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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1900
Page
4
L W Myrrs manager lists subscription price at 81.00 a year enforced at the post office in Silver Lake Indiana as second class matter. Friday May 4, 1900.
Dr W A Mabie announces as a sheriff candidate in Kosciusko County subject to the Republican nominating convention on May 29 1900. Perry Smith likewise seeks the sheriff nomination with a convention set for May 20 1900 Placed in the Silver Lake Record.
J. J. Babcock announces candidacy for the office of Treasurer of Kosciusko County subject to the decision of the board at Warsaw on Tuesday May 29 1900.
Adjutant General Gore asks regimental officers to forward only confirmed addresses of Spanish war veterans from Indiana. A June report by the state government will be issued to provide each soldier with a copy.
Detroit wholesale merchants organized a 50 member delegation and sent a high quality train of salesmen via the Wabash line to tour northern Indiana towns within a 150 mile radius seeking merchant patronage. The mission marks a proactive regional solicitation effort by the city’s wholesale houses.
The narrator notes a trip along the Wabash and the Lake Shore roads calling on local merchants and spending from one to four hours in each place. Columbia City serves as the southern terminus of the journey.
Ienry Wilson aged seventy died when his buggy was struck by a locomotive on the Wabash railroad near Collamer. The horse escaped unharmed. the engine hit the buggy squarely center and hurled man and buggy about a hundred feet. Wilson was partially deaf and likely did not hear the approaching train.
President J T McNary of the Logansport Rochester & Northern Traction Company returns from New York and says all preliminaries are complete and construction will begin this month. Work starts at Warsaw with the main power house and repair shops located there.
North Manchester has located a manufactory long based in Syracuse. The firm makes fire screens parlor easels and half-trees and employs forty or fifty men. To entice the move the North Manchester businessmen paid a $3,000 subsidy to the proprietors.
The speaker warns of a grim day for England if the Boer war ends with Russia entrenched in Persia Turkey China and Corea. He argues those advances would have been preventable if Britain remained free to resist.
Joseph Plew, sentenced to life in the penitentiary in 1884 by this county for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dunham and their young child near North Webster, whose bodies were later fed to hogs.
The Dunham murder, deemed one of Indiana history’s most atrocious crimes, led to Plew's conviction on circumstantial evidence. He maintains innocence and believes the real perpetrator may be revealed in time.
The Goshen Democrat reports seven North Manchester College students were expelled by the board of trustees provoking dispute over who has authority. A Goshen sender alleges faculty, not the trustees, should handle expulsions, highlighting a clash with President H. P. Albaugh and signaling a serious, potentially dire situation for the college.
A humorous comparison notes a boy on a sled and a man on a board with political talk, contrasting quick, pliant desires with church pew discomfort and a butter mishap. The piece lampoons preferences for trivial comforts over serious settings.
In 1897 George Sherburn his wife and child were killed by an express train on the Nickel Plate road while crossing the tracks. The administrator sought damages of 10000 for each death and the Whitley circuit court jury on change of venue awarded 4000 to the Mr Sherburn case.
Returns from elections in multiple Indiana cities last Tuesday indicate a downturn in ring rule.
Wilbur Stevens was in town Monday evening. Lou Kern brought her brother Isaac and family to Warsaw Monday. Rev. Mr. Rittenhouse preached a funeral in Bourbon last week. Dr. I. E. Radcliff and wife visited Pierceton then returned Monday afternoon. Mrs. Johnson and her husband the druggist plan to settle here soon. Miss Lulu Bruner and Eugene Rittenhouse visited Effie Al last Sunday. Isogene visited others most likely. Rev. Mr. Pontius of Elkhart preached at Pleasant Valley last Sunday evening on Love to the young folks.
Euos Summy has a new buggy. Elmer Study visited his farm Tuesday. Sunday school attendance was small last Sunday. Rev. Mr. Rittenhouse will preach Sunday evening at this place. Wilbur Stevens visited Roy Carr north of Silver Lake. Sylvester Johnson made a business trip to Warsaw on Saturday. Ivan and John Tucker attended preaching at Pleasant Valley Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. James Melarland and Eva spent Sunday with Frank Dickey. A team was injured crossing a bridge near here Sunday evening. Owner unnamed.
B F Bear starts a tubular well as spring weather brings farmers and peddlers to town. Residents discuss business moves in Burket Marion Akron and Disko. House rebuilding, horse sale legal steps, pulpits exchanged, music studies, and odd finds surface in a bustling neighborhood chronicle.
Sabbath school as usual next Sunday. John Warren was at Warsaw. Bert Reese visited a friend near Warsaw last weekend. Mr Shoemaker and Miss Regenos.
Miss Rickel hosts guests. Rev C J Miner will preach at Fairview after Sabbath school next. Mr Winters moved onto William Hanes’ farm near Yellow Creek. Fairview Sabbath school raises funds to purchase a library. Re Emmons moves the house Jackson Reese bought from John Warren.
Train No 4 of the Nickel Plate road leaves Fort Wayne at 9 05 p m daily for Buffalo and New York with through drawing room sleepers and a dining car Fort Wayne to Bellevue Buffalo to New York An observation car offers scenic views along the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers reaching New York City at 7 25 p m next day Reservations available via ticket agents or C A Asterlin Fort Wayne Ind
Druggist A W Sawtelle of Hartford endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. A female customer credits it with saving her life at the shore, while a man with acute stomach pains recovered after a dose. Sold by Chas. Rager.
A small six acre property near Silver Lake is offered at a low price. Inquiries may be directed to REcorp office.
A vintage advertisement praises American Poultry Mixture as a cure for cholera roup and gape in fowl flocks. It claims rapid germ disease treatment, guarantee of recovery or refund, and offers a sample box from American Mfg. Co. Terre Haute Ind. for $1.00.
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