14 Nov 1907
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
1
The International Live Stock Exposition will be held at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago from November 30 to December 1, 1907.
J. W. Walburn arranges to open a paint shop to do painting and re dressing of buggies sleighs and furniture and will stock paints oils varnishes and accessories for painters.
J C Babcock and wife traveled to Rochester on Friday to attend the funeral of their nephew Andrew C Babcock son of Ira Babcock. He was 33 years old and leaves a wife and three children. The Babcocks returned home Sunday.
Chief Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner E. E. Earle of Rochester announced a plan to release two hundred pheasants in Indiana next spring.
Rev Gross and family are now comfortably settled in the parsonage of the Lutheran pastorate. He is filling the duties of the charge regularly and an acquaintance is being established between the pastor and his people, which portends mutual satisfaction and benefit to all concerned.
The body of Rev. Verling Helm, who died in Japan, has been cremated. His ashes and family will be sent to North Manchester, their former home, and are expected to arrive in San Francisco in December.
Mr and Mrs Walter Kemper of Allard Montana announce the birth of a baby boy on Monday November 4 1907 The notice names the new arrival as their pride and joy in the community record.
Anice arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Homman in Cardenas Mexico on Thursday November 1. The infant weighs six pounds and the parents say the mother and child are doing well and the family is getting along nicely.
David Rowland and his family set out for Stonington Colorado on Tuesday to join the Kosciuszko colony already in the region. Reports from current colonists are very favorable and prompt land opportunities at nominal prices are expected to be short lived.
Winona Academy student Butler sustained a compound fracture of the left leg during a football game on Monday.
Pierceton faces a marshal vacancy after the clerk records show the marshal failed to file a bond. No successor names are given in the minutes.
Miss Orpha McClure visits sister Mrs. Benson Roger and family then plans a winter in the south. She will split time between Mobile Alabama New Orleans Louisiana and Natchez Mississippi.
Postmaster Ferree visited Friday night with his daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Leonard Dickey of Warsaw and attended the address by Mrs Alice E Waugh Department Patriotic Instructor of the WBC at Memorial hall.
J P Hamman F M Metheny and Mrs John Fitton for the U B Church met Abe Claypool Center and Packerton church representatives at Claypool Monday. They adjusted Rev Spitler salary from 575 to 650 with apportionments: Silver 145 75 Center 140 75 Clay 1 218 75 Packerton 154 75.
The statement emphasizes that the impact of good actions depends not only on the action itself but also on when and how it is carried out. It highlights the importance of approach and timing in ethical behavior.
Loren Kemper a Winona graduate and Warsaw native married Goldie Cole niece of Senator Chauncey Depew at White Lock Utah. He has been employed as a teacher in the Indian Schools at White Lock after a long wait for the exam result and began work promptly.
Creighton Oldftather remains near Huntington after an operation last week. Doctors say his strength has improved enough that he could be brought home three and a half miles south of town within the week, though the end remains a matter of days. His family hopes he regains strength to return home before the worst comes.
A bronze statue of Gen. Benjamin Harrison will be installed in Indianapolis. A semi circular marble pedestal fifty feet wide centers an eight by eight foot pedestal with steps on both sides and a twelve foot high statue atop it.
Benjamin Straub was granted a divorce from Mary U. Straub in Warsaw last week. The court decreed that Mary U. Straub pay alimony of 900 dollars to Benjamin, noting the farm property remained in the wife's name but that the husband helped accumulate it.
A rural resident seeks eye help for failing sight and uses a pair of T.R.C. spectacles. After adjustment all seems well until a lens goes missing, leaving the man unsure if it fell out or was never present.
The sale held last Saturday drew many locals as two articles sold brought moderate prices. Local buyers attended and showed strong interest in the remaining items, with prices modest overall.
In Sunliss northeast district, Chester Claypson died from scarlet fever. The obituary notes a sudden illness and the passing of a local resident, with limited available details on the case.
A private funeral was held for GF Ingalls and a younger child who died after a prolonged illness. Relatives and close friends attended the service, which reflected on the family’s loss and the impact of the illness.
A Nebraska resident returned home after a visit with relatives. The report notes the traveler and accompanying spouse had been away for a period and is now back at their residence.
Frank and Dick Geiger report a harvest just over two thousand bushels of onions, with good quality but below average yield due to spring freezing. Prices: 50 cents per bushel for yellow and 75 cents for white if shipped now, or storage for higher price. Charles Geiger and Wallace Stauffer four miles west and one mile south also raised about five thousand bushels on previously undervalued ground.
E. E. Maurer reports trapping over sixty muskrats this season and notes fur quality suggests a severe winter ahead per the old adage.
Mrs. G A McClure returned Saturday from a visit with friends at South Bend. She paused at Warsaw on the way home, attended the chrysanthemum show, and brought back a very beautiful specimen for display.
The text notes that over two years 122000 apple trees have died. It warns that without new orchards these trees could vanish within ten years, making apples as scarce as lemons.
The Old Kosciuszko County has shifted from solid Republican to a growing Democratic presence. The courthouse now hosts a Democratic majority and temperance activism accompanies this political change, marking a notable shift in local politics.
George Kessler and his wife from Gering Nebraska arrived Thursday and plan to stay two or three months visiting relatives across Indiana. Kessler says they moved west years ago, worked in stork raising, saved enough to quit hard labor, and now enjoy the fruits of their Tabor residence after selling lands and herds.
The text notes exceptionally few birds killed so far with hunters frustrated by scant quail. The county appears not to be the loser in the hunt for the sought after game.
A legal notice records a $5000 damage award for injuries. The document references an individual named Guinee once called Willian and mentions Olay and a claim associated with Guinee.
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