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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1903
Page
5
The Claypool Home talent group plans a new effort after a period of waiting and planning. The note hints at renewed teamwork and a forthcoming project. The passage also includes odd lines about loans, dogs, and hair color with no clear connection to the event.
A collection of humorous rural anecdotes on hog markets advice and advertising. Notes mention hog losses and packers paying four cents per pound, a farmer with ready porkers, and a Silver Lake phonograph used to spread trade gossip for faster information and savings.
The Teachers' Joint Institute of Clay and Lake townships held Saturday was largely attended and very instructive. Many dropped in during the afternoon showing appreciation for local educational matters and urging greater participation in future institutes.
Claypool items of interest record visits and local changes. Charles Baum and wife spent Sunday in Burket while James Thompson from Packerton was in town on business. J E Deaton looked after livestock in Sidney. The Peterson sale and local horse purchases are noted along with farm news and church gatherings. The piece records many residents visiting Warsaw Goshen and other nearby towns and mentions a fire loss at Joseph Leiter’s barn and a missing wallet incident involving Bob Maddix.
Levi and Ernest Beigs began work Monday to break a team of Bronchos recently bought from a Goshen herd for Sammy Shoenkter. If no mishaps occur, the horses will eat corn and look wise by Thanksgiving.
L WV Hatfield finished supervision of the south west district road projects in Clay township. The community notes the substantial improvements given the limited capital and expects a good winter road line as a result.
Hunters defied a sunset game law as farms posted no hunting. Mendall fired at a barn yard mistaking hens for pheasants and paid 2.90. Dr Leiter and a calf incident cost 14. Will Jameson and Mark Harshberger returned with a bag of misadventures and pending trespass charges.
The county will be represented at the upcoming World’s Fair by its schools though no definite plans are yet perfected. The county board has decided to create an exhibit but details remain to be determined.
Parents and others are urged to visit the school rooms regularly to encourage students and thank teachers and officials. Each visit is recorded and reported to county officials, highlighting the community’s engagement in Claypool and surrounding areas.
Rally Day services followed Sunday School at the U B Church featured songs by classes and the school and numerous speeches by the children. The program was well rendered, charming, and highly enjoyable for attendees.
Grandfather Kinsey Francis E. Kinsey aged 94 died Tuesday evening at the residence of his daughter Mrs Braddock Popham. A longtime county resident since 1853 born in Delaware 1809 he married in Knox county Ohio in December 1833 celebrating 68 years of marriage. Survived by ten children and many relatives the family circle remains unbroken except for three sons deceased.
A local column urges kindness over charity and warns against gossip. It cites moisture concerns for farmers, praises prudent speech about others, and urges support for friends facing misfortune rather than judgment.
Oscar Shultz and his sister narrowly avoided a serious runaway incident near the U B church Sunday evening. The horse, frightened, bolted after the pair turned a corner. Oscar jumped from the buggy, caught the horse by the head, and slowed it before it could cause greater harm. His sister was thrown into a barbed wire fence but suffered no serious injuries and only minor damage to the rig.
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