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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1904
Page
6
Local notice column highlights readers' reports on area happenings. Mentions include engagements and travel, business ads, store promotions, and church notices, with names such as Ness Gilie Hively, Rev. Wainsabsence, and J. N. Penrod.
An advertisement lists Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea for eruptions sores pimples kidney and liver troubles and indigestion with options in tea or tablet form priced 35 cents. Local merchants quote stove roof and shoe offers and note community prices. Cavender returns from Ea bart trip with wife visiting family. a horse and buggy is for sale.
The page lists varied items from sales and store ads to a fire in Ligonier damaging the business district. It mentions subscriptions, a restaurant with the best ice cream, a prize win at Bowen Colbert’s, drugstore offerings, and local curiosities including potatoes pierced by bluegrass roots and Cleopatra playing cards.
A seasonable note recommends laying in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for impending winter colds. It states prompt use yields better results, urges keeping the remedy on hand, and notes it is widely known and superior to others. Sold by Zimmis.
Farmers Bank of Silver Lake Indiana advertises real estate loans across northern Indiana with in house approval and quick funding on abstract completion. It invites readers in need of money to get in touch to arrange financing.
Joseph Mort will conduct a public sale at his farm residence 24 miles southeast of Packerton on Saturday October 15 1904. Items include 10 head cattle 25 sheep 15 hogs farming implements household goods 100 bushels oats and other articles. Nine month credit terms with auctioneer J I Grogsnickle. Sale at 10 o clock.
The notice marks Friday October 21 as Arbori and Bird Day and Sunday October 30 as Prison Sunday throughout Indiana.
Versailles Ohio man J J Havens, bedridden and destitute due to long kidney trouble, found relief with Electric Bitters. He reports rapid recovery and credits the remedy for his improvement. Advertises as best for liver and kidney issues and stomach and bowel complaints at 50 cents with guarantee by Zimmie.
The piece notes that speaking into a long distance line lets the distant listener hear the voice before the nearby listener. It calls this the nearest approach to thought speed, since sound travels via electrical impulses across vast distances in a fraction of a second.
A reader notes that some men mock a newspaper for errors in personal matters while praising the paper for praise and support during tough times, yet quickly claim wounds and deny favors when a misstep occurs. The writer observes the inconsistency and calls for measured judgment of press coverage.
W H L Brown of Leesville Ind endures asthma death agonies but credits Wing's New Discovery with instant relief and cure. He claims it treats consumption pneumonia bronchitis coughs colds and grip. Guaranteed bottles 500 and 1.00, trial bottles free at Zimn.
Cash Premie introduces a weekly drawing: with each 25 cent buy, a numbered ticket is issued and a duplicate kept at the store. Each Monday a random ticket is drawn. the holder wins a 2.00 cash premium if they present the ticket by the following Monday morning, or lose the prize to the fund.
Distinctive visitors and officials from across the U S and Europe hail the St Louis Exposition. Secretaries Hay Shaw Grosvenor and Yates governors Odell Pardee Cummins Murphy White Bryan and Belmont praise its scale beauty and educational value. Prince George of Bavaria and Le Petit Parisien editor Dupuy commend its immensity spirit and nightly illumination.
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