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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
5
Robert Leckrone writes from France to his Uncle Fred Horne about ship life in wartime. He describes deck routines, life belts, foggy mornings, patrols, landfall, harbor pilots, and travel by French trains as troops move toward a rest camp and then return toward the city.
The sick in this community are all getting better. Mr. and Mrs John Hobman and daughter Ina were callers at the Charles Netzen home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Newcom were on our streets Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Parker have returned from Nebraska where they have been visiting for some time. Ezra King visited a few hours with his son Percy Sunday afternoon. Amos Hohman made a business trip to Silver Lake Monday afternoon. Vance Ulsh was on our streets Monday afternoon. Mrs Vance Ulsh who has been quite sick for some time is slowly improving.
The Hayman sale canceled last Saturday and the John Sucker sale held yesterday were both called off because of numerous influenza cases. The Yutter household goods sale announced for Sat Oct 19 has also been canceled.
Garret Snyder, recently enlisted in the Marines, has returned home Tuesday morning after months away in Canada and the U.S. Midwest. He is awaiting a call to report for ship training in South Carolina.
John Snyder, employed two weeks at Marion, returned home last Saturday to stay over Sunday with his wife. Early this week the couple moved part of their household goods to Marion and began light housekeeping for the winter.
Ira Coy and his wife will stay in Marion through the winter and into spring with Coy employed as a chain maker in a local factory. He expects to resume his old job he held about fifteen years ago. The families are described as excellent and hoped to return here in early spring.
The board of trustees of Silver Lake will hold a regular session tomorrow Friday night. Officials anticipate important business matters may come before the meeting.
Mr and Mrs John Ayers left Tuesday for West Lebanon to visit the George Ayers family for a couple of weeks. They will also visit the Charles Lewis and Thomas Ayers families in Weldon Illinois before returning home.
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