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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
1
The piece discusses the difficulty of selecting gifts for six family members, notes grownups and children struggle to learn recipients wishes, and warns against overreliance on mail order ads. It urges supporting home merchants to keep prices low and criticizes damning mail order tactics.
State Superintendent Jones leads a push by Indiana county school superintendents for salaried pay tied to county size. He cites the current four dollar daily rate and varying county practices as reasons to replace day by day pay with salaries and to remove responsibility for handling textbooks.
The Record argues for organizing a company to prove oil or gas in the vicinity. Somerset in Wabash county struck gas at sixty feet last week. Oil found near Larwill. locals believe sinking near Silver Lake could yield pay dirt, boosting property values and benefitting the town. The paper invites citizen statements to spark a trial.
Newspapers in Indiana criticize sending orders to mail order houses for goods available locally at lower prices with similar or better quality. The pieces argue against remote shopping and urge residents to support nearby merchants.
Warsaw papers claim Marvin Kuhns hidden near Silver Lake with stolen horse trades in Ohio. The Record finds no caves or bandit haunts here while Kuhns reportedly heads toward Logansport and Long Swamp near Columbia City. Captain Clapham expects orders to aid recapture of the fugitive pandit.
Wm T Gregg a LaPorte engineer is identified as a direct heir to the Carey estate in England valued at about 200 million dollars. The report notes the pending transfer and the historical background of the estate.
In Washington the Senate faces lobby pressure over the Nicaragua Canal Bill amid reform pushes linked to the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. The American Institute of Agriculture protests White House improvements and a new Architect Commission is urged. An Indiana representative seeks a House probe into Cape Nome mining conspiracies. Census reapportionment disputes loom as Hopkins pushes a 357 member House, shifting seats among several states.
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