Discovery-Columbus Letter From Silver Lake
A South Dakota letter dated October 12 1905 recounts a meeting with Harvard J Stearns formerly of Silver Lake Indiana and Bruce Lake Indiana now traveling for Ely Lilly Co It notes Stearns past work in Peters burg Indiana and Valparaiso and mentions Will Eddington and Will Eddington s grim past with news of Silver Lake residents It ends with a note from W L Rantz about family plans and a wish to avoid gossip.
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J. A. Meek
Columbus
Harvard
Ted Rantz
Eddington
Silver Lake
Harvard J. Stearns
Will Eddington
Bie
Ely Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Fulton Co. Ind
Bruce Lake
Strang
Fulton County
Sliver Lake Colony
South Dakota
Stearns
Petersburg, Ltd
Kansas
Nebraska
Eagle Lake
Chicago
Indiana
George
Valparaiso
State Charities Board Urges Ministers to Prepare for Prison Day
The State board calls attention to the annual prison day on October 28 last Sunday in October. It also offers to supply data for Sunday sermons to anyone interested.
Mrs Warren G Sayre Dies at Home in Wabash
Mrs Warren G Sayre wife of the Ex Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives dropped dead of heart disease at her Wabash home Monday night while her husband assisted her up the stairs.
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Warren G. Sayre
Sayre
Indiana ‘House of Representatives
Wabash
Printing firm mails medical pamphlets for Dr. Chase Co
Will Mail Million pamphlet The Atoz Printing Company of South Whitley began mailing 800 000 to 1 000 000 medical pamphlets from the South Whitley post office this week. Postage is one cent per book, totaling about 8 000 to 10 000 dollars. Last year the firm printed 3,000,000 almanacs for Dedd Medicine Co.
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Atoz Printing Company
South Whitley
Dr. Chase Company
Ator Company
Dedd Medicine Co
Work to Begin Soon on Dredge Project
The dredge will start soon as Milford work finishes. Mr. Mishler in charge says the crew completed Milford and will move to the Nelson ditch area. Preparations are underway to begin on the Hartsough or Penrod farm. a ten percent assessment is due now and ratepayers want the work to commence.
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Nelson Ditch
Mishler
Milford
Hartsough
Penrod
Ragers Drug Store Stocks School Supplies
Rager's Drug Store advertises a full range of school supplies including notebooks pencils and art materials. The notice promotes back to school essentials for students and teachers.
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Rager’s
Tax Notice for Second Installment Due in November
Tax duplicate available at Commercial State Bank for payment. The second installment is due on the first Monday in November. taxes unpaid after that date become delinquent and incur penalties. Taxes are collected for Wabash County. C. E. Stout, Cashier.
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Commercial State Bank
Wabash County
C. E. Stout
Pan Handle prospects entice Hoosier farmers to Texas
John S. Metzger and associates report from Sherman County Texas praising the Pan-Handle’s water, soil, climate, and wheat lands. They note irrigation potential, abundance pastures, and low land prices, with Metzger planning to move to Stratford, Sherman Co. Texas, in spring after selling his Indiana farm.
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Texas
E. E. Haworth
Joseph Metzger
Eli Keplinger
Jeff Claypool
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
Stratford
Sherman County
Indiana
Sherman
Kansas
Kansas City
Middle West
United States
Keptinger
Stratford, Sherman Co
John S. Metzger
Pan Handle Texas Appeal Of A Fertile Plain
Poetic travel note extols the Panhandle Texas region praising mild winters ample water from wind mills fertile plains and rich farms. It highlights crops cattle and grazing lands with low taxes and strong public schools as signs of prosperity and opportunity. The tone invites readers to consider migrating to a thriving agricultural landscape.
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Great Texas Plains
Indiana Game Laws Restrict Unlicensed Hunting Statewide
Section 699 of the Indiana game laws states residents may not hunt protected wildlife in the state without a license. It specifies hunting is allowed only in the township of residence and only during lawful periods. Noncompliance constitutes an unlawful act under state law.
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Indiana
State of
Gone to California Party Heads for Lordsburg
A party led by Je An Kreiter and family Clyde Heckathorn and wife John Metzger and wife Fran cis Metzger and David J Metzger left Tuesday from North Manchester via the Vandalia and Santa Fe lines for Lordsburg California. They aimed to escape the cold and seek Pacific sunshine while others back home plan for coal and wood.
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Je An ‘Kreiter
Clyde
Heckathorn
John
Metzger
Francis Metzger
Lordsburg
California
Manchester
Sante Fe
St Louis
Pacific Coast
Rosezo Sentenced for Rager Home Robbery in Wabash Court
Frank Rosezo pleaded guilty to robbing the Samuel Rager home October 14 in Wabash County. He was sentenced in Jeffersonville to the state reformatory for one to three years, fined one dollar, and disfranchised for three years. He offered conflicting stories in court.
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Frank ‘Rosezo
Samuel Rager
Wabash County
Jeffersonville ‘Reformatory
Rosezo
Rager
Land for Sale Near Silver Lake Paragraph
FOR SALE CHEAP forty acres of land four miles southwest of Silver Lake. All farm land with no buildings. Inquire at RECORD office.
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Silver Lake
Hallowe en customs and indoor party planning notes
The fragment discusses Halloween observing indoors with a supper party theme. It emphasizes decorations in the dining room, spectral lumina from candles, large jack o lanterns, and using furniture as centerpieces. It suggests planning a high tea at a late hour ending with waffles.
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Hallowe'en
Hallowe
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Canistota
S. D
Messes
Brusu & Hanson
Dear Srrs
Will
Record
Cexas
Jeffersonville
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