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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
5
A report describes Carrie Nation being hustled from a Senate gallery before a conference with Senator Alison on Iowa matters. Birdsell recounts Allison’s grave remark about disturbing the dead, noting the incident followed Nation’s arrestement for disruption.
Senior Bloggins hosts a party as Master Willie Sloggins slips away behind a Japanese screen with his sire's cigar. Guests note Willie looks unwell while claiming he is in love, amid the singalongs and laughter of the gathering.
Gladys recounts to Marie how ex fiancé Harry Morton, after their broken engagement, sends her six boxes of face powder with a note claiming she deserved it for all that passed between them. She insists the engagement is over and questions his motives.
A regular Sunday caller, after six months, visits in a new wedding suit. The girl compliments it and he admits his suit is for business. The next day he spends 19.98 on a solitaire, revealing his serious financial intent.
An Irishman fell from a house and landed on a wire about twenty feet high. After a brief struggle he released and hit the ground. When asked why he let go he replied that faith kept him from clutching the wire for fear it would break.
A fragment from Meggendorfer Blaetter quotes a playful exchange between a husband and wife about cooking. The wife praises an original dish while the husband urges cooking in the style of the old masters.
A mixture of jokes quotes and community notes from the local Record page. It lists social visits theatre ads missing signatures calls for news tips and upcoming events including Thelma at the Akron Opera House and local arrivals departures and moves around Warsaw Silver Lake and Akron with brief mentions of sales and perfumers.
J E Eschbach from Warsaw handles legal business while visitors like J E Wagner and family come from Peru. Mr and Mrs W D Stout of Akron welcome a new baby girl born Saturday September 23. The piece urges readers to submit news for publication and promotes preparing sale bills ahead of a sale season with printed notices.
A crowd attended events around North Manchester with many visits among local families. Attendees included Rev Wells and wife at Abner Mayer home and others visiting farms and residences in Silver Lake and Claypool. The community gathering faced postponement due to a prayer meeting conflict and residents planned services for the upcoming Sunday.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as gentle, natural aid to revive sluggish liver kidneys and bowels. It promises excellent health and urges readers to try the 25 cent remedy at Rager and Jontz.
The RECORD invites readers to contribute items of local interest for publication. Submissions may be mailed to the office, handed to representatives, or called in at phone 62.
In cases of cholera morbus collis diarrhea or bowel complaint take Nyal e Blackberry Carminative. It is so certain in its action and relieves in so short a time that you cannot afford to be without it. CLINE CO.
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