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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
5
About 10 bushels of extra good seed corn offered with farming tools in good shape and mostly new. Terms to suit the purchaser. Auction by C. L. Morrett & Son on Thursday March 20 1919. Jesse Lynch auctioneer H D Stoner clerk.
Public notice invites persons needing deeds contracts mortgages wills or other legal papers written acknowledged or attested to contact the Record Office for services.
Al Carr wife and daughter Marie visited in Warsaw Saturday. Artie Carr family and John Rowland and wife were guests at Fred Davis home Sunday. Mrs Caldwell funeral held in Silver Lake Monday. Dennis Parker returned home Saturday night from Alabama camp with honorable discharge. Samuel Clink and wife attended Peter Heeter funeral Monday morning. Frank Hill and daughters Iva Pearl Irene Davis visited in Warsaw Saturday. Roy Zellers family visited William Zellers home Monday. Elza Brady and John Beber repaired the Dixie highway Monday. Earl Zile family visited Chester House home west of Silver Lake. No Sunday school and young peoples meeting at Center Sunday due to bad weather. Ralph Whittwenbarger undergoing medical treatment at Akron. Miss Eva Shilling in Warsaw over Sunday. John Johnston and wife of near Warsaw visited Monday and Tuesday. John Gill and wife of Warsaw called at Manuel Shilling home Saturday evening.
James Meloy offers Bliss Native Herb Tablets at the Record Office in Silver Lake. About 200 doses priced at 1 dollar for relief of rheumatism indigestion and kidney derangements.
Report of the condition of Farmers Bank a private bank at Silver Lake Indiana as of March 4 1919 shows the bank's financial status and officers including John Fitton president J P Homman vice president and D F Homman cashier.
The document lists financial line items including Loans and Discounts Overdrafts, Bonds and Securities, Furniture and Fixtures, Real Estate, Cash on Hand, Due from Banks and Trust Companies, and Total Resources amounting to 75 803 02. Other figures include 33 939 36 413 94 and 825 50 in various categories.
The document shows capital stock paid in 310 000.00, exchange discount and interest 660.14, demand deposits 41 776.86, demand certifiers 23 366.02, total liabilities 75 803.02. I D F Hamman, cashier of Farmers Bank of Silver Lake Indiana, swears to the statement on March 11, 1919 before Notary Gro A Brush, seal.
The piece compares diamond purchases with investing in War Savings Stamps. It notes the U S holds about half the world’s diamonds valued up to $2,000,000,000 and argues for buying War Savings Stamps for better times, especially for a graduate or fiancée.
A notice invites readers to subscribe to the Record and join its large reader community. It promotes access to news and features available to subscribers.
State Bank of Claypool, a state bank in Claypool Indiana, closes its business for the day on March 4 1919. The notice lists George Merkle as president J O Deaton as vice president E W Kinsey as cashier and Mattie Dick as assistant cashier.
The ledger lists resources including loans and discounts around 118,624.63 with overdrafts at 647.81 and bonds near 1,000.00. Real estate and furniture values show 1,800.00 and 1,500.00 respectively with cash on hand 5,385.27 and current expenses 376.79 taxes 276.50 and interest 447.86. Credits from banks amount to 32,553.11 and certificates at 16,500.00 totaling 178,361.30.
Capital stock paid in 25000.00 surplus 81000.00 undivided profits 1080.23 exchange discount and int 1553.85 profits and losses less any 149727.22 demand deposits 96474.60 demand certificates 53252.62 Kosciusko County Indiana Kinsey cash per cashier Eph Rath notary public seal commission expires April 6 1919.
The notice urges savers to keep War Savings Stamps and not redeem them. It emphasizes that government borrowing funds a specific purpose and that only retained securities benefit the nation, praising thrift as the path to opportunity.
Mrs. Frank Sellers offers Buff Leghorn eggs for hatching. Casual sale notice seeking buyers interested in poultry breeding.
A farmer's wife recalls turning to War Savings Stamps for real money. She describes dependency on family income, then praises buying stamps with change as she sells chickens and cashes checks. She plans to save until stamps mature for independent funds.
Report of the condition of the Commercial State Bank a state bank at Silver Lake Indiana, at close of business March 4 1919. Officers listed include President IU SNOBERGER Vice President WH Bernard Cashier Ernest Myers Assistant Cashier.
The document lists Loans and Discounts 117475.96 Overdrafts 3008.96 US Bonds 15650.00 Other Bonds and Securities 4602.35 Banking House 8000.00 Furniture and Fixtures 1500.00 Cash on Hand 3675.39 Cash Items 0 Taxes Paid 428.65 Interest Paid 336.72 Total Resources 196478.03.
I. W. H. Kern, cashier, signs a 1919 bank statement sworn before Notary Geo A Brush. It lists capital stock 25000, surplus 3000, undivided profits, exchange and interest 1045.16, profit and loss 4225, dividends unpaid 38200, total liabilities 198478.03. Demand deposits 73221.98, demand certificates 93630.64, other liabilities. Notary public commission expires 1922.
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Notice to defendants in Roy A. Bossing vs Daniel Dudlinger et al requires appearance by April 7 1919 at Warsaw Indiana Court House. Unknown spouses heirs and creditors of deceased defendants are named as parties. Action seeks to quiet title to the east half of the southeast quarter of section 10 township 32 north range 6 east in Kosciusko County Indiana.
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