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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
2
The notice highlights excellent wheat yields and a looming corn bumper while recounting recent local events. It mentions a major strike in Chicano, significant fatalities on a national holiday, community efforts for cleanup, and varied town updates from residents and businesses.
Local notes report chickens wandering and neighborly suspicions linked to a prior incident with two darkeys. Erastus Pinkley is quoted in a clipping about a chicken for dinner and foreclosure taunts. Mentone visitors, a family reunion in Argos, and a Sunday ball game at Arwes ball park are also mentioned.
Frank Lowery a rural carrier on Route 6 out of North Manchester became gravely ill Tuesday while on duty. Doctors report little if any chance of recovery. The text also includes an advertisement for SA SFORITEA bearing the slogan You Have Always Bought and notes it is sold by Claypool Lumber Co.
The Big Four runs two Winona excursion trains to the Morin Band Concert. On Wednesday August 9 the northbound train leaves at 1:00 a.m. returning to Warsaw by 7:15 p.m. Round trip including admission costs 60 cents. On Friday August 11 a second excursion departs north at 7:07 p.m. and returns to Warsaw at 10:30 p.m. Round trip with admission charges applies.
The ordinance prohibits firing or discharging guns, pistols, or explosives within Silver Lake town limits. Exemptions require written board permission stating purpose and time limits. Offenders face misdemeanor charges with fines from one to fifty dollars. The ordinance takes effect as an emergency after passage.
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