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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
1
Mrs George Ayers of a mile east of town fell while helping with evening chores at the barn last Saturday. A skittish cow kicked and knocked her, fracturing the left arm just above the wrist. The fracture was reduced and she remains in pain with weeks of recovery ahead.
Ivan Decker formerly of Claypool and Orpha Leokrone of North Manchester wed in Wabash last week. The couple plans to reside on a farm near Wabash.
Mr and Mrs Walter Homman traveled to Indianapolis last Saturday to visit relatives. Mrs Homman has been a patient in a city hospital for several days.
Mrs. Charles Young recovers from appendicitis after a week of illness at home. Doctors considered an operation but she is getting along nicely now.
Ode Mitchell relocated from South Bend with his family and household goods during the first of the week and now occupies the Thacker property on East Syramore Street which was vacated last week by the OCE Dahamell family.
Chesteen Chappel entertained members of his class at his east town home Tuesday evening. A very pleasant time was had.
Gilbert Seibert aged 21 son of Mr and Mrs William Seibert of Collamer was killed early Thursday morning in the Pennsylvania yards at Fort Wayne when he stepped in front of a road engine. He had worked as a railroad policeman for several months and resided in the eastern part of town. He and his wife attended the funeral last Saturday.
Carl Hanson proprietor of the Packerton garage was injured last week when a crank flew from an automobile and struck him above an eye, causing a deep cut that required several stitches to close.
Dr C B Lunsford goes back to his Gays Mills Wisconsin residence last Sunday after weeks at Myrtle Glenn park where a log cabin is being erected on their lot. They have purchased a lot in Courtland park as well.
Last Saturday in Fort Wayne Carl F. Knull of Pierceton drove a car with Alfred Ross as a passenger. A bee distracted Knull causing his auto to collide with an approaching interurban street car. The street car derailed slightly but no one was seriously hurt. Ross sustained facial cuts and bruises from shattered glass.
Herchberger from near Napanee was jailed in Warsaw last Saturday for violating the school attendance law. He ignored warnings and claimed it was a crime to butter bread, denying Amish or Dunkard affiliation while refusing to eat buttered bread.
Local fans traveled to Warsaw last Friday to see the Warsaw Specials play the St. Louis Cardinals. Rain forced an early call, disappointing spectators, but Warsaw’s rain insurance covered expenses for the club. Boost for Silver Lake.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Shoemaker and six children from Claypool escaped serious injury when their Ford touring car collided with a Ford sedan at Market and Columbia streets in Warsaw. The sedan driver Mr Strange of Nappanee was uninjured. The collision toppled the sedan onto the curb, broke a rear axle, and demolished the touring car top and windshield. A Shoemaker daughter suffered a cut above the eye. the rest escaped with minor bruises.
William Wheeler, 27, of Rochester New York, drowned his three children in a bathtub and killed himself with a bullet after losing steady work. Police reported the tragedy as a domestic collapse and suicide following unemployment pressures.
W A Warner and Samuel Bashore announce a public sale on the Bashore farm located two and eight half miles southeast of town on Wednesday October 18 at 10 30 AM selling 5 horses 17 cattle 48 hogs grain and farm implements household goods and more Glen Switzer announces a sale at his place two miles west and one mile south of Silver Lake on Thursday of next week starting at 10 AM selling horses corn hogs farming implements household goods and more.
Clarence and Myrtle Daisy were found guilty of child desertion by Judge L W Royse in Warsaw circuit court. Each received a one to three year sentence with the father sent to the Jeffersonville reformatory and the mother to the Indianapolis Woman's prison. The babies, four months old, were placed in an Orphans Home in Mishawaka. The Daisys said financial hardship and a difficult family situation led to the act. They began their sentences Wednesday.
Last Friday afternoon in the east part of town a runaway buggy overturned after the horse frightened. Mrs Willodean Wolpert of Akron and her sister Miss Flossie Sebring suffered bruises and in Mrs Wolpert case a dislocated wrist while Miss Sebring sustained arm injuries. The child slept through the crash and escaped injury.
The Kosciusko County Sunday School convention will meet at Milford Christian church on October 13 and 14. All Sunday school workers are invited to attend a gathering expected to draw a large turnout.
Rawson Pressler, 24, of Albion, was found dead beneath his wrecked car on a country road two miles from Albion on Saturday. He had been alone en route home from visiting a relative at Wolf Lake when the accident occurred. Authorities are investigating the death.
At 6 30 Tuesday evening a Ford touring car driven by Ernest Swick and several passengers collided with a parked F D Hayman car near the Hayman home on Jefferson Street. No injuries were reported though both vehicles suffered damage including a burst radiator bent radius rods crushed headlight bent fender and a punctured tire. Onlookers gathered within minutes to witness the impact and assess the damage.
County Commissioner E. A. Arnold attended the Indiana State Conference of Charities and Correction in South Bend held Monday. He was accompanied by Rockhill, superintendent of the County Infirmary.
Mr and Mrs Don Leonard of Elkhart welcomed a baby boy two weeks ago in their home. The notice records the new arrival and family details in a concise birth notice.
Glen Switzer, longtime resident, has been in hospitals in Warsaw and Indianapolis after a March accident when a log rolled from a wagon striking his shoulder. Friends report he is recovering slowly, with persistent left hip pain delaying full recovery. A sale notice for the Switzer place southwest of town follows in this issue.
Nine year old Fae Deafenbaugh fell against a corner stone in the Packerton school while playing. She sustained a dislocated elbow and a fractured arm bone. A physician treated her and she endured considerable pain for a period.
A fragment notes that members of the Mazda class were entertained. Details are unclear due to the damaged text.
Dry weather persisted all summer until last Friday when rain began in the middle of the afternoon and continued through the night and much of Saturday. Rain resumed Monday night and the ground is now well soaked.
The state offers a $100 reward for information leading to conviction of anyone dynamiting lakes or rivers or using explosives to kill fish. The program runs for one year from October 10 and is signed by Richard Lieber, director of the state department of conservation, and Mr. Manefield, superintendent of the fish and game division.
Funeral party carried the remains of Aaron Arnold through here last Sunday en route to North Manchester for burial. Arnold, past 70, lived east of Warsaw for many years and was in Goshen Friday before the journey.
Samuel Smith of the north town suffered eye injury after his wife mistakenly used carbolic acid instead of medicine. A physician treated him. he endured days of pain but is improving, though full recovery will take time.
H. L. Mahoney of Lafontaine Indiana claims possession of the world s largest hog a Poland China boar weighing 1060 pounds. It stands forty six inches high and measures eighty four inches in length.
Harry D. Forney of Claypool visits supporters on a Wednesday afternoon as he conducts a countywide canvas for his candidacy for county auditor on the Democratic ticket.
Win Warner who lives two and a half miles southeast of town will hold a public sale on Wednesday of next week. Immediately after the sale Mr and Mrs Warner will move to Mentone where he has accepted a job as a driver for Standard Oil Co starting Monday October 23.
Mr Wood, after returning from the G A R national encampment at Des Moines, says the veterans enjoyed the gathering but notes ranks are thinning rapidly and the encampment may soon become a memory.
The article notes that the final registration day yielded a goodly number of registrations but not a full national tally. It recalls September 9 as the first registration date with only about half the voters registered, and October 9 hoped for more, though some failed to file papers.
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