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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
2
News notes report King Oscar of Sweden dead and the national convention set for Chicago on June 18 1908. Other items include hog cholera outbreaks southern counties a Pacific voyage for sixteen battleships and local incidents in Indiana including arrests for profanity and a fatal corn shredder accident. Recovery efforts at the Menorah mine claim many lives with hundreds more feared dead.
A woman complains about a sore nose and is told by her husband not to meddle in others affairs. The moral warns against gossip and intruding into neighbors business. Keep quiet if you cannot say something good about others.
Clyde Shoemaker was built here Monday Ed Clink spent Sunday at the Jack Vangilder place Russell Ring made his regular trip to T Parker's Sunday evening Who will be our next supervisor Next Saturday will be election day John Deaton and wife visited Clarence Warren and family Sunday Ed Clink and Clarence Warren made a business trip to Warsaw Mor day Ed Clink is making fence stays this week preparing for spring work Ed says there will be a large demand for fence next spring Billy McCormick moved from Germantown to Beaverdam and will live with Johnnie Smith for the winter Russell Ring Ralph Parker returned from Nebraska last Friday after four months they report crops fair and weather cold there
Mrs. E. D. Clapp reports her son near death from lung and throat trouble. Exhausting coughing spells ceased after using Dr King s New Discovery, a medicine guaranteed for coughs and colds. Rager druggist offers 60c 81 and a trial bottle free.
Tuesday saw Irvin Uish butchered and a thaw delays mutching strawberry patches. Warley Regenos butchered Thursday while Newt Lautzenhheizer and wife visited from Worth Manchester. Various locals from Claypool to Warsaw noted visits, work on farms, and community chatter amid rain and snow.
Gasconade Missouri postmaster Daniel A Bugh says I cannot say too much for your kidney and bladder pills I feel like a new man De Witt's kidney and bladder pills are sold by Rager
A building manager notes sufficient supply of areas and available workers. The report highlights stable resources for ongoing projects and steady labor input.
Report of the condition of the Commercial State Bank at Silver Lake Indiana at the close of business on December 3 1907. IgA Leckrone president Syt I vanwus Funk vice president W H Kenny cashier Tresse Heller assistant cashier Directors J C Cavender Jd C Babcock William Kern fra Leckrone Noah Frantz Sylvanus Funk C E Stout
A partial ledger lists loans and discounts at 47793.48 and overdrafts 756.33. It shows banking house 4500, furniture and fixtures 1475, due from banks 8455.61, cash on hand 6376.55, and current expenses 819.49 totaling 370496.94.
The Commercial State Bank of Kosciusko County filed a financial statement showing capital stock paid in 825000.00, surplus 0.00, undivided profits 1279.05, demand deposits 7147.64, demand certificates 46770.25, and total liabilities 70496.94. W H Kern, cashier, swore to the statement before Notary Public George A Brush on December 11, 1907.
A compendium of several land transfers and lot sales with buyers, sellers, and locations across Sevastopol, Harrison, Monroe, Washington, Jackson, Lake, Jefferson, and other townships. Entries include tract sizes from 18 to 732 acres and prices from 100 to 13,000 dollars, with parties such as Malinda A Kesler, David Engle, Alonzo A Mahoney, Milton E Jones, and many others involved in transfers and mortgage-like arrangements.
Rager offers Kodol on a guaranteed plan promising relief from heartburn flatulence sour stomach belching nausea and general stomach troubles with 6 digests of what you eat and a claim of improved health.
Albert G. Porter born April 20 1824 in Lawrenceburg Indiana studied at Asbury now DePauw and became a lawyer in Indianapolis. Elected governor in 1880 and later appointed minister to Italy by President Harrison in 1889. He died in Indianapolis on May 3 1897.
Badly Mixed to Abraham Brown recounts conflicting diagnoses from five doctors heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach liver ailment none helped his wife urged Electric Bitters one bottle restored health claiming it surpassed all five doctors. Guaranteed to cure blood poison weakness and stomach liver kidney complaints by Rager druggist 50c.
A sequence of land trades lists buyers and sellers across Jefferson Scott Tippecanoe Wayne Monroe and Plain townships. Amounts range from 300 to 34600 with parcel sizes from 38 to 80 acres, including Cripplegate Heights lots 16 and 52.
Wholever, a renowned LeRayeville merchant, touts Buckskin’s Arnica Save for piles and other injuries promising quick relief. He claims lasting cure after twenty years. Available at Corner drug store for 25 cents.
A proverb notes that making friends is easy for any fool, but true skill lies in maintaining long lasting bonds through trust and loyalty.
A hopeful note invites non subscribers to pay for a year six months or a three month trial as a means to obtain a full subscription. The message frames the copy as a specimen and promises satisfaction prompting payment.
A historic ad lists numerous land parcels in Newago County Michigan with prices and features. Various 40 acre tracts offer timber, prairie, orchards, and soils described as sandy loam, with several near towns such as Croton Warsaw and Akron. An excursion offer appears alongside multiple farm and city property exchanges.
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