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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1903
Page
4
Advertising rates are set on application and ads run until ordered out. Copy for ads must reach the office by Wednesday noon. Obituaries and paid write ups for entertainments with admission charged cost two cents per line in advance. Abbreviated funeral notices are accepted free. Cards of Thanks cost ten cents per line.
A note cautions that a toxin in household waste and carpet dye containing arsenic pose hazards. The statement highlights risk from toxins in bins and chemical content in dyes.
The piece notes the baseball conflict ending soon after producing broken contracts and damaged consciences, with athletes kept focused on sports despite the fallout.
The Pension Office reports an application for a pension from a veteran of the Spanish War on account of coins contracted by wearing Army shoes. The claimant seeks compensation for health issues believed to stem from service footwear.
Advertisement notes many women’s ailments can be cured by Rocky Mountain Tea. Claims include rich red blood, good digestion and health after use. Mentions 35 cents and C Rager as the seller.
A forward looking editorial urges Germany to conserve forests and balance wood use with artificial alternatives to maintain commercial dominance. It argues for economy in natural products and warns against extravagant wood consumption.
An 188 specimen copy urges readers to subscribe, promising a trial trip to entice a year, six months, or three months of service, framing the offer as a generous introduction to the Record.
An old time saying is revised for today and reads that early rising helps workers and men alike, but overdoing it can spoil life and happiness. The quip links discipline with enjoyment and warns against excessive zeal.
Lewis Armey aged about 71 died of heart failure Tuesday morning while sitting in a chair at his home near this place He had been unwell with rheumatism recently and his sudden passing shocks family and friends The funeral is planned for Friday at 10 o clock at Ulery German Baptist Church five miles east of Silver Lake with Undertaker Bridge in charge Armey served four years in the Civil War and leaves sons Two-son John and Joseph and daughter Cassie in North Dakota.
A series of local sightings includes Hohman and family with Ed Hohman near Silver Lake on Monday, Mrs Baker and companion, Rev Miner of Barket, Joel Wallhorn and Daniel Norris visiting streets, and Ed Hohman’s group with Lewis Detterman. A sled accident near town caused no injuries and a warning about earlier homeward travel.
A playful road horse named Jimmy amuses himself by sneaking into a tent of lemonade drinkers and scaring them, then scatters sheep for fun and teases timid visitors. The page also reports diverse local items: a Warsaw farmers institute, Larwill oil well plans, Carnegie library opening in Goshen, Warsaw Wanona electric line aim by May, Elkhart County subsidy vote, Indiana Reform School name change proposal, three legged chicken in Mentone, 11620 rural free delivery routes, Rev. A J Douglas recovery, Indiana playwriting by L R Clemans, a three legged calf in Wabash, Cleveland telephone nurses for operators, and notes on nurse workload and nerves.
Germantown residents report Uncle John Parker ill and Uncle John Adams on the sick list. Sylvester Johnston and Hill butchered Saturday and ice making continues. Lewis Windbigler moved to Kansas. Mrs Osilison and Blanch visited. Edward Clink and Charles Regenos cut wood for OC W Jones. Rev Luke and wife from Silver Lake called Monday. Miss Della Hill visited grandmother. revival crowd traveled from here to Fairview Monday. Theodore Parker’s children suffered lung fever but improving.
W A Swibart formerly of Reann Ind has rented the Henry Paulus store room and will move his large stock of dry goods boots shoes queensware groceries and general merchandise into it. He plans to open to the public by March first or sooner after February preparations. Swibart brings mercantile experience and will run the business with up to date methods for quality and value equal to neighboring towns watch for opening.
A three month old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Ottis Whittenberger of Akron, died between midnight and morning last Sunday unknown to parents until mother woke. The child slept with its mother after the family retired at 11 30 pm. doctors cited heart failure as the cause. Funeral held Tuesday at the home with burial in the I O O F cemetery Akron.
A meeting at Wiltrout Hall last Saturday of the People's Mutual Telephone Company stockholders voted to keep the current officers for another year. The prior election of new officers was declared not legal and not recognized.
The passage argues that the best way to read history is through the life of a compelling figure rather than dense documentary histories. It suggests using vivid biographies to grasp the broader stage, accepting occasional bias, and correcting it with sober chronicles.
Communion services will be held at the Lutheran church in this place next Sunday January 25 conducted by Rev Greenawalt. Preparatory services at 2 30 Saturday afternoon.
Miron Landis of near Disko drove to Claypool last Tuesday and decided to return after dark due to snow banks and poor night driving conditions. After several upsets he halted overnight with M M Rager and planned to resume homeward travel the next morning.
The Office requires authors to sign their name on all news submissions to show good faith. Recent items were not published for lack of signatures.
A supper table tale recalls a man who died after a timothy seed lodged in a nostril. autopsy reveals hay in the skull. Another tale has a young lady dying from chewing lint, doctors diagnosing a disease named chewing the rag.
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