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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
1
Rock Lake near Rock reports the drowning of Joyd Shireman age about 17, son of Ira Shireman. He drove a horse and buggy into the lake to wash the buggy. the horse plunged into deep water and both drowned. Shireman reportedly had a prior mental injury.
Ten passengers at Milford station on Sunday evening from 7 to 10 o’clock complain about conditions at the Big Four railroad property. For two hours twenty to thirty youths behaved obnoxiously, the station lacked lighting, and the Milford bars threw lighted matches at women passengers and even poured water through windows.
The Kosciusko County Teachers Institute will be held in the Whit(e) School building in Warsaw from August 28 to 34. attendees may receive a two percent boost to their general average for the full institute. Noted instructors include Dr. William Dyron Forbush of Detroit, Orlin Hale Venner of Valparaiso, and Prof. John J. Hawkes of Warsaw, with an excellent program planned for each day.
Farmers increasingly rely on Portland cement for durable concrete on farms. Concrete walks stables and cellars replace lumber, while tiling can be produced on site from farm sand and gravel. Tile machines now produce sizes up to twenty four inches rapidly.
A Young family home near Rock Lake burned to the ground while residents were away at the lake during Lloyd Shireman's drowning incident on Wednesday forenoon. The fire destroyed the building and its contents.
A reflective question set asking individuals to consider their loyalty and duty to the nation and their personal identity within a civic framework, inviting introspection on citizenship responsibilities and national belonging.
A cautionary note highlights a woman described as talking of heaven inside church while gossiping about neighbors on the street, prompting readers to beware of her duplicity and meddling.
The colored camp meeting in the park is thriving with strong nightly attendance. Rev J Russell Harvey of Allen Temple church Marion delivers compelling sermons and the concert company provides entertaining free services and shows every alternate evening. Thursday's program showcases cotton picking and the slave market with a prodigal son motif over the weekend.
The Claypool camp meeting of the Church of God will start August 18 on Yellow Creek lake and run for ten days. The gatherings are free and open to all to hear the truth. Boarding provisions and horse feed will be available on the grounds at reasonable prices. By Order of Committee.
Indiana state department of inspection starts a systematic boat survey across lakes in Kosciusko county and statewide. Deputy inspectors will catalog vessels and ensure night signaling lights white forward red port and green starboard on all craft, with exemptions near shore.
David Whitmyer, two miles east of Roan, fired at a weasel Friday morning and accidentally killed his fourteen year old son Virgil who stood on the opposite side of the fence. The shot struck the boy in the head and caused instantaneous death.
Silver Lake advances a summer building push with four cement structures under way. S B Flora nears completion on a two story hotel, E Braude finishes a packing house wall, Frank Getty adds a cement block residence, and a two story city building foundation is laid. The council plans two large supply cisterns filled with water promptly.
The M. E. Ladies' Aid announces Market Day next Saturday August 15 at Bridges Store. Food items including chicken and fine pastries will be sold to help residents escape Saturday baking during hot weather. Sale begins at 12 o clock noon.
The Trustee of Lake Township Kosciuston County Indiana proposes annual expenditures and tax levies for 1909. Items include township expenditures 1197.06 with 20 cents tax per hundred, local tuition 82568.74 with 35 cents tax, special school 2568.74 with 35 cents, road 1790.59 with 30 cents, additional road 8589.53 with 10 cents. Total expenditures 872.66 and total tax 130 cents per hundred. Signed C Leroy Leonard dated August 3 1905 Trustee.
Earnest Tilman son of Rev. J L Tilman and Miss Bessie King married Thursday evening at Renssalaer. The bride has served as public librarian at Renssalaer, and the groom is a high school teacher there. They will reside with Tilman relatives in North Manchester for now.
The Gresso family from this area attended a reunion in North Manchester last Thursday with over a hundred members present for a pleasant, joyful gathering.
The Indiana State Fair will add a large horse show with more prize money and new classes. David Wallace will lead the event with Frank P. Kenney assisting and Thomas W. Bell judging as the fair extends entries due August 27.
Members of the Commercial Travelers of America urge the Public Service Commission to compel railroads to publish accurate, daily time tables in every morning and evening newspaper. They argue current tables are incomplete and force the public to call or visit stations for arrivals and departures.
A new order declares defaced stamps worthless. If corners are torn or stamps tampered in any way they cannot be used. Letters with such stamps are held at the post office for two weeks for recovery, then sent to the dead letter office if unclaimed.
Fire in Goshen at 8 Friday morning severely damaged the M. M. Rager home. A lighted match discarded into a waste basket in the woodshed sparked the blaze. The woodshed and roof suffered, the second floor flooded with water and smoke, furniture left in disarray, and interior finishes scorched. Mrs. Rager saved her three children, aided by neighbors, and Dr. Anna Kaufman treated her. Piano and many household items were saved. insurance covers building and furniture losses.
A Rickel family reunion will be held on the east bank of Beaver Dam Lake on Thursday August 20. Family members are invited to gather for a social event by the water with potential activities and shared memories.
The State Fair will include evening and day programs with a new feature of Roman standing and chariot races. Held in the live stock pavilion these contests promise genuine races.
The piece contrasts pioneer settlers drawn by hopeful images of a fertile West with the shift from gold mining to crop farming. It notes ads showing ideal homesteads and easy profits, while actual settlers face harsh realities and many returning home after attempting greenbacks from farming.
On Wednesday afternoon a severe wind rain and hail storm hit the area around 3 PM lasting about twenty minutes with heavy rain later. By 6 PM it poured again and continued most of the night causing some crop damage yet promises substantial benefit to a large share of corn and potatoes and improves soil for plowing.
Artie Carr Roy Carr and James H E Regenos with Mrs S B Flori Ezra Funk will take the rural car examination at Warsiw the next day.
Mr and Mrs Alspaugh arrive home Monday afternoon after a weeks visit in Breckenridge Colorado with Mrs F V Zimmerman. They are reported in best of health.
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