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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
11
Married On the 15th inst at Stoke upon Trent Joseph Farmer to Eliz Walklate both of Coleridge in the Pottery after a tedious courtship of about twelve years.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap as a method for tender skins to shave twice daily without irritation. It claims a clean routine free of slime, germs, and waste, offering free samples by addressing Cuticura Dept. X Boston and listing Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents. Also notes a new patent plier from an Illinois inventor for splitting insulation from wires.
A new hymn titled Telephone to Heaven becomes popular at a New Jersey camp meeting echoing old gospel tunes. An audience from 1918 sits in the grove and hears the line Central's never busy always on the line, you may hear from heaven almost any time.
A wry quip notes that wisdom teeth cause trouble because they are wise-achers, playing on the term wisdom and ache.
A. H. Walgatt aged seventy two retires from forty four years as keeper of Prospect Harbor lighthouse in Maine ending a long service career.
Castoria Astoria is presented as a safe substitute for castor oil and narcotics. It claims over 80 years of use for constipation, colic, and diarrhea, with The Mothers Friend branding and Charles H. Fletcher signature, warning against counterfeits and imitations.
Madeline Z. Doty recalls travel from Petrograd to Moscow during the revolution. The czarina’s winter palace shows war damage and empty rooms while the Kremlin reveals a shattered main gate and a changed land. A prince guides the tour as old beliefs about land and nobility crumble.
In Miami a longtime friendship formed between Colonel Marie Henry Watterson and poet James Whitcomb Riley on a hotel veranda nicknamed the Watterson Riley corner. Riley, an invalid in later years, recited his poems for crowds while Watterson listened and supported him. Riley once urged listeners to seek more from Watterson, praising him as the greatest editor and educator, before requesting another recitation of Granny's Come to Our House.
Government spending before the war stood near one billion dollars annually. The text notes the war’s end and references the interest collected by Boyer, implying fiscal adjustments and postwar finance challenges.
Squeeze juice of two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle sunburn and tan lotion. Grocers carry lemons and drugstores offer orchard white for a few cents. Massage onto face neck arms and hands to fade freckles sunburn and tan and whiten skin. harmless according to the advert. Australia’s motorcar body industry has gained momentum from the war.
Local authorities in New Orleans order close of ga loons due to military needs. The move affects public spaces and planned events as city officials cite security and readiness priorities amid ongoing concerns.
A brief diary like remark from a young girl explains why she avoids play. She says she cannot fight someone bigger than her, revealing a child’s fear and limitation in social interaction and physical activity.
A brief item notes New York's regular police spending £0 3,000 fighting in France and mentions Dr Peery's Dead Shot as a tonic claimed to cure worms tapeworm mucus digestion issues. Milwaukee seeks a domestic policy via legislative enactment.
An aged health ad touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as an odorless remedy for age related bladder and kidney issues. It promises relief from joints back pain and other ailments, claims purification of the blood, prevention of kidney diseases, and offers money back if not helpful.
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