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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1905
Page
1
The 1904 5 term ends in Lake township with summer vacation to follow for teachers and pupils. The school board praises the instructors for their work and notes some critics did not visit, while pupils plan vacations or regret the partings. A noon dinner, afternoon literary program, and heartfelt farewells mark the closing day.
Leading apple growers in the section report favorable prospects for the harvest. Trees are well budded and unexpected cold has not caused damage. Continuous cool weather since early winter kept buds from swelling abnormally, signaling a healthy crop ahead.
Announcement of Susan Nehr’s death at her Flora Indiana home early Tuesday morning. Her son Benjamin Nehr and wife traveled there and attended the funeral held Wednesday. She was nearly 60, had been ill for over a year since a March 1904 paralytic stroke.
Dennis Dulaney moved his family and household to North Manchester on Tuesday and completed the sale of their property to Mrs. John Warren on Monday for 21600 dollars.
Rev. Sarah traveled to Portland Indiana on Tuesday to join the annual M. E. Conference now in session for the week.
G. K. Smith stays ready to entertain spectators despite risking some of his prized hair as he performs for the crowd.
John Bickle, 50, of Burket, is held in Warsaw jail while an application to admit him to Longcliff asylum is considered. He is described as hopelessly insane from brooding over his wife and son's deaths in the last two years and has threatened self harm and shown violent behavior.
Rural Carrier S B Flott unable to go out on mail route one Tuesday. J P Robinson has been acting in his place.
Thomas Evans received the contract to remodel the K of P building. He began work Monday and will reconstruct the front in a modern style reaching three stories in height.
The Christen Endeavor of the Lutheran church will hold a social on Saturday evening April 22. The venue is yet to be decided.
The U P C U of the U B church will host a social this Friday evening at the John Haney home on North Jefferson Street.
Prof Eschbach asks teachers to gauge support for a six week normal term at Silver Lake. Those favoring the plan should consult Trustee Leonard promptly to reach a definite conclusion within the next week.
At the Orientals large Lodge Room on March 29 the first degree was exemplified by a grand team of officers in elaborate regalia. The event featured life sized portraits, a decorated hall, and a lengthy afterglow with speeches and a generous repast, leaving a strong impression on the candidate Floyd Burt.
The piece urges immediate tree planting in Indiana stressing civic duty to reforest and shade roads. It argues past forest cutting harmed the land, notes the role of trees in drainage and comfort, and calls road supervisors and county governments to support and expand state forestry efforts and plant trees.
Norman Tucker suffered a fractured collar bone in a Wednesday afternoon wagon crash. A defective single tree fasten broke as the wagon hit a ditch, throwing him off. He rode to town for treatment and the fracture was reduced by D. Leckton. This follows a broken leg he suffered less than five months earlier.
A communication from IF M. Lamar directs the Record to relocate to Scotia in Stevens County Washington where a decision to settle has been made. Scotia lies thirty miles north of Spokane and about one and a quarter miles from the Great Northern railway.
Dr LaRue of Erie Inl encloses one dollar for one year’s ReEcorp subscription. Mrs LaRue was formerly Miss Ruby Conner born in Silver Lake and will value local news from her old home.
Members of the D of R lodge paid a surprise call on Mrs Emma Dulaney last Saturday evening. A goodly number dropped in to share refreshments and extend good wishes for her future in North Manchester where she will make her new home.
Elections to vote subsidies for the Indiana central Traction Co were to be held in Chester Pawpaw Nobie townships in Wabash county on April 18 but have been called off.
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