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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
2
A local column lists subscription terms and weekly band concerts at Silver Lake. It mentions a sudden injury at a cement plant in Syracuse with amputation, and several rural notes about farming, pricing, and labor. The piece also parodies anecdotes about education, temper, and animal training, ending with a local lumber company advertisement.
Notice to the Public states under the June 30 1907 train service the post office opens at 545 a m and closes at 730 p m except Saturday nights when it stays open until 1130 p m standard time Henry A Ferree Postmaster.
The passage notes that a horse responds to a driver’s mood instantly. An oath or crossword triggers the animal to quicken its pace by ten or fifteen heats. The driver’s thought alone visibly affects the horse even without words or blows.
Miss Lois Miller aged thirteen, two miles northwest of Warsaw, was bitten ten by a rattlesnake Sunday. Dr Shackelford of Warsaw arrived promptly to prevent serious results.
A speculative line invites non subscribers to accept a specimen copy and sign up for a subscription on a trial basis offering options of six months or three months. It frames the reader as a potential convert to a paid plan.
A local notice urges residents to subscribe to the Sinover Lake Record. It notes neighbors hesitate to lend the paper and dislike keeping it away from home when needed.
A brief subscription message urges readers to sign up for the Recogro service claiming ownership once subscribed. The note promotes a simple offer without additional details.
Arthur Getty plans a residence barn on his east town lot. Advertisements show DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills sold by H. P. Rager. Earl Haney and family return from Montpelier Ohio after a ten day visit with Hiram Haney and Jack Burt households. Harper buggies line featured. Alspaugh & Babcock and T. C. McClure ship cattle to Buffalo. Thad and Bud Jontz travel with the cargo. Eastman Kodaks sale and Post Card offerings at the RECORD Office. F D Hayman travels to Van Wert for a relative’s cancer illness. returns Monday. Julia Arthur returns home from Plain Dealer office in Wabash to rest before school.
Advertises twenty ounces of home baked bread for five cents at Pearson's, contrasting with others selling sixteen ounces. Includes period promotional tone and pricing detail.
Advice urges openly expressing love and encouragement while friends are alive not after death. Do not seal alabaster boxes of tenderness until they are gone. Share sweet words and flowers now to refresh and comfort them on life’s rough days.
Dentist Dr James Brooken of Anderson killed near Lafontaine while crossing an interurban track on his way to Silver Lake. He was about 25, leaves a wife traveling to join him. Nearby notices include minor injuries, typhoid death of Mrs George Miller near Sidney, and a funeral at the German Baptist church. Also health product ad and local social notes listing several residents and visitors.
A journalist notes merchants pressuring customers to buy local goods while some colleagues send away for job printing or use materials from patent medicine houses, soap factories, or other firms, undermining trust and reciprocity in the trade.
Don’t forget J. D. Gill for the Nappanee Buggies. They are all that can be desired in high grade buggies with up to date styles. He offers cash sales or exchange for live stock if you prefer.
A threshing machine outfit from the estate of Nathan Garman is offered for sale. Admr Charles E Garman of Goshen Indiana invites inquiries. Hardware store ad lists twenty eight kinds of nails and building supplies for sale and selection.
A public notice informs patrons that light rent will be collected every two weeks through Farmers Bank. Patrons are urged to call and pay promptly. IRA BURE
C V Pepper recalls a dramatic recovery after hemorrhages of the lungs and throat. doctors failed but Dr King's New Discovery brought instant relief, stopped coughing, reduced bleeding, and allowed him to return to work in three weeks. Trial bottles free at Rogers drug store.
The text urges recipients who are not RECORD subscribers to read the copy anyway and consider subscribing, noting it was sent for that purpose to persuade reader conversion. It emphasizes converting readers into subscribers and hints at the promotional nature of the notice.
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