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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
4
Rates begin September 1 1916 for display advertising obituaries and notices. Obituaries for subscriber families up to 26 lines. non subscriber per line. Card of Thanks eight cents per line with minimum charge. Notions for churches or societies for events to raise money per line per issue three cents. Free section.
A fragmentary column mocks wartime optimism and social pretensions. It notes a Detroit man losing speech after murdering his wife and implies the sheriff will extract further punishment. The piece ends with a jibe about the United States defining the world.
The report notes a playful suggestion that if sugar prices continue to rise the Department of Agriculture may be asked for guidance on keeping a bee hive in a city backyard.
Herbert Hoover, known as the wartime federal food administrator, presses to become a presidential candidate. He has shaped policy and public opinion, seeking the party nomination amid national interest in leadership.
The article argues Filipinos are civilized, educated, and capable of self-government long before American occupation. It cites literacy, land ownership, and urban property held by natives, disputing harsh stereotypes and urging the U.S. to honor promises of independence.
The Philippines enjoys a mild tropical climate with cool nights and rare sunstrokes. A thirty year temperature record shows an average around 80 degrees.
Jacob Armey from North Manchester visits relatives while Ernest Carr serves as mail clerk in Pennsylvania. Neva Homman returns to Van Buren school after ten days due to a brother's death. Maurice Lipply funeral prompts Ohio relatives to travel. Several others report illness, and John Bishop travels from Battle Creek after his father's funeral. Local notices note ongoing flu cases and family movements.
Parker Brothers announce a public sale of horses cattle mules and hogs to be held next Tuesday February 17 at their northwest of town location. If weather cooperates a large crowd is expected. A separate sale by Mrs Rosa Perry begins Monday at two o clock with two horses farm implements and 200 bushes of corn one and a half miles west of town.
Mrs J P Robinson will hold a public sale at her place four miles west and a half south of Silver Lake on next Wednesday February 18 beginning at one o'clock. She will sell three horses one broad sow three spring calves some farm implements and many other articles.
Mrs Mary Helser will hold a public sale at her home a mile and a half east of here on Saturday February 21. Sale begins at 10:00 oclock and includes horses cattle hogs farming implements household goods and many other articles. Watch for large bills.
A local notice invites readers to use Brush & Hanson as an authorized subscription agency to save money on magazine and periodical subscriptions. It promises access to subscriptions and catalogs detailing money saving clubs, with contact at the Rercorp office in Silver Lake.
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