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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1898
Page
4
Havana reports a catastrophic blast on the U S battleship Maine at 9 45 PM local time causing many deaths and injuries. Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII aided in rescue efforts as authorities seek the explosion's cause with wounded sailors unable to detail events.
Wabash county Republicans met in convention at Wabash on Tuesday to nominate county officers. Representive C S King Noble township on third ballot amid four candidates. Prosecuting Attorney J W Murphy Noble township on fourth ballot among five candidates. Commissioners northern district Mike Snideman Chester township unopposed. Commissioner middle district Wm Green with two candidates. Clerk John Leforge on third ballot among four candidates. Auditor Milo Haas Noble township on third ballot with six candidates. Treasurer Henry Dutton Paw Paw township five candidates. Sheriff C E Stewart Liberty township on eighth ballot among fourteen candidates.
The Popular Institute lists events for Friday February 25 starting 10:00 a.m. at No 2 school house with devotional, songs, recitations, dialogues, music, a 20 minute rest, class drills, an Ideal Reading lesson, and a noon break from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. The program includes Dist No 1 Paper, L. L. Kemper, Dec H. B. Little, Patrons, quarters, and discussions of educational interests. Also noted are parlor matches, Kosciusko County Teachers Association meeting in WarAdae court house on March 4, and a mention of Sugbergers parlor games and Wertenberger meat market.
Rev Riley preaches at Center Sunday and in town evening. Dunkards hold meetings two miles east. Protracted meeting at Silver Creek Bethel. Lutheran Aid Society to meet Feb 24. YPCA and Christian Endeavor engage Sundays with missionary themes. Epworth League topics include Walking in the Light and Saved to the Uttermost. Public invited to services. Also notes on insurance, local curiosities, and a hotel purchase.
Numerous brief items record visits and illness in Silver Lake and surrounding towns. Names include L L Leonard John Hill Claire Babcock and W D Alleman with updates on travels, marriages, new subscribers, and business activities. A death near Sevastopol of Alexander Cook is noted with funeral details.
F. M. Jaques of Silver Lake Indiana advertises continuing low prices through March first to clear stock for spring. Dress goods undergarments prints muslin linens shoes and rubber stock are singled out for heavy reductions with a broad assortment of groceries and furnishings promised to meet demand.
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