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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
4
Direct from the factory, this player piano offers superb tone quality and a 24 year reputation for reliability. The seller promotes direct purchase for music lovers seeking a great piano or player-piano experience.
A persuasive advertisement invites readers to test a high quality player piano at home. It promises 25 year guarantee and urges a free trial to hear the singing tone and observe the instrument’s artistic performance, claiming description cannot match demonstration.
The passage ponders temptation and forgiveness, holiday wakes, and mourning restraint. It notes profiteers deserve little mercy and questions European debt burdens. It ends with advice on gossip and kindness to prevent a harsh world.
A fragmentary historical note describes tobacco's spread from ancient cultures to Turkish forces. It credits Mehemet Ali and Ibrahim Agha with early tobacco use and a trench artilleryman creating a paper spill that carried tobacco into a cigarette. The tale ends with a celebratory upheaval near Acre.
Note shows fragmented OCR text about contacting visitors and calling in, with unclear context. The readable pieces point to a greeting or instruction about reaching out to guests and staff. No definitive names, dates, or places are established.
Numerous calls visits and travel notes describe residents of Plymouth Goshen and Warsaw visiting relatives attending funerals and handling business. People named include Aukerman Snoberger Hively Summe Rager Kern Hill Hill Glosser Franks Sickels Jontz Fitton Wood McCormick Jones Blades Wells and Votter with trips to Indiana cities and Goshen for family gatherings and notary work services offered.
The report details the financial condition of the Commercial State Bank a state bank at Silver Lake Indiana as of May 5 1922. Officers listed include President Charles C Carter Leonard Leroy W Kern cashier and J R Jontz assistant cashier. The document presents the bank’s assets liabilities and capital as required by banking inspection records.
The document lists components of a bank balance sheet with items such as Loans and Discounts Overdrafts Other Bonds and Securities Banking House Furniture and Fixtures Other Real Estate Due from Banks and Trust Companies Cash on Hand Cash Items Current Expenses Taxes Paid Interest Paid and Profits and Loss totaling 234 843 36. The figures show substantial assets and expenses including 220 000 in overdrafts and 189 696 31 2 011 57 in furniture and fixtures.
State of Indiana Kosciusko County. I W H Kern cashier swears the above balance sheet is true. Subscribed and sworn before me on May 9 1922. Geo A Brush Notary Public. Commission expires June 8 1922.
Report of the condition of the State Bank of Claypool Indiana at the close of business on May 6 1922. Officers listed include George Merkle president J O Deaton vice president E W Kinsey cashier and Mattie Dick assistant cashier.
The record outlines loans and discounts at 134,763.40 with minor overdrafts of 458.53, U.S. bonds around 60.51, other bonds and securities 27,946.22, banking house 1,500.00, furniture 2,190.00, and other real estate. It also lists due from banks 41,423.35, cash on hand 3,964.79, cash items, current expenses 980.19, taxes 436.24, interest paid 1,258.59, and other assets totaling 5,700.00.
The statement lists liabilities and capital for the Bank of Claypool Indiana. Figures include capital stock paid 25000, surplus 2190.72, undivided profits 3890.72, exchange discount and interest 4159.74, demand deposits 128944.09, demand certificates 52485.27, totaling 181429.86. Bills payable amount 216679.82. E W Kinsey cashier swears to accuracy before notary Ray G L Strayer on May 9 1922.
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