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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1901
Page
4
Janson Proprietors of the Post-Office Silver Ind publish advertising rates in advance with 3 cent per line in advance for longer notices. Subscriptions and notices require advance payment. features include funeral notices, resolutions, and entertainment notices with a ten line limit for gratuities.
Fragments report foreign born population estimates in the United States and casualty tallies for football this season. Another item notes a large financial loss claimed by a directorate. Elkhart population figures split by race and age are given. A Rochester farmer narrowly escaped lynching after an attempted confrontation over a son born to a man believed linked to McKinley’s assassin.
The notice states Romania Rochester recently wed for the sixth time and sent an invitation to a son living in Chicago. The young man plans to attend the ceremony.
The piece envisions every dollar spent in Silver Lake boosting local growth and benefiting the town. It notes home merchants exchanging with the daily mail, telephones, gas, a frequent trolley service, electric lines, a smooth macadam road, automatic milking for cows, and churning cream as farming modernizes for a movable life.
A late census indicates rising numbers across the country, signaling increasing pressure on resources and services as communities expand.
The fragment notes Kuhns says he is well treated by prison officials and enjoys prior privileges after escaping the penitentiary. It references a prisoner’s remarks about appetite and eyesight, and mentions a delivered supper in a moralizing context.
City and Lake township teachers held their third joint institute at Claypool on November 2 1901 with a program titled Europe in the Nineteenth Century. Speakers included Miss Sherbondy Mr Winsey sanitation and decor Mr Little Plutarch Lycurgne Mr Adaddell Lives Periclea Mr Blue and Mr Snake. A good turnout and strong interest were noted. The fourth institute is planned for Silver Lake on December 14 1901. Lune CLink Secretary.
Abraham Hore of Belleville Ohio praises Electric Bitters as the best selling tonic in 26 years. He claims it tones the stomach regulates liver kidneys and bowels purifies blood strengthens nerves and builds up the whole system. Price 50 cents sold by Chas Rager.
The Halloween party featured autumn foliage, bitter-sweet berries, and Jack o lanterns. The Silver Lake Band played and the nut shell fortunes amused guests while refreshments of chicken sandwiches, pickles, peanuts, and coffee were served. Women failed to throw an apple through the horseshoe in the playful contest.
Public auction to be held at the residence located 14 miles south and 2 1/2 miles west of Silver Lake on Thursday November. The Andersigned will sell at public sale items to be listed in the official notice.
An advisory note urges parents to push children to attend school and value education. It warns that idleness and apathy in class sow a future handicap, and contrasts careless behavior with diligent peers. It emphasizes opportunity, responsibility, and striving to excel in any chosen life work.
Advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pass cures sick and nervous headaches by purifying blood and boosting health. Sold by Chas. Rager for 95 cents with money back if not cured.
Wabash fishermen report a remarkable catch at Yellow Creek Lake in Késeiusko county. E H Hobman saw a six and a half pound black bass in shallow water then hauled it into the boat and retrieved a large blue gill lodged in the bass throat. The gill blocked the fish as it was pulled up and defied removal. Local readers are invited to believe the tale.
Editor H. L. Lester of Syracuse Kansas claims two years of failed remedies for eczema on his palms until Buzklen’s Arnica Salve cured him. The product is touted as the best for eruptions sores and all skin diseases and sold for 25 cents at Chas. Rager’s.
The article extols finding the sunny side of each day and choosing optimism. It argues humor eases hardship, boosts morale, and can transform places, even aiding invalids, by a single cheerful soul. The tone urges readers to carry their own sunshine.
From Coopersville Michigan comes a report of a pleasant tasting liquid claim to aid sleep for bad coughs and to cure coughs. The notice notes long use in a family and describes Dr Kings New Discovery as a life saver for lung diseases with guaranteed bottles and trial offers at Ghos. Rager's.
List of patents granted to Indiana inventors reported by C. A. Snow & Co. Patents include a rail joint by F. Burger of Fort Wayne a reclining chair by D. C. Davis of Columbus a shingle die by N. E. Palmer of Lake a pipe union by G. H. Schamp of Ridgeville and a value for regenerative furnaces by Tf. C. Williamson of Michigan City. Copies by mail 10 cents in stamps with date to the paper.
Editorial note argues editors publish what they can find and cannot name every relative. It urges readers to see themselves as associate editors and to share news that deserves publication. The piece defends partiality in reporting and stresses collective responsibility for news.
A fragment notes a large national census tally with emphasis on widespread participation. It mentions many residents counted across regions and highlights statistical significance for policy planning. No specific names places or dates are clearly readable in the text.
Local items mention Mrs Wn. Wire, John Reed, and M D Shorty with wheat shipments. Residents such as William Reed, E A Hohman, Rev. Miner of Burket, and Mrs Rose Green visit or travel to Claypool, Wabash, Madison, and North Manchester. Halloween merriment, work on parsonage, farm changes, and a party at George Bruner’s are noted amid winter weather and blocked roads.
Chee Biswel visits relatives as W E Black receives a cart of coal this week. Tom Colbert joins Nickel Plate bridge carpenters. Newton Getty and wife visit Silver Lake relatives Sunday. Dr Larber of Argos consults on Mrs M F Emerson. Fire department fights chimney fire at L T Wilson’s house.
C E Jobes is on the road to recovery. Wilson Regenos is remodeling his house. P Long made a flying trip to Claypool Monday afternoon. Miss Edith Parker of Fairview worked for T Parker last week. Sylvester Johnson, wife and little son, dined with Samuel Bebers Sunday. James Miller and wife visited Sunday with the latter’s brother C M Regenos and family. Miss Laura Rautz of Silver Lake passed through Tuesday. P W Snoke attended church at Gospel Hill Sunday. Homan and Sands threshed a corn for Wm Snoke Saturday of last week and Monday of this week.
Mrs G H Gaskill and her daughter visited in Warsaw this week. Notary G J Gaskill certified fifteen pension vouchers from six to two hundred thirty dollars monthly. Azariac Warren left for Manchester Tennessee with cousin Win Eaton. T E L Moore to soon deliver new book Life and Administration of Meninley. Bertha Bush back from Walters restaurant. Jefferson Regenos and Edward Hobman painted the U B parsonage. N W Fuller and wife visit Rome City and plan to settle with eight children next spring.
Mr Ro Gray of Am ena Duchess county N Y praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best medicine for croup and a fine children's remedy. He claims it never fails to cure when given to a child who is hoarse or distressed by croup.
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