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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1901
Page
4
Reports on Friday September 6 recount President McKinley being shot by an anarchist at the temple of music. The crowd subdued the attacker as doctors moved him to Milburn home and the nation voiced shock and calls for strong anti anarchist measures.
Obituary notes Regence who moved from Ohio to Indiana in 1855 and settled on a farm near Claypool. He married Eliza then Amanda F Stanfer, joined the U B Church in 1857, held many church offices, taught Bible class for eight years, and died after a devout life. It also mentions Wendell Shuler whose Rochester funeral drew deep sympathy for his personable character.
A roundup of town residents and visitors including Parker and Homan families visiting kin, church attendance, calls on neighbors, and Sunday scenes. A storm damaged J. W. Shoemaker’s barn with two horses unharmed, while a North East of town buggy incident left the driver uninjured but the shafts broken.
Kosciusko county teachers and patrons discuss a project uniting the Lutheran church and school house to ease access from the street and improve surrounding appearance. The ensuing year will feature teachers S. L. Blue, W. Kern, Verna Hoke, Myrtle Anglin, and a strong call for patron support amid the Robison Park Kessler reunion turnout in Fort Wayne.
Jobo Beeber attempted a cross country trip in a horse and buggy with Frankie and Georgia Worley when a bumble bee nest startled the hog and horse, causing a spill but leaving all riders unharmed. Visitors Ira Regenos and family from Michigan joined Chas Regenos in Palestine last week. Communion services are planned for Sunday September 22 at 3 p.m. with preparatory services Friday at 7 p.m.
Clint Paxton went to mile Saturday. Wire is working for Lon Norris this week. S. A. Hobman is visiting in Chicago this week.
Local items report residents traveling to Fort Wayne for an excursion Sunday. E N Hill moved into the Whittenberger property on Main Street. Ford and wife from Rushville visited town one day. Lon Wilson suffers finger agony. Lib Wire staying with Mrs Regenos. Lou Mendel couple smiling. A girl was born to an unnamed family. E H Hobmason operated a Warren sale grocery Saturday. Fred Hines’s barn struck by lightning Monday evening. Miss Yocum improving from prior injury. Several youths joined the Ft Wayne excursion crowd Sunday. Miss Effie Hohman used excursion rates and traveled.
A lightning strike during Monday evening’s storm completely burned a barn belonging to Fred Hines, three miles northwest of Silver Lake. Hay, grain, wagon, bob sled and farming implements were lost. one calf and one pig perished while Mr. Hines survived a severe kick while rescuing horses.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a possible item or firm named Consert and Son with unclear context or action. No definite event, date, or place is extractable.
McGlennen notes bread quality and loaf size have improved as townspeople compare loaves from home bakers and the new first class town bakery. The moment highlights the advantage of local bread supply and competition among bakeries.
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