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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
5
The column lists visits and gatherings around Silver Lake and Claypool with locals like Mike Cauffman, John Deaton, Pearl Fike, Artie Carr, and Miss Emma Shoemaker. It notes band activity, crop reports, housing remodels, and community small talk, plus editorial remarks on hogs and local commerce and a July flood claim adjuster’s busy period.
The notice touts the Banner Natural Preserving Process for meats vegetables berries butter eggs poultry game fish and more claiming to keep食品 in natural condition without spoilage. After eight years of testing it reportedly preserves flavor and form for any length of time and offers family savings. Full information is available from John L. Sausaman at R F D 2 Claypool Indiana.
Citizens must choose between a rotting vegetable fish pond harboring turtles snakes and frogs or pursuing proper drainage of the west side low land with Town Board and Trustees aid. Urge written complaints to the County Board of Health and circulate a petition for immediate drainage action to protect health.
A Silver Lake maid of thirty summers asked a minister if marriages are made in heaven during a week of severe illness. The minister affirmed the belief, prompting her to tell the doctor not to return. A remark about Frank Yeoman saying the matter could have been discussed earlier appears in the fragment.
The Indiana Traction Company filed incorporation papers for 5 million dollars in Marion county last week. The territory covers about half the state with lines to Kosciusko and adjoining counties and the cities of Wabash North Manchester and Warsaw. Silver Lake and Claypool are expected to join, with all towns connected by electric line within twelve months.
A commodious residence costing at least six thousand dollars will be erected on the old Cal Lucas farm four miles east of Claypool. Miss Sherwood of Illinois owns the farm and plans substantial improvements. Construction on the foundation is underway and the completed house will enhance the property value and improve the worn appearance since Mr. Lucas relinquished the estate.
Sheriff O P Smith questions Lucy Heckman near Wareaw County Infirmary about a roan horse drawn trap and a couple sought for an offense. Lucy recalls a lady in turquoise blue Mohair jacket with lace trim and pearl buttons and a satin straw hat and hydrangea adornments.
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