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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
4
A mile east of Rose Hill on the Kosciusko Wabash county line road a large sink hole fills with eight feet of water over the road bed. Local lore recalls Isaac Place avoiding a fatal fall by improvising a crosswise gun brace. Counties weigh building a bridge as surveyors plan next week.
Church services and revival events fill the page with details from Lutheran and U B churches. News notes cover Sunday schools and Y P C U meetings led by Rev J W Riney Scott Nicewood and John Martin. Local political updates include Kosciusko Republicans and Democrats naming committee members. Also reported: Rose Hill lumber tonnage, skate scene on the lake, and embalmers training in Fort Wayne.
Local briefs list residents and visitors from Claypool Warsaw Wabash Silver Lake Pierceton and nearby areas. Names include Worth Dilly A J Snoberger Sol Burdge Walter Homman Bud Wood Minnie Werrick Blanch Richard Kemper and many others with movements to and from Warsaw Orion Claypool and Goshen News.
A Big Business report notes dad shipped 841.0 feet of elm logs and totals rise toward 100,000 feet. Logs bought and shipped to a factory by Mr. Sprigg along the Nickel Plate road from Sidney to Argos. The Hoop company expands to meet summer demands with timber shipments and railroad access.
In a brief report, officers were present at the Lakeview Lodge No. 0 P O in Silver Lake for a local gathering. The event highlighted community fraternal activity and lodge participation among members.
The Silver Lake school board will receive sealed bids until January 22, 1998 for 100 cards of green body bed to be delivered on the school grounds.
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