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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
4
Advertising rates are published on application. All ads run until ordered out. Copy for ads must reach the office by Wednesday noon. Obituaries addresses resolutions write ups and entertainments with admission charges cost two cents per line in advance. Abbreviated memorial notices are accepted free. Cards of Thanks up to ten lines cost 25 cents.
The United States Senate is in a special session next Tuesday March 17 as rural mail carriers work overtime. Roads have not been this bad in decades, changing with the era of drivers since forty to fifty years ago.
On Sunday March 8 at the United Brethren parsonage in Barket the marriage of William Snake of Claypool and Elizabeth Reed of near Claypool occurred with Rev. O J Miner officiating. They will reside in Claypool. The Record extends congratulations.
The quarterly meeting is set for March 14 and 15 at the Methodist church in this place. A quarterly conference will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday with preaching by Rev. E L Semmons of Wabash. All are invited to attend the services.
Mrs W Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio reports a severe pneumonia and cough on her child improving after using Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption. The family cites a transformation praised as the only sure cure for colds and lung diseases with claims of free bottles and a sale price.
Month ending March 6 1903 shows Room 1 with 24 pupil days attendance 462 days absence 18 attendance 96 and 0 tardy cases under Mrs Anglin. Room 2 reports 38 pupils 687 attendance days and 25 absences 4 tardy with Miss Leffel. Room 3 lists 41 pupils 727 attendance and 61 absences 3 tardy with 2 tardy pupils. Room 4 records 33 pupils 6103 attendance 344 absences 947 attendance percentage 10 tardiness 7 tardy with H F Aduddel.
A search uncovered a buggy tracks leading to the accused two named parties. They confessed, were taken to Warsaw, pled guilty to larceny, and bond placed for court appearance. One suspect is a widower with grown children. the other has a wife and four children. Termination of penal life appears favorable.
The McKinley Memorial Postmaster Ferree received a limited supply of certificates prepared by the McKinley National Memorial Association. The artful certificate features Mrs. McKinley’s likeness of her husband, plus images of the McKinley home in Canton and the White House for contributors to the monument fund.
The Akron home talent company presented Border Land at the Akron Opera House last Saturday. Despite bad weather and rough roads, attendance was good and locals received the troupe kindly, though receipts did not cover expenses.
A Union Young Peoples Meeting will be held at the United Brethren Church on Sunday evening March 15. The subject is Christ teaching trust from Matthew 6 19 to 34 with solos duets and quartette and a general discussion of the evening lesson. Everybody come.
A leak in a tank on a gasoline stove at a barber shop caused brief excitement yesterday morning. Soldered parts melted but the fuel did not ignite and the flames were extinguished without serious damage or injury.
Township trustees meet in Warsaw to schedule countywide graduation exams on Saturday March 21 at Yellow Creek lake Claypool and related sites. Commencement ceremonies will be held at Winona park on Saturday June 6.
A breeder advertises Mohawk and Modoc Prince a matched pair of draft stallions for sale near Beaver Dam at Hollis Tucker's barn. Mohawk weighs 1830 pounds and Modoc Prince is a dark gray of strong draft and quality. He invites breeders to inspect and notes proven colts and high-grade dam lines.
A compile of local notes listing residents seen or ill, people traveling, a marriage, arrests for stealing meat and flour, community visits and upcoming departures. Names include A Hobbman Fred Hines Will Hoffman Sylvester Warren J F Alexander William Wire Mrs Bell Margaret Newcomer Mrs S A Hohman George Brooner Day Lowman Grandpa Hohman Ed Hohman Ella Hommay Fern Wells William Snake Elizabeth Reed Miner Burket Ragennes Miller trial and Michigan work plans.
Mary Brandenburg will hold a public sale at her farm residence two miles south and a mile west of Packerton on the Abe Brandenburg farm. Items include worn head horses three head of cattle three dozen chickens 150 bushels corn 12 bushels potatoes household goods and other articles. Usual terms with eight months time.
An advertisement from Chicago firm E. C DeWitt & Co promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles eczema cuts burns and skin diseases. It warns against counterfeit copies and urges customers to ask for the genuine DeWitt's.
Saturday program lists Devotional Exercises by Rev. H L Greenawalt. Systematic Methodology by Mr Scoles Dickens as an Educator. Miss Clink Horsce Mann. Mr Valentine. Side Lights on American History by Miss Leffel. History of Education by H F Aduddell.
The Deceased Soldiers Free Individual asks friends to provide full name rank company date of death and cemetery for soldiers buried without headstones at Silver Lake area cemeteries. Submissions to J J Bascock or G A Brush at the RECORD office will prompt free headstones.
P. A. Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a severe running sore on his leg. He writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. It is advertised as a cure for ulcers wounds and piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by Chas. Rager, druggist.
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