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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1900
Page
1
Short time offer on nearly 200 patterns of Foreign and Domestic Woolens for made to order pants. Each pair warranted to fit perfectly at cloth cost. No cheap make, best tailoring. Value up to 7.00 or 10.00 elsewhere. Sale lasts only from the start date.
The piece notes a booming April trade in children's clothing with many popular styles already sold out and reordered. It highlights why buyers are attracted by style fit and low prices, attracting customers from far and near.
A traveling post office on wheels will revolutionize the star route system by delivering mail directly to homes via local boxes. It will reduce the number of post masters, save over a million dollars annually, and perform money orders, registrations, stamps sales, and general postal business along routes.
Milford youth Arthur Griffith who astonishes colleges with math has been asked by St. Louis to display his skill. He can glance at a freight train of 25 to 30 cars and, after it passes, name each car in order and give the railroad initials.
The county clerk grants permission for thirteen couples to form matrimonial alliances. Byron Deering with Ella Longacre, Thomas Haimburgh with Leona Blue, Harmon Brower with Maggie Krull, A A D Laughlin with Ruthell Black, Barton Warner with Henner Clark, John Kring with Emma Kahler, Orlando Meredith with Pearl Blue, Alpha Harter with Minnie Huffman, Warren Melendy with Vern Kellogg, Alpheus Alrey with Cora Ross, Chas R Phipps with Alta Meyer, and Russell Babcock with Bertha Daniel.
A tale warns against not subscribing as a man who borrows his neighbor’s paper endures a comic cascade of disasters from a bee sting to a torn fence and ruined clothes and livestock. A separate item notes a Silver Lake resident’s letter about suicide and a staffer’s editorial caveat.
The piece argues mud roads hurt farmers by delaying markets and lowering civilization standards. It notes rural electric lines help but cannot replace good roads, cites Indiana and Kosciusko county improvements, and adds Admiral Dewey will attend Chicago G A R encampment next fall to meet veterans.
The Easter social by the Daughters of Rebekah at Odd Fellows hall drew a large local and out of town crowd. Guests paired by pulling slips from a large pie device, enjoyed a supper, games including donkey tail pinning, cakewalks with four prizes, and a light satire on a reporter’s “donkey.” Winners were Walter Tridle with Belle Rantz, J W Walburn with Retha Landis, Roy Bowman with Rebecca Brill, and Frank Ayres with Valeria Self.
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