20 Nov 1903
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1903
Page
1
A series of Union Church Services started last Sunday evening at the U B Church. Inclement weather reduced attendance but those present found the meetings very interesting. Ministers of all churches urge people to attend and support the cause with their presence.
A beaver exhibit marks the Canadian section at the World's Fair while a model poultry farm and a chicken restaurant display poultry from egg to table. T E Orr is named superintendent of poultry. Maccabee day is set for September 25, 1904 with all prominent Maccabees attending. Ed Weeks pays 151 dollars for two pigs to groom for Live Stock display. Indiana authors and a complete file of Indiana newspapers will be shown in the Hoosier State Building.
Chicago's Lyon and Healy announces a clearing sale due to remodelling of warerooms. Steinway, Raabe, and other famous brands offered new and used at deep discounts with prices for square, upright, and baby grand pianos. Return if unsatisfied. shipping costs modest and freight rates favorable.
The article profiles T. J. Colbert a long time county resident known as Colbert the Roof Paint Man. It notes his triple career as farmer merchant and inventor with royalties from The Pennsylvania Petrified Roof Paint and plans for a stock company. It also mentions a new crude oil burning method for a heating arc stove and patent applications.
C E Rantz visited Wabash Tuesday with Supt Blizzard and Big Four officials over a cattle shipment delay. A stock car missed the Nickel Plate stock run due to a dispatcher miscalculation delaying a stock train by one hour, causing cattle to arrive late for Monday market.
The Primary Department reports pupils who were neither tardy nor absent for the month ending November 6. Readers include Gladys Haney Edward Hill Will ie Roland Vera Pontins Robert Wil trout Gladys Sprigg Tressie Shoe maker Devon Gatty Ralph Armey Catherine Hay Bernice Bowse Vera Kern Gladys Bouse Mary Shoemaker Flossy Shierman Guy Aker Fern Barrett Paul Snyder Glen Paulas Bazel Bouse Gordon Gresso Ettia Shierman.
The notice highlights Maure r g restaurant as the place with the largest and best selection of candies fruits and nuts in town. It emphasizes a broad assortment and prominent in town presence.
Mrs C E Roberts of San Francisco says she would not be without Rocky Mountain Tea in her home. She claims it is a great family remedy and keeps the household well, noting Chas Rager's as the source.
On Tuesday evening about twenty of Misa Nettie Brown's friends arranged a surprise party with refreshments and social games. Self invited guests included Ed Jontz Clarence Jontz Arthur Tracy Frank Tracy Roy Hanes Dale Hamman Roy Sprigg Charles Hower Robert Dillman and Tony Underhill. The ladies present were Grace Clymer Nellie Dillman Chloe Haney Julia Arthur Fawn Kerlin Ina Price Bessie Walburn and Opal Kerlin.
The December Delineator Christmas Number is a massive issue with more than one million copies in its first edition. It features 240 pages, 42 pages of Winter fashions, color features including Babyhood Childhood Girlhood and Motherhood by Bernard J. Rosenmeyer, and wide coverage of fashion fabrics millinery and home suggestions.
Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre hosts a two week engagement of the Eastern hit Quincy Adams Sawyer starting November 16. The venue offers popular price seats with the best inside the house for a dollar, praised as a humane New England drama and a scenic spectacle by critics and producers alike.
A Fremont North Carolina resident named B. F. Bass writes that after severe kidney trouble and other illnesses, Electric Bitters cured him completely. He notes neighbors were cured of rheumatism neuralgia liver and kidney trouble and general debility. The testimonial ends with a price of 50 cents and endorsement of Dr C Rager.
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