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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1900
Page
1
Owen Swank of North Manchester uses a red and black woolly worm to forecast winter weather. If black dominates, winter will be cold. if red dominates, it will be mild. The worm’s position indicates the timing of cold weather during winter. Swank claims the sign works consistently and that worms in the same year share identical markings.
A fisherman near Logans port hurled a dynamite floater into Eel river. A trained water spaniel swam after the charge, seized it, and chased its master as the dynamite exploded ten feet away, blowing the dog to atoms while the man escaped unharmed.
Jacob Mort of near Packerton visits Silver Lake and becomes a partner in the Huntington caning factory. Improvements include new machinery and boilers as plans progress. Mort reports 5,000 cases or 120,900 cans already contracted by Huntington Grocery, with the full output contract of 500,000 cans to close this week. The strong home demand signals superior quality.
Remains of Gen H W Lawton who died in the Philippines reached Fort Wayne last Sunday evening by the Pennsylvania Railroad and lay in state at the courthouse all day Monday. Hundreds from northern Indiana southern Michigan and western Ohio viewed the display as old comrades from the Thirtieth Indiana Infantry served as guard of honor. Arlington vault will be his final resting place with a memorial to be erected soon. Also reported the grand jury returned five indictments including Melvin Kyle of Leesburg charged with multiple mail robberies on the Michigan division of the Big Four dating mainly 1898. Kyle denies the charges after a preliminary hearing he was bound over.
A humorous appeal declares the Record plant for sale inviting editors and critics to bid on running the paper. The notice lampoons editorial snobs while promising continued management and public opinion shaping despite outside pointers.
William Price, with Dr. P. E. Terry and assistants LaSalle and Burke, underwent a delicate X ray guided operation in Silver Lake to remove a bullet from his hand after a bank robbery. The procedure used anesthesia and was successful, with Price expected to return to work soon as the town offers well wishes for his recovery.
An editor laments newspaper publishers are stricken by high white paper costs, with prices up 50 percent since January. He predicts only a government or market force can compel a fair adjustment, warning the trust may not relent soon.
Indianapolis Press reports the Indiana Traction Company seeks a Goshen to Lake Wawasee electric line with Goshen and Elkhart ties, while Union Railway extends from gas belt lines to North Manchester. A Warsaw franchise request sparks talk of a possible through connection between the firms.
Charles A. Chapman son of the late Col. C W Chapman died at the county infirmary on Saturday of consumption. He was about forty seven and had been known across Kosciuko county as an abstractor of titles. Buried Sunday at Warsaw, he was praised as generous and a man among men despite faults. Peace to his ashes.
The 1900 postal guide shows Indiana with 2,199 post offices, down from 2,212 last year due to rural delivery expansion. Western states, by contrast, show a large increase in offices.
News from Northern Indiana reports the Big Four plans an extra passenger train named the Capital Flyer between Elkhart and Indianapolis. Service would start about 5 am and finish in five hours north of the Wabash. a dining car may be added. If profitable, north of Marion service continues.
Goshen residents press Lake Shore and Big Four to build a union passenger station. The piece argues laws should require railways to install such stations in any town with multiple lines and cites passenger delays and dangers when transferring cars at night or in bad weather. It urges legislatures to act to immortalize supporters.
Last Friday evening Ezra Kunk found his horse blanket missing from a public hitching rack. The theft occurred early in the evening before stores closed, described as a bold act by the thief. Ezra appeals for the return of the blanket.
Indiana emphasizes teaching state history and geography to pupils with the Home and School Visitor from Greenfield. The column argues for Indiana content in schools and urges subscriptions to 75 cents annually beginning September 1900.
Chicago Record envoy John T. McCutcheon declares the Philippine war is over and warns of a potential bloody feud. He urges Congress to outline a conciliatory policy and allow Filipinos a voice in their government terms.
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