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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1905
Page
2
A garbled OCR page notes subscription terms and scattered items including a judge named H. Bo Steev, mentions of South Volunteers, a Green parish, and a Chicago candy kitchen, with a plea of guilty to an unspecified charge amid press-time confusion.
James M. Vangelder appointed administrator of the estate of the deceased in Kosciusko County Indiana by the Clerk of the Kosciusko Circuit Court. The administrator announces the estate is to be settled. September 29 1905.
A case records a sale of cigarettes to 13 year old Francis Barnhart and a related arrest affidavit sworn by Susan Barnhart. The description notes the offender and family involvement in a local enforcement action.
A clerical looking young man poses as a Special representative of a ladies journal soliciting subscriptions. He offers a six ward dress goods order as a special inducement, but the order is worthless and will not be honored.
Farmers are urged to select seed corn now for the coming year. The notice stresses choosing sturdy, well-developed ears and storing them safely this fall, with guidance on early preparation and seed quality.
Purdue University Experiment Station issues a bulletin on hog cholera emphasizing prevention over cure. It instructs quarantine, sanitation of yards and feed, disinfection of troughs and housing, clean water and feed, restricted movement, and steps for handling sick herds to curb outbreaks.
At the 147th reunion David Hower displayed a one dollar bill with a storied past. It belonged to John Walker of Company D, killed at Port Gibson on May 1, 1863, shot in the abdomen and left by a fallen comrade. The bill passed through Roberts Walker of Reann and was later loaned to Hower for the reunion, bearing the blood marks of its owner.
A historical notice describes dog fennel and jimson weed decline due to modern farming. It recalls past abundance of these wild plants along rural streets and fields, noting their roles in local diets and the era’s pest and disease fears. The piece reflects on changing landscapes as chipped by new agricultural practices.
An item notes the aging figure known as Immortal J. N. on the road for his fortieth year still appearing in Hillsboro. He is remembered for wandering the country during the Civil War era sharing his distorted views and is now described as worn and near rest.
Mr and Mrs Wind J Brean and their son will depart this week for a world trip. They sail from San Francisco to Japan with a day in another port, then continue to Trekio On bebey II. They plan stays in the Philippines Australia New Zealand and India during winter and will visit Europe next summer.
J H Simmons of Casey Indiana writes of a fearful cough that disturbed his nights until he used Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. The remedy claims instant relief and cure for throat and lung diseases and can prevent grip and pneumonia with trial bottles free at Zimmerman druggist, 60c and 1.00.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a humane aid to nature. It claims the medicine relieves coughing, eases the lungs, aids expectoration, opens secretions, and helps restore the body to health. Sold by Flord Zimmerman.
The Lake Shore railroad company will furnish all telegraph operators along the line with the Yetman combination typewriter and telegraph instruments. The Yetman machine resembles a typewriter with a keyboard and a ratchet and cylinder mechanism enabling sending messages by touch of the keys.
The document lists names William Price E Braude T B Evans J C Hay J C Babcock and John Haney. It notes that begin 2s President and Trustees hold regular meetings on the 2nd and 4th Monday evenings each month.
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