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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
4
The piece notes rising stench from Equitable graft and asserts advertising attracts the other party. It mentions testing of warning apparatus, a mining magnate Scott visiting Chicago, a poultry protection law with fines, and state smallpox reports in Indiana. A joke about a watch stopping due to a bedbag and bedbugs closes the item.
Several farmers report wheat in shock sprouting after recent rains and warm cloudy days. If widespread this could mean some loss to farmers due to sprouting grains reducing quality and market value.
The board of Trustees passes a new ordinance aimed at stopping rough street play by boys. It urges readers to study the provisions and comply, noting enforcement will follow.
Local farmers expected a dry March and prepared low grounds for corn. Instead a heavy rain fell, hindering drying plans and requiring adjustments to the crop layout as floods or wet fields affected harvesting.
A poetic plea asks for guidance to run life’s course without stopping and requests Ten Commandments as a schedule. It envisions finishing on time and being welcomed at the final station by the universe’s superintendent to receive entrance to eternal happiness.
The article lauds Elihu Root for accepting the role as Secretary of State after John Hay's death. It highlights his prior leadership as Secretary of War, organizing the army, creating a general staff, and reforming officer training. It credits his work on Cuban affairs, the Alaska boundary arbitration, and his trusted advisory role to President Roosevelt, noting his calm temper and influence in cabinet deliberations.
Warsaw churches begin union services on Sunday evenings with prominent ministers secured and special music planned for each session.
Paris reports a discovery labeled a diamond cure for consumption and pneumonia in the latest news. A Tennessee man from Warlear credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Coughs and Colds with a 14 year cough ending after use. Corner drug store offers 50c bottles with a guaranteed cure and a free trial bottle.
The town board adopts an ordinance to remove and abate nuisances within Silver Lake. Residents are urged to comply to avoid conviction and trial, and officials are instructed to enforce town laws strictly.
The Detroit Tribune shares a prayer attributed to a veteran Lake Shore conductor Dan Ketebama. The plea asks guidance for safe passage on the rails using lamp and Bible as symbols, seeks prudence, firm couplings, and guidance to avoid sidings and danger.
The 1905 Silver Lake Indiana ordinance enumerates nuisance offenses including offensive premises, dumping of unsound matter, vandalism to public wells, maintaining filthy premises, unlawful missiles at property, and health hazards. It prescribes fines up to fifty dollars and authorizes town officers to enforce and remove nuisances with costs recoverable in civil action.
President William Price and trustees E Brande and T B Evens were listed along with Clerk J C Babcock Treasurer John Haney and Marshal. The regular meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings each month.
C Towns of Rat Portage Ontario Canada reports great benefit from Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. He praises the product as mild and effective for stomach disorders and recommends it to others. For sale by Zimmerman. The Whitley County Bank is organized at South Whitley with capital stock of 10000 dollars.
Mrs Annie Hunter of Pittsburg Pennsylvania recalls four weeks ill with typhoid and kidney trouble. She credits Electric Bitters with restoring health and strength enabling her to walk upright again. The ad proclaims guaranteed cure for stomach liver and kidney disorders at the corner drug store. The celery crop near Goshen is set to exceed last year with shipments more than double.
B F Leek of Concord Kentucky says a twenty year lip sore caused great pain and hindered eating until Bucklen's Amica Salve cured it. He praises it for burns cuts and wounds and notes it is sold at Corner Drug Store for 25 cents.
An old classified notice promotes Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy urging immediate purchase from Zimmerman. It stresses urgency and potential life saving value for buyers.
All who owe money acknowledge dues and are urged to call and settle the accounts promptly.
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