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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
2
A mosaic of quips on work, manners, religion, and society. Notes poke at egos and pretensions, from clerks and editors to readers and scholars, with jokes about size, memory, and daily life. A claypool journal anecdote ends the piece.
A nearby wedding planned for this month is postponed due to leap year confusion. The couple had intended to marry, but the bride-to-be declares she will not wed this year and has everyone talking about the insistence on the match.
A local postcard service at the ReEcoRD station introduces a new postcard card program. Officials say residents can create personalized cards with direct mail options and tracking features.
Miss Ula Zimmerman of Elkhart visits Mrs. Charlott Brenneman. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beber of Burket guests at the Metheny home. Frank Metheny and wife traveled to Wisona to hear Gipsy Smith. The Victoria reading club meets at Mrs. Ezra Funk's home next Monday. Several families from Rochester, Winona, Indianapolis, and North Manchester appear in visits. The Fulton county fair advertising car toured Rochester for dates September 2 to 5.
The second story walls of the city building should be completed this week if all goes well and cistern No 1 with about 300 barrels capacity is nearing completion. The Record notes local events including theater, visits, cider making, and a guardian petition for Mrs. Mary Clymer in Warsaw.
The Indiana State Fair will open at night for the first time, featuring 87 arc lights and clustered illumination across buildings and grounds. Night programs include horse shows, chariot and Roman races, hippodrome events, and performances by Weber’s Band and others in the livestock pavilion, with daytime and evening events running from September 7 through Friday.
Bears the signature of the purchase from a California store noted as the kind you have highways bought.
Notes on unusually cool August days and near 50 degree extremes, dry spell return, and a list of local activities. Mrs. E. E. Wright and son Wilbur visit Shirley and New Castle. Valparaiso University opens its thirty sixth year on September 8. J D Lee Cline joins his father for the G A R encampment in Toledo. theater opening in Akron set for September 12 with 25 30 cent admission.
Mrs. Mary Lee of Zanceville Ohio credits Dr. King's New Discovery with saving her husband James Lee from severe lung disease. She states his lungs were failing due to consumption until three friends recommended the remedy. The ad touts quick relief and price 50 cents to 1 dollar with a trial bottle.
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