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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
3
In a rural court the judge improvised pens ink and paper from his own funds after discovering no county money was available. A visiting lawyer mocked the court and was fined 25 dollars for contempt. The judge ordered the clerk to supply proper writing materials.
A Chicago Record-Herald quote recounts a theater impresario noting a showgirl with remarkable excuses for lateness. She blamed delayed rehearsals, ill friends, and hotel elevator woes, culminating in a Philadelphia incident when stairs were under repair and a detective ladder saved the day.
A humorous London Scraps tale describes a dinner party where a cook's carving goes wrong as a skewer misfires and a joke about roasted wood silences the table. Willie tries to speak and mutters a cheeky line provoking reactions from family and guests.
The undersigned was appointed executor of the will of Sophia Fruit of Kosciusko County Indiana by the Kosciusko Circuit Court. The estate is probably solvent. William T Banks Executor Isaac E Gingrich Attorney for Executor 228 3b
The fragment records visits and movements of residents including John Hohman and wife at Claypool, Mrs Orla Stoner of Claypool visiting relatives, J W Clink and wife with C M Regenos, Rev Wright from Silver Lake taking dinner at Theodore Parker's home, plus a summer stay note.
A compiled ledger lists names with small outstanding balances for subscriptions printing and advertising. Amounts range from 1.10 to 18.67 dollars, including T. J. Colbert W. E. Colbert Fred Burgraff G. F. Rider Fred Hill John Sausaman and others with varying cents and dollar figures.
A London Chronicle excerpt recalls Hayden in 1846 as two paintings were shown at the Egyptian Hall while General Tom Thumb drew crowds. It cites his diary noting the public frenzy and a 12 000 viewer count, contrasting with later remarks on public taste and insanity.
Job ad seeks a local representative for Silver Lake area to renew and grow a prominent monthly magazine subscription list. Salary and commission offered. experience preferred but not required. Address responses to Pab wee fisher Box 59 Station O New York.
Whistle time hints at a snowy spell and a slow return of news as grass grows. Visitors include E H Hohman and Clayton Lowman in Warsaw, and S A Hohman on a Chaygol trip. Dr S J Snodgrass moves nearby this week. Regenos and Valentine deliver horses at Claypool. Sleigh riding praised. Amber Sands hosts S N Rickel family.
A Milwaukee man recounts a billiards game in a New York hotel where he led 20 to 10, then lost 50 to 15 after a second player wagered that the opponent with a bandaged eye could win. The ruse was revealed when the friend exposed the glass eye.
A mournful exchange unfolds as a sympathetic speaker tells the widow her husband was a good man. The widow replies through tears that he was hard to replace, with a wry remark about not finding another Palaceman to match him. A judge weighs the scene.
A Washington Herald quip features Miss Vanessa reframing a young man’s marriage proposal inquiry. She declines to answer a hypothetical question, saying it should go more fully into details.
In Klondike during midwinter the sun rises from 9:30 to 10 a m and sets from 2 to 3 p m. The discussion references Danber and Egbert praising work with bananas turning from green to yellow within a month.
Fairview reports H C Lowman and S N Bert Rickel visiting the county capitol Saturday. Mrs Zora Reed returned from a visit with relatives. Oliver Smith and family from Springfield Me visit Mrs Smith's mother Mrs Mary Paxton. Protracted meeting continues and all are invited. Fairview attended the Val Hyatt sale. weather mixed with snow and rain.
Harbor Me resident Mrs E D Charlea calls Electric Bitters a neighborhood favorite. The tonic is said to relieve dyspepsia liver and kidney issues nervousness weakness and debility. It acts as a blood purifier and spring medicine sold at Rager's drug store for 50 cents.
Suffering and dollars saved by Bucklen Arnica Salve praised by E. Lopez of Marill New York for healing cuts burns sores and other injuries. Advertised as the best healing salve, 25 cents at Rager's drug store.
Clarence and Warren families visited Blain Warren and wife Sunday. Sylvester Johnston and family visited A Moyer and family. Frank Holliday of Germantown called. An ad offers spring travel to the southwest with land bargains in New Mexico or the Texas Panhandle and low prices from Leroy Leonard.
Ed with William Kern and family of Silver Lake on Sunday. Ed Clink on a business trip to Silver Lake Monday. Blaine Warren seen on our streets Monday. Charles Tucker of Sevastopol did business at Frank Hill place Monday. Ralph Parker will start for Nebraska about the tenth of this month.
A kind Michigan woman, feeding a hungry tramp, defends her hospitality when the visitor complains of the meal. The husband arrives and scolds his son for not reporting the insult, the boy confessing he thought the father had spoken. The tramp’s remark about the meal ends in bravado and pride.
A Bohemian excerpt recalls Tom Simmonds the court crier and a long-ago Jeffersonville subtreasury scene. In 1854 an examiner noted a tavern-adjacent office with glass lighted doors, access through a back passage, and an armed assistant treasurer sleeping in one of two rooms.
The United States Post Office Department orders a subscribers list by April 1 1908 to conform to new second class postage rules. After April first all readers with one year or more unpaid will have the Record withheld from mailing until arrears are settled. The law targets free advertising sheets and similar matter and does not relieve the subscriber from debts.
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