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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1897
Page
5
A collage of small ads and notices from North Manchester area papers. It highlights millinery sales at Mrs Sarber and Mrs Larber, oyster and candy offerings at Saratoga and McGlennen’s, cheap lumber and posts from North Manchester Lumber Co, and various local business promotions at Parrot’s studio, The Nickel Plate and Big Four ticket notices, plus community notes on local crime vandals, church meetings, and school incidents.
Reatha Landis was in North Manchester Saturday. Esta Miller threshed on Wednesday if December. Some gentlemen from North Manchester loaded a car with bolts last Monday. The beef company met Tuesday evening to organize for next summer. Henry Cramer and aunt attended the funeral of his aunt at Columbia City this week. Rev Rees is holding meetings at Rose Hill church this week. William Kern Jacob Landis and their families attended church at Clappool Sunday. Rev Wright spoke at the Progressive church.
Center reports carpenter Perry at Frank Metheny’s barn this week and corn and fodder thrashing in full swing. Sunday visits include Geo Michaels, Clink, Regenos, Jamison, Rickel and others. A gashed face from an ax incident at Metheny’s was treated with no bones broken. A large Thankgiving Dinner hosted 53 guests with abundant feasts and many relatives from Missouri, Starke, Grant, Fulton, and Portland areas.
North Judson hosts the Kankakee Valley Sugar Beet Convention on Tuesday December 7 1897 Governor Mount will attend and address the meeting Chemist H A Huston Purdue University and other national figures will speak Reduced railroad rates into North Judson hundreds of bushels of sugar beets on display Sessions run morning afternoon and evening Music and other features planned Cordial welcome to all interested in the state’s sugar beet future
An advertisement touts Dr Otto's Great German Remedy as a near certain cure for consumption and other lung diseases. Sample bottles are distributed by agent J J Babcock with large sizes priced at 25 and 50 cents.
An old newspaper ad proclaims No-To-Bac as a tobacco habit cure priced at 60 cents and one dollar. It claims the product strengthens weak men and purifies blood with druggist availability.
J J Babcock offers a free trial package of Bacon's Celery Kidney, a herbal remedy claimed to aid nervous disorders and constipation. The promotion targets women suffering headaches and related ailments.
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