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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
1
A message arrives from a Silver Lake youth now serving with Uncle Sam overseas. The letter notes his duty and thoughts of home as he performs his military service abroad.
Wilbur W. Miller, from Camp Hempstead New York, writes from Somewhere in England on January 2 1918 describing calm seas on the ocean crossing. He praises grand rolling countryside hamlets and a castle before leaving to return letters and newspapers.
Walter Sunday traveled from Indianapolis to Chicago to accept a railroad position and stayed with his brother James Sunday and Emily from Saturday through Monday night.
Parched cornmeal forms the base of a wheatless biscuit recipe. Hirst browns one half cup cornmeal then mixes with peanut butter, water and salt. The hot mixture is stirred into the meal, beaten and dropped as 16 biscuits to bake in an ungreased pan. Each biscuit contains about one sixth ounce of protein.
The second heatless Monday arrived and many shops closed all day while others shut at noon. Restaurants stayed open but only served meals and no sales occurred. Eight more such Mondays are scheduled.
Mr and Mrs Walter Loucks of Elkhart are moving to Alliance Ohio where they will establish their future home Mr Loucks will work on a railroad in Alliance.
Mrs. George Callison died at her Claypool home Tuesday evening after a period of illness. She was over 65 and is survived by her husband two brothers Thomas and George Dick and a sister in the west who has come to attend the funeral. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the U B Church with burial in the I O O F cemetery.
Government launches a seed corn canvass to balance seed shortages in the corn belt for 1918. Solicitors listed by township will collect each farmer's acreage and seed holdings, matching shortages with surpluses. Cards available at the Commercial State bank. contact W. H. Kern for details. Completion date set for February 4, 1918.
A coal famine relief program delivered two cars of coal, both hard and soft, in quantities under a ton. Fuel administrators gave priority to families with no fuel and those with little supply, while woodlot access was denied during the relief effort.
Earl Haney former dispatcher and train master with the Big Four moves to Las Vegas New Mexico to take a dispatcher post with the Santa Fe lines. He travels with wife Mrs. Earl Haney and daughter Audrey from Montpelier Ohio to visit family before settling in. Housekeeping will be light and goods shipped and stored locally.
The text urges leveraging influence with the festive groundtour to secure warm weather early for an appearance on February 2. It suggests it may help him conserve more fuel than Dr Garfield.
An revived recipe for corn muffins used in New York hotels. It lists ingredients: one quart milk six ounces butter substitute twelve ounces light syrup or honey four eggs salt two ounces baking powder one and a half pounds cornmeal and one and a half pounds rye flour. Mix butter and syrup then add eggs gradually. Add milk then rye flour with cornmeal and baking powder.
Wednesday was tag your shovel day in Indiana as students filled shovels with tags to promote coal conservation. Shortages left many shovels untagged while officials expected more tags to arrive and continue the effort.
Indiana women will register for patriotic service beginning April 19 for ten days. Mrs. Anna Studebaker Carlisle and her committees plan and train registrars for the event as they organize the effort.
Jurors selected for the February term include Russel Jontz of Seward township among the petit jury members. The slate lists local residents chosen to serve on the panel for the upcoming court session.
The piece questions how ordinary people will respond when their coal supplier offers early coal delivery next spring. It explores consumer hesitation and possible trends in pre buying energy supplies.
Longtime Peru area resident Miss Carrie Barrett Baker died last Thursday in South Bend after a short illness. Funeral held in Peru Saturday with interment in Peru Cemetery. She married Thomas Baker of Peru in 1913 and had lived with relatives here after moving to South Bend.
The board of trustees of Silver Lake will hold a regular session tomorrow Friday evening. In all probability there will be important business matters on the agenda.
Dr and Mrs Kulp returned to their Adel Iowa home the latter part of last week after a three week visit with relatives. Mrs Kulp is a sister to Dr Hay.
Union official reports that Oldfather was summoned to Wa bash Wednesday to take the selective draft examination. He registered in Wabash last June and is listed in Wabash county records.
Large turnout Sunday at the M. E. church forenoon and evening sermons preached by Rev. Marble district superintendent. The messages were described as very interesting and well received by the congregation.
E Braude returned home the first of the week from New York where he had been for several weeks attending to business matters.
A wartime appeal urges readers to exchange 25 cents for thrift stamps to support meat conservation and fund government efforts. The message frames the act as a double service aiding conservation of red meats and financing the war.
Word from Mrs Phillip Moor visiting earlier with sister Mrs Ira Burk says she now lives with her son George in Nebraska. The Moor family had smallpox except Mrs Moor. all have recovered and the quarantine is removed.
James R. Frazer Federal Food Administrator for Indiana urges patriotic compliance with Hoover war food rules. Wheatless Monday and Wednesday, one wheatless meal daily, meatless Tuesday, porkless Saturday, one meatless meal daily, and sugar and fat saving encouraged. Kosciusko County praised for willingness to abide by the program as a matter of wartime support for troops and allies.
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