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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
3
The ad claims seven years of proof that Dr King's New Discovery cures coughs and chest throat diseases and thirty eight years of proof for ailments from la grippe to consumption. It guarantees relief and offers a one dollar trial bottle at Hirager's drug store with a free sample.
A fragment urges readers to consider a subscription offer described as a triad trip including options for a year six months or three months. The copy frames the recipient as a specimen copy to entice a paid subscription.
One hundred dollar reward offered by F J Cheney for a catarrh cure failure. Internal medicine targets blood and mucous surfaces to cure constitutional catarrh. Testimonials available. Toledo, Ohio company markets at 75 cents.
Statement of the financial condition of Commercial State Bank at Quiver Lake Indiana close of business November 27 1908. President Leckrone Vice President Sylvanus Funk Cashier W H Wern Cashier Trese Helse r Assistant Cashier Directors J C Cavender J C Babeack William Bern era Leckrone Sylvanus Funk and others.
Local items detail visits by Goldsmith & Boots in Chester and Pieterton residents. Mentions on social calls for Hugh Snyder, Ray Ferree, Jacob Rhodes, C I Stout, Ina Stout and Edna Wiltrout. Pearson's Bread promotion and Claypool Lumber ad alongside quick plaster product Pulp Plaster.
Mr Walter of Berrien Centre Michigan stayed last Thursday and Friday with his son J A Walter and family. Esta Gresso and family visited Mrs Gresso's parents Mr and Mrs William Hill southwest of town. Misses Valera Self Verna Hoke instructors in Anderson schools spent Thanksgiving with relatives and returned to Marion to resume teaching. The Pearsons hosted Vera Court Elkhart and Fro Walters Warsaw last Thursday. Quail are plenty this season hunters facing difficulty finding them. We buy standing timber lop down trees and weeds and pay cash. F L M Jaques and wife spent Thanksgiving with J C Cavender Hobart. Mrs Jaques stayed longer.
Advert appears for Hawk Burdock claiming to purify blood cure rheumatism and stomach kidney bladder troubles. Bottles sized one dollar priced at 35 cents and sold by H. P. Rager.
A damaged OCR fragment lists banking resources including overdrafts cash on hand and current expenses. It shows figures like 108.48 for overdrafts and 3168.01 for cash items, plus totals around 77017.39, but many entries are garbled.
State of Indiana Kosciusko County I W H Kern cashier of the Commercial State Bank sworn this 2nd day of Dec 1908. The statement shows capital stock 25060 00 surplus 450 00 demand deposits 19104 95 time deposits 3145928 61064 23 exchange discount etc 1403 69 total liabilities 77917 32. Notary George A Brash verifies the oath. commission expires 1910.
Casual notes on local visits and commerce include Miss Jessie Ferree and Mina Leonard visiting Warsaw, Tressie Helser in Pierceton, stops at McGlennen's Red Front Bakery, Michael Cook visiting the Trantz home, and Field Zimmerman moving to Marion to run Alspaugh drug store. Also mentions are medical products and remedies sold locally, with Rodol and DeWitt's pills advertised by Roger. Sylvester Perry returns from western states after traveling since spring.
Ford Rodibaugh Milford Ind offers farms for sale at 40 to 205 dollars per acre. Contact in Milford for listings and details.
A black shoat weighing 60 to 75 pounds is missing from a north Silver Lake property. It has been gone since Thursday of last week. Finder should notify Isaac Haiderman in Silver Lake, Indiana.
A notice invites readers to call between now and January 1 to receive a calendar featuring a well known artist. It emphasizes appreciation for support and encouragement during the past year and suggests the calendar is worth keeping.
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