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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
4
The item appears as a brief post office notice from Silver Lake Indiana dated Friday May 25 1900 concerning second class matter dispatches. The fragment provides limited details beyond the publication date and location.
Two men announce sheriff campaigns in Kosciusko County. Dr W A Mabie asks the Republican convention for support at the May 29 1900 nominating meeting. Perry Smith also solicits public announcement as sheriff candidate subject to the same convention and date.
J. J. Babcock announces candidacy for Kosciusko County treasurer subject to decision of the Warsaw election board on Tuesday May 29 1900. He names his intention to seek the office and urges support from voters in the county.
A. A. Olinger states he will run for Surveyor if the Republican County Convention in Warsaw selects him. The decision is to be made on Tuesday, May 29, 1900.
The Record urges voters to attend the Kosciusko county Republican nominating convention on May 29 at a large tent in Warsaw. It endorses no candidate but denounces William E Ripple as unfit for sheriff, accusing him of aiding corporate interests and betraying workers. The paper promises vigorous opposition if Ripple wins the nomination and urges subscriptions.
Reuben Beigh and Lawrence Beigh are back around town and from Anderson. C F Deafenbaugh went to Michigan. Eliza Adams of Fort Wayne spent Sunday here. J D Foor of Miami county visited relatives. C E Beigh family visited Silver Lake. A party including Dr feiter Allen Scoles Lorenzo Snake and Charles Snake drove to Rochester. Edwin Mills of Akron married Grace Regenos near Claypool. Rumors of a stabbing affray between two Claypool residents circulated but proved vague.
Miss Myrtle Robinson and Blanche Tridle, visiting here, returned home Tuesday. Miss Mary Erisman of Lafayette and Mrs. Dresser of Platte Mo were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dresser this week. Last Tuesday several boys playing near the Big Four tracks narrowly escaped a fatal switch by an engine. Trainmen and bystanders shouted as the locomotive moved cars, highlighting concerns over running-switch activity by railway workers in Claypool.
Sunday greetings from Fairview as families visit kin and friends. Saints camp meeting set to begin August 1 while a Sunday school convention is slated for May 31. Local residents report travel, medical treatment in Warsaw and Indianapolis, and various social gatherings and travels among the Rickel, Warren, and Saner families.
Beaver Dam boys defeated Akron 28 to 22 in a Sunday baseball contest. Eva McFarland John Tucker and Wilbur Stevens are graduates of Tucker school. John Tinkey bought a new two horse corn planter at Rochester last week. Dora Stevens visited with her sister at Barket over Sunday. Reverend Rittenhouse preached Sunday evening to a large crowd. Mrs Dora Stevens and Elmer Study were homeward bound via Claypool after a farm visit.
Mrs Carrie Conet visits her parents. John Fisher Jr of Packerton in town Saturday. George Graff of Mentone transacted business Monday. Miss Blanche Beaver visited Miss Myrtle Kelly of Warsaw last week. George Brandenberg and wife of Claypool visited Mrs B s parents Sunday. Mr and Mrs C B McConnell went to South Whitley Thursday. William Smith and wife of Claypool visited Mr Smith s father Saturday and Sunday. Rev W R Miller of Goshen filled Rev Parker s appointment at the Christian church last Sunday. Miss Lulu Miller returned from Anderson and will stay several days. Samuel Gross, Mr Keefer and a boy drove. horse ran away, they were thrown out but not seriously injured.
A team driven by Alpheus Ulrey ran away last Monday at the hotel corner. The wagon bed was thrown off and Mr Ulrey fell under the wagon box but crawled out and pursued the horses. He was stunned briefly but unharmed. the wagon tongue and vehicle suffered only minor damage.
Isaac Scott visited Packerton Monday. Dr J W Doud and wife returned home Saturday. I N Lucas and daughter went to Warsaw last Saturday. Mrs M J Simison visited Mrs Wrigley Tuesday. James Thompson and family were at North Manchester Sunday. U B church prepares for children’s meeting on Sunday evening June 3. Mrs John Brown of Ft Wayne visiting her parents in Packerton. Many residents attended North Manchester for the baccalaureate sermon. John Thomas left for Wisconsin to work as a carpenter.
Eighteen years ago today the cornerstone of Kosciusko county's courthouse was laid with impressive ceremony May 25 1882.
Contractor B F Grossnickle guarantees all work as first class. Any walk he builds that breaks within five years will be replaced free of charge.
An advertisement claims one remedy, the American Poultry Mixture, cures cholera roup gape and related diseases in fowl, offering a $50 guarantee. It urges prompt use, warns of widespread losses in the poultry trade, and directs readers to send $1 for a sample from American Mfg. Co. Terre Haute Ind.
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