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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1903
Page
5
Stephen Metzger announces weekly cider production at a mill located 44 miles north of North Manchester, 5 miles east and 1 mile south of Silver Lake, available Wednesdays and Thursdays until further notice. Price is 1 cent per gallon, cash.
The undersigned administrator of the estate of John McCreary will sell at public sale all personal property including livestock farming implements grain and household goods at 10 a m on date to be announced. The sale will be conducted by the administrator at a designated location with terms to be stated.
Local items from Claypool and surrounding towns record town visits, farm moves, stock market activity, camp meeting attendance, and school concerns. Observations include hardware dealer activity, cattle and horse losses, travel between Warsaw and Packerton, and calls for school trustees to justify fourth year cuts while stressing education. Community voices urge regional pride amid farming, industry, and family news.
A lighthearted item notes a proposed Silver Lake club named the Tongue Guard for ladies with a fine of one cent for unkind words. It adds humor about local fortunes, marriage vows, and peculiar world references while wryly observing social antics and a sober husband anecdote.
The saying arose when Daniel Drew, once a drover, allegedly salted his cattle to look fat for markets and later flooded Erie Railroad stock to unload on the public, prompting Wall Street to call him watering his stock.
A reporting speaker recounts overheard camp conversations among young people last Sunday. Punctuated by names like Estella Edna Winnie and Edna Keplincer, the chatter covers crushes, teasing, and humorous misadventures amid a casual gathering.
An advertisement touts the Banner Natural Preserving Process for meats vegetables berries butter eggs poultry game fish and all items kept in their natural state. After eight years of testing it preserves flavor and form for any length of time and claims wife and husband can save money by reducing spoilage. Agents are sought to sell territories and receipts with directions to contact R. F. F. D. 2.
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