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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
4
A Silver Lake column calls for community improvement as residents are urged to volunteer to build homes for visiting summer guests. It notes progress since last year, mentions a 90 cent Canadian dollar, and previews May 30 services and upcoming open air concerts while promising stricter traffic enforcement in Warsaw and urging practice at home.
A memorial sermon is planned in Silver Lake on May 29 during daytime hours to honor Civil War World War veterans and soldier widows in the locality. Organizers note the event suits daytime attendance and community remembrance.
Discussion centers on ending capital punishment and replacing it with life imprisonment in solitary. Advocates argue to rethink executions and the morality of using the death penalty as a deterrent while noting religious and ethical concerns.
More than two hundred doctors and health officers at their annual meeting in Indianapolis urged Spemberg of Congress to support the Volstead bill prohibiting beer sales for medicinal use. They claim beer is not a necessary medicine and that demand comes from brewers using the medical excuse.
James Meloy recommends Bliss Native Herb Tablets for rheumatism indigestion and kidney problems. He left 2060 doses for sale at the Record Office in Silver Lake priced at one dollar.
George Worley and wife and Burgle Worley and wife visited at the G. A. Brush home Sunday. Miss Fawn Barrett visited from Warsaw with Miss Flossie Yates. Miss Sureldia Brandenburg visited Miss Doris Meinert Sunday. Frank Drudge and family called on Foster Huffman south-west of Lawn Sunday. J. D. L. Cline visited his father George Cline and sister Mrs. Smith in Decatur, accompanied by his son Eldred. WANTED Young men in north half of Indiana to sell device for Fords. Grover Arnold and Roy Helser visited in Peru Sunday evening. Bernard Yotter and family returned from Albion. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hiner of Wabash with Lloyd Drudge and Edna Drudge visited Flarman Drudge Sunday. Vera Kern visiting friends in Indianapolis recently.
Farmers urged to note opening of Silver Lake Creamery on Saturday evenings starting in May. Announcement promises 2 cents above all stations for butter fat.
A fourteenth century Shake Speare hotel in Stratford-on-Avon, popular with American visitors, was offered at auction. The town boasts sites linked to Shakespeare including Shottery, the Shakespeare Memorial Theater, and Shakespeare’s monument. Nearby is the Harvard House, once home to the Harvard family.
The article extols the rapid expansion of public education in the Philippines under American influence. It highlights soaring enrollment, hundreds of schools, and Filipino teachers, noting English as official language. It foresees political progress as educated youth prepare to take leadership in 1922.
Local residents report visits to Gas City Macy Roanoke and Warsaw. J Af Will and family stayed with relatives from Eckhart and Buddy Jones returned from Nashville. Several locals plan to return home Saturday while others vacation with friends and relatives.
A stray collection of local notices reports Mrs red Melsown visiting Indianapolis with relatives and Miss Werd Kero accompanying her to the Capitol and Maple Grove. Nearby sale updates note White Mack polled shorthorn bull heads George H Moseley Sons herd near Peru. Also mentioned are travels of Will Morri and Willian Dittman visiting Goshen Hartford City and Warsaw guests, plus notary services offered at the Record office for deeds bonds and mortgages.
An advertisement touts 30z of Grando Pine cough medicine with directions to make a pint in two minutes. It claims rapid relief by addressing the cough’s cause and includes testimonials from George Pollick of Logansport Indiana and Mrs John Poirter of Paulding Ohio who report quick improvement and even life‑saved outcomes. Manufactured by Gland-Aid Co Fort Wayne Ind adv.
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