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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
3
In a circuit court town the judge found no funds for pens ink or paper. He drew money from his own pocket to provide essentials. A visiting lawyer mocked the scene, prompting the judge to fine him 25 for contempt and to charge the clerk to procure proper supplies. The judge then ordered the change returned.
A Chicago Record-Herald reporter recalls a show girl famed for excuses and timing. She was chronically late for rehearsals and shows, blaming maladies among friends and relatives, elevator delays, and staircase repairs.
In a London Scraps funny vignette a cook carving a joint injures a skewer causing a torn roast slice. He silences his guests and his wife with a grim joke while a boy Willie blurts a quip about burning the cook. The mother seizes a moment for chatter as the scene dissolves into awkward silence.
A London Chronicle note recalls painter R. Haydon and the crowd around General Tom Thumb in 1846. Haydon records the public’s rush to see Tom Thumb, lamenting a blindness and madness in popular taste as crowds throng the Egyptian Hall.
Instructions show how to measure a wire's diameter by winding it around a pencil in a single layer, marking one inch, counting turns in that inch, and calculating diameter as one eighteenth inch if eighteen turns are found. The method uses simple counting to derive precise gauge.
A brief, sympathetic exchange spots a widow and two neighbors praising the deceased husband as a good man with shared tears and a candid verdict from bystanders. The scene reflects communal mourning and respect in a small town.
A Washington Herald excerpt cites a respondent declining to answer a hypothetical marriage question, noting the need for fuller detail. The passage also includes a printing praise for Wonderful Printing and a brief, fragmented business ledger and notarization text dated February 28, 1908 in Kosciusko County, Indiana.
In the Hiondike region during mid winter the sun rises from 9 30 to 10 a m and sets from 2 to 3 p m, outlining short daylight hours.
The Farmers Bank of Silver Lake Indiana presents its year end statement for February 14 1908. It lists Loans and Discounts 78 1964 60 Overdrafts 25 1249 92 Other Bonds and Securities 3916 17 Banking House 800 00 Furniture and Fixtures 760 00 Other Real Estate net a steels Due from Banks Trust Co s 16224 45 Cash on hand 1959 65 Cash items Le bis pention bee 71 65 Current Expenses 169 00 total 450 95 64.
Capital paid in ten thousand dollars surplus fund and demand deposits totaling eleven thousand six hundred seven dollars and thirty five cents. Demand certs 2285238 34459.68 due to banked trust co s 155.77 exchange discounts 480.19. Indiana Kosciusko county. W J Fitton cashier swears the statement true dated February 24, 1908 before notary George A Brush.
Notice is given that William T. Banks has been appointed executor of the will of Sophia Fruit, late of Kosciusko County Indiana, by the Kosciusko Circuit Court. The estate is probably solvent. Gingrich is attorney for the executor. 228 3t.
A reader listing shows names with small monetary amounts, likely subscription and advertising accounts. The list includes Fohn Sausaman Fred Burgraff G F Rider Fred Hill W E Leffel W H Johnson J W Dunlap L V Hatfield William Yates John Olinger Chester Olinger R W Reed Sr M A Hinsey Winfield Chrisner John Sebring William Fasig Frank Ayers Charles Leithman Homer Maddix Walter E Horn Al Bouse and other entries with prices ranging from 1.10 to 63.50 and several near 2 or 3 dollars.
Local representative needed to renew and grow subscriptions for a prominent monthly magazine in Silver Lake and surrounding area. Salary plus commission offered. Experience preferred but necessary. Apply Publisher, Box 59, Station O, New York.
An advertisement invites buyers to purchase land near Las Vegas Mexico at a low price with monthly excursions on the first and third Tuesdays. It promises good climate, rich land, and a quick sale and urges readers to visit and arrange travel with agent O. Leroy Leonard.
Ray Bashore will hold a public sale at his residence north of the livery barn in Silver Lake on Thursday February 27 1908 at 2 pm. Items include heaters stoves dining furniture bed ensembles carpet potatoes lard and canned fruit among others. Usual terms six months time. J S Marsh auctor W B H Kern clerk.
Last Saturday in Claypool a horse owned by Israel Garman kicked and broke the foreleg of Levi Cauffman’s horse, which was killed to end its suffering. Edward Drudge and family of east of town were guests at H. G. Jontz’s home. Local items note visits, cards, and a funeral notice for Lloyd Ramsey who died of paralysis at his mother’s home.
Report of the condition of the Commercial State Bank at Silver Lake Indiana, closed business February 14 1908. President Ina Leckrone Vice-President Sylvanus Funx Cashier W H Kenn Ass't Cashier Directors Jeer Cavender J C Babcock William Kernera Leckrone Noah Frantz Sylvanus Funk C Fe Stout.
Fragmentary ledger item lists loans and discounts 198.23 and banking house furniture and fixtures 4500.00 1475.00. Cash on hand 3299.89 and other amounts 8.16. Current expenses 1089.21 and total 64646.70.
The passage ponders how affection and desire across marriages and families provoke varying judgments. It notes that loving another man’s wife or daughter invites social scandal, while the same act toward one’s own partner shifts perception, prompting reflection on biased double standards.
A Milwaukee man recounts betting in a New York hotel billiard room after bandaging one eye. He led 20 to 10, then lost 50 to 15, and learned his opponent’s eye was a grass illusion.
A kind woman in a Michigan village fed a hungry tramp who berated the meal and mocked a patent feather pie. The tramp warned of lasting harm from the sustenance, prompting a confrontation when the husband returned home and learned of the exchange. The son claimed he overheard but was in the back yard.
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