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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1900
Page
1
Local remarks favor two proposed rural routes from Silver Lake, describing a rural carrier as a moving post office with box delivery and parcel hauling. Residents near town may benefit, but farmers worry over perceived schemes. Merchants urge support to keep prices competitive and convenience high.
The Bremen Enquirer recalls Mrs. Caroline Munroe wife of James Munroe living eight miles southeast of Warsaw. She flagged a burning bridge stoping a near wreck and earned life transportation. later she died from complications after an operation in Indianapolis.
Silver Lake’s produce market thrives with a weekly surplus and competitive pricing. Buyers pay 7 cents per pound for turkeys, higher than neighboring towns at 6 cents, reflecting local demand and efficiency.
Secretary Root is empowered to stamp out the insurrection in the Philippines with vigorous action this winter and hopes for subduing the islands by spring 1901. Volunteers may stay until mid January 1901, complicating home discharge timelines. General MacArthur will treat scattered Filipino bands as bandits. Cabinet discussions on China affirm no partition, open door, punishment for Boxer leaders, guarantees for Americans, and China paying indemnity for American losses.
The funeral for Mrs. Rose Mowrer Myers died of consumption was held Sunday at United Brethren church Liberty Mills with Rev. Brown officiating and burial in Lower Union cemetery. She was about nineteen and recently married. Her husband Mr. Myers is a son of L. W. Myers of this place.
Columbus in Bartholomew county is cited as the present center of U S population. It lies on Driftwood river about forty miles below Indianapolis and seventy miles from Louisville with rail links to Pennsylvania and Big Four. The area has Bell and Harrison Telephone exchanges and many farmers use the services. The county formed January 9, 1831. Columbus was then Tiptonia. Population grew from 6,751 in 1890 to 8,130, with current county total 24,594.
Eva Sundays daughter of Charles and Bertha Sunday was born February 3 1900 and died November 15 1900 at age nine months and twelve days The funeral was held privately under the guidance of Rev C J Miner due to a contagion in the home with the physician advising secrecy
The edition designates Thursday November 29 as Thanksgiving day and invites readers to bring along the Record’s Turkey, promising seasonal perk or feature.
The column reports a Big Four gravel train breakdown near Milford, pension increases for Adam H. Massena, a teacher appointment in Puerto Rico for W. H. Howe, and counterfeit lead dollars. It also notes a North Manchester factory for union-suitable workwear, electors meeting in Indianapolis, a Cleveland bargain cost injury, and weather-Driven winter forecasts. Further items include a Bourbon woman’s marriage plans, a Russian noble, and unusual winter signs. Also covered are a death in Laporte, a pigs feet incident tied to Mark Hanna, a new Indiana game law, a Dunlaps boarding house prank, and a disruptive boarder with a man having a seizure.
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