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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
1
An inmate at Logansport asylum explains a convoluted family tree that makes him his own grandfather. He describes marriages among widows, step-relatives, and in laws, then repeats the complex relations to visiting friends before being committed.
In northern Indiana between Wabash and Huntington on the Dick farm farmers tested spring wheat after two failed winters. About fifteen acres were sown in April and harvested last week yielding twenty bushels per acre of high grade grain, indicating spring wheat can be grown here and reducing freeze out risk.
Central passenger association approves a one fare round trip for Bryan meeting in Indianapolis on August 8. Robert E Burke had sought a reduced rate. delay prompted fears of cancellation. The rate applies to Indiana Illinois Michigan and Ohio residents. western lines expected to follow.
The editor urges business houses to advertise locally to boost town interests. He notes editors cannot advocate buying from home merchants unless they back the paper with ads. It is frustrating to see merchants patronizing advertising fakes while their names rarely appear in the paper.
Frank Kircher of North Manchester had a narrow escape from a Wabash freight train while delivering milk. He did not notice the engine until the whistle sounded and pulled his team back just in time. The wagon tongue broke but no serious damage occurred.
A brief saying urging reflection on justice when considering smoking. The message ties personal choice to civic duty and moral accountability. It frames smoking as a moment to recall societal standards and legal norms.
A tirade targets Akron Windjammer editor as incompetence and deception are leveled at the Akron News. Accusations concern misprints and poor print quality while local residents debate accountability for the paper's impact on Akron’s reputation. A separate case recounts Highley’s failed appeal after rescuers earned $1000 for his wife and a court upheld payment.
The case of Marion Rutherford and William Miller against David F Highley has reached the supreme court. The suit seeks $1,000. Rutherford resides at Lafontaine Wabash county while other parties live near Pipe Creek in Grant county. On May 21 1899 a freshet occurred at 10 o'clock that day.
A column extols laugh therapy while warning that political and economic forces favor big trusts. It traces Standard Oil and Carnegie growth, compares wages to dividends, and argues wealth concentration undermines democracy and equal rights. It warns of a future need to curb concentrated wealth’s power.
The Warsaw Preparatory School is the sole institution in the country offering instruction limited to subjects required for teacher examinations.
The Onion Crop notes continued heavy rains reduce northern Indiana production to an estimated forty percent of average. Ohio reaches sixty percent while New York Michigan and Wisconsin run around fifty percent. Connecticut and Massachusetts report average yields. Indiana remains the top onion producer in the nation.
The state fee and salary commission laid out a plan to fix county clerk salaries at 10 cents per capita up to a population of 10 000 and 7 cents thereafter plus 10 percent of all fees. Auditors would receive a fixed clerk salary plus 10 percent of school fund interest and 10 percent of their fees. Sheriffs would receive the same per capita as clerks.
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