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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
1
The column details a January weather outlook with a Vulcan storm period, moon positions, and waves of rain snow and colder spells across the country from early to late January. It also muses on historical farming life and modern desires amid rapid change as the century begins.
The article reflects on entering the twentieth century and the immense transformations from the past century. It notes new ideas, methods, machinery, and a sense of living on a new continent compared with forefathers' era.
The piece contrasts Christmas meanings for families amid absent loved ones and festive cheer. It notes children’ s pleasure, rising debts, and a Christmas night at the Silver Lake opera hall featuring the drama Borde Land performed by home talent with a large crowd of about 400 and receipts near 340, praising the effort and hinting at future shows.
C E Rantz & Son announce a new platform stock scale called the beant scale from the Chicago Scale Co. It weighs up to 8000 pounds with beams showing all weights. Demonstrations prove its accuracy by balancing and moving the beam to the one pound mark to drop the beam. Rantz & Son advocate using the most correct scale seats.
The enterprising hardware firm Anglin and Leonard will open a Warsaw branch selling buggies and farming implements. George Baum, who knows the business thoroughly, will run the store and assure its success. The Record foresees it becoming the place to shop for items in these lines at the county seat.
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