Died in Markle Samuel Hinkle Formerly of This Place
Samuel Hinkle a former Silver Lake resident died at his Markle home on Thursday morning August 13 at age 62 years 1 month 23 days. He leaves a wife four sons and one daughter. Funeral services were held at the Germano Baptist Brethren church Markle and he was buried at Like View cemetery. He served in the 155th Indiana regiment during the Civil War and had worked in lumber and a saw mill.
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Samuel Hinkle
Silver Lake
Markle
Stark County
Ohio
Markie
Flo
155Th Indiana Regiment
Columbia City
Jacob
Mentone
Henry
Manchester
Hiram
John Bloom
Sidney
W.A
Lloyd
Ear
Frank
Tressa
Markel
Germano Baptist Brethren Church
Roy Burdge
Likeview Cemetery
D. G. Garber
Mother Farti
Has Many Specimens of Colorado Minerals
T J A spaugh has in his possession a number of specimens of Colorado gold silver lead zinc and iron ore from Breckenridge Colorado Springs Denver and other points. Some of the gold quartz is 90 percent pure and yields a peculiar shredded gold fiber valued highly for special ornaments. He secured enough shredded gold to make a watch charm with about ten dollars worth of virgin gold as a beautiful souvenir.
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T.J. A’spaugh
Colorado
Breckenridge
Colordo Springs
Denver
Alspaugh
Purdue Exhibit at State Fair Led by G I Christie
Purdue University will lead a large exhibIt at the State Fair under Prof G I Christie. The display will show results of Purdue experiments with demonstrations on making spraying mixtures judging stock and selecting seed daily. Practical butter making will occur in the daily division and a reunion for all students will be held Thursday Sept 10 with President on e and Dean Skinner in attendance.
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Purdue University
G. I. Christie
Purdue
Dean Skinner
Calbat the Record Post Card Station
A fragment from an old postal notice references a new post card station with cataloged details. The readable text hints at a facility or service update labeled as a record post card station.
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Calbat
Kosciusko County Teachers Institute Schedule
The Kosciusko County Teachers Institute will meet in Warsaw High School August 24 to 28. The law awards a two percent boost to teachers’ general averages for attending all days. Noted instructors include Dr. William Byron Forbush of Detroit, Orlin Hale Venner of Valparaiso, and Prof. John J. Hawkes of Warsaw, with an excellent daily program planned.
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Kosciusko County
Warsaw
William Byron Forbush
Detroit
Mich
Orlin Hale Venner
Valparaiso Ind
John J. Hawkes
Kosciusko County Sunday School Convention Dates Set
The forty first annual convention will be held at the Leesburg Methodist Episcopal church on September 2, 3 and 4 with the Kosciusko County Sunday School Association hosting.
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Kosciusko County Sunday School Association
Methodist Episcopal Church
Leesburg
Arnold Family Will Attend Angola Reunion
A. E. Arnold and family plan to be in Angola next Saturday to attend the Bette family reunion. The event, in Angola, will occur Sunday August 23 with about thirty-five representatives from Lake and Clay townships and a large Ohio and Indiana delegation.
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A. E. Arnold
Angola
Bette
Lake
Clay Townships
Ohio
Indiana
The Man Who Advertises Invites Customers to Trade
An advertiser urges shoppers to prefer his store for courteous service and fair treatment, implying those who advertise genuinely value customer patronage and may better retain trade.
Questioning a Boy's Path to Manhood and Duty
A moral exhortation asks who will guide a boy toward useful speech and influence when he grows up. It warns that a boy's present choices shape his future character, urging honesty, obedience, respect for parents and teachers, and avoidance of dishonorable acts.
