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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
5
Last Thursday evening the HAO band held its first open air concert of the season with a large attendance. The group has practiced hard under Mr. Tully of Claypool as instructor and is now regarded as one of the best small bands in the region. Concerts will continue through the summer and the community is urged to attend and invite friends.
Silver Lake readers are advised that Adler-i-ka mixed with glycerine clears the bowel and could prevent appendicitis. A spoonful is claimed to relieve sour stomach gas and constipation by removing foul matter. J. R. Norman.
Mr and Mrs Iris Smith and their baby visited the Charles and Will Brown homes over the weekend. Mrs Smith formerly Miss Clee Brown daughter of the Brown family here. Chas Hstes made a business trip to Indianapolis. Jackson Platt returned to Pueblo Colorado after visiting relatives. Jd Babcock stopped briefly with the Hay home on return from Champaign Illinois. Elmer Laughman and family spent Sunday in Nappanee with relatives. An advertisement requests an insert in the Record promising payoff.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hively and son Ray with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Kreamer and daughter Mary plus Mrs. Ralph Kreamer and Miss Mary Hathaway spent Sunday at a lake near Rochester. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Y. Kreamer and daughter of Warsaw.
Mrs. and Mrs. Orville Emerick of North Manchester announce the birth of a baby boy on Sunday June 9. Mrs. Emerick is formerly Miss Etta Shireman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Shireman of this place.
Mrs Roy Dillman of Akron visited at the George Helser home southwest of town on Sunday. Local residents Lottie Wissinger Max Morrett Charley Kesling and Ben Laughman called in the afternoon. Mrs J C Hay accompanied her father Mr Babcock to Champaign Monday for Mrs Babcock's remains. The Bitcorp film Over the Top may be shown in Winona July 4 and 5. Mrs A J Hills condition remains unchanged. Miss Marion Swihart visited Romn relatives last Thursday. Walter Hamman conducted business in Chicago Monday. Will S Smith arrived from Loraine Ohio Friday and stayed with his father Samuel Smith and wife through Tuesday. George and Fred Harmon with the Misses Elsie Harmon and Blanche Bodkin of Bonn spent Sunday at the John Flora home southwest of town.
Indiana Governor James P. Goodrich designates Friday June 28 from noon to 10 pm for citizens to pledge and purchase War Savings Stamps. The War Savings Committee will sell stamps and collect pledges through that window to support the national thrift drive for the 1918 war effort.
The president calls for a national thrift movement to boost war production and conserve resources. Citizens should pledge to save, buy Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps, and enlist in a homefront effort ending June 28.
Eleven lodge members serve in U S forces as Knights of Pythias plans a nationwide July week of patriotic events in all subordinate lodges in the United States and Canada. The order, 54 years old, with over 750000 members and 7400 lodges, has funded war relief, Red Cross sewing units, and bond purchases, and its Insurance Department has paid millions to widows and orphans. The Great American Order of Friendship, founded in 1864 in Washington, emphasizes patriotism with flag ceremonies in every lodge.
More than forty Indianapolis bakers, confectioners and restaurant keepers were cited to appear before Dr. Harry E. Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana, for failure to file correct reports and to conform to substitute usage regulations. Many excuses were offered and all were released on parole with promises to reform. Warnings warned that further violations could lead to suspension of federal licenses.
Licenses of Nicholas Prescan and N. K. Manolea of Indianapolis were revoked for failure to report properly and for not using required substitutes on bread and rolls. Wm. Greisinger of South Bend was found to file a false affidavit about sugar purchases, leading Dr. Harry E. Barnard to direct A. B H. Eby to take charge of his business until July 15. Sugar sales are severely restricted and all food providers face strict conservation rules as Hoover urges nationwide compliance.
An appeal urges unregistered voters in Kosciusko county to register soon before the next election. Notices say registration blanks are available through notaries outside Warsaw or at the Warsaw Registration Board. Aaron A. Rasor and Carl Kratzsch sign the plea, warning many may be disfranchised.
Local service Brush and Hanson at the Recorp office Silver Lake advertise as an authorized magazine subscription agency. They offer to save time and money by handling subscriptions and provide a Money Saving Magazine Clubs catalogue upon request.
The stockholders of Peoples Mutual Telephone Company will hold their annual meeting in Silver Lake on Tuesday July 9 1918 at nine o’clock a.m. to elect officers for the ensuing year and transact any other business. E Braude Secretary June 21 1918.
James Meloy offers Bliss Native Herb Tablets for rheumatism indigestion and kidney derangements. 200 doses priced at 1 dollars left for sale at the Record Office in Silver Lake.
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