel Plate Road. The copy includes a testimonial from Wm. B. McClellan and a brief moral note on self reformation.
The article outlines a dignified national welcome for Admiral Dewey in Washington during the first week of October. Officials will participate, and a Congress voted jeweled sword will be presented as he returns to the American people. It notes simple, solemn arrangements. It also includes a cost observation about paper in shopping, noting paper wrapping can constitute about 10 percent of total purchases.
A narrator condemns two Malacca monkeys the brok and the kra describing their antics. The brok is a large brown baboon who will perform scratches and mock play, while the kra is a small gray aggressive creature with fiery eyes that bites humans with tail and crest raised.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt presents a patient musing that ague is nature’s contradiction. The patient notes the fever shivers yet the ailment remains with him despite contemplation.
Letter from Gertrude M Johnson of Jonesboro Texas describes severe spine spells after childbirth and monthly decline. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improvement after five bottles and urges other women with female weakness to try it.
Mrs Erriz Perens of Pearl Louisiana reports improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Liver Pills and Sanative Wash for female trouble after three doctors and worsening condition. The testimonial highlights relief attributed to the remedies.
Time honored starch maker J C Hubinger introduces RED CROSS laundry starch with a new original method. Grocers distribute coupon books for free large packages and Shakespeare picture cards or Girl Calendar, plus additional free gifts to early buyers through an Endless Starch Chain Book.
The article notes European life expectancy is highest in Sweden and Norway and lowest in Italy and Austria, highlighting regional disparities in longevity.
Mrs. Alan Gardner, the English author, gives a native woman a looking-glass during a Somaliland safari. The woman adores her reflection and, within days, a line of Somali women gathers to view it. Lacking extra mirrors, they share the single communal glass, making the wearer of the mirror the most important person in Somaliland for weeks.
A letter from JoSE Saul of Dover Michigan lauds Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving monthly menstrual suffering. She credits the medicine and Mrs Pinkham's guidance with ending untold agony and making her "the happiest woman alive."
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