10 Feb 1910
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
1
A reorganization with H. P. Razer as chief outlines new members and a city wide fire alarm system. Citizens advised on bell taps for ward signaling and how to ring alarms, with monthly meetings and two drills each month. Reward offered for fastest engine arrival.
Easter arrives early this year causing milliners to hustle to supply spring bunnets for ladies. The note points to a wardrobe focus ahead of Easter Sunday with shops preparing new hats.
Mesdames Sprice and Davis entertained the Thimble Club at a masquerade ground hog social on Wednesday evening. An appropriate program was arranged and a ground hog supper was served.
Rev. Charles R. Bowers, pastor of the Lutheran church at North Manchester, has tendered his resignation to take effect mid March. He has served the North Manchester church for more than three years and will accept a call from a church in Jeupsic, Ohio.
William H. Maston, inspector for road district No 4 in Washington township, Kosciusko county, was arrested on charges of ballot box destruction and election fraud tied to the December 18 1909 road supervisor election. The affidavit by Marshal D. Cummins lists four counts including destroying ballots and denying votes. Maston posted bond and faces Kosciusko court.
Lake township teachers gather for a Saturday morning institute in the high school room on February 12. The program includes opening exercises, quotations, nature study, Bible study introductions, music in education, Lincoln anecdotes, and discussions on the common school system and school government with student recitations and essays by local presenters.
Thurman Isely, a Rose Hill area youth, faced Justice Taylor on an illegitimate paternity charge brought by Miss Oria Stoner of Claypool. He posted 500 for appearance in circuit court and later agreed to marry the complainant, potentially dropping the prosecution if the marriage occurs.
The annual trustees report for Lake township explains teacher salary accounting. It notes receipts timing changed from term-end to whenever funds are drawn, crediting last year and year to date through January 1, with pay tied to grade.
W A Beane superintendent of Noble county wrote to Northern Indiana school leaders about two young men who visited his office, secured his endorsement of an international dictionary, and then approached teachers demanding purchases to gain favorable grades and licenses.
Evangelical Lutheran Church holding preaching service at Sanday School Germantown with Grove Chapel announced. Visitors invited to attend sermons and Sunday activities for the community event.
Miss Martha Ripple and Joseph Lessig wed at 3:30 on Tuesday in the Dickey home at 209 South High Warsaw Indiana. Rev Ki H Montgomery and Rev Eakins officiated as attendants wore lavender and yellow gowns. The couple will live at 115 South Detroit street after February 15 and go to Galesburg Illinois for a visit before settling in Warsaw.
William A Huffman of the west side has been seriously ill for ten days with appendicitis but is slowly improving according to latest reports.
Mrs. Brill, about sixty, of East Silver Lake, slipped while gathering eggs Wednesday near noon in a chicken house. She fractured one bone in the right wrist and dislocated another.
L W Caldwell a Pueblo Colorado teacher has been seriously ill for weeks with lung congestion and erysipelas. His parents Mr and Mrs William Caldwell left Claypool to Pueblo but later reports say he is improving.
Local advert lists men’s dress shirts priced 2.90 and up, work shirts at 2.90, boys dress shirts 35 cents, boys rain coats 3.98, men’s rain coats 86.93, ox brood shoes 2.75, and men’s work pants 7.50 and up. The ad notes CONRACT & BOOTS in North Manchester Indiana.
A fragmented notice urges planing public sales with low prices and free newspaper advertising at the RECORD Office. It claims satisfaction guaranteed and advertising provided to those who have their bills printed there.
A reflective piece portrays life as an endless struggle where progress from ignorance to wisdom costs blood and effort. It argues that peace is illusory, religion holds noble aims, yet natural law demands competition and conflict for survival, with saints as rare survivors.
A local report claims a Warsaw woman contracted leprosy from rat and false hair wear. The tale mirrors Chicago cases and notes department stores discounting hair goods, amid concerns over the unsafe fashion trend and its health effects.
Hazel Heagy sues Earl Heagy for divorce in Kosciusko circuit court claiming she was 16 at marriage, misled about Indiana laws, wed him in Michigan last August, and endured cruel treatment after returning to Kosciusko county.
Twelve cases of appendicitis traced to meat eaten near Wabash. Doctors report each patient suffered due to a large red hog bristle found in pork, prompting medical examinations and warnings about meat sources.
Rupert Davis underwent hip surgery in Chicago after years of trouble. He was accompanied by his father and is reported doing as well as could be expected.
A brief fragment discusses Abraham Lincoln's religious experience described as a conversion or conviction of sin. The wording indicates a Methodist framing of repentance and conversion, with the text labeled as published by request and cited as witnessed by a Secret xy.
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