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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
1
A state tax board ruling allows debt deductions from bank deposits, lowering taxable deposits. If a person owes money, they may deduct the amount owed from their total bank balance and pay tax only on the remainder, likely reducing reported deposits statewide.
George Allen seventy of Packerton is slowly recovering after breaking a leg in a recent bobsled upset. The incident follows a historic injury six years earlier when a gasoline tank he soldered exploded. Known locally as Tom Tinker, he is well known in the area.
Last Saturday in Warsaw the marriage of Miss Marie Gill to Garland Sellars of Euna Green occurred. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs John Gill, well known locally with many relatives. The newlyweds plan to reside on a farm near Etna Green.
Miss Susan Dunlap daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dunlap of Men tone is to be married soon to Roscoe Colburn of Ft Wayne. Miss Dunlap has been employed in Ft Wayne for the past several years.
Noah Frantz, contractor for the new school building east of Clay Pool, prepares ground materials as soon as the weather allows. Work begins when conditions permit.
Donald Hill son of Alvin Hill traveled to Niles Michigan at the start of the week to visit his uncle Hugh Hill and to look for employment.
George Poe seventy five years old a Milford resident shot himself at his daughter Mrs Bert Irvine home in Milford last Saturday morning after placing a gun in his mouth he died about twenty minutes later despondent over long continued ill health
A heavy snowstorm collapsed the roof of a large theatre in Washington last Saturday night. About a hundred people were killed and around seventy five injured as five to six hundred attended the performance. The disaster is blamed on a construction defect and the weight of the damp snow.
A daughter was born Sunday morning January 29 at the Bakers home in this place.
Several teachers and seniors from this locality traveled to Warsaw last Saturday to take the teachers license examination. The event drew hundreds from across the county who sat for the test.
Garden seed supplies arrived Monday for sale as spring approaches. Local merchants anticipate a busy season with seeds on hand for gardeners eager to start their plots.
Influenza is widespread with thousands of eastern cases and several deaths while the epidemic appears to move west. In this state section, cases are mild but concern remains about a broader outbreak. Doctors urge fresh air and open windows to combat illness and warn against overheating homes.
Miss Mary Colbert returned home last week after several weeks visiting relatives in and around Bradford Ohio.
John Magee aged 19 was taken into custody Saturday in Warsaw on a charge of check forging. He pled not guilty before Judge Rouse but later decided to enter a guilty plea within a couple of days.
Warsaw barber Ed Curry aged 66 was instantly killed Sunday at noon when struck by the Manhattan Limited on the Pennsylvania Railway. He stood on a track watching a freight and did not see the fast train approach from the opposite direction. The body was hurled. head severed and entrails scattered for over fifty feet. Survived by widow and four brothers. Funeral held Wednesday afternoon.
The McKown Automotive Supply Club reports strong recruitment with solicitors acquiring two to six applications daily. Manager K C Votter aimed for five hundred members by April 1 but now anticipates up to a thousand to start. Members can buy tires tubes accessories and oils at cost plus freight.
Rev. Sturgell started a revival series at Pleasant Valley Church northeast of town last Sunday evening with a large attendance reported.
The Laketon school physical report finds 55 percent have bad teeth and 47 percent bad eyes. Additional findings include 17 percent with bad tonsils 33 percent underweight 6 percent with bad noses 53 percent with bad ears and 1 percent overweight.
C. E. Brady of North Manchester announces plans to open a clothing and furnishings shop around March 1. He will take the Morris 10 cent store room, after remodeling, and bring thirteen years with Oppenheim and Co. plus five years in retail to his own venture.
Hart Brown a wealthy noted citizen of the county died Monday forenoon of heart trouble while at his farm near Wabash. He had been living in Warsaw and went to check stock when he collapsed. The body was taken to Warsaw and the funeral was held in Leesburg yesterday. He previously lived in Silver Lake.
Lyman Harris who left this locality to join Stanard Oil Co at Furston has been promoted to salesman for the firm's products. Roann Glarion notes Mrs Harris is well known here as sister to George and John Ayers of this place.
Nine children riding in a school hack escaped injury when the hack was struck by a Winona Interurban freight car at a crossing in Akron last week. The hack was badly damaged but no child was hurt. Driver Joe Bowen took blame, saying he failed to stop while following a machine driven by Henry Yarian. It is noted many hack drivers nationwide do not stop at crossings as required by law.
