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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
2
A jumble of snatches from the Silver Lake Record pokes at modern life. It ridicules aviation risk at home and abroad, jokes about writers, stage people, gossip, fashion, and marriage schemes, and notes public tastes with brisk humor.
Thousands of travelers come home from Europe as letters of credit exhaust their limits. Families note the urge to return home after long journeys.
Czar Nicholas imposes a new punishment blocking Siberia and making dissenters play football instead. The unusual edict targets anarchists, replacing exile with sport as a public order measure.
A collage of short items notes wireless baseball results, distant travel, social mores, policewomen, Paris predictions, and a New York judge on romance. It mentions a Chinese president with seven wives, Taft renouncing Cincinnati citizenship, and a seventy eight year old widow charged with turkey trotting in New York. Lavish American tourists spend 200 million abroad annually.
French officials move to pull all bronze coins from circulation amid currency reform plans. The proposal aims to curb coin hoarding and streamline cash handling across banks and shops.
New York reports Maj. Gen. Carter praising Lieut. Milling as a leading aviator after Milling and Lieut. Sherman set endurance and distance marks in a Texas City to San Antonio and back flight. The 224 mile round trip averaged 68.9 mph with 4 hours 22 minutes aloft, exposing gear weaknesses and the need for extra power in wartime conditions.
A European report recounts Tatiana Betcheriak, now over forty, exiled for life to Siberia after a long line of prosperous husbands she deceived and deserted. She allegedly married sixteen men, seized valuables, and moved through Russia, Constantinople, and beyond before police uncovered her as a former convict.
Fritzi Scheff of spotlight fame filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in New York. She lists debts around 150000 dollars and assets including real estate at Big Stone Gap Virginia, home of her former husband John Fox Jr., novelist, at 275009 dollars.
In Paterson New Jersey John Yuszkevicz petitions a court to change his name claiming most cannot pronounce it. The move seeks a simpler alias for use in daily life and public records.
London business man B L Philips nicknamed himself king of the ratcatchers and blackbeetle destroyer after a career shift from prospecting in America. He recalls returning cockroaches in Chicago kitchens, joining with an analytical chemist to solve the pest problem, and launching a profitable new profession.
Former King Manuel of Portugal wed Princess Augistine Victoria of Hohenzollern at Sigmaringen castle in a Roman Catholic ceremony led by Cardinal Netto. A royal gathering attended by the prince of Wales and other European princes and princesses accompanied the event.
In Silver City Kate Allen runs for sheriff after supporting feminist gains. Hank Holmes, a powerful boss, provokes a confrontation that ends with Kate arresting Hank for attempted murder and vowing to push honest, upright governance while planning their forthcoming marriage.
Granite blocks that formed the walls of the old Astor house in New York will be sold to a tombstone company. The sale aims to repurpose peninsular masonry for funerary use, preserving material from a historic site. Meanwhile bids and vendors are expected to compete for the blocks.
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