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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
2
A 1905 note reports Warsaw pushing a cement factory plan as readers note the era's political climate. The Pierceton Record former editor M F Bresnahan buys into Plymouth Daily and Weekly Tribune with W G Deadricks, expanding local newspaper ties.
Chicago merchant prince Marshall Fiena died Tuesday afternoon at the Hotland House in New York from pneumonia. Funeral is set for tomorrow at noon. His wealth was estimated at 127,500,000. A weather sketch for the past day noted varied conditions including sunshine thunder and snow with extreme cold threats. North Dakota warned of Jodivia’s rising pace.
A warning states that intoxicants and gambling ruin a young man’s character and business. It cautions that quick money tempts waste and urges restraint, noting that steadiness beats a fast reputation and emphasizes the harm to body and career.
A Haberdasher quotes that battles are won by persistent generals, not flashy moves. The speaker argues opportunity must be spotted and seized, dollars earned, and a strong reputation guarded. He warns against false optimism and urges steady effort, quality, and tenacity to turn chances into lasting success.
Rev Kain presented minutes of the fifty first annual convention of the Synod of Northern Indiana Evangelical Lutheran Church held in Columbia City Indiana October 24 to 26 1905 and the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society reports. The eighty page pamphlet covers church affairs for the past year and memorializes Rev A J Douglas who died in Columbia City on March 23 1905.
A list asserts a girl’s education is incomplete without skills and virtues. It emphasizes sewing cooking mending gentleness thrift time value, modest dress, secrecy, self reliance, homemaking, nursing care, housekeeping, avoiding gossip, and marrying for character while reading quality books and staying active.
Herbert Hill of near town suffered a dislocated elbow after pain and swelling. Doctors in Warsaw and Chicago found the head of the radius and ulna out of place, a wedge of cartilage loosened from the joint, and the cartilage removed to restore the elbow. He remains hospitalized and is improving.
Cecil Martindale narrowly avoided a broken leg while helping saw a large limb from a forked tree at the Thomas Gamble farm south of town last Friday. The limb sprang apart as the saw nearly parted it, striking Martindale’s leg and leaving a severe bruise. no bones appear broken, and he grew ill briefly.
A didactic prose poem warning against false teachers and worldly influence. It contrasts hirelings feeding tainted meat with the true shepherd and urges adherence to the old Gospel plow, the rock of faith, and perseverance to heaven. The piece cites spiritual danger from modern powers and calls for revival.
W. G. Bussard, the Big Four agent, returned to North Manchester Monday evening after a month in Texas and the southwest. He visited Silver Lake Tuesday and noted changes in the “old town” during his absence. He reports a delightful trip and says the vacation benefited him greatly.
The JT O O F lodge at Warsaw organizes a county meeting similar to last year with a February 7 date. Twenty five new members will receive the work and all Odd Fellows of the county are invited for what is expected to be a notable fraternity event.
Chicago clearing house members adopt a new schedule forcing banks in Chicago to charge a uniform exchange on out of town checks. Remittances must now be sent by New York or Chicago drafts starting January 1, 1906, affecting business houses that previously sent personal or firm checks without exchange.
Edward Shoemaker, a farmer south of Columbia City, keeps a goose-bone weather sign. He was taught by an old German in his birthplace that the last Friday of each month governs the next month’s weather. He notes December’s last Friday was snowy and windy and believes this week foreshadows the coming three weeks.
Harriet Howard of West 34th Street New York credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with clearing years of salt rheum or crema. The salve, described as a quick healer for cuts burns and sores, is sold for 25 cents at Zims drugstore.
For sale or trade a fresh clean stock of general merchandise in a thrifty town. Will trade for a farm of 40 to 80 acres. Will pay difference if any. Call on or ad-
A fragmented message warns Don B. De about a lifelong loan obligation. The note hints at personal accountability and a call to locate or reclaim beauty in a stated rouge context, reflecting a borrowing dispute in a domestic setting.
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