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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
1
At about one this Thursday morning A H Bowen barber shop owner found his shop burgled with razors clippers and other valuables missing through a back door. J W Ferrerda on the street reported the Erwin grocery door was found open but nothing was taken. Suspected burglars were seen in town and frightened away after hearing someone on the walk.
Dr. J C Hay and his family spent Monday at Lake Wawasee and attended the regular monthly meeting of the County Dental Association. They reported a most pleasant time.
Farmers have been very busy, getting rye harvested, core laid by, and oats in shock. Many have hay made and threshing hums in the area, with rye yields described as very satisfactory.
Word arrives that Henry Stanley husband of Felda McGlennen Stanley died very suddenly at his home in Connecticut on June 15. He had visited here on several occasions.
From Oklahoma Ed. Shipley of Lawton Oklahoma visited friends in Silver Lake this week. He came to Indiana a week ago and stayed with the family of his brothers C. W. Shipley northwest of Claypool and W. Shipley of Claypool.
A harvest meeting is planned two miles east of town at the Church of the Brethren. Sunday school will be held at the usual hour, followed by preaching, a basket dinner, and an arranged afternoon program.
Genie Yates and family from Disko visited town yesterday for a short time. Mr. Yates, a section foreman on the Bitie, is taking a week’s vacation and was en route to Warsaw for a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs William Yates.
Miles Clark, a former resident and longtime grocer in North Manchester, has been operating a store here while planning to relocate to Farmella County to pursue a farm venture. He will sell his current business and relocate after final arrangements.
Warren Martin aged 87, Civil War veteran, died at his daughter Rose Bolinger’s home in North Manchester. Funeral held Sunday afternoon. Survived by five children: Jesse, Dorsey, Mrs. W. H. Ward, Frank, and Rose, plus many relatives and friends. Granddaughter Selah Martin resides locally.
The L. B. Brodge family returned to their Wabash home the first of the week after a week at Yellow Creek. They were accompanied by the L. M. Burdge family of Tipton.
In Toledo M M Rager formerly of this place uses an auto truck with a belt pulley to run a circular saw and power a home wood yard. With his 12 year old son Harold as chief engineer they have produced 45 cords of wood for their furnace using waste wood from wagon factories as raw material.
A camp meeting at Simon Shultz farm three and a half miles southeast of Claypool begins August 1 with Union Sunday School at 9 30 a.m. followed by preaching. Basket dinner at noon and evening sermons at 8 00. Additional services every evening through August 8 and the following week. All are invited.
A probable new Indiana law would mandate mirrors on trucks when rear view is obstructed by large loads. The change aims to improve safety for road users and reduce blind spots on heavy vehicles.
Mrs Minnie Rittenhouse visited with her brother W B Kis singer and family for a few days at the start of the week after a several weeks stay with relatives in Colorado.
A.F. Meinert of the Big Four station area threshed a trifle under three acres of Alsac clover and gathered eleven bushels twenty eight pounds. With seed at about twenty five dollars per bushel this yields a tidy income from the farm. Last year he had eight acres of Alsac but made hay instead. The seedless field also provides good cattle pasture and resists freezing.
South Bend will host the opening of the Democratic presidential campaign in Indiana with a state rally between August 19 and September 1. Ohio's James Middleton Cox and Franklin D Roosevelt will be the speakers at the event.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. McClure of Natchey Mississippi with Mrs. Dara Terry of Rochegger and Mrs. Ruth Clemmens of Chicago visited Sunday at T. C. McClure’s home and called on friends in Sliver Lake after a few days at Windna.
The Pickel Salting Station opened this week under Hollice Brown. Prospects point to a strong season as many bushels will be shipped to the local station. Joseph Swihart delivered the first lot, over a half bushel, yesterday.
Members of the carpenters union and families of Wabash will hold a picnic at Myrtle-Glen park on Wednesday of next week. About two hundred are expected and they will bring around forty gallons of ice cream for the afternoon.
Dayton C. Harter, lifelong North Manchester resident and former telegrapher on the W M and M line now part of the Big Four, died at his home Thursday evening after three years of ill health. Funeral was Sunday afternoon and was well attended. He is survived by his mother, three daughters, and a grandson.
Interchurch World Movement reports America has a high divorce rate, with urban residents showing more marital dissolution than rural areas. From 1887 to 1906 divorces rose from 27 919 to 72 062, while population grew 30 percent. The study links the surge to social changes affecting families.
Henry Zinmaster formerly lived east of North Webster returns after thirty years to claim a share of his deceased brother Fred Zinmaster of Topeka. He traveled widely including Siberia Canada and Alaska and recently lived in Seattle Washington.
Rev W B Freeland District Superintendent will deliver a sermon at the M E Church this place Sunday evening August 1 at 8 oclock Communion services follow the preaching Prayers and teachers meetings are held in the church each Tuesday evening
Two cottages are under construction this week at the park. Ulrich Brothers of Kokomo are building one and expect occupancy within days, while a Mr Banker of Indianapolis is erecting a second two story brick cottage with basement for winter use. Ground was broken Monday and two car loads of brick have arrived.
Several witnesses from this place traveled to Warsaw last Sunday to see the game between Warsaw and North Manchester. The Warsaw team won with a 6 to 3 score.
August 8 9 and 10 Chautauqua events will be presented by International Chautauquas in our city. Two entertainments daily promise top talent and good value. The event is nonsectarian and nonpolitical, aimed at all residents, with season tickets available at local businesses.
Painting crew Hara Homman Frank Kreis and S F McKrill started Monday on the outside woodwork of the school house in this place.
Harry Rice, who works in a drug store and lives near Yellow Creek Lake, has accepted a job at the Norman drugstore and will remain employed there until the opening of school this fall.
James Decker erected a fine monument on the Self sot in Lakeview cemetery Tuesday at the graves of Sidner J Self and Louisa Self his wife.
Local farmers stored wheat for a $3.00 market price but ultimately sold it for 10 to 20 cents less than the offer. The report notes several producers in the area reached lower prices than anticipated.
Short note from W. E. Wood at the Marion soldiers home reports gradual improvement after two weeks in hospital. He praises the home as a very nice place and says they have treated him well, though he has been confined to his room most days with little to say about the place beyond that.
The Seward Detective Association held its annual social at H. L. Oldfather’s home west of town. About 175 people attended a program with invocation Psalms and prayers, songs, an address on patriotism, a humorous reading, poems, violin music, recitations, and a final Irish themed song. The event ended with a long table of cakes banana desserts and ice cream, and no incidents were reported.
Charles R. Jones a Pennsylvania railroad conductor from Fort Wayne paid a $26.30 fine in Warsaw for shooting a yellow hammer bird at Chapman Lake. The affidavit states he unlawfully killed the bird with a rifle he held at the time. The minimum fine was $10 plus costs.
Miss Marybelle Warren, who had been employed in Michigan for the past year or more, is now at home visiting with her family.
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