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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
8
Mrs J W Collier of Hardin Missouri extols Thedford's Black-Draught saying she uses it for years and feels better after small doses. The medicine has regulated liver stomach and bowels for 75 years and is a staple in many homes as a family remedy priced 25 cents and 1 dollar.
Mrs Nalor and companions plot a gift swap based on a ledger of wedding presents. They joke that counting past gifts avoids unequal exchanges and reveals the charm of nostalgic percolators lamps and clocks as tokens of friendship.
Miss Ethel Skirmer visited Wabash while Mrs. Hugh Niil and her children from Berrien Centre Michigan spent a week visiting relatives and friends. Wabash reports felt mattresses sold at Downings for 580 dollars. Mr and Mrs W H Davis traveled to Chicago for a week stay. Mrs Joshua Leffel visited Warsaw Goshen and with her sister, Mrs Albert Miller and family. Thermos heating system installed at Franklin school three miles west of town.
A South Taketa congressman recalls Pete McCor, famed for daring coaching days. His conveyance ran a Deadwood to Carbonate route. one trip near Carbonate a horse fell near the hotel as Pete kept driving to the regular stopping place amid comments by locals.
A church society president overheard the boss printer in the newspaper’s compositing room threaten to dispatch murder and other graphic orders. The overheard rants included instructions to harm William J. Bryan's grandchild and to lock up a salacious actress, shocking the observer and frightening her family.
A shop manager recalls a wise customer who bought a yard of silk for eighty cents, left a half yard remnant, and agreed to pay fifty cents for the torn piece while keeping the remainder. This tale highlights practical buying sense and smart negotiation at a familiar store.
Fragmentary quotation notes a man reflecting on spending time chasing money. The lines suggest a cycle of work and delayed living as he contemplates how to “spend the other ten.”
Mrs Ezra Hamman visits Wabash for illness of Mrs Walter Jisiaman with grandson Master Richard. Ezra Wood and wife return to Lafayette soldiers' home after ten days preparing winter home. Mrs Wesley Yates and Mrs Susan Ourd visit Warsaw with sister Mrs William Yates. Classified ads prompt readers to mail Records to absent friends for a year at $1.
A quirky ad-like note touts a needle threading device described as making sewing easier. It promises savings after initial use and claims the product is indispensable, inviting readers to visit the Necotep office to purchase a package for 10 cents.
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