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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1904
Page
3
A Western State correspondent jokes that a local hero in the Carnegie fund era has no chance, noting he is running for sheriff on the Socialist ticket. The quip highlights shifting ideas of heroism in civil life and funding.
The St Louis World’s Fair contest promises 85500 in gold coin prizes for those closest to estimating paid attendance. Prizes are deposited with Missouri Trust Company per official receipt from the treasurer and published in the paper’s prize schedule. The World's Fair Contest Company at Delmar and Adelside avenues, St Louis, notes cash is in bank to pay the winners. contest closes October 7.
A fragmentary note from St. Nicholas dated piece uses slang like Toowealsh and Sambo to hint at mock dialogue about a day turning before it ends. The text includes odd spellings and unclear names, suggesting a playful or cryptic message rather than a coherent event.
In Prague the magistrates order arrests and fines for two bP wearers of trailing dresses in the streets, enforcing a ban on such attire. The notice reflects a strict dress code enforcement initiative in the city.
A survey of rafia from Madagascar explains its use in hand woven fabrics for sacking and drapery, and its new role in cigarette paper. The piece mentions rabanas curtains in American markets and notes broader observations on bees, nebulae photography, and various Asian watercraft and craft traditions.
An observer describes dugout and outrigger canoes with sails, remarking on their design and swift motion beside a steamer. The craft glide with light, fast speed while two natives paddle and ride the waves, before the wind causes an unexpected change in course.
The Chicago Journal notes a widespread toothpick habit, observing quick, phlegmatic, worried, and carefree personalities by how they chew and carry toothpicks. It highlights workers at a lending cafe who cannot break the habit and stash toothpicks furtively in pockets.
Old Mr. Dobson refuses another borrow. Sammy Perkins asks for the lawn mower for an hour or two, but Dobson declines to lend it for the summer. He offers the snow shovel borrowed last January instead.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a paradox in rhetoric as American college athletes appear to be beaten in long runs yet win easily in the long run. The piece reflects on language and sports perception.
The article explains how popular actresses lost steady photo revenue as half tone reproduction spread. They previously earned royalties from exclusive photographers, but managers demanded fresh images for wide distribution, breaking contracts and flooding markets.
Mrs. C. E. Bumgardner of Topeka Kansas writes that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved her kidney trouble back pain and headaches after using one box and then a second. She endorses the remedy and provides Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York address for a free trial. Price five cents.
Representative Livingston of Georgia repeats a story from a hospital physician in Atlanta. A young colored woman arrives with a neck wound and the doctor wonders what bit her. The patient reveals it was a lady, not an animal.
Very low homeseeker rates via the Nickel Plate Road to the West Northwest South and Southwest on the first and third Tuesdays each month with long return limits and stopover privileges One way colonist rates to the West and Northwest from Sept 15 to Oct 15 inclusive A splendid opportunity for parties wishing to locate in the West For full information contact a local agent or Mr C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind
A fragmented dialogue depicts two spirits before St Peter at the gates. The first frames a life spent in sackcloth and ashes across seasons, while the second recalls winter ash on the front pavement as a sign of penance. St Peter invites the second to enter after inspecting the records.
All kinds of rubber stamps made to order. Self-inking daters and new ink pads available. Send for catalogue to Lock Box 2149 Fort Wayne Indiana.
Bess explains the ring is a war relic won in her first engagement. Fred notes the unusual smokeless powder and asks for its history. Bess confirms the ring's origin and signals there is little more to tell.
A dealer touts a loyal guard dog to a customer who asks if it is savage. The exchange ends with the dog humorously chewing holes in its own pants, underscoring the comic misfit between expectation and reality.
An advertisement from Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment guide for leucorrhoea ulceration and other female troubles. It claims to cure with simple preparation and costs about 12 cents weekly. Mrs M Summers Box 105 Notre Dame Ind invites interested readers to request proof and spread the word.
A Starke County physician recalls telling a patient the druggist would charge 60 cents to fill a prescription. The patient asked to borrow 60 cents and the doctor, after scratching out a portion for nerves, handed back 10 cents with the remark You can wet that tilted for a dime. The exchange ends with a dry joke about nerves.
All up-to-date housekeepers urged to use Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothes making them clean and sweet as when new. grocers advertised the product.
A weather wary exchange centers on a plan to fetch an umbrella. A favored suitor cautions against hurry while a girl insists preparation matters as rain continues. The brief dialogue evokes daily life and timely practicality.
A Washington reader Mrs. 8. E. Borden of 442 F Street endorses Piso's Cure for Consumption over other cough medicines in a May 25 1901 letter. The message was published as a testimonial in the period.
A compact grocer advertisement urges readers to buy large 2 oz. packages of Ball Blue for five cents, highlighting its place in every household.
A humorous dialogue contrasts American marriage happiness with a foreign visitor view. A cartoon-like snippet jests that husbands chase business while wives pursue society and rarely meet. The piece ends with an ad offering a dating stamp for 75 cents from Port Wayne Indiana.
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