Passed to the Great Beyond at U B Church
Lydia Thacker died at 4 49 PM Tuesday at her home one mile east of Silver Lake after years of debility and paralysis. She was about 81, born in Pennsylvania, lived in Seneca County Ohio, then Indiana. Survived by brother Reuben Beigh, sister Mrs Elizabeth Yotter, and four children Milton Albert Alice Minnie. Funeral at U B Church officiated by Rev. E E Wright. interment Lakeview Cemetery.
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Silver Lake
Pennsylvania
Seneca, County
Ohio
Indiana
Reuben Beigh
Claypool
Elizabeth Yotter
Milton
Albert
Alice
Minnie
U.B. Cchurch
E. E. Wright
Lakeview Cemetery
Bridge Washout Delays Trains On Big Foot Crossing
Heavy rains washed away dirt from the abutments of the old bridge on the Big Foot over Hummel creek two miles north of Marion. North and southbound morning trains and all through trains were delayed two hours. A weak trestle has been under repair and four engineers ordered to slow speeds to prevent danger on the sixty foot structure. Freight was abandoned over the Michigan division portion Thursday.
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Hummel Creek
Marion
Biz
Michigan
Terre Haute Man Accepts Telephone Line Job
James Hurter visited Indianapolis with Roy Rowland and family on Sunday and went to Terre Haute on Monday where he accepted a position as a telephone line man.
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James Hurter
Indianapolis
Roy Rowland
Terre Haute
Tax Notice for Lake Seward Townships and Silver Laity
Tax duplicates received and taxes due for Lake and Seward townships and Silver Laity Corporation. Last day for payment is Monday May 7. Unpaid taxes after this date will incur a penalty. please arrange to handle this and inform any other business partners.
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Lake and Seward
Silver Laity “Corporation
Death of Miss Hazel Armstrong in Rochester
Miss Hazel Armstrong of Leesburg died in Rochester New York after a brief illness at about 19. She had gone to spend the summer with her sister Mrs Walter Stanley two weeks earlier. Diphtheria was listed as the cause. father J W Armstrong Leesburg Standard editor and brother arrived soon before the death.
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Hazel Armstrong
Leesburg
J.W. Armstrong
Rochester
N. Y
Walter Stanley
J. W. Armstrong
Leesburg Standard
Three Day Conference at Lutheran Church Starts May 8
A three day conference opens Monday evening May 8 at the Lutheran church. Rev F M Porch D D of Columbia City will preach the opening sermon. Sessions follow Tuesday and Wednesday with forenoon and afternoon meetings. Open to everybody. Don’t forget the date.
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Lutheran Church
F. M. Porch
D. D
Columbia City
Advice on choosing a spouse from a Cleveland Leader sermon
Evangelist Manley Wilson presents a cautious view of marriage advising men and women to examine a potential partner's tongue, cooking, and finances, warns against reforming drinkers, and urges parents to prepare daughters for good husbands. He stresses love, patience, and choosing a partner whose traits align with one's life.
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Cleveland
Manley Wilson
Siyi
Married couple from Alexandria wed in Wichita
On Thursday evening April 19 1906 Claud Jones formerly of Alexandria and Wealthy Clymer daughter of Samuel Clymer near Wichita were married. Both worked for Hall Hall grocery. he as clerk she as cashier. They now reside in Wichita and will make it their future home. Congratulations.
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Wichita
Kansas
Claud Jones
Alexandria
Wealthy Clymer
Samuel Clymer
A Very Mean Man Seeks Garden Digging Windfall
A neighbor tricks his wife into digging the garden by salting a dime and a quarter to pretend wealth. He whistles away, claiming luck, but the wife completes the digging only to find no money. The “mine” was a salted ruse.
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Marie
Gypsies Detain Farmer On Warsaw Pales line
A farmer on the Warsaw Pales line was detained by a group of gypsies who coerced him to have his fortune told. The purse was snatched and later recovered after some coins spilled. A separate case of alleged criminal assault of a sixteen year old girl near Seyvas Topol has been presented to the grand jury, expected to cause a sensation once proceedings are public.
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Warsaw-Palestine
Seyvastopol
Injured by Explosion of Giant Powder
Samuel Groninger near Laketon sustained a severe head wound from a premature blast of giant powder last Friday afternoon while blasting stumps. A two and a half pound stone struck him close to the head as he ran, cutting a two inch gash. A physician dressed the wound. he was confined a couple of days but is recovering and thankful to be alive.
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Samuel Groninger
Laketon
Decoration Day Plans At Local Churches In Town
Preparations begin for the proper observance of Decoration Day with a joint committee from the three churches to organize a program. Each church will appoint one representative from Sunday school to form the committee that invites local lodges and the G A R to participate and the corner band to assist.
We Will Celebrate at Silver Lake on July Fourth 1906
A local bid to celebrate Independence Day at Silver Lake promotes staying home for a sociable day with crowd, recreation, amusement and music. A meeting will be held next Wednesday after the band concert to form an arrangements committee.
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Silver Lake
Warsaw Citizen Andrew D Pollock Dies at Home
Andrew D Pollock a Warsaw resident and Civil War veteran of the fifty eighth Indiana regiment died at his home Saturday night at 9 30 o clock from pneumonia and organic heart trouble He lost an arm in a July Fourth Lakeside park accident caused by a premature cannon discharge twelve years ago
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Warsaw
Pollock
Fifty-Eighth
Indiana Regiment
Lakeside Park
Claypool Lumber Co Maintains All-Season Building Materials
The Claypool Lumber Co keeps cement lime hair and other building supplies in stock year round including red brisk and building blocks for ongoing construction and repairs.
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The
Claypool Lumber Co
High School Commencement Planned with Noted Speakers
The 1906 graduating class will hold commencement at U. B. church on Saturday evening May 12. Prof L J Rettger of Terre Haute will give the address. Winona Orchestra and Parks quartet of Warsaw will provide music. Admission 15 cents, reserved seats $2. Graduates listed: Fedora Mae Teeter, Dale Fitton, Hommao Fierne, Lorena Stauffer.
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U. B. Church
L. J. Rettger
Terre Haute
Winona Orchestra
Mershan
Indiana
Parks Quartet
Warsaw
Otto Philpot
Will Shaffer
Elmer Funk
L. L. Kemper
Ft. Wayne
Kemper
Silver Lake High School
Fedora Mae‘Teeter
Dale Fitton Hommao Fierne
Lorena Stauffer
Smart horse Jack learns arithmetic from Glenn Fox trainer
Few people know that Jack the gray horse trained by Glenn Fox, a Lagro township teacher, can add subtract multiply and divide any number below fifty. The animal estimates ages and delights crowds as Fox refuses circus offers, seeking only the pleasure of training. The horse is nearly twenty but spry as a four year old.
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Jack
Glenn Fox
Lagro Township
Drayman
Bumgerdners
Fox
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Lydia Thacker
Airs
Lydia
Thacker
Wichita Kansas
Andrew D. Pollock
Aeal
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