Indians to Play Ball with North Manchester Team
An all Indian ball team will play the North Manchester team next Thursday August 31.
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
2
An all Indian ball team will play the North Manchester team next Thursday August 31.
The woodwork at the school building is receiving a coat of paint this week. J. W. Wailburn is doing the work.
School teachers from this place travel to Warsaw this week for an institute. Miss Etta Henderson attends the teachers institute in Hobart this week.
The statute prescribes fines from one to three dollars for any person over fourteen who curses or uses religious terms in public or where others may be offended, with conviction required for penalty.
The trio perform unassisted athletic feats on ladders, Primrose and Rohloff, comedy Chinese acrobats, provide most of the laughs. The Nelson family cost the State Board of Agriculture $1,000 for the week of the coming fair.
Real estate transfers reported by Houton O. Frazier abstractor War- Baw include Mahala Kuhn to Sarah Gaubb 35a sec 10 Clay for 1400 and Margaret Elder to Harvey and Mary Shank 40 a sec 16 Prairie for 2000. Other transfers listed: Elias Tridie to Clara A Stoner lots 27 and 28 Clay poo 600. Eli W Britain to John W Dunlap lot 8 Mentone for 300. John Patch to S H Rockhill fot 34 Bowmans ad Mentone for 330. Mary Menzowsky to John Eberly 68 a sec 35 Tippecanoe for unspecified.
Benson Rager of Goshen, living with relatives for a week, is in very poor health with nerve and stomach troubles. He has quit work to rest and regain health.
Samuel Gill left Silver Lake on the Chicago excursion last Friday and plans to stay in North Dakota through the threshing season then continue west to California. The community notes his departure with best wishes for success in the western states.
The piece notes a new newspaper set to launch in Topeka, LaGrange County, with Chas Mattingly named editor and publisher. It also mentions agricultural toil from harvests to threshing, katydids predicting frost in six weeks, and the onset of hay fever season.
Schedule lists devotions at 4 30 led by F M Metheny followed by papers on school social life by Miss Mary Stout and Mrs Sprigg. Training the Child in Christian Service by Rev Pritchard and a talk on securing boys anchorage in school by Mr Jaques. Session ends with The Power of the Sun and a committee appointment.
An automobile from Greenville Ohio traveled to a Yellow Creek lake camp meeting last Friday. It was an ordinary gasoline engine mounted on a spring wagon with gearing to reach about 12 miles per hour on tour.
A reflection on happiness noting it seldom appears when sought directly and instead slips in quietly when troubles burn at one’s back. The piece meditates on timing and perception of joy amid hardship and daily struggle.
Reading a time table before travel and a store ad before shopping saves time. Both provide quick guidance on schedules and offerings to help plan trips and purchases efficiently.
A proverb says the store that advertises attracts customers while the silent shop avoids expense and effort. The message urges shoppers to choose the store that proclaims its value, implying reliability and ongoing savings.
The text notes seasonal harvest movements where workers from the boeauity travel to western states, especially North Dakota. In Minnesota the harvest lasts about three months starting around August, allowing men to work locally then migrate to Dakota for the harvest season.
Disjointed text describes bees and hornets roaming streets and vacant lots over two weeks. Crowds and activities imply a disruptive outbreak with residents fearing increased activity and possible sheltering. Names and precise details are unclear, but the scene conveys urban unease during a buzzing incident.
Milliners voice strong complaints over a bare headed fad that spread across the country this summer. The trade notes a decline as fashion dictates kept women from wearing hats, though sellers hope the trend ends and hats regain popularity.
The Indiana State Fair will feature Dass Band of New York concerts and a longer list of free attractions during the week of September 1. Vaudeville acts perform before the grand stand between trotting and pacing races each morning and afternoon. Dare Devil Castellano rides a bicycle down a steep incline with gaps and loops. The Nelson family of acrobats appears for the first time at the fair in Indianapolis. Tony Rider's Monkey Circus offers acts for young children, including performances in horizontal positions.
An obituary notes the brief life of Plated Tee born March 10 in Leeds and departed this life August TH. It details the family mourning, the funeral at home, and interment at Mentone cemetery with C J Miner officiating.
Wm Bedell of Flat Rock Michigan reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures ulcers sores and cancers. It soothes and heals cuts burns and scalds. Priced at 29 5 cents at Corner Drug Store guaranteed.
Thursday afternoon session features devotion led by J E Rowland and sessions on Sunday School management and parental contact. Advertisements seek multiple reputable individuals for newspaper advertising with salaries of 21 to 423 per week, no upfront fee, address Bible House Como Biesk Chicago.
The Grand Army of the Republic plans the 39th Encampment in Denver Colorado the week starting Monday September 4. The official route chosen is via Big Four and Burlington Lines. The Headquarters train, carrying Department Officers and Delegates and the Woman's Relief Corps, departs Indianapolis Saturday September 2 at 3:15 p.m. and travels via St. Louis to Denver arriving September 4 at 7:30 a.m. Comrades and friends statewide are invited aboard.
L L Heeter of Mishawaka and Miss Luella Lawshe were married Sunday at the Thomas Lawshe home west of town officiated by Rev Izaiah Wright of North Manchester. About forty guests attended and a dinner followed. The couple will make Mishawaka their home and Mr Heeter works at the Mishawaka Rubber Plant.
Workers drilled two wells at the Sprigg saw mill near the depot, reaching depths of 180 and 140 feet without success. Isaac Shoemaker abandoned the effort yesterday and plans to try digging by traditional means to obtain water.
Six year old Russel Kerlin was stung on the neck by an unknown insect while at home. The incident caused initial fear of serious harm though no final outcome is stated.
The progressive Dunkard church at North Manaster will be dedicated next Sunday August 27. W J Bryan will lecture before the St Joseph Valley Chautauqua at Hikharton next Monday August 28 at 2 30 p m. Weekday excursions to St Joseph Mich are planned for next year. Samuel F Shoemaker noted as first male white child born in Whitley county at the old Settlers picnic in Columbia City last Thursday. S C Dickey of the Winona Assembly says $3 000 000 will be spent next year on assembly improvements and interurban lines. The postal department orders green paint for all mail boxes including rural boxes. The US civil service will hold exams at Evansville Fort Wayne Indianapolis and Lafayette September 13 and 14 for an architectural and structural draughtsman position at $1 500 yearly. The 30th Indiana regiment reunion is set for Hamilton on September 1 with Gov Hanley to present the regimental banner lost at Chickamauga that once rested in Richmond. The Examiner reported United Commercial Travelers Association eyeing Silver Lake Park for a home but opponents fear bathers at once. Belle Center notes Ohio MelWard Voice.
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