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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
6
An 1900 newspaper alert advertises Middleton & Co offering harness gear including robes, halters, oil, and repair services. It notes shop location south of Fitton's store and lists prices for a leather halter and handmade buggy harness. Subscription details and date are shown.
A veteran publisher announces retirement after years of rebuilding the Silver Lake Record. He recounts hiring E. C. Aborn to run editorial and mechanical operations, transforming the paper from obscurity to wide attention while outlining plans for future coverage and tribute to community readers.
L. W. Myers, reflecting on a year as owner, credits editorial overhaul for elevating the Record into a leading North ern Indiana paper. He thanks patrons while noting dissenters call the improvement debatable, but insists Silver Lake now has its best home newspaper.
Francie Ryan of Wooster six miles east of Warsaw broke her arm mid shoulder to elbow while throwing a ball on Tuggsday.
The Wabash Cabinet Manufacturing Co plants a large coffee urn in its factory and serves hot coffee to employees at noon free of charge marking a morale boosting step. The move draws praise as a model for other factories to follow.
The Wolverine Sugar Company of Benton Harbor Michigan offers sugar beet contracts at 5.00 per ton for beets testing 12 percent, plus 25 cents per ton for each one percent higher. Delivery at the factory is required and a condition is 5000 acres contracted before March 1, 1901. Notify them if you wish to raise any beets.
Mr. R Gray of Amena area Duchess Co New York praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best medicine he has used. He says it is effective for children with croup and can prevent attacks if used at first hoarseness or croupy cough. Sold by Chas Rager.
A California correspondent extols the Belgian hare for urban farming citing its domesticity and space efficiency. It thrives in small confinement, with low feed needs and high meat quality, producing 8 to 12 kits every 60 days, up to about 50 per year per doe.
Holiday excursion tickets go on sale for December 22 to January 1 with a fare and a third round trip. Tickets are valid for return until January 2 on any one of the Daily Express trains scheduled to stop. Contact agent C. Asterlin T. P. A. in Ft Wayne Indiana by wire phone or visit nearest office.
Holiday excursion rates announced for December 22 23 24 25 31 and January 1 with a fare and a third for round trips returning by January 2. Mexican Tourist Excursion departs Chicago January 22. Contact nearest agent OA Asterlin TPA Ft Wayne Indiana 270.
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