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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
2
The Recorp marks its fifth anniversary under new management Brush and Hanson praising growth from near collapse to a doubled subscription base. They detail investments in a cylinder press gasoline engine paper cutter and type and pledge continued local news coverage and community support.
The item notes wedding bells pending, remarks on caution from a speaker, and the 29 states voting for governors this year with ten Democratic and nineteen Republican governors. It mentions onion hair remedies and social warnings as part of a broad news brief. The Macy Monitor changes hands to W. H. Myers with prior ties to the Converse Journal. The Winona Assembly Association, after buying Warsaw’s water works, is now taking action on improvements.
Proposes selling the Winona water works and electric light system either to the city of Warsaw or to a business men's association as part of a broader effort to reorganize or privatize the facility.
Kosciusko county Republicans plan a delegate convention at Winona Lake on June 5 1906 to nominate candidates for state representative prosecuting attorney clerk treasurer auditor sheriff recorder coroner surveyor assessor and two county commissioners plus five county council members. Lake township precincts have delegate allocations and caucus on June 2 at 2 pm to select delegates and committees on rules resolutions and credentials.
N E Lautzenhiser plans to move to Yellow Creek Lake Indiana and build a home with kitchen and dining area for fishermen. He will construct cottages to rent to transients and expects good patronage and business. The family will move by early June and work on buildings has begun at North Manchester Journal.
A reader recalls family keepsakes from the Civil War era including a father’s Methodist discipline and a brother’s Chickamauga battlefield Testament. The Peru courthouse was sold to Dr. Murphy for 70 dollars with a 1000 dollar bond to remove the old structure within forty five days and replace it with a new building.
Indiana law bans fishing on Sundays with fines from 1 to 10 dollars. Constables and fish officers patrol streams to enforce the law against those who spend the day angling for tinny tribe members.
Stmaster Robbed. G W Fouts, postmaster at Riverton In. nearly lost his life and was robbed of all comforte, according to his letter which says Electric Bitters cured chronic liver complaint and jaundice. A wonderful tonic at Zim's drug store for 50 cents.
The J H Van's Dog and Pony show comes to Silver Lake Friday May 18 with new acts and larger spectacle. Local items note A B Cline rents farmland west of town and moves to Silverlake while Miss Winnie Wor ley attends the college commencement.
Caroline Wisconsin woman finds relief after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve on a long running leg sore that tortured her for 23 years. The ad touts the salve as a great antiseptic healer of piles wounds and sores sold at a local corner drug store for 25 cents.
Lake township common school graduates listed by district. District 2 Bessie Swihart. District 3 Bessie Carr Cleo Utter Pearl Utter. District 4 Pearl Moyer Lara Dahlem. District 6 Charles Jantz Dean Hill. District 7 Hugh Snyder Mabel Sarah Chester Craig Union Old Father Clara Frantz Clarence Bryant Grace Bryant. Clarence Bryant posted a 94 percent general average, second highest in the county. District 7 graduates the most pupils. taught by W H Kern.
The Forepaugh and Sells Bros show has cancelled the June 11 appearance in Warsaw and will not perform then. The company plans an exhibition in Warsaw in the early fall instead.
For a painful burn there is nothing like DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. There are imitators on the market, be sure you get the genuine DeWitt's. Also good for burns cuts bruises and especially recommended for piles. The name E. O. DeWitt & Co. Chicago appears in every box. Sold by Oline.
The Kosciusko County W C T U Institute will be held in Syracuse on May 24 and 25. Each church in the county is earnestly requested to send one delegate.
An old style ad states a good complexion comes from a healthy stomach and promotes Kodol for Dyspepsia as a remedy that digests food and improves stomach function. It claims relief from palpitation, flatulence, sour stomach, and heartburn and lists Cline & Co as the sellers.
The Texas Sweethearts theatrical company traveled through the town last Saturday on their route from Warsaw to North Manchester. They performed Saturday night and were in Warsaw Friday night.
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