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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
2
W. W. Henry of Panama Missouri endorses Dr King’s New Discovery as the cure all for coughs sore throats and lung diseases. The ad claims thirty eight years of proof and lists pneumonia prevention. Rager’s drug store sells it with a money back guarantee 50 cents to 1.00 and a trial bottle free.
Mrs. E. E. Maurer died at St. Vincent hospital Indianapolis after an operation Tuesday. Funeral arrangements are not yet known. She had long been active in church and Sunday School work and leaves a mother a brother a sister a husband and three small children.
The note lists plans and incidents as the holidays approach including a fatal street car crash in Wabash and a South Bend patrolman shot Sunday morning. It mentions Indianapolis likely hosting a 1911 world’s fair and Thistlethwaite named private secretary to governor elect Thomas R. Marshall.
Many attended yesterday afternoon at the high school to hear the literary program. The pupils delivered numbers with evident study and training, pleasing parents and friends who packed the building. Similar exercises were given by the second intermediate team under J. E. Warner, with strong attendance from first intermediate and primary departments and visitors.
L B Yount visited businesses in North Manchester last Saturday. Edna Swick reports a newborn son born November 22 to Mr and Mrs Frank Hi Ferree of Mishawaka. Edna Swick and George Hammer visited Claypool and Lenius Elder home. Goldsmith & Boots advertise cheap men’s suits with premium tickets. Claypool Lumber & Coal Co promotes cement brands. Urbana resident Sherman S. Deaton wins state Senate seat as Republican over Oran F. Trypes.
Brau C. E. Nagle and family from Wabash visited the Jacob Haney home north of town over Thanksgiving. The ad proclaims Hard Cost coal from Casto and lists Cannel, Pocahontas, Hocking, Jackson, Splint, and Cockatove coals, claiming the firm sells more coal than any other in Koncosko county.
Local notes mention a closing out hat sale on Friday and Saturday November 28 with Edna Swick, Earl Spangle and family visiting E. M. Irvin's east of Claypool. Other items include Thanksgiving visits, Needle and Thimble club gatherings, and holiday card notices.
Miss Chloe Nancy returns home from Hamiet and will visit Sunday with her parents north of the lawn. Myron Murphy of Berrien Centre Michigan visits with his sister Mrs J A Walter and husband. Fresh bread daily at McGlen nen’s restaurant and Pearson’s for every day bake day. Claypool Lumber & Coal Co buys standing timber logs down trees or wood for cash by phone or letter.
A fragmented item notes Degg seeking food at McGlennon’s Red Front Restaurant for fresh bread cakes and pies or other good meals. The readable portion suggests a local dining detail in a period newspaper.
Public sale notices urged readers to call on the RECORD for bills and advertising. The ad boasted lower prices than nearby offices and promised three papers for every printed bill with guaranteed satisfaction.
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