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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
12
Chester Bashore visits from Chicago with his party while Ebert Ferree and several others stay at local homes. Seed corn is offered for sale. Measles and chickenpox circulate in town. Local youths serving in the U S Army are listed with names and current postings including Camp Vail Camp Shelby Camp Meade and Washington D C.
Local notes report visitors from Chicago and South Bend. Abe Johnson sent an apple from his orchard. Military rosters show residents serving in camps at Shelby, Paul Jones, Great Lakes and other posts with corrections to be reported to the office.
Mrs J W Walburn traveled to Indianapolis Saturday for a several day visit with her sister Mrs Willis Maples and family. The item notes social visits by local residents and mentions Mrs Saloma Myers in frail condition, helping with housework. It also advertises self threading needles and Oliver Typewriter Ribbons for sale at the Record office.
Federal Food Administrator Dr. Harry E. Barnard outlines county committees to set binding ice prices and similar handling for other food issues. Miss Mable Wellman will organize college women to support production and conservation. Kansas hard wheat flour donations aid export to Europe. Bring-in-the-Wheat week nets 2,000,000 bushels. Sugar rationing limits per person to three pounds monthly for canning and preserving.
An article cites Silver Lake readers urged to use buckthorn bark glycerine and Adler i ka to flush the bowel and prevent appendicitis. It claims instant relief for sour stomach gas and constipation and notes the endorsement of Dr. J R Norman and patients.
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