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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1904
Page
1
Strewflowers Upon the Graves of Departed Comrades. A Memorial Sermon by Rev. Kain at the U B Church highlighted patriotic duty. He cited that 94,046 of 94,072 Union prisoners refused to surrender. The sermon honored old soldiers and national devotion.
Monday forenoon services at Silver Lake drew a well attended crowd despite threats of bad weather. Rev. Luke opened with prayer and Rev. Sarah gave a patriotic address urging lasting love of country and duty to educate children in patriotism. flowers and flags were laid on graves at the cemetery.
The South Pleasant Church Decoration Services in the afternoon drew a very large attendance. Rev. W. H. Rittenhouse of Bremen opened with prayer, followed by Rev. G. B. Work of the Wabash Methodist Church delivering a long address. The Union choir from Silver Lake supplied music and many Silver Lake soldiers and citizens attended. The service closed with a benediction by Rev. Rittenhouse.
Mr and Mrs Frank Metheny attended the intimate dinner last Sunday honoring Jesse Metheny of New Waverly. The repast was served at the home of Mr and Mrs Will Hand in Argos. Guests departed wishing the newly married couple a long and happy life. Jesse Metheny is a brother to Frank Metheny of this place.
Amber Sands found ice and frozen muck on May 27 and 28 while opening the east side ditch at Mudlake. The south side remained unreliably warmed by spring sunshine, illustrating the season’s unusual weather conditions.
The Rager family reunion gathered eighty two relatives and about forty invited guests at Stout carriage warehouse for a grand repast. A business meeting at Mrs Frank Rager's rooms elected a new committee with George Rager of Laketon as president. The next reunion is set for the last Thursday of May 1905 in Laketon.
Precinct caucuses are set for Saturday at 2 o clock in the county townships to choose delegates for the Republican county convention at Winona Lake on June 7. Lake township earns 35 delegates and Clay township 39.
The Epworth League of the Methodist Church will host a Smelling Social at the M E Parsonage on Friday evening June 3. The event aims to revive social ties among church members and friends and invites all to attend. William Drudge of south of Akron is reported in serious condition after a paralytic stroke. details are not yet known.
The record shows 6 787 454 010 cigars drawn from warehouses for consumption last year, averaging over ninety per person. There were 3 254 183 330 cigarettes smoked, up 357 213 403 from the prior year, reflecting a similar rate of increase. Subscribe for the Recorp. $1.
The American Flag Association urges June 14 Flag Day recognition with display of the flag everywhere. School exercises and programs should be arranged. Ralph E. Prime serves as president and Theodore Fitch as secretary. headquarters are in New York.
A farmer shares a method to deter rats and mice across barns and grain stores. He recommends sprinkling sulphur on barn floors and through corn as it is gathered, claiming it prevents infestations and does not harm corn for bread. The note emphasizes the effectiveness across hay oats and stored grain.
The Indiana democratic state convention is moved from July 20 to August 3 to allow editors to join the editors excursion to Canada.
Public schools in Indiana will adopt new textbooks next term as the state board of education orders replacements. The change includes new primary geography, revised readers, altered arithmetics, and the Walsh series, replacing McGuffey with several old style writing books to be reinstated.
The year 1903 in Indiana recorded 33 892 total deaths. Violent deaths were 2 490 and pneumonia caused 2 195 deaths. Tuberculosis 4 063, typhoid 1 012, dysentery 1 449, cancer 17, and smallpox 195.
The obituary depicts a man who adopted a strict health regimen including skipping lunch and meals, walking ten miles daily, abandoning tea and coffee, giving up meat and vegetables, and sleeping outdoors. He dies and rests beneath the sod.
Graduation exercises are set for 1 pm Saturday June 4 at Winans Park Auditorium. The Clay and Lake Townships class roll lists students such as Edna Keplinger Dawn Warner Allee Grace Wilson Ethel Shaltz Trella Wise Lalah Stoner Faun Worley Fay Newby Orla Stoner Mattie Dick Cazar P Shaltz Elva Heckman Eddie Cauffman Thurlow Shoemaker Bertha Scott Edith Goshert Nettie Brown Ruth Dorsey Roy Sprigg Ernie Carr Jessie Ferree Fernault Dot Wiltroat Hazel Rittenhouse Walter Clink Moral Tillman among others.
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