George Leckrone of north east here is listed among jurors chosen for the Kosciusko circuit court February term opening next Monday.
Noah Baker of North Manchester opens a shoe and harness repair shop in the Flora hotel building and will accept work. He has hired an experienced man to help until he learns the trade and invites patrons to expect first class work at reasonable prices. See his ad elsewhere.
Heavy fog shrouded the vicinity Tuesday morning reducing visibility to about half a city block. By midday the fog lifted and drivers were able to operate without headlights.
H P Rager traveled from his home area to Indianapolis Monday and attended a Rexall druggists meeting. The event drew about two hundred attendees from across the state and he won a $25 prize for traveling the farthest distance.
A local minister during a Sunday sermon warned that if a church roof collapsed during services many would be killed or injured, comparing the potential casualties to those from the Washington theatre disaster on Saturday night.
The State case against Wilbur W. Lowman of Warsaw, charged with gaming tied to a North Manchester baseball game last fall, has been set for trial in the Wabash circuit court on February 7.
Minister Rev. Jacob Mishter died Saturday at his North Manchester home after over a year of ill health. He was 90. Funeral arrangements were announced.
A group from Sidney Pierceton North Webster North Manchester and other along the Hills to the Lakes route asked the Indiana State Highway Commission to include about thirty miles north of North Manchester in the state highway system They argued it is the shortest link between Indianapolis and the lake region and noted many summer cottages along the lakes rely on the road for access and maintenance.
County Auditor Nye received notice from the Indiana state prison at Michigan City to place 206 railroad warning signs at county crossings. Kosciusko county signs have been shipped from the penitentiary. The county pays for the signs, to be installed and maintained by railroad companies, with a total cost of 1200 dollars.
Judy, nine years old, was struck and killed on a hill near the Wabash railroad while coasting on a sled. Orville Brothers of Lagro drove the car. no blame attached. The hill blocked the driver’s view until he reached the street crossing, and the sled went between the front and rear wheels, one wheel passing over Judy.
In Silver Lake only one property appears on the delinquent tax list and Lake township shows three, totaling 134.60 dollars. Warsaw and Winona Lake supply most of the delinquents.
It is reported that Jones and Laughlin Steel Co of Pittsburgh has acquired 1000 acres at Gary to construct the nation’s largest steel plant. The completed plant is said to employ between 10,000 and 17,000 workers.
Mildred Hill Laffer of 1517 East Jefferson Street Warsaw sues in Kosciusko circuit court to annul her marriage to Jack Laffer claiming he is a deserter held at Fort Sheridan Illinois and has another wife Mildred C. Laffer. She seeks to resume her maiden name.
Grant Harris traveled to Chicago at the start of the week where he accepted a favorable new job. He had previously worked in the Windy City for several weeks last autumn and found the place agreeable.
The time to supply 1922 license plates has been extended to February 15. Police shall not arrest drivers with old plates until after that date. The secretary of state cites office delays for the extension and warns that License applied For signs are not valid. Buyers may use dealer plates temporarily if the car is identifiable.
The board has added its official taboo to restrict certain fashions and performances, citing an investigation by the superintendent of schools. A nationwide adoption of the taboo is urged for city town and village authorities in the United States.
Some officers can raid joints easily while others cannot. The section reports white mule operations are active with a score or more stills in operation in the county.
Construction on the new International motor truck plant in Fort Wayne is to begin soon with actual work to start on or before March 15. The factory is planned to be the largest of its kind in the world.
Must Serve Term Elza Clevenger of Muncie and Rudolph Schenfield of Wabash were sentenced last Thursday in Martinsville on indictments for robbing a Waverly Indiana bank January 4. Hach drew 10 to 21 years in the reformatory, was fined 100, and disfranchised.
Mrs. H. P. Rager slipped on a tire near her south Jefferson home Saturday evening and severely sprained her ankle. She will be limited to her home for a few days, aided by a cane.
Arnold Heap in Chicago fined Julia Rector a cabaret dancer 200 dollars for an improper performance. Reformers awaited the decision to gauge if music itself can be immoral and set a precedent for prosecutions in other cases.
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