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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
1
Titus Leroy Hill of Stratford Texas died in Delhart after appendicitis surgery and pneumonia. The body was sent to Indiana for burial after services at South Pleasant Church. He was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Elsworth Hill.
Titus Leroy Hill son of Ellsworth and Alice Hill was born November 15, 1904 in Pleasant Town Ship Wabash County. After an appendicitis operation at a Delhart Texas hospital followed by pneumonia his life ended January 18 1917 at age 12. He lived in Indiana the first four years then moved with his parents in 1909 to Stratford Texas. He was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church South the Sunday and Junior leagues and the Boy Scouts. Funeral services were led by Rev Singer at South Pleasant and burial followed nearby.
The Hill family expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends for kindness and comforting words during the death and funeral of their son and brother. Mr. and Mrs. Hill and children extend thanks for support.
Rev H M Riggle of Akron will preach Sunday afternoon January 28 at 2 30 in the county room east of the corner drug store. The speaker is described as powerful and the service urged to attend.
Relatives including Mr and Mrs Philip Hill of Logansport Rev T M Hill and family of Ligonier C C Weimer and family of North Manchester and Miss Lula Gamble of Detroit attended the Lenny Bill funeral held at South Pleasant on Monday.
Local residents report very low coal stocks with zero cold spell relief. Fred McKown at the Big Four secured part of a coal car from a distant dealer, but quantities sold out quickly. People travel to Akron and Claypool to fetch coal, risking prolonged shortages and more hauling by nearby teams.
Mr and Mrs H A Martindale and daughter Eunice attended the funeral of Mrs Henry Mow in Rochester on Wednesday.
A large turnout attended the Whittenberger sale with many locals present. S. B. is praised for effective advertising that consistently brings in a crowd.
The domestic science class at Silver Lake High School will hold a box supper on Friday evening February 2 1917 at the school house. Activities include a cake walk candy walks fish pond and music with a prize for the most popular young lady present. Cakes and candy are homemade by the domestic science girls.
The post office interior will receive noticeable changes with a shipment of new fixtures. After twenty five years the old equipment is replaced. a money order and general delivery area, one hundred call boxes, and lock box sections will be installed. Postmaster Potter deserves congratulations for the upgrade.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jane Kroft widow of Aaron Kroft were held at South Pleasant church last Friday forenoon. Kroft died about eight years ago.
On Saturday evening about twenty five of Ruby Sicks friends gathered at the Sicks home south of town to honor her seventeenth birthday. The event was a social gathering with neighbors and friends in attendance.
A brief notice offers Virginia coal and eggs at six dollars fifty cents at the car with inquiry directed to S. B. Flora.
Mrs Frenry Mow died Sunday in Rochester after a brief illness. She became unconscious shortly after illness began and died before all her children reached home. Funeral held in Rochester. Survived by husband and several children. Mr Mow is brother to Mrs E K Martiodale of this place.
George Hammer traveled to Clemens Michigan last Friday to visit his daughter Mrs Bert VanCamp and her family for several weeks.
A large gathering from the area attended the Monday afternoon funeral for Leroy Hill at South Pleasant Church, with many friends and relatives present to pay respects.
Rev. Fryberger conducted the service last Friday afternoon at the brick church west of North Manchester. The funeral drew many sorrowing relatives and friends to pay their respects.
A specialist arrived from South Bend last Saturday to counsel with the local physician regarding the Sherman Rittenhouse case. The meeting aimed to review medical opinions and determine next steps in the ongoing matter.
Dr. Victor C. Faughn dean of the University of Michigan medical school and former AMA president will address the Indiana anti tuberculosis workers conference on January 30 at the Oliver Hotel in South Bend.
The first teachers' examinations of 1917 will be held Saturday January 27 in the Warsaw high school building. Applicants for licenses may substitute a reading circle list from A Civic Biology for physiology and What Children Study and Why for science of education.
Mrs Yocum is gravely ill at her Mentone home after a second paralytic stroke. She is sister to Fred Hines who lives north of town.
Last Saturday at Rev A L Wrights home in North Manchester Arthur Grimes and Susanna Metzger were married. Grimes worked at the John Cass place for years and the bride is daughter of David Metzger. They plan to set up housekeeping on the Snoberger farm southeast of town with Clarence Swthart living there.
Mrs. H A Martindale visited Rochester last week to help care for her sister Mrs. Maggie Ollins who has been ill for some time. She returned home Saturday with Maggie to provide better care and assistance.
Attendee returned home from Garrett after visiting relatives to attend the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Bruce held Sunday January 14. She was 86 and survived by one son one daughter and many other relatives.
A sharp cold snap left streets glazed with ice from Sunday night into Monday. Pedestrian travel proved difficult for days as icy roads and walkways hindered movement after a heavy frost.
Mr and Mrs Emmet Carter of Yellow Creek lake report the birth of a son last Friday night weighing 84 pounds and named Paul Allen.
Two sales arranged in the past week with bills printed for Otis Isley for a sale on arg. 31 and for Clarence Nar who will hold a public sale on bruary 6. Full description and list of the eight items to be sold appear in ads elsewhere in this issue.
A fragment notes two busy spots in town labeled as the busiest places. It highlights crowd levels and activity, with no further details on locations or times.
Early sale season likely to start soon with printing service ready. Plan sales at home by listing articles to avoid forgetting items when in town. A single sheet listing will be recorded and carefully taken in the records.
Mr and Mrs W S Geiger of the south of town area welcome a baby boy born last Friday. Both mother and child are doing well and Dick the new arrival will assist in onion raising duties.
Hugh Snyder, who had been confined to his room in Chicago for two weeks with mumps, was able to resume his studies in school on Monday.
A large portion of households report one to three members ill with severe colds or lagrippe. The writer notes many cases this winter and observes contagion within families as one member falls ill.
An authorized subscription agency announces it can save you money on magazines and periodicals by handling your subscriptions. The notice invites readers to contact the agency before sending in orders to secure savings.
The town expects evening lights soon as power is secured and gas engine repairs near completion. Once connected to a larger plant, twenty four hour service will enable homes and businesses to run small motors and machinery boosting local revenue and property values.
S. Rittenhouse, long ill at the Arthur Hively home west of town, has shown no material change in condition over the past several days.
Several from this place attended the Masons meeting in North Manchester last evening. Several new members were inducted.
John Leffel of the southeast of town, long in serious condition, fell very ill last week and was taken to a Warsaw hospital. He underwent an operation on Wednesday and, at the latest report, was getting along nicely.
Revival services at the M. E. church continue with growing interest as attendance remains substantial and steady across sessions.
Members of the mothers club were entertained Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs Frank Haney. The event featured light refreshments and socializing among attendees.
Mrs W W Hammand entertained members of the embroidery club at her home last Friday, hosting a casual afternoon gathering with sewing projects and social chatter.
The Lutheran aid society gathered today in a meeting with Mrs Margaret Paulus to discuss charitable work and community support efforts.
Community snippets from Silver Creek list Abe Laughman as a butcher, John Flora nursing a toothache, Roy Helser and Ben Laughman cutting wood for Harry Kline, and Isaac Platt improving after grip. J K Bucher on sick list with a severe cold. W C Brady and wife visit from Lonezome Street with Clarence Eber and family from Macy and J S Minear and family of Alexander, North Dakota visiting Sun-
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