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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1906
Page
1
A 1906 Albuquerque letter argues New Mexico seeks statehood and will send a political delegation to Congress. It extols generous rainfall, mild, non oppressive high desert climate, and scenic sunsets from the Sandias to the west, while noting the plight of Native Americans and the region’s health advantages for residents seeking coastal travel.
The President has endorsed the spelling reform urged by Carnegie and aligned his signature to a public order advocating the reform. He has implemented changes in one department and may extend the rule, with Brander Matthews leading the spelling reform committee.
The 36th Indiana regiment reunion was held at New Haven in Allen County today. The unit served four years, two months and a day with 275 deaths from disease and 137 killed in battle, plus 43 deaths in prisons and twelve battles fought. eleven members have died in the past year.
The past summer yielded a strong onion crop in the county with fields totaling over fifty acres. Harvests are underway near the town, with yields around 300 bushels per acre. W. H. Geiger is harvesting eight acres and E. P. and C. T. Geiger expect about ten thousand bushels from roughly thirty-five acres.
Miss Etta Henderson arrived from Beloit Wisconsin to Hobart to teach for the coming term. Schools were postponed a week from September 3. She plans this as her final teaching term, marking twelve terms at Hobart and a record for the school. She reports her Beloit family as well and prosperous.
The Warsaw Daily Times reports farmers near Yellow Creek faced trouble with fishermen violating the Sabbath and with several saloon proprietors. Sunday tensions rose after an argument over fishing and saloon matters. Mr Parker, a local faction leader, was attacked and forcibly removed from his premises by Mr Lautzenmeizer, inflaming local sentiment.
J. G. Babcock has leased his tinshop and second hand store to E. P. Snyder who has taken charge and will continue tin work roofing spouting etc. Mr. Babcock will go on the road as traveling salesman for a Stock Food Company.
The record lists officers elected including Metheny as President Mrs Jaques Secretary Mrs Hay Treasurer Mrs Self and notes roles for the Cradle Roll Pres. of the Home Class Dare MED Mrs. R Nv Jontz.
George W. Shoemaker died Thursday at his home near Mentone leaving a wife and nine children. One daughter is married to C. B. Stevens of Warsaw. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Samuel Leckrone at Nichols church, six miles south of Mentone.
The Hisea family, who recently moved from Anderson to North Dakota, expect to settle at Silver Lake in Indiana. They will return via Chicago arriving Sunday September 16 where J A Leckron will meet them. They plan to purchase a couple of acres from Leckron and build next spring.
Miss Ruth Burt employed in Dr Hay's dental parlors suffered facial burns when a vial of nitric acid spilled during handling last Monday. The splashes narrowly missed her eye and caused severe but not serious damage to one side of her face.
The annual reunion of Companies I and F of the Twelfth Indiana Volunteers will be held on Thursday September 13 at the home of W H Bennett on North Maple Avenue Warsaw. These company gatherings have been regular events for many years and are among the most enjoyable social occasions. this year is expected to continue the tradition.
The Nelson Jontz Rittenhouse reunion is held today in Lake Grove on the bank of Silver Lake. The RECORD goes to press early and cannot report details now but will attempt to cover the event next week. The last reunion of these families was three years ago.
The Leesburg Standard is now edited and published by Jacob Whitefeather & Son after J W Armstrong & Son retired. The new proprietors took possession of the printing plant last Thursday afternoon and welcome the Whitefeather firm to the newspaper field.
The stave factory has shut all sections except the jointing department which will take a few weeks to finish. After that the plant will be dismantled and moved to another location due to scarce timber stock in the area. The closure ends local employment for many workers.
Bernie Blacklidge of Summitville a rural-mail carrier is spending a few days vacation and fishing on the lake He visited last spring and knows where to find what he wants during this break.
The season arrives as farmers reap fruits of labor with wheat and corn gathered. Some debts paid, some saved, some invested in improvements. Farmers look to barn and house upgrades, while others prepare winter feed and fall sowing, awaiting frost protection for apples peaches and grapes.
A short historical note records that a copy of the RECORD was sent weekly to absent friends, described as better than a letter and circulated among a community for reminiscence and connection.
Lumber company mills near the city add a $60,000 recreation building for workers. Improvements to shops are underway, signaling abundant labor and steady work for the laboring men.
North Manchester Journal argues a 40 mile railroad from Warsaw to the reads would be more profitable than a 15 mile line to North Manchester. Practical railroading says a longer line with northern connections yields lasting revenue, while a short line may fail to pay for itself.
The band announces one concert per week on Saturday evenings only while weather allows. The schedule envisions a single weekly performance subject to favorable conditions.
Rev. Rittenhouse and family of Syracuse traveled yesterday to attend the Nelson Jantz Rittenhouse reunion, gathering relatives for the event.
Henry Louis Groninger, longtime resident and prominent Pleasant township figure in Wabash County, died at his home Friday evening August 31 at age 74 years 4 days. Born in Rosg County Ohio, he married Rebecca Bussard in 1856 and fathered ten children, survived by wife and nine: Horace Arthur Tom Otto Charles Sam, Mrs. Peter Swank, Mrs. William Tryon, and Mrs. Jacob Butterbaugh. He moved to Wabash County at age nine, lived on the farm where he died, and was a member of the Methodist church. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at South Pleasant church, led by Rev. E E Wright of Silver Lake.
Obituary note records John B. H. Warner born in Miami with brief life details and later events. The fragment indicates a local notice honoring his memory and noting origins in Miami without further specifics.
Si Jaques and his daughter describe a trip by the New York Yacht Club to a Hudson River house near Central Park. The speaker recalls a promising escort and a pleasant day aboard the yacht with a spectacular view across the palisade as their party enjoys a cool outing on the river.
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