17 Nov 1910
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1910
Page
1
The Record explains missing deliveries are not caused by the paper being withheld by the office. It states subscriptions are carefully handled so no name is omitted and asks readers to notify if their paper is not received.
A L Myers and wife visit family here before moving to California. He profitably sold a Peru area farm for about 8000 dollars and shipped a carload of goods. They are praised as trustworthy citizens. Also Warsaw business leader Charles F. Fye dies at 50 from cancer after six months of illness.
Miss Maude Corwin an 18 year old daughter of John Corwin a Milford area farmer ended her life in South Kenod last Thursday night. She swallowed poison then went to bed at the home of Mrs A Kline where she roomed and was found dead next morning.
Patrons are reminded that residential rates do not cover lights in unused rooms. Lights in all rooms are not expected to stay on like a business, and customers must turn off lights in unneeded rooms or be billed at the commercial rate.
The Rev Ir R Hicks Almanac for 1911 is now ready for dispatch to a hundred thousand homes. The publication, from Word and Works Publishing Co in St Louis, costs one dollar a year or 309 cents postpaid. Send your order to Word and Works Publishing Company, St Louis Ma.
The annual union Thanksgiving services will be held at the Lutheran church in this place on Thursday November 24 1910 at 10 00 am Rev Millikin pastor of the United Brethren church will deliver the sermon Public invited to attend this service.
H L Oldfather captured a fat opossum near his home west of town and displayed it at Person's restaurant. A scheme involving Walter Hamman Frank Summe and others led to a staged theft and a late counter plot to reclaim the animal, ending with its delivery to an Indian doctor after a series of exchanges.
Mrs Catharine Taylor died at the home of her son Andrew Taylor in Claypool Sunday after a short illness. She had lived in Goshen for many years and had only left her home four weeks earlier to visit Claypool. The funeral was held in Clappool Tuesday afternoon. She had once lived in the east part of town.
A boy goes to market with roasting ears and returns home without selling them after no one asks what he carries. The tale parallels merchants who keep their wares hidden and never reveal what they have in the sack.
Prices are remarkably low on books at Cline and Co. They offer the latest copyrights and advertise 25 name cards printed for 10 cents. Orders may be brought in or sent to the office for a limited time.
Mrs. Thomas Berry, about 65, committed death by own action at her East Warsaw home by swallowing two bottles of laudanum and inhaling chloroform early Saturday. Grief over her husband Thomas Berry, who died last spring, was given as a cause.
L Oldfather and wife were entertained at an opossum supper last Friday evening by Indian doctor Cherokee Baird and wife on North Jefferson street. The meal featured a roasted opossum with sweet potatoes and other meats, described as sumptuous and appetizing.
A man at church gave a nickel to the Lord during the plate and ten cents to a waiter at lunch, then realized the ironies of offering. The article notes his humility and belief in a divine order, while a poor woman’s quarter hides the nickel’s shame in a moral tale from Church Life.
A dated domestic guidance item lists many do nots for husbands. It urges patience, respect, support of wives with fair allowances and recreation, avoiding jealousy or flirting. It stresses involvement in household life, appreciation of wife’s efforts, and timely small gifts.
Real Bargains list includes boys and men sweaters in navy blue and brown, men's dress shoes, horse hide gloves, heavy wool pants, felt boots, rubber boots, boys overcoats, all wool suits, and handmade overcoats. Conradt & Boots of North Manchester advertise first quality goods at low prices.
An old custom linked births with planting trees, many trees now held as memories of loved ones. The piece invites readers to recall a personal tree and suggests gifting a living tree to a child to keep memories thriving, noting enduring care for Marys and Johns trees even after homes change.
J F Skinner traveled to Indianapolis Wednesday to attend the semi annual session of the I O O F Grand Lodge of Indiana. He attended as a delegate representing the local lodge.
John Miller left Thursday morning for Pueblo Colorado to visit his son Roy Miller and his wife. He expected his daughter Mrs Robert McFarland of McMinnville Tennessee to meet him in Indianapolis.
Mrs Bess Stoner was granted a divorce from Fred Stoner on Friday. She was also given permission to resume her maiden name Bess O Christner.
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