State Fair Board Names Judges Ahead of Indiana Exposition
The Indiana State Board of Agriculture released the judge lineup for the fair. E S Morse of Chicago will judge draft horses, M A McDonald of West Lebanon handles coach horses and T W Bell of Chicago awards light harness and pony classes. John E Vestal of Plainfield presides over oxen mules, with four cattle judges including N H Gentry Sedalia Mo Thomas Clark Beecher TL and L McWhorter Aledo NL, and Prof M A Scovill Lexington Ky for dairy cattle. Sheep judges include R J Stone Stonington Ill Hal Woodford Paris Ky Uriah Privitt Greensburg. Swine judges are Lloyd Mugg Kokomo, D W Brown Union City, Hughes Atkinson Mt Sterling Ky and Thos Winnedge Hope Mule foots. Poultry judges are C V Keeler Winamac James A Tucker Concord Mich O L McCord Danville W W Zike Morristown.
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State Board of Agriculture
E. S. Morse
Chicago
M. A. McDonald
West Lebanon
T. W. Bell
John E. Vestal
Plainfield
N. H. Gentry
Sedalia
Thomas Clark
Beecher
Aberdeen
L. McWhorter
Aledo
Prof
M. A. Scovill
Lexington
Oxfords
Hampshires
R. J. Stone
Stonington, Ill
C. V. Keeler
Winamac
James A. Tucker
Concord
Mich
O. L. McCord
Danville
W. W. Zike
Morristown
Springfield race riot quelled by state militia ends with court action
The Springfield Illinois race war has ended after seven deaths and many injuries, with property losses in the thousands. State militia aided the suppression and civil courts will handle ongoing justice and restitution.
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Springfield
Silver Lake Needs A Local Grain Elevator And Market
The piece urges Silver Lake to create a local grain elevator to compete with Akron and nearby towns. It notes farmers haul grain elsewhere due to low local prices, estimates 2 cents under wheat and 5 cents under corn, and 3 to 5 cents under oats. It proposes a stock company with railroad side-track access and calls for a town farmers businessmen meeting to discuss raising capital and organizing the venture.
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Silver Lake
Akron
Thief Steals Money and Watches Near Silver Lake
A sneak thief entered H. E. Regenos's home southwest of town while the family attended a camp meeting at Silver Lake and took twenty dollars and gold and other watches. Bert Boggess of Hammond was suspected as he prepared to leave on a Chicago-bound train after being watched by the sheriff. The case connects with a prior suitcase theft from Miss Kate Blue in White Pigeon as a strange man was seen nearby on the theft day.
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H. E. Regenos
Here
Silver Lake
Bert Boggess
Hammond
Chicago
Warsaw
Claypool
Pennsylvania
Kate Blue
White Pigeon
Mich
Alda Lukens
Family Reunion Held Today at North Manchester
The Nelson Jontz Rittenhouse annul reunion runs today at North Manchester with numerous local representatives in attendance.
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The
Nelson—Jontz
Rittenhouse
North Manchester
Local Cement Block Maker Busy This Summer
L. W. Myers has been kept quite busy this summer manufacturing cement blocks for the trade. He makes cement blocks both smooth and rock face, coping, porch columns, date blocks, window sills, and blocks of all shapes.
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L. W. Myers
Dinner Honoring Parsons Guests At Mrs Metheny Home
Mrs F M Metheny hosted a six o'clock dinner on a Friday evening in honor of Mrs Ida Bean and Mrs Grayce Clark of Parsons Kansas. Attending were Mrs Ettie Sanner Mrs Hamburger Rev Mrs Martindale and Mrs Lon Graham of this place and Miss Opal Clark of Parsons Kan.
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F. M. Metheny
Ida Bean
Grayce Clark
Parsons, Kaw
Ettie Sanner
Fsther ‘Hamburger
Tippecanoe
Martindale
Lon Graham
Opal Clark
Parsons
Kan
Picnic at Myrtle Glenn Park With Sunday School Class
Butterbaugh and wife with Miss Effie Bussard and Rose Bin led their Sunday school group of 35 children to Myrtle Glenn Park lake today for a pleasant outing.
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Myrtle-Glenn Park
Butterbaugh
Effe” ‘Bussard
Rose
He Could Not Grasp The Palmistry Pun
A young couple on a drive discuss palmistry. The girl jokes she could forfeit more pleasure if she saw the lines in his hand. He finally understands and responds by taking the lines in one hand and the situation in the other.
