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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1923
Page
5
The article describes icy ground and rain creating slick roads after noon. Autos moved slowly, rarely exceeding 12 to 15 miles per hour, as drivers struggled to navigate single tracks and assist wheels from ruts.
The Temple Theatre in Fort Wayne burned early Saturday with losses around 100000 dollars and a man believed buried in the ruins. The fire caused forty thousand rounds of high power rifle ammunition to explode on the third floor where the structure served as a national guard armory.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Ewers of Pierceton have applied through the county clerk at Warsaw for a passport to return to China after years as missioners. They have visited relatives and friends in and around Pierceton for some time.
The RECORD job department reports a busy week printing sale bills and stationary for local firms. It emphasizes reliability and satisfaction for all printing work. The ad highlights Newtown Brooders and the 125 White City Egg Farm Mentone Indiana as references for poultry farming supplies.
The text notes a large portion of residents are ill with severe colds or recovering from sickness, with about half the population affected by the flu or related ailments. It emphasizes the difficulty in listing the sick and mentions many families have at least one sick member.
William Dill reports from Swezee that no material improvement is evident and he remains quite weak.
Rev J T Keesey remains about the same but weaker each day. Mrs Samuel Bashore stays at home in the east part of town, confined to her room. Mrs William Wiley also remains the same for weeks but is growing weaker daily, requiring a hypodermic about every twenty four hours.
Revival meetings concluded last Sunday evening at the Methodist church due to widespread sickness in the locality.
Iris Smith and her family from near Akron visited Sunday with Mrs. Smith’s parents Mr and Mrs Charles Brown in SETS town area. The Smith family had been quarantined for scarlet fever for several weeks and are now getting along well.
E P Snyder, employed in Mentone this past year, is seriously ill with anemia. Physicians recommend a blood transfusion. He is the son in law of Mr and Mrs James Decker of this place, and recovery is hoped soon.
Mr and Mrs Claude Babcock of Alexandria are the parents of a girl born last week. The child is listed as a new addition to the family in local birth notices.
Roy Little and family plan to move to the William Caldwell farm near Claypool. Elmer Shoemaker lost a valuable horse last Friday night, the second recent loss. Jamison, near Packerton, will move to the farm west of Claypool he bought from Israel Garman. Revival services at Franklin west of Silver Lake drew good interest last weekend. Poor weather reduced Sunday school attendance at Center, though it remains encouraging.
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