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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1898
Page
6
A compilation of veteran reminiscences set near Kennesaw with war memories and marching scenes. It also recounts Caroline Quantrell's travel to Lexington and reviews the old account of Quantrell’s death with details from Major John N Edwards and his sources.
In 1877 at the Arlington hotel in Hot Springs Arkansas ex governor Stearns, a land titles commissioner, salutes General Jubal Early who notes missteps of his men. Early recalls losing an arm at Winchester and remarks that his troops trained to do their duty but sometimes the rascals blunder.
A Confederate veteran recalls wooden guns used as decoys and weapons around Fort Blakely. He notes Yankee General Canby lacked artillery and improvised mortars from black gum trees, firing 8 inch shells with improvised equipment, while lines stood 500 yards apart.
A Pekin imperial edict declares the Emperor has abdicated in favor of the Dowager Empress. Ministers must report to her, and the Empress prompted the move after repeated pleas from the Emperor. Rumors swirl of a bid to outmaneuver Marquis Ito and tensions with Russia and Li Hung Chang.
The steamer Humboldt carried 280 passengers from Daw son City to Seattle twelve days from St Michael Alaska. Purser Twiggs estimates total treasure at $100000 with David Bellenberg reporting $60000 in dust. Troops from San Francisco to Rampart City used the steamer Arnold. Passengers included A E Gardiner and Robert Moran of Seattle involved in railroad and river steamers projects.
A memorial arch was dedicated at Junction City Kansas during the recent Fifth district G A R reunion. The arch, a feature of the Soldiers' Reunion, has just been completed and unveiled.
Mrs Flo Jamison Miller of Monticello Indiana is elected president of the Woman s Relief Corps the youngest in the organization s history Her father Col W H Jamison served in the Twenty first Illinois under Grant and her husband W Scott Miller is a contractor She had long been active in the corps and led the Illinois department presidency in 1894
A Chicago report lists multiple lake disasters in a single day. The schooner Senator was stranded on Skilagalee reef in Lake Michigan. J. H. Mead and Mediator went ashore near Portage Lake canal on Lake Superior. The steamer Colorado, hauling 1 500 tons of flour, stranded on a reef at Eagle Harbor. Iveystone ashore on Big Summer Island and burned with 1 000 tons of coal. Keepsake foundered in Lake Erie with coal cargo. Southwest sank on Huron Island in Lake Superior.
Italy protests Colombia over alleged bad faith in Cerruti affair and demands treaty respect. Advices from Bogota indicate relations have been severed as Colombia claims Italian actions were arbitrary and violative of the 1892 treaty, with Italy reserving right to energetic measures.
A thirty five foot tall monument of native stone is topped by an eight foot bronze figure and a stack of arms.
Mrs Stevens national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union urges relinquishing the Chicago Temple project. She notes the building never generated income, spent over 200000 largely from white ribbon supporters, and that the national body pays regular rent elsewhere, so giving up the Temple brings potential gains.
On a memorable day in Quebec three nations the United States Great Britain and France united to honor Samuel Champlain founder of Quebec in 1608. The US protected cruiser Marblehead under Captain McCalla was sent by the American Government. American and British bluejackets marched together through Quebec's streets and stood at Champlain's monument with all American commissioners in attendance.
The note reports 1,279,909 persons have visited the Omaha exposition so far and mentions two million bicycles have been made.
Agricultural notes report U S hay crop larger than last year by several million tons and California orange production at a historic high. Nebraska winter wheat sowing expected to exceed past records while Texas cotton output could supply a pound per person. Iowa and Nebraska show strong orchard potential. heavy rains flood southern Iowa croplands and hail causes damage. North Iowa harvest rushes oats and corn to market as prices hover at 25 cents per bushel for old crop.
A compact survey notes personal pointers about local life incidents including general matters, neighbor activities, and notable deaths and accidents. It reflects community interests and emphasizes practical updates in a neighborhood column.
Reports from Indiana towns describe stabbings in Terre Haute during a fight, burglaries in Martinsville, a death from lobar pneumonia at Camp Indianapolis, and a drowning near Bourbon. Other items note rail yard accidents, arrests of druggists for liquor sales, a Delphi mob hanging, and fishing law changes by Fish Commissioner Sweaney. Local directors list patents issued in several cities and a Marion boy injured by a corn cutter, among scattered crime and civic notes across the state.
A dated discussion on cooking skill and experience argues that young wives face bias from men and that mothers’ decades of practice give them edge. The piece reflects social norms about family roles and intergenerational expertise.
A centuries old practice in Austrian mountain districts involves exhuming skeletal remains to clear space for new burials. Relatives are notified to clean and rebury the skulls, which are then painted or marked with the deceased’s name in the bonehouse.
The report states sharks have penetrated into the Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal, marking a notable intrusion into a new marine corridor and raising ecological concerns.
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