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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
4
A bank statement displays multiple monetary figures including totals of 111,848 49, 1 632 19 050.00, 821 44 9 000.00 and 1 817.00 in a ledger style format showing transaction values. The digits reflect account balances or transaction amounts across several lines.
Balance sheet details liabilities and deposits for Commercial State Bank Kosciusko County Indiana with totals. Officers William H Kern and D F Homman certify the figures under oath before notaries George A Brush and Gro A Brush in August and September 1918.
Report of the condition of Farmers Bank a private bank at Silver Lake Indiana at close of business August 31 1918. Assets and balances include totals such as 34214.30 119.51 537 60 2610 25 1800.00 1200.00 7875.46 3001.58 with the presented figures indicating the bank’s financial position at that date.
A concise wartime appeal urges readers to invest in Liberty Loan Bonds, framing financial patriotism as civic duty and urging immediate purchase through local agents and banks.
Local note says several Silver Lake women attended a styles exhibit in Warsaw on Tuesday afternoon. Mentioned visits include Mrs J S Marsh returning to Chicago after a week with her mother Mrs Elizabeth Ively and friends. Additional social arrivals and weekend guests list many area families.
The U S War Board directs discontinuation of paper service at expiration of subscriptions unless renewed and prepaid. The notice urges readers to comply by October 1 1918, explains paper scarcity, and asks subscribers to pay in advance to avoid service cessation and reporting to officials.
State Bank of Claypool in Indiana closes August 31 1918 showing assets including bonds furniture and fixtures real estate cash on hand cash items current expenses and taxes paid total assets 163000.57 with officers George Merkle president E W Kinsey cashier Mattie Dick assistant cashier.
Ledger entries show Liabilities Capital Stock Surplus Undivided Profits and various balances in a Claypool Indiana bank. Adjacent legal attestations by E. W. Kinsey dated Sept 6 1918 and a 1886 Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonial notarized by A W Gleason reference medical product claims. Fragments mention Ohio Toledo Frank J Cheney Co notary and a patent medicine ad.
Announcement invites anyone needing legal work deeds contracts mortgages written attested or any legal papers to call at the Record office for service and authentication.
A brisk line questions readers to pick up and read their own copy, urging engagement with the local newspaper and its offerings. It uses informal phrasing and a cheeky tone to invite attention and continued readership.
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