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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1904
Page
1
John W. Grindle, seriously injured last Tuesday evening in a collision, did not rally and died from his injuries. Police reported the crash occurred on a city road as Grindle was en route to a local event. Authorities are investigating the incident and awaiting results from the autopsy.
Jenn W Grindle died Sunday morning after injuries from a freight train jump last week. Family members from Charles R and Lilie M Grindle were with him at death, with funeral at North Webster and burial beside his mother.
Mrs. Le Roy Scoles announces the Record will move its address from Terre Haute to Clay City. Mr. Scoles has been chosen as Assistant Principal and the family relocated to Clay City this Wednesday.
Rev D F Kain officiated the marriage of his son O L Kain and Miss Bertha Hall at the Lutheran parsonage. The couple from Bluffton married last Saturday and stayed through Thursday morning before traveling to northern Michigan for a summer visit.
The Sunday open air service will be discontinued. A preaching service will be held at the M. E. church Sunday at 10 30 a m and at the Lutheran church at 7 30 p m. All are invited to attend both services.
Special trains to Winona on August 11 17 and 19 offer a day trip option for visitors to hear Creatore and his Italian band at the park. Check train times elsewhere in the issue.
Reprint of a Rochester Republican article on telephone connections in Rochester dated June 23, with a published reply from the Cheap John Company. The piece discusses facts about telephone service and the process of connections and includes a dealer response.
In a village newsroom style piece, women gather for a charitable supper to raise funds, spending days collecting chairs, cakes, cream, and coffee. The account contrasts planned effort with modest returns, noting the burden on families and the desire to support the exchequer. It then shifts to a local telecommunication debate sparked by a Republican article, detailing Rochester merchants and Big Foot farmers seeking fair telephone service and a public letter offering a proposed solution.
Charles Rager, long associated with the Corner Drug Store in Rochester, will move his family to Markle next week to purchase the J. C. Baker drugstore. He will take possession after stock invoicing and plans to sell or rent his Rochester Main Street residence as needed.
The piece warns that Indiana law holds those who knowingly supply false information to a newspaper liable to fines and up to six months in jail. It notes reporters rely on sources from all classes and stresses the legal duty to avoid publishing untrue information.
Silver Lake Indiana August 8 1904 Rochester Republican letter to the editor defends Rochester Telephone Company stance in Big Foot area dispute. Proposes a spike road metall ic circuit and 25 cent trips for delivering produce or to merchants as solution. The exchange rates between companies are claimed fixed by the Rochester firm. Local readers urged to unity justice and fairness.
Mrs A J Bucher died Sunday at her home south of Silver Lake from typhoid fever. She was about 30 and leaves a husband and two young sons, one of whom is in dangerous condition. Funeral Monday at Franklin Church conducted by Rev Mrs Martindale, with interment at Franklin Cemetery. The illness is blamed on poor well water.
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