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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
4
A reflective feature in the weekly notes urges readers to avoid debt, seize good deeds now, and reflect on sunrise as a metaphor for progress. It contrasts the ability of the rich to bypass walls with the frailty of the poor, while inviting readers to read their own paper.
Subscriptions offered by the Record office. Local residents Mrs. John Cass and children returned from a visit in Ligonier last Saturday. Several neighbors visit, including Mr. Gray and wife from Wabash and Mrs. Veil Ramsey with Opal and Audrey Ramsey from North Manchester. Elizabeth Hively returned from a Chicago visit.
A theater house doctor earning a free seat is swapped by a stagehand for a failure in the lead actress. The doctor prescribed a remedy from the drugstore and discovers the ruse. The leading lady asks for a day off while the impostor confesses he rode in on the physician’s ticket.
Blackstone, an old fashioned lawyer known for his kindness, refuses to charge Scruggins for legal work. Scruggins, the town’s richest misers, complains and demands a receipt while feigning pain at settling the debt.
Miss Verna Wake from Anderson visited with her people from Thursday to Sunday. Miss Ruby Werrick spent Sunday with relatives near Wabash. Mrs. Velma Ginger returned home near Nappanee after a ten day visit with her parents, the Spriggs. Mr Geiver returned to attend the opening of school on Monday. Read the classifed ads. New ones appear weekly. Mr and Mrs R M Frye visited in Claypool last Saturday. Mrs W H Davis hosted an embroidery club gathering Friday. Paul Snyder Gordon Gresso and Russell Self called on friends in North Manchester Sunday. Self threading needles with self threading peedies praised in an ad. Mrs Ed Skinner son and daughter returned to Peru after visiting at the Skinner home. Mrs Lizzie Adams dined with the Kern family Sunday.
Mr and Mrs E P Hamilton travelled from Eikhart last Thursday to spend the day visiting Edward and Bennie Drudge. Mrs Hamilton is identified as a sister to both Edward and Bennie Drudge.
Old Cummings the grocer kept poor horses and employed a reckless driver. Anthony drove one horse too hard and it died. The grocer demanded payment while the boy offered to cover it from his next week’s wages.
Mrs. White explains she advertised for a Scandinavian cook while Paralysia Pearl Waddles protests. The judge remarks on the confusion and punctuates the exchange with questions about religion and the cook’s abilities.
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