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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1900
Page
1
In Elkhart County six miles northeast of Goshen farmers report hydrophobia after a strange mad dog visited the neighborhood two weeks ago. Six dogs have been killed, a $100 Swiss cow to be destroyed, and many other animals show signs while no people have been bitten. The dog vanished and its owner is unknown as residents await further developments.
A North Manchester Journal item warns of a new plague from New Mexico described as blood suckers larger than beetles with bright speckled color and a ferocious bite. It is said to target humans and could require masks, alongside a looming bubonic plague, as threats to public health.
The Wabash city council granted a franchise on designated streets to Henry C. Petit and others for an electric railway, part of a system linking Warsaw and Marion. A second franchise was issued to the Wabash Valley Traction Company for an interurban line from Wabash to Peru and city lines. Work must begin by July 1, 1900 and finish by November 1, 1901, with a $5,000 bond required if not started.
A duck complains that hens are praised for their poems and books while she is ignored for laying eggs. A wise rooster advises that to gain notice she must advertise and speak up, because her silence lets others overlook her contributions.
Deputy fish commissioner C J Thomas reports receiving instructions from state fisheries chief Z T Sweeney to require fish ladders on dams four feet high or more. The law mandates dam owners to build and maintain ladders so fish can migrate upstream past the barrier.
The SinverR Lake Record denounces a Warsaw critic who attacks its anti railroad position and defends Pennsylvania detectives. It blasts the local upstart as a gabby, brainless figure and pledges to support workers and farmers against monopolists and corporate hirelings.
The chart foresees three astronomical factors affecting early April with a March end storm moving east by April 3. Expect rain south, sleet and snow north, warming trend around the 5th and 6th, a main period April 9 to 14, another touch near 17 to 18, then a Vulcan period from 21 to 26 with heat and violent storms. A late April rebound with warmer temperatures and renewed showers follows.
The Wa bash Plain Dealer reports Caspar Oil Company drilled a splendid well on the Butt farm nine miles west of the city. After Trenton rock was struck oil rose to 800 feet, attracting speculators and driving land prices to extravagant sums. A landowner with sixty acres now refuses $7,000 for fifty acres, up from earlier offers.
The article notes pine scarcity drives builders to rough hemlock for dry goods and boot box boxes, reducing quality from half inch pine to thin boards. It warns box prices may rise, forcing shippers to seek alternatives or new box designs while lamenting fewer whittled sticks for the street loafer to craft with.
A traveling con man known as Dr Bush set up a deceptive pocketbook trick in North Manchester. He convinced a group of locals to pay 15 dollars for a fake chance at a 20 dollar bill, receiving a cheap pocketbook a dollar bill and a tin watch in return. Newspapers label him a rank swindler and criticize repeated gullibility.
Attorney General Taylor explains the evolution of road supervisor selection in Indiana from elected officials in 1883 to appointed by trustees in 1893 and back to election by voters in 1899. The change applies to all supervisors within township borders including incorporated cities, under the Australian ballot system.
Jacob Treese, a farmer from Innox, sues Ralph Magee in circuit court over a dead dog body including hide and carcass valued at 82. Treese seeks possession to bury it. The case has risen through Squire’s court to circuit court with costs escalating to about 200 and a pending appeal to the supreme court.
A Lake Shore railroad accident near Ray Indiana involved a southbound train at forty mph striking a horse and buggy. The two men aboard were hurled into a pond but unharmed though frightened, with the buggy crossing the state line into Michigan while the crash occurred on Indiana soil.
The essay recalls Henry Ward Beecher and a Sunday scene when he opened letters at the pulpit and read aloud one bearing only the word Fool. He humorously noted the irony of a man signing his name but forgetting to write the letter.
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