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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
5
An advertisement touts the Calyx Eyed Self-Threading Needle for weak or failing eyes. It claims the needle threads for the blind and sighted without practice, priced at 10 cents per package postpaid via Look Box 33, Silver Lake, Indiana.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio 1886 promises to pay 100 dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason verifies oath dated December 6 1886. Advertisement notes Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts upon the blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials and free sample offers.
A humorous exchange reveals Mrs Trickler refuses a gun saying she fears firearms more than burglars. Mr Trickler declaración plans to blunt crime while criticizing hidey hiding strategies leading to a chaotic tale of missing heirlooms and mislaid treasures inside the home.
The group dines with friends and arrives late homeward. A hostess rebukes John Touhiehin for neglecting greetings. He jokes that the hostess would wait but the food might vanish as knives and forks rattle in the dining room.
In the Tennessee mountains a traveler chats with a querulous mountaineer who laments hard times and contemplates selling green corn to the north. The mountaineer sighs that even with land and seed the old woman is too lazy to plow and plant.
At a western state political convention two rival delegates argued over sanity. One shouted that the other was crazy, the other denied it and challenged proof. The accuser then produced discharged papers from a nearby asylum to back his claim.
The remains of an only son were brought home after the death of an only daughter five years earlier. The body arrived on Saturday evening train with the wife and several relatives from Indianapolis. Burdge & Son undertakers conveyed the deceased to the parents' home where many friends viewed the body through Monday.
Willard Jacob Fitton born September 20 1873 in Silver Lake Kosciusko County Indiana died November 19 1915 in Indianapolis Indiana aged 42 years 1 month 29 days. He married Zada Budd of Kalida Ohio on December 23 1897. He organized the Farmers Bank of Silver Lake in May 1898 serving as cashier until October 1 1911 when he moved to Indianapolis to work in the automobile business. He leaves a widow his father mother a sister Ina who preceded him a brother in law Joseph Hamman and many friends.
Relatives from Mishawake Kalida Ohio and Fort Wayne gather for floral tributes. Attending are Mrs A M Jenkins Kalida and Mrs Rebecca Vail Fort Wayne both aunts to Mrs Fitton, plus Miss Lola Jenkins Kalida. Also present are JS Babcock EB Stout Warsaw C W Stipley Mrs William Hatfield Claypool BE Vandermark Burket Scott Pontius Will Clark Mentone Charles Olinger Samuel Clymer Mrs William Price and son Abaries North Manchester.
Through this paper we extend warm thanks to friends for sympathy and services shown during our bereavement. Gratitude goes to ministers and singers for their kindness at the last rites and to all who sent beautiful floral tributes for our departed loved one, the wife, parents and relatives.
Readers interested in a pneumatic sweeper should read the Duntley Sweeper Co. ad in The RECORD. Machines are fully guaranteed and reasonably priced. the RECORD says readers use the Duntley and would not be without one.
A funeral service was held at the U. RP. church at 1 30 Monday afternoon marking the final farewell for the deceased. The ceremony drew attendees and arrived before the burial.
Local residents report quick relief from digestive issues after using Adler-i-ka mixed from buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. The druggist J. R. Norman notes it acts on both bowels and can aid chronic stomach trouble with short treatments.
A brief note promises payment for inserting and recording items. The message hints at a monetary incentive to participate but provides no verifiable details or authorities.
Mrs Walter Homman and children visited Ezra Homman home from Wabash. Everett and Miss Flossie Yates traveled to Warsaw to visit Uncle William Yates. Mrs Eva Bryant and Ruth Bryant from Akron joined John Rowland family for dinner. An Anglication Tablets launch on sale at the Recorrs Office in Silver Lake is advertised by James Meloy claiming rheumatism relief.
Community notices describe a masquerade and box supper set for November 25. Visitors include Mrs. Cynthia Getty from Claypool and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jameson from Warsaw staying with local families. Also mentions local households hosting guests and urges subscriptions to the ReEcoRp.
Circleville resident Mrs. Tannis Eads endorses Cardui as a tonic after two years of back and limb pains. She reports weight gain from a skeletal state to 150 pounds and urges other women to try Cardui, available at all druggists.
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