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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
7
Manekelea a blind native teacher confronted a warlike chief threatening missionaries. He volunteered to face death, urging the chief that head hunting is wrong. Amid tension he and his crew stood ready to die, and a lighted pipe lesson defused the danger, sparing his life and others.
A Washington Star quotation shows a foreign observer and a Chinaman debating how gunpowder innovation was stifled. The speaker suggests modern manufacturers should have bought and suppressed all related patents to force continued old style fighting.
Historic Fort Hays in Kansas hosted famed officers from Sheridan to Custer. The 1867 flood toppled Fort Fletcher, prompting a new site named for Gen Alexander Hays. Cowboys clashed with soldiers as Hays City grew and plans surface to turn reservation land into a public park.
The Rothstock temporary terminus sits at 7,950 feet on Europe’s highest line, with Gletscher Station opened in 1898 and Rothstock in 1899. A tunnel advances past Rothstock using six electric boring machines and dynamite. The Grindelwald Gallery permanent station will offer broader views as the line nears Higer and Monch, approaching the Aletsch Glacier region.
A historical sketch recounts Wild Bill Hickok’s 1869 marshalship and killings, Pony Donovan’s 1872 jail death, and the burning of county records. It recalls Boot Hill graves near Hays City, Lookout station raids, railway worker deaths, and later town growth into a western hub before contrasting plans for a Swiss Alpine railway station near the Jungfrau.
The Koh i Noor joined Victoria’s collection after Punjab annexation in 1849. A rare green diamond, never set, sits with three crowns including an artful gold crown of 2 673 white diamonds and 523 rubies. The great crown rests in the Tower. pearls are cherished, with a German Empress relying on sea water to restore color after aging.
The most curiously decorated graves in the world are the natives graves in Zululand. Some mounds are garnished with medicine bottles used by the departed in their final illness. The number of bottles is used to guess the illness duration.
A Kentucky debate between Tom Stuart and I N Boone over the phrase horny-handed son of toil becomes a political contest. Boone showcases unwashed hands to claim toil while Stuart replies the hands need soap and water, prompting laughter and aiding Stuart’s victory.
A writer recalls a tenement battle in the slums where a simple Christmas tree brings rare cheer to a cold fireless room. A mother notes she and her husband, in an asylum, chose not to burn the tree for its hopeful glow.
A future with two interoceanic canals uniting the Atlantic and Pacific is foretold though its value cannot be estimated. The project is expected to bring national prosperity, likened to the health benefits of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for indigestion constipation dyspepsia or biliousness.
A wife questions if her husband would remarry after her death. John denies, then confesses he would marry again, provoking her anger as she suspects foul play in a sharp exchange from London Tit-Bits.
The notice markets Salls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. It also touts a new method for adding stone soles to boots using waterproof glue and quartz sand for flexibility and grip. A Putnam fade less dye claim highlights its superior color coverage.
A satirical remark contrasts Diggs focusing on his health with ignoring others wellbeing. The speaker quips that Diggs would not notice even when given smallpox, illustrating a critique of his self centered concern.
A compact 19th century advertisement mix touts Lane's Family Medicine promising daily bowel movement and health benefits while praising Mrs Austin's pancake flour as world famous. It includes dated moral quotes from John Webster and Luther. The piece blends health remedies with moral commentary and broad consumer claims.
If you want the best there is tell your job printer to use Eagle Linen for your letter heads and envelopes.
The Young Imperial Guard, eighteen to twenty one, faced Highlanders at Waterloo. They fought fiercely in a hand to hand clash over a standard, with a young Frenchman bearing seventeen wounds. He survived to recount the tale while many others would not see dawn.
A London Tit-Bits note recalls a schoolroom joke in which a pupil answers a teacher’s question on toothless animals by saying his grandmother. The boy’s confident plea for a good mark leads to the punchline that his answer is his grandmother.
What Do the Children Drink Dont give them tea or coffee Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O It is delicious and nourishing and takes the place of coffee The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems Grain-O is made of pure grains and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee but costs about as much All grocers sell it 150 and 25c.
In the column reads Party Papers a wife laments her husband running for Congress and fears his dreadful politics while a breakfast tip promotes Mrs. Austins pancake flour. Professor Gotch notes Nile electric fish possess a 260 volt battery power with an electrical organ in the skin.
A bargain ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee If the remedy fails E W Grove signs each box A separate note mentions Six Robbers in Evening Dress who robbed Mrs Hilda Cole in New Orleans of 2000 dollars wearing evening attire and silk hats Also Piso s Cure praised by J W O Brien in Minneapolis The piece closes noting England s palace car for dogs with nic k eled feeding cups and running water
Jell O offers four flavors Lemon range Raspberry and Strawberry at grocers for 10 cents. Air Cushion Rubber Stamps advertised as the best and cheapest, with orders sent to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana.
An old advertisement promises quick bowel relief for any ailment by using Cascarets candy cathartic. It touts easy natural movements, costs ten cents to start, and warns against imitations while stressing the genuine tablets with C C C stamped on each one.
A proposed undersea cable from Copenhagen to Iceland would span miles and cost about 850000 dollars. The plan outlines a transatlantic style link aiming to boost communications, with project details pending regulatory approvals and technical planning.
Try Grain-O the new food drink for all ages that can replace coffee. It imitates mocha and java in color but is made from pure grains and gentle on the stomach. Available in 14 and 15c price ranges per package from grocers.
A doctor tells a patient to stay home and wear heavy clothes again, but the man insists his wife has stored them away in moth balls, thwarting the plan. The exchange captures a lighthearted moment in a July issue of the Indianapolis Journal.
A family question answered with Jell O as a delicious and healthful dessert. It requires no boiling just hot water and cooling. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. Available at grocers for 10 cents.
Historical accounts note that Indigenous peoples in North America produced cotton fabrics and clothing prior to European contact, showing advanced weaving and textile skills long before colonial trade began.
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