Pastor resigns from Lutheran church effective Nov 1
Rev. G. D. Gross, pastor of the Lutheran church in this place, has tendered his resignation to take effect at the end of the pastoral year on November 1. The move ends his tenure with the congregation and prompts a search for a successor.
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G. D. Gross
Lutheran Church of
Lightning Strikes Kill Cattle and Horse Nearby Silver Lake
A Wednesday storm last week killed six head of cattle for Fletcher Kroft south of Silver Lake and also killed a horse owned by Charles Hively in the same locality.
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Fletcher Kroft
Silver Lake
Charles Hively
A Very Sad Affair
A man seized a woman and struck her repeatedly. She remained silent until the fourth blow when she screamed and her head was severed, the victim described as only a match in the gruesome act.
Camp Meeting Concludes After Successful Ten Day Session
The colored camp meeting closed last Sunday after a very successful ten days. Attendance on Sunday and Sunday evening was unusually large despite hot sultry weather. The colored attendees left for Winchester by the early Monday train to continue a similar engagement.
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Winchester
Cattle Rescued After Ditch Mired Night Work
Cattle herders and eight head of cattle were pulled from a deep ditch on a farm near the county corners after a Saturday night effort. T. C. McClure with a team of horses and several helpers freed the animals, which had broken a wire fence and entered the dangerous bottom of the ditch. No serious injuries were noted.
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T. C. McClure
Expenditures and Tax Levies for the Year 1909
The Trustee of Lake Township Kosciusko County Indiana proposes for the year 1909 expenditures by the Advisory Board at its annual meeting. Items include township expenditures 6197.06 with 20 cents tax per hundred, local tuition 2568.74 with 35 cents tax, special school tax 2568.74 with 35 cents tax, road tax 1795.59 with 30 cents tax, and additional road tax 589.53 with 10 cents tax. Total expenditures 8728.66 and total tax 130 cents per hundred.
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Lake Township
Kosciusco County
Ind
Silver Lake
Young Woman Upsets Loutish Gambit With Oxfords
In a busy street scene last Saturday at Gresso's, a stylish woman drops bundled white oxfords onto the sidewalk. A bystander and crowd react as a young man offers help, asking if the shoes are for her father, then learns they are for her son, drawing cheers from onlookers.
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Gresso
Crop conditions improve for Kosciusko farmers
Growing crops show robust growth across Kosciusko County with corn potatoes and pasture thriving. Farmers anticipate strong yields as conditions improve and growth accelerates in the fields.
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Kosciusko County
Woman Accuses Husband of Kicking Like a Chicken
In Goshen a wife reports her husband on a charge of wife desertion. She says he was not a pleasant bed mate and kicked like a chicken. The couple had been married only a few months.
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Goshen
Beth
Doctor Albert Completes Office at Vance Farm Home
Dr Albert, a veterinary surgeon living on the Vance farm southeast of town, has finished a handsome new office building at his home. J W Walburn did the paper hanging recently. Dr Albert maintains an extensive practice in the region.
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Albert
Vance Farm
Here
J. W. Walburn
Our Town
Camping at Yellow Lake Guests Visit Burdge Camp
Mr and Mrs S B Burdge host ten days of camping at Yellow Creek lake with guests Mr and Mrs D B McKahn of Wabash Mrs Douglass of Cleveland Miss Lou Frampton of Indianapolis and Mr Thompson of Packerton. They went into camp Tuesday.
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S. B. Burdge
Yellow Creek Lake
D. B. McKahn
Wabash
Douglass
Cleveland
Lou Frampton
Indianapolis
Mr. Thompson
Packerton
Camp Meeting at Yellow Lake
The Claypool camp meeting of the Church of God will begin August 18 at Yellow Creek lake. The event will last ten days and all services are free. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Claypool
Church of God
Yellow Creek Lake
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This
Teachers Institute
Yellow Lake
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