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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1898
Page
7
The J. C. Hubinger Co. distributes four porcelain game plaques designed for dining rooms. Each plaque features American wild ducks pheasants quail and English snipe. Purchasers of three ten cent Elastic Starch packages by Oct 1 receive one plaque free from grocers.
The word Poltroon, a contemptuous label for cowards, derives from Latin pollex truncatus. It referred to men who avoided conscription by cutting off their thumbs to escape army service.
An ad-like note promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily use aids bowel movement and overall health. It asserts gentle action on liver and kidneys and claims to cure headaches with a price listed as 25 and 5uc.
A brief dialogue quotes a beggar pleading for pennies for his four children. The reply declines, saying he already has all the children he needs. The exchange appears in the New York Evening Journal.
A historical note states that among every 1000 bachelors there are thirty eight criminals while among married men the ratio falls to eighteen per 1600, highlighting a disparity in criminal incidence by marital status.
The article recounts Shelby's retreat to Mexico with Confederate officers and troops after surrender, describing their refusal to surrender, their handling of captured artillery, and Gov. Murrah's plea to take the treasure. It notes Texas as a refuge with French arms and the 300000 in gold, guarded by loyal Confederates who shun theft, then details stampedes in Civil War battles and a Colorado or Raleigh anecdote about whiskey.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler notes Germans resumed exploration of Pompeii like Greek site in 1895 under Berlin Museum. A major agora with colonnades, council-house theater, and a near intact fourth century B C arch. a complete skene and proscenium remain, promising new insights into Greek architecture and stage design.
H. H. Ballard, president of the Agassiz association, captured an ant near its hill and released it 150 feet away in a sandy road. The ant first appeared bewildered, climbed a sand ridge, expelled its body, waved its antennae, then moved straight back toward its home.
In a Bluffs Illinois interview Adam Vangundy recalls the 1849 gold rush era and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing his rheumatism after years of pain and failed medicines. He says two boxes taken from March 1897 relieved him completely and that he would testify to the medicine’s merit. The statement is sworn before Notary Franklin C Funk on September 29, 1897.
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