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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
4
Wanted matrimonial club ad from Oakland invites wealthy members for marriage through confidential description. Includes address Box 26 Oakland California and claims 18 years established and thousands of members. Also notes Bliss Tablets laxative trial and farm exchange offer with contact details.
Community notice requests readers to phone in visits and visitors accuracy to improve local reporting. Reporters seek details about who visited, when, and where to ensure precise coverage.
Wabash residents and visitors are noted in a string of brief items. Harry Bouse and Charles Shull drop in for business, local families host relatives, teachers Mabel and Eunice Martindale visit, and various Allegheny area residents travel to Fort Wayne Bourbon Warsaw Mentone and Notre Dame. Eskimo Pie featured at Norman’s Pharmacy and print shop offers envelopes for sale.
An Indian legend recounts how a Susquehanna elder responds to a Swedish minister about tobacco. The tale, framed as a sermon about the Christian faith, describes a spirit visitor who tastes venison and foretells crops appearing thirteen moons hence including maize kidney beans and tobacco where the spirit sat.
A historical reflection attributes wealth to production and the Forgotten Man as the one who labors to support a nation. The piece argues he bears taxes, funds jobs and plunder, votes, prays, and pays, while receiving no provision in return for his sacrifices.
A vivid description of a sunset and reflecting sky over the Loddon river. The narrator extols nature's majesty and divine goodness, painting the horizon in gold, red, purple, and blue as clouds disperse above tranquil waters.
The text explains Peking as three cities in one, with an inner Manchu city housing the Forbidden City and imperial palace, an outer Chinese city, and the vast but largely unoccupied interior space. It notes Peking as an ancient metropolis existing since the 12th century BC, spanning 24 miles in circumference.
Asoka sovereign of ancient India reigned 255 to 225 B C over northern Hindustan. He embraced Buddhism and urged subjects to follow. Temples and stupas are linked to him and he is called the king beloved of the gods by Indians.
In a New York City court detention pen, twelve or more men waited for arraignment. An elderly imam, arrested for selling suspenders without a license, stood apart trying to make a sale and succeeded with one pair before his case was called.
The Lewiston Journal notes the return of state and county fairs highlights the horse’s still dominant role on race tracks while autos invade other domains. It observes a decline of horse use on highways and farms due to tractors and changing travel habits, doubting a fully horseless era.
Verona idealists organize a society to suppress bad language claiming a 75 percent drop and hopes for total disappearance in 15 years. They deploy posters notices leaflets and even flight banners urging restraint and social shaming with slogans and football club campaigns. A proposal seeks police power to name address offenders for public posting in the central square.
In a quiet hair-dressing shop the Woman Who Saw sits with two ladies debating cosmetic failure. A wife concludes rough washing harms results, blaming her wash cloth as she listens to chatter about creams and glossy beauty routines.
Landlord at the Petunia tavern recalls William P Grimm who, when grouchy, hides in cellar or garret and vents his ire on nothing and no one before appearing civil to those who are kind. The account portrays his eccentric behavior as a private ritual before public civility.
A recalled exchange recounts a youth of eighteen and a twenty five year old companion at Wheeling State fair. He offered to carry her purse while wary pickpockets worked the grounds. They return home with her purse containing four cents, leaving her financially broke after her first romance.
In Oklahoma the daughter of Old Man Matthews is described as the slowest-witted and laziest girl in the state. He finds her lounging with feet near a blazing fireplace and urges her to rise, remarking she is nearly standing on a red hot coal. The tale unfolds in a folksy American Legion Weekly tone.
Mr Fultz is on the sick list this week. Jack Morris of Akron attended to business matters Monday. Mr Huffman from Yellow Creek lake was on our streets Tuesday morning. The Frank Hill sale held last Friday drew a good crowd. Locals joined revival services at Walnut Creek church near Warsaw Sunday evening. Large crowds and strong interest noted. John Homan and Frank Nelson cutting wood in the Hines woods. Ed Olink made a business trip to Barket Tuesday. Vic Longbrake visited the Fultz home Sunday evening. Merritt Longbrake and family from Warsaw visited nearby Sunday.
Farmers are offered sixty fall shoots for sale over the next ten days with a mix of quality. The ad notes fifteen bred sons and gifts available and urges immediate inquiries or visits to Leonard and Griswold.
A corn sheller accident at Isaac Holderman’s place Tuesday afternoon ensnared the sleeve of Alva Montel as Holderman fed corn. The sleeve wound toward the shaft but they pulled free in time. Holderman escaped injury.
A surprise was held at Mrs. Harry Bouse's home Tuesday evening for her birthday. Twenty nine neighbors and friends gathered, brought a large candle lit cake, enjoyed a pleasant evening, and refreshments were served.
The Rose Hill wreck occurred shortly after nine o clock on the evening of April 1 1903. A passenger train and a freight train collided at full speed, killing instantly the engineer of the passenger and a brakeman on the freight. It was the worst disaster on the Michigan Division of the Big Four to that date.
A 9 pound son named Charles Ewing was born on Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lynch. The family welcomes the new arrival and notes the healthy birth.
On Wednesday evening last week a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs aArley Beigh who reside north east of the place.
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