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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1916
Page
7
Ad copy claims a doctor said there is no hope for Jones after feeling his purse. The Dallas News style fragment advertises Doctor Pierce's Golden BeeN Discovery as a cure for pimples boils carbuncles and dry up and disappear, in tablets or liquid.
A fragment recalls an intense moment where a wife questions her husband William about a past life memory and a near drowning scene, suggesting buried emotions surface in a vivid, unsettling confession.
An advertisement urges parents to bathe the baby in hot water with Cuticura Soap, dry lightly, and apply Cuticura Ointment for instant relief. It claims the baby will sleep peacefully after weeks of discomfort and offers a free sample by mail with a booklet. Return address provided by Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
During fighting on the Isonzo front an Italian Caproni plane was hit and fell behind Austrian lines. The pilot was unharmed except for ripped trousers. An Austrian offered a last rites joke, then arranged a swap via air drop delivering a laurel wreath and a fresh pair of trousers for the Italian captain.
A Union Traction line car rear collided with a Hack in Como Indiana injuring twenty pupils. Maggie Gaunt and Goldie Stephens were severely hurt with likely fatal outcomes. Driver Peter Knoth was unconscious and unable to speak. Only three of the twenty aboard escaped serious injury.
Lafayette led by president John M. Stahl of Chicago observes the 105th anniversary of the Tippecanoe battle. The Dinois Society of the War of 1812 held a pilgrimage to the battlefield with several hundred members attending. Generals Harrison and the Indiana Kentucky forces defeated the Indian confederacy.
Mrs. Margaret L. Roberts wife of O H Roberts has been admitted to the bar in Evansville Indiana superior and circuit court. She completed a law school course last year and supplemented years of study with her husband making her the second woman admitted to the bar here in fifteen years.
A forest fire in southern Brown County, started by a hunter, burned over 200 acres. Several thousand dollars of timber and fencing were destroyed. Wide furrows and 100 fighters fenced and checked the flames.
Indianapolis lieutenant commander J H Comfort in charge of the Indiana navy recruiting offices has been promoted to executive officer of the battleship Kentucky. He will report for duty January 3 as second in command aboard the ship.
Governor Ralston grants remission of a $150 fine and costs to William Maynard Wells of Lake County who served eighty days of his sentence at the state farm dated February 8, 1916. Parole papers show Wells is in failing health after completing his term.
Washington RP reports a $20 pension granted to Marilla Barnes of Indianapolis by special act. Additionally $12 pensions are awarded to Fannie E. Porter of Martinsville Olive C. Gear of Indianapolis and Carrie B. Webster of Lafayette.
Corner stone of the Y M C A new building laid with over 2 000 attendees. Attendees included representatives from the Y M C A branches at Muncie Marion Kokomo and Indianapolis and other guests.
Seven teen hunter in Peru Roll Stanbaugh fell from a fence while hunting. His gun discharged and he was killed instantly according to the report. Local authorities described the accident as a fatal hunting mishap with no further details available.
Mrs. eC. Dr. Fenton of Logan sport is president and Mrs. J. F. Edwards of Indianapolis is vice president. Mrs. Léon Stern of Terre Haute serves as treasurer and the group’s aim is to secure better moving pictures for youth. It plans a state circuit so affiliated clubs can share endorsements and reduce duplicate film investigations. Any club may join. each affiliated body may have two delegates.
Indiana State Food and Drug Commissioner H E Barnard issues notices to commission merchants and weights and measures inspectors. He emphasizes the weights and measures law requiring that all commodities not sold by standard weight or measure bear the net weight or volume on the package.
Noblesville resident Silas H. Rogers was arrested by Deputy Game Warden J J Bravy of Anderson after seventy five muskrat hides were found in a cellar. Rogers claimed his son committed the offense, not him.
Fire at Bedford B and O station destroys the Bedford branch station. George Gardner, agent and operator, was severely burned during rescue attempts. Also at Brownstown Medora brick plant George Taylor, 45, was seriously injured when both legs were crushed in a shale crusher. amputation may not be necessary.
Deer seen in the south Miami county woods and fields by Charles Beal and William Bowman with multiple sightings reported by both men in local reports.
Richmond Miss Minnie Hale receives a letter carried across the ocean by the German submarine Deutschland from her brother William Bayard Hale in Berlin.
Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state list the Kilo Electric Meter Company of Indianapolis with $40,000 capital and managers C L Marsh G A Scheefer and William T Wann. The F M Manufacturing Company of Cambridge City with $25,000 capital and directors P E Fisher W E Martindale and G W Fisher. First Hungarian Sick Benefit Society of Hammond with sick benefits and directors Egnatz Hadady Louis Body and Tokn Szekely. Hayden Steele Company of Indianapolis with $10,000 capital and directors J P R Seese H W Steele and D J Hayden.
Rushville Newton Casey once paroled by governor escapes jail as trusty, recaptured at Richmond and returned here amid prior parole and complaints. Shelbyville man Frank Thurston, 55, dies after temple kick while hitching horse to buggy. Jeffersonville reports five scarlet fever cases at orphans home with over forty children. Main street lights arriving to illuminate boulevard and squares. Shoals district school closed after two diphtheria deaths near Sherfick school.
The lesson discusses Romans 14 on judging fellow Christians and the temperance issue. It stresses liberty within love, avoiding stumbling a weaker believer, and prioritizing righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit over strict scruples. It notes temperance as a moral and economic concern and urges self denial for others.
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