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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
1
The Methodist Episcopal Church announces preaching every other Sunday at 9 a.m. A Tuesday evening prayer meeting is held, with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Donorath League meets at 7 p.m. A revival meeting is planned. Pastor W. Tillman invites all to attend.
Secretary of Agriculture touts successful tobacco experiments with Sumatra wrapper grown under Bureau of Soils supervision. Reported yield 1,000 pounds per acre, net $1 per pound, potential savings $8 million if 6,000 acres adopt the variety. Also notes House delays, naval bill, Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico statehood, and Rochambeau statue unveiling plans in Washington.
Rev Ephraim Miller a former preacher near Yankeetown Spencer county fears a national calamity will strike the country. He recalls warning of McKinley’s assassination and describes a vivid hailstorm vision seen while awake. He says it signals divine affliction to occur within seventy days.
A Polish prodigy astonishes Europe with piano mastery and has produced a grand opera planned for production in several countries next fall.
Memorial Day services in Silver Lake will honor American heroes with a formal program at Suwer Lake. The event includes speeches songs and military music with children bearing flowers. Committees on arrangements speaking and music will oversee plans and participation by town residents and country visitors.
A humorous and moralistic musing on fashion, criticizing long garments that touch mud or dust. The speaker contrasts practical dress with refined ladies who tighten waists and pin feet, warning that fashion could lead to dirty hems and even marked faces if pushed to extremes.
Washington post office officials pledge vigorous work on Indiana rural free delivery routes awaiting petitions. An inspector will be sent to Indiana to establish routes with service planned by September 1 after congressional appropriation delays.
Arrangements at South Pleasant are handled by committees for Arrangements and Music. For Arrangements the chairs are H L Gronin ger A H Lower and L B Oldfather. For Music Henry Parks Miss Ora Oldfather and Miss De la Hill. Rev Isaac N Cleaver of Lakeston will deliver the address at pm. Program will appear next week.
State Geologist Blatchley announces the 1902 report will cover Indiana road materials. Field deputies will survey every county next summer to locate gravel deposits and other resources for road building.
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