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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1898
Page
4
An advertisement touts a discount sale on textiles including organdies and lawns, prints, ginghams, laces, and dress goods plus queensware, glassware, and a line of groceries. It promotes cheap prices on shoes for ladies and children and claims goods are slightly out of date but of good quality, inviting customers to come in and be convinced.
The Silver Lake bulletin reports warm weather and beneficial rains aiding crops though threshing slowed by showers. Corn and oats vary by area with fruit crops affected by dryness. A detailed military camp routine outlines daily calls, drill, meals, and guard duties. Local church trustees approve service changes for Pleasant and Silver Lake M E congregations with next Sunday as the changeover date.
Mrs H T Larber visited War saw. A D Hamman spent Sunday in Warsaw. John Burns of Culver tours Silver Lake on business. Frank Nogle of Wabash visited his sister Mrs Wm Fasig. Frank Bolton of Goshen visiting in Silver Lake. Stella Fike of Warsaw spending week with relatives. O A Davis and family of Rochester with Silver Lake relatives. Scott Pontius of Mentone with Silver Lake friends. Nathan Martin of Warsaw guests of publishers Tuesday night. C L Leonard and family with relatives at Mentone last week. Toni Colbert home from Ohio reports summer business excellent. Mr and Mrs J Graham of Allen county visited Dora Stevens. Mr and Mrs Charles Hawkar arrived last Saturday. Lee Myers back from Michigan after a week, caught seventy five black bass. George Gochenour and wife and family of Barket visited Mrs H T Larber. Mrs Frank Greenwood of Hunters town visited at the M E parsonage. J J Babcock W Jo Fitton J F Clymer to Indianapolis for State Republican convention. Fitton Lake township delegate. they return today.
A 1898 letter from a serviceman dated July 6 describes good health and high spirits after receiving orders to sail for Manila. The writer tells his sister they are well and looks forward to the voyage, with casual remarks about being fat and sassy and in well spirits.
The Willing Workers will serve a dinner in Silver Lake on Saturday August 16th. The Kosciusko county Sunday School convention will convene at Claypool on August 18th and 19th. All are invited to attend. The Epworth Tenella and Christian Endeavor hold regular meetings at local churches next Sunday evening.
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