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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1903
Page
4
Publication begins with postal filing details for Silver Lake Indiana and outlines subscription rates for one year six months and single copies. Advertising rates are available on request and ads run until canceled. Copy for ads due Wednesday noon. Obituaries addresses resolutions and paid entertainment notices priced two cents per line. Abbreviated funeral notices are free. Cards of Thanks up to ten lines cost 25 cents.
Friday edition notes possible frost in early September. United Brethren conference set for Warsaw starting September 15. Wabash county old settlers meet planned near September 10. Senator Money to return to the Senate. Reed River Conference session at Huntington last week will convene in North Manchester next year.
William B. Bryan of Whiting committed death by his own action Monday evening at Pierceton by swallowing morphine. He was 33 years old. The report notes the tragedy amid a separate Texas farm products forecast and a joke about Lone Star State finances.
The state hearth board plans to purchase numerous kerosene barrels to deploy on Indiana lakes and ponds. An experimental test on strawboard ponds at Anderson killed millions of mosquitoes and proved successful.
Fred Hess of Columbia City, now on bond for blackmail, tried a Goshen scheme last week. Trapped by officers, he attempted suicide by shooting but failed. Authorities consider him possibly of unsound mind.
About twelve celery farms totaling around 75 acres near Gashen supply Indiana with most of the celery consumed there. One dealership has shipped as many as 1,900 boxes in a single week. Mr. Clason.
A local notice lists names and debts for subscriptions to the Record. Amounts range from 1.00 to 3.50 with several cities and states named. The paper announces an upcoming published list of those who owe more than a year, urging settlement and cautioning readers.
J F Hughes of DuPont Georgia recounts a long battle with a lung abscess. After doctors gave up he tried Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption and recovered quickly. The remedy claims to conquer coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. Guaranteed by C Rager. 50 cents and 1 trial bottles free.
Local column notes neighborhood happenings and brief items gathered by special correspondents.
Frank Hill threshes wheat and oats last Saturday. Charley Johnston has been boiling for days. Frank Metheny and wife visited Winona last Friday. Mrs Ollie Huffman stayed with the Hills last Sunday. Mr Moore and daughter from Ohio visit relatives here. I H Ulsh improves his barn with new siding. Mrs Carrie Clink, ill two weeks, somewhat better. Many from here attended camp meeting at Yellow Lake last Sunday. Miss Fedora Teeter returned west of Silver Lake after visiting grandparents here. Hats for sale at low prices. shoppers should come early to avoid crowds.
Practical tips advise choosing a reputable stove, using quality oil, trimming the wick evenly, keeping the stove free of grease, and starting with low wick for five minutes before full flame. The oven preheats in about fifteen minutes and proper care prevents pan staining and odors.
Wash and peel the mushrooms and trim stems for soup. Arrange gills up in a buttered dish, place bits of butter in each, bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven. Remove, season with salt and pepper, serve on buttered toast with melted butter drizzled over.
Uniformed porters assist day coaches on thru trains to Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York and Boston. Dining cars offer up to date menus and American Club Plan options. Rates stated as lower than other lines with details via ticket agents in Cleveland Indianapolis and Chicago.
Rural route carriers are to carry weather tags on wagons. Signals include color and shape codes such as white, blue, blue and white, black triangle, and white with black center. Temperature and precipitation indicators mix with band signals to show changes like warmer or colder conditions.
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