Groundhog Day Talk and Local Updates in Silver Lake
Items recall Groundhog Day and Valentine’s tease while reporting farming, theater, and school news. Two wolves shot near Leesburg. Lee county band plans summer concerts. Wayne township’s Winona school building now in use. Carter leases Warsaw opera house to open Vista Theater. Knowlton to build a cement plant at Wolf Lake with marl tract option. local business and paper mingle with civic motto and job focus advice.
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Cc. F. Knowlton
Wolf Lake
Mr. Knowlton
Growth at Greensburg I O O F Home Report
Mary Smith Lewis, superintendent of the I O O F Home at Greensburg, reports 202 guests admitted since opening and 99 children now in the Home. In 1906 there were ten deaths, all adults, and since opening there has been one more death.
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Mary Smith Lewis
Greensburg
Nomety
The Kicker’s Pursuit and Human Maturity
The text argues the football player is unique in reaching goals by constant kicking while other fields risk failure. It praises finding both good and bad in life, noting if you seek the bad you’ll find it and if you seek the good you’ll find it. It urges not to kick for unmet desires and to work for the best while accepting change.
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Co. C. Weimer
North Manchester
Ind
The Modern Jury and Its Shifting Verdicts
A reflective piece discusses juries as fearfully and wonderfully made, hearing evidence and arguments, then voting. It notes jurors may start one way and switch opinions, deciding contrary to initial convictions and the presented evidence.
Soldier's letter attacks McCumber pension bill from Indiana
A Silver Lake veteran writes to Senator Beveridge voicing anger over the McCumber pension bill. He argues it offers too little to aging old soldiers and criticizes favoritism toward warship subsidies while demanding meaningful relief for those who suffered in Libby Prison and.readers.
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Beveridge
James A. Meek
Penson
McCumber
Silver Lake
Ind
Indiana
Senate
Libby
Houses
Congress
Electric lighting rates and rules proposed by Flora Burk
The notice outlines two electric rate structures for lamps and consumption costs versus fuel use. It details metre rates, weekly lamp charges for 16 candle power units, commercial versus resident rates, and rules to conserve energy, including turning off lights after evening work. It closes with a personal sign-off from J A Meek and a wartime POW remark.
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C. P
Flora
Ira Burk
Hill-Rowe jurors flip flopped to convict
The Rochester Sentinel notes that in the Hill-Rowe case four jurors initially found Hill guilty while three held not guilty. After shifts in opinion the final verdict was guilty, condemned as deliberate flip flopping by the lawn of our land and justice.
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Hill-Rowe
Hill
Rochester Sentinel
North Manchester Bank Leader Drained by Collapse
Dan W. Krisher, president of the failed North Manchester bank, is described as a physical wreck from brooding over the collapse. The Wabash Plain Dealer notes he appears aged twenty years in two, is almost distracted, and now an object of pity among acquaintances.
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Dan W. Krisher
Bank of North Manchester
The
Wabash Plain Dealer
Old Soldier Calls Voters to Redress Over Pension Bill
An editorial letter slams the McCumer service pension bill as an insult to Civil War veterans. The writer urges veterans to withhold votes until redress is secured, compares pensions to representatives’ pay, and calls for active protest through writing and speaking across the nation.
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McCumer
Congress
Brick
Washington
REC ORD Office Seeks News Submissions
Community desk calls for readers to send timely items to the REC ORD office for publication. Submit briefs, notices, columns, sports results, obituaries, and other readable material to appear in upcoming editions.
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Record Office
Neighbors Fooled by Doctor King’s New Discovery
Mrs Eva Macapher of Grovertown Stark County Ind credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a severe cough after four one dollar bottles. She asserts the remedy healed her throat and lungs and restored her health.
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Dr. King
Eva Macapher
Grovertown
Stark Co
Ind
Hoosier Contractor Wins Panama Canal Bid
Indiana native William James Oliver submitted the lowest bid for the Panama Canal project and is expected to be selected by the Isthmian Canal Commission. Born in Mishawaka and raised in South Bend, Oliver stands as a notable Hoosier contractor connected to the canal endeavor.
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Indiana
Panama Canal
William James Oliver
Isthmian Canal Commission
Isa Hoosier
Mishawaka
South Bend
Resolution of Respect for John M. Miller
A Lutheran church body remembers John M. Miller who died April 22, 1906. The resolution praises his quiet, reliable character and Christian virtues of faith, love, and charity. It expresses sympathy to his family and prays to profit from his example as pastor D. F. Karn and Elder Adam Sout sign the post cards to the RECORD Office.
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John M. Miller
D. F. Karn
Adam Sout
Michigan division to see rebuilt vestibuled trains this winter
Railroad men predict major service changes on the Michigan division as solid vestibuled trains join daily passenger runs before winter. Big Four Nos. 33 and 34 will be modernized and unmatched by Winona Flyers which run only in summer. No. 33 departed south on its first trip yesterday amid attention from the new electric lit coaches replacing gas lamps.
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Michigan Division
Winona Flyers
Resolutions of Respect for L F Hanes
Lakeview Lodge No 134 K of P notes the passing of brother L F Hanes with sympathy to his wife and family. The charter and altar will be draped for thirty days as a memorial. Committee J M Amiss Q E Wiltro uf J D Cline.
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L. F. Hanes
Lakeview Lodge No
J. M. Amiss
QU. E. Wiltrouf
J. D Cline
A Valuable Lesson from John Pleasant on New Life Pills
John Pleasant of MagnolIa Ind recalls a six year lesson and his praise for Dr King's New Life Pills. He says the pills please everybody and are guaranteed at H P Rager's drugstore. 256
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John Pleasant
Magnolia
Ind
Dr. King
H. P. Rager
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Logansport
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Vista Theater
Senator Beveridge
Senator
Board of Review
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Uncle Sam
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Co. H. 20Th Reg
Alspaugh & Son
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J. M. Miller
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