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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
2
The readable fragments show a wry meditation on love, gossip, and social perception. Phrases reference a wife and daughter, the harm of gossip, and questions about what drives the world, with scattered lines about candidates and making life busy.
Readable mentions of a large collection of penny post cards at the Recorp office and availability of writing tablets and pencils at the REcord office. The note emphasizes office supplies and a focus on pen and stationery items.
The piece urges that government counts reflect true local populations and economic activity. It warns against undercounting or neglecting sections, stressing citizen action to challenge slips at once and defend local pride and growth.
Frank C. Bostock recounts a Paris Hippodrome incident with Wallace the African lion. He describes entering a 16 by 16 foot cage inside a 20 foot ring, the lion leaping, biting his hand, ripping a sash, and the trainer forcing the beast into submission with a chair and whip. The crowd panicked as Wallace finally subjugated.
A housekeeper spoofs dinner planning for her husband and his friends. She insists on serving what he loves, declaring apple pie is his favorite and that guests are unaware if not pleased, while emphasizing her own happiness depends on his satisfaction. New York Press report.
London notes recall a Hampshire woman who reportedly ate a New Testament, day by day and leaf by leaf, between bread and butter as a remedy for fits. The tale treats the Bible as fetish, presented in a curious local anecdote.
State of Indiana Koatineke County officer W J Fitton cashier swears the bank statement is true. Subscribed and sworn before me February 8 1910. George Beat commissioner expires June 9 1910.
Report of the condition of the Commercial State Bank a state bank at Silver Lake Indiana at the close of business January 31 1910. Ika Lecerone president Sylvanus Farr vice president W H Keen cashier Tresse Heller assistant cashier.
The document lists loans and discounts totaling 884196 80, overdraft entry, banking house, furniture and fixtures, and cash on hand. It notes due from banks, cash items, current expenses, taxes paid, and interest paid with a total resources line incomplete or garbled.
Kostinsko County, I. W. Kern, Cashier, of the Commercial State Bank, swears the balance sheet is true. The document lists Capital Stock, Surplus, Demand Deposits, Certificates, and Total Liabilities totaling 122,085.01. Notary George A L Brush attests the filing date in February 1910.
An ad from Flora Silver Lake Indiana offers hair weave services with mail in combings and switches for 50 cents each. It includes quirky spellings and a note about changing the clock for future use.
An excerpt notes a product labeled Halls family pills sold by a druggist with references to a remedy for constipation and related claims. The text presents a fragmented historical ad style listing.
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