02 May 1912
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
1
A timeless call to observe National Mothers Day on the second Sunday in May. The piece urges all citizens to honor mothers with cards flowers and visits and to wear white carnations as the symbol of motherhood.
Rev. M D Gage chaplain of the first Indiana regiment in the Civil War died April 13 after an operation at a San Jose California hospital. Several from the old 12th reside here and will mourn the loss of their beloved chaplain. Downing Specials Kitchen Cabinets priced 12 14 and 16 dollars at F M Downing Claypool.
The notice explains a new law requiring all voters to register before election day. Registration options include May on the 180th day before the general election, September six before, or October 29 before. Next Thursday is the first registration day. voters should not forget.
The wife of Rev. H W Park, previously very sick and feared to have typhoid fever, is now improving and officials believe the danger has passed.
An article from last week notes wool prices may stay below last year but hints at a strong market. Local buyers say prices were good last year and are expected to rise, urging growers to bring fleece to Silver Lake for top market offers.
A Progressive Farmer reports a novel manure dumper attached to a buggy. The tub rides on a frame behind the vehicle and dumps by pulling a trip rod. Seen on a west of town farm, the inventor owners the machine and claims it aids those unable to stand due to excess weight.
Instructions ask lot owners at Lakeview cemetery to contribute funds for year round care. Payment to Ezra Wood or to an intermediary to hand to him ensures the Silent city of the dead remains respectable.
The Methodist Aid Society will hold a pastry sale next Saturday at the Swihart store offering doughnuts pies cavalries and more. The notice also mentions cement blocks paints oils stains shiplap and a friendly approach on pricing from the Claypool Lumber & Coal Co.
William Miller of north of town expresses heartfelt thanks to the community for financial help received during illness that hindered his ability to earn enough to meet expenses.
A 1912 High School commencement tale set in San Francisco envisions the class of 1912 in 1922 via a panoramic camera. The imagined figures include Bess, a nurse in a war scene, a scheming dean, a slick lecturer Russ Werking, and others, ending with a critique of vanity among graduates.
Local neighbors and friends raised funds to cover burial costs for Elis Tridle’s wife. They donated enough to include a cemetery lot and a marker, with forty dollars left for a grave marker.
Miss Alda Lukens, longtime primary teacher in Silver Lake, left on the 10:30 train to Greeley Colorado. She plans an indefinite stop at Greeley before heading to Arizona to join her brother and then California to be with her father. The community, including the cornet band, honored her with music and well wishes despite bad weather.
A historical note from a housefly and its kin explains their preference for filth and garbage, promising to hatch anew in summer 1912 if homes remain unclean. The letter asks residents to consider screens to prevent breeding and vows daily visits.
Pearson set the pace with a 62 pound bass at Silver Lake on Wednesday. Dr Cary Dr Hay and Edwin Hay caught the limit allowed by law on Mud Lake Wednesday.
The family expresses deepest gratitude to the people in and around Silver Lake and Claypool for kindness and help in the burial of their loved one. May the giver of all good abundantly reward each one. Elias Tridle and the Brothers and Sisters.
The board of town trustees will meet in their regular bi monthly session in the clerk s office at the town hall. The meeting is set for tomorrow Sunday evening.
The contract for a two room brick graded school building in the northwest corner of section twelve Lake Township was not awarded last Friday as all bids were too high. Bids opened at the Office of Trustee Frantz showed Wabash Construction Co. at 9,353 dollars.
H. L. Oldfather delivered a five passenger Paige Detroit car to Ed Loehr at Claypool on Tuesday. The machine is described as a fine one.
A gang of four Hupmobiles paused in town briefly at 5 o'clock Wednesday, en route from Detroit to Indianapolis. The Claypool Lumber & Coal Co promotes Chi-NAMEL, a product claimed to renew woodwork and furniture, with sales aimed at restoring old fixtures.
Four Titanic survivors aboard the Big Four train passed through Silver Lake this Saturday bound for Columbus Ohio. They included Mrs Allen Becker and her three children wife of a missionary who was returning home.
On Saturday May 4 the quarterly meeting day for Indiana old soldiers and widow pensioners is announced. Bring vouchers to the REcoRD office to have them executed.
Mrs. Jane Warren of North Manchester Indiana thanks friends through the Record for the birthday post cards she received. She says they were much appreciated.
A fragmented ad highlights Spring Special fertilizer for corn and oats from Claypool Lumber & Coal Co with prices to attract fence builders and builders seeking feed and soil amendments.
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