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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1904
Page
4
The item notes a Democratic Township Convention scheduled for Saturday with references to state conventions on Wednesday August 3 and mentions shifting political dialogue. It reports on public sentiment and notes on figures like Henry G. Davis and local events at the Denver Tribune.
Sherman Mickey has resigned as county infirmary superintendency. Commissioners appoint W H Hardman, former court janitor, to fill the vacancy. A Marion mill seeks a new site and Warsaw’s Ten Thousand Club pushes to attract it. The mill would hire about two hundred workers while the World’s Fair adds seventy five electric coin control turnstiles at entry points with a fifty cent operation fee and money changers nearby.
A reader laments scanty local news and notes a smallpox case in William Hatfield's Elkhart home linked to a Nap panee woman, Miss Housouer, thought to have contracted it at a carnival. Health officers monitor to prevent spread as the city rumor mill contrasts with country papers.
A devout shopkeeper confronted a clerk who overcharged a customer. Asked for a Bible quotation to justify the conduct the clerk cited the line Behold he was a stranger and I took him in, revealing the moral lesson in a small local incident.
The state board of education shows an eleven cent rise per pupil in Indiana. The January report listed $1.41 per capita, while the printer’s new report shows $1.52. The rise accounts for growing pupil numbers, though the increase is not large.
The Senate will include five former Cabinet officers when Philander Chase Knox joins it. They are Teller of Colorado who served as Interior Secretary under Arthur, Alger who led War under McKinley, Proctor who was War under Harrison, and Elkins who was Harrison’s appointee.
An August 16 special election will vote subsidies for a Warsaw Goshen electric line. Warsaw Wayne township subsidy set at 25000 with 600 deposited by Winona Assembly to cover election costs. A Goshen election mirrors this plan with 30000 subsidy and funds sent to Elkhart county treasurer.
The Democrats of Lake Township will hold a mass convention at Rogers Hall in Silver Lake on Saturday July 23 at 2 p m to nominate a Township Trustee a Township Assessor and three Advisory Board members Township Chairmen Monroe Paulus and J L Arthur preside
Real estate transfers in Kosciusko County over the past week reported by War saw abstractor Houton O. Frazier include Orrilla J. Fank to Rose A. Wood tract in section 8 Warsaw 8100 and multiple transfers in Milford Mentone Van Buren Etna Harrison Winona Park and other townships with prices ranging from 30 to 181500. Specific deeds cover Perry Clayton Ellen Stont Clemunda Watson Catharine Bartholomew and others with parcels in lots and blocks and additions.
A California preservation note describes tomato butter as a prized relish for meats. To nine pounds of ripe tomatoes add three pounds of sugar a pint of vinegar three tablespoons cinnamon one and a half tablespoons allspice and one tablespoon ground cloves. Cook slowly until thick, with frequent stirring.
A brief household recipe uses two and a half ounces of sugar two eggs two ounces of flour one teaspoon baking powder. Mix then bake five minutes in a tin and spread raspberry jam before rolling. Do not add eggs until just before baking to avoid heaviness.
Peel the fruit remove the eyes and weigh. To each pound of fruit allow a half pound of granulated sugar. Put fruit and sugar in alternate layers in a porcelain lined kettle and bring slowly to the boil. Boil gently for ten minutes then pack the fruit in the cans fill these with the boiling liquid and seal.
Advertising a 20 acre farm listed for sale includes level land a small house a good spring an orchard and access to a mail route and telephone system located four miles southwest of Silver Lake call at Recorp office for details.
The World’s Fair grounds host a separate city of state buildings with diverse architecture and landscaped grounds. Forty-eight states and many territories plan exhibits with a $7,000,000 plus spend, including Missouri’s grand Italian Renaissance palace and Arizona’s small pavilion. Several states display replicas of historic sites and notable homes, from New Orleans Cabildo to Washington’s Morris Town headquarters, with distinctive designs and observatories for visitors.
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