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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
8
Nickel Plate and Big Four Railroads advertise low summer rates to points along their routes. The notices indicate special fare discounts and travel options for travelers planning vacations this season.
Nickel Plate Road posts excursion fares for July travel including one fare round trip within 200 miles and to cities west with June and July sale dates. Special church meet rates, convention trips, and long distance tours listed with sale start days and return limits. agents in Fort Wayne Indiana listed for details.
Fare notices show a new round trip price structure on the Bic Four Route, replacing the old fare with a centralized pricing scheme. Transit officials indicate the move aims to simplify tickets and boost rider use across intercity segments.
A damaged notice outlines sale dates July 3 and 4 with goods to be sold and returns allowed through July 6, indicating a limited time window for purchase and refund.
Local Kokomo notices announce one and one third fare for the chautauqua event with tickets on sale August 1 to 16. Return travel is good on day sold and includes August 11 as last valid return date.
One fare for round trip from Aug 12 to Sept 7 for Culver Indiana event. Tickets on sale Aug 11 to Sept 9. Good going on day sold and good to return through Sept 9.
Island Park assembly in Rome City runs July 10 to August 13 with tickets available July 9 to August 13 and valid through August 15. Local organizers announce access details for residents and visitors.
A Logansport Indiana Elks Carnival event is confirmed with a return date of August 30 after an August 21 start. Organizers urge community attendance and note activities staged throughout the period.
A transit note from Winona Lake lists service via Big Four and Electric By offering a 50c round trip pass valid for 15 days.
A rail carnival round trip departs Bt Wayne Indiana with a return window from July 28 to August 2, ending on August 2. The ticket covers a round trip and notes travel dates for the excursion.
The Mentone Citizens Band, with eighteen members, is praised as a source of town pride. Members are described as good musicians with fine manners and deportment, and the new uniforms are noted as a significant point of pride for the band.
July 4 events loom in Onur with sister city ties to Akron while Wabash county’s Sunday School ran a Winona Lake excursion yesterday. Rural carriers get the 4th off. readers see wry humor about aging, hats, and public life amid local notices and a forthcoming subscriber list.
Birth announced a girl to Mr and Mrs Abner Church hill. Mr Clinker builds barn addition and Mrs O Clinker visited Sunday with Dorsey Clinker family. Akron men Henry and Moses Landis seen on the streets Tuesday. Several families hosted and visited Sunday and last week at Rock lake. Rev Tatman preached Sunday evening with regular services and prayer meetings announced.
Civil service examination will be held in Fort Wayne today and tomorrow and Saturday June 26 and 27 to select school teachers for service in the Philippine Islands. Salaries range from 900 to 1200 dollars annually.
Fragmentary lines suggest a claim that New Life Pills offer fast relief or escape for those in distress. The text mentions flowers and a warning about leaving quickly, but details are unclear and unverified.
Business men of Silver Lake sign an agreement to close their stores at 10 a.m. July 4 1903 and stay closed the rest of the day except restaurants which close from 12 noon to 5 p.m. to let clerks and proprietors spend the day away from business. Names listed include Farmers Bank John Fitton Charles Rager Rager & Son Leonard & Alspaugh Smith & Pearson Commercial Bank Dickey & Sons W. A. Swihart Stout & Son Hiram Rager Edson Wiley Ed Snoke Leonard & Bowen Brush & Hanson.
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