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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
1
An excursion train from Ander son backed into a car being loaded with wheat at Big Four station. A wheat conveyer shot forward smashing nearly all windows on the coach side and injuring two passengers with glass. Conductor Kerg led the train. the rear brakeman was not identified.
F M Downing and family along with Noval Pottinger and Miss Ditsy Fox of Claspool faced two tire problems on a Wabash round trip Friday. A puncture near Ruselik and a second burst on North Jefferson Street caused about a half hour total delay, repaired with inner tubes from local auto experts Fitton and Heiser.
Captured large red winged hawks killed by GA. McClure last week after preying on Tpetis poultry for some time. Both birds measured about fifty inches wingspan and twenty four and a half inches from beak to tail tip.
The four year old son of Mr and Mrs George Rider was taken to Dr Cary’s office last Saturday with pain near the collar bone. Doctors found the bone broken and needed to be broken again to properly reduce the fracture. The injury came from a fall off a clover bullet he had climbed the previous Sunday.
Henry Stanley of Providence R. I. wed Felda McGlennen of Silver Lake at Rev Alfred N Backnes home in North Manchester. The ceremony occurred July 9 at 7 36 p m with departure for home on the 8 00 train after a telegram said the groom's mother was ill. The couple planned a later wedding but moved it up due to family illness.
Carey Knoup, a well known farmer from near Claypool, was moved to Hope hospital in Fort Wayne for appendicitis surgery. He died there Tuesday afternoon. The body was brought to Claypool Wednesday morning and buried at Mt. Pleasant after a funeral today. He leaves a wife and five children.
The notice states that ditch banks must be cleared of brush and weeds and cutting done in July. It assigns responsibility to landowners through whose property the ditch runs to perform the cleanup during July. C. Leroy Leonard Trustee.
A remark contrasts the hardness of a church pew with the comfort of an opera house chair. The observation highlights comfort variance between two wooden seating types in cultural venues.
In a Sunday ball game at Silver Lake the Summitville team was blanked for four innings while Silver Lake raced to a 7 to 1 victory. Summitville players were praised for their sportsmanship and effort though Silver Lake showed stronger fielding and hitting on the day.
A rustic moral tale parodies care over cars and status. A man with Autoitis envies rich neighbors and laments speed while his wife reacts to wives fashionable displays. A Goshen figure guides him toward restraint. Continued on page 2.
The Misses Blackburn and Swick of Fulton will open millinery goods in rooms once occupied by Dr. Leckrone above the Hiram Rager store in Silver Lake. A date for the opening will be announced in the RECORD. Watch for it.
A proverb-like reflection on humble learning and sharing ideas. It suggests wise people gain insight for personal benefit and also value contributions from others, regardless of status or poverty. The message encourages openness to new ideas from any source.
Grandpa Wiltrout reportedly did not eat for seventeen days and began eating again on day eighteen after an inner prompt. He says he felt better from the start, slept well, and remains weak but fine overall.
E. Maurer suffered a sun stroke about ten o clock yesterday while at work on the Braude building concrete foundation. He remained in a serious condition through the afternoon but had improved notably by this morning.
Akron will meet Silver Lake on the Silver Lake diamond Sunday August 2 in a scheduled ball game. The Akron team, after recent reorganizations, aims to prove it can challenge the visiting squad and provide an engaging contest for local fans.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Brooks of Marion announce a colored camp meeting at Myrtle-Glenn Park starting August 6 for over two Sundays. Rev J Russel Harvey of Allen Temple Church Marion leads with Rev Calvin Brooks assisting. Jubileee singers include Leslie Wallace John West Lenie Burden and others. Services all day and evening Sundays with concerts each night.
The Claypool Lumber and Coal Co advertises best shingles at 350 to 375 pounds per thousand, urging customers to buy now at this price and emphasizing limited availability.
Rushville Republican reports a new pest in Rush County wheat. Charles A. Frazee's grain appeared unusually dirty as elevator workers found hard wood like straw and larvae in seed recesses. Experts fear unknown insect may threaten crop yields.
County board of education in Warsaw with Superintendent Edson Sarber plans opening day September 14. Most teachers are expected to be secured by then though Sarber still receives many letters about a feared shortage. He has fifty unanswered replies and seeks top teachers from a flood of applications.
An advertisement touts Cement Brick as always on hand and superior to common red brick. It claims resilience to fire water and weather, aging to harden and cost less than red brick, and notes manufacture and sale by a listed source.
The passage argues the public cares little for competing offices under a national administration, preferring capable, honest men in posts of public duty. It contrasts voters with professional politicians seeking patronage and calls for a square deal and fair play for all.
H L Oldfather drove his auto near Yellow Creek lake to turn around on a fifteen to twenty foot embankment. The vehicle tipped over the edge, rolled down the grade, and landed right side up with Oldfather still in the seat. Dr Cary accompanied him but left before the tumble finished.
Roy Massena former deputy treasurer under J J Babcock was arrested in Indianapolis and brought to Warsaw for trial on grand larceny and embezzlement charges related to a $1500 shortage in Babcock s ditch account. Bond set at 1900 with personal $10 000 bond provided by five Pierce County residents.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Center U B Church north of town will host an ice cream supper on the church lawn Saturday evening. All are invited.
The Claypool Loober & Co. offers best Portland cement at a rare low of $1.60 per barrel, a price never so affordable before.
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