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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1904
Page
3
Eugenie faces her father’s anger over her use of the inheritance as Grandet accuses her of folly. He insults her and threatens to cut her off as the family gathers for New Year, while Eugenie contemplates her isolation and a plan to ease her mother’s distress.
After weeks of walkouts the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union accepted terms similar to those proposed by J Orden Armour. Packers agreed to rehire strikers with priority to old hands and maintain fair hours and pay. The stoppage, the city’s largest in a decade, began July 12 with wage cut threats and arbitration talks.
Eugenie confronts Grandet about missing wealth as his wife weakly urges mercy. He exhorts secrecy while the daughter rebukes his control and threatens to reclaim gifts. The scene centers on family strain, secrecy, and impending conflict.
In a strained scene Eugenie confronts her father Grandet over a rumored betrayal as Mime, Eugenie’s mother, pleads for mercy. The cooper questions family secrets and money as tension sharpens and threatens to drive a rift through the Parisian household.
E. V. Riley once ran Studebaker Theater management and led a traveling company to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. The debut plan featured Shakespeare but the local butcher press of funds produced poor business until the troupe staged The Lady of Lyons after a lame actor recovered.
An elderly man recalls events from his childhood that never occurred, revealing how memory can blur truth with imagination. His reflections illuminate aging, perception, and the mind's tendency to embellish past experiences.
A terse note argues that cheating at solitaire marks a moral limit in conduct. It asserts that deception in a simple card game reflects broader dishonesty and warns against slipping into unethical behavior.
The piece traces how 1840 Harrison boomers sparked a political surge that helped defeat Van Buren and elect Harrison. It notes 1860 Wide Awakes as Lincoln supporters and 1880s Garfield Arthur and McKinley campaigns with blue coats and dinner pails. Kansas lists 119 towns with 1,000+ residents in 1964.
Body of a man was found beside the Union Pacific tracks between Vining and Clifton. Neck broken, believed to be a railway accident during a stolen ride. Papers identify him as Walter Kemp of Roumania, Indiana.
A fragment shows figures on a stock yards strike with totals for workers, wages, and economic impact. It notes 26,024 or 25,000 on strike in Chicago and in other cities, total workers 61,624, wage losses of 3,500,000, packers losses 6,000,000, stockmen losses 2,000,000, and public meat price impact 222,830,000 to 250,000.
The Toledo Blade notes the yearly currency movement from New York to the West and South to finance harvest and cotton production. Banks transfer excess funds from small towns to Chicago and New York, creating a seasonal tide of money that peaks around mid November.
A string of tongue in cheek notes on world events and topics from boxing and war to dirigibles and meat prices. Quoted items reference Chinese Boxers, Gen Stakelberg, Japanese defense, Benbow airship trials, fall millinery, dancing styles, and steak costs, all with satirical commentary.
Mrs Krauss publicly denies making any confession regarding the death of her stepdaughter Crystal. She told Hartford City reporters she has no confession to make and expects the truth will emerge at trial while her husband W R Krauss also says the published confession story has no foundation.
George Baldwin aged 55 committed suicide by hanging in Marion after escaping guards while under watch for nervous trouble. He owned a farm adjoining the city with twenty oil wells yielding him substantial income and disliked the noise and bustle from the drilling. His family urged him to accept the wells despite his objections and his mind is described as wrecked.
The decomposed body of Christopher Smith, 50, a retired merchant, was found in a Merrion suburb vineyard by two boys. A bullet wound and revolver nearby suggest suicide, but his family insists he was murdered and the gun staged to imply self-destruction. Smith lived in comfortable circumstances with no apparent motive for self-harm.
Charles Driscoll and his son John were badly injured after a long standing feud with Martin Hill erupts in violence. Hill allegedly used an ugly name provoking an attack with an axe. the elder Driscoll likely died, the son survived if possible, Hill in custody. In a separate incident John Wells of Cincinnati was shot fatally north of North Vernon while en route to his farm. He died minutes after reaching a nearby log cabin.
A man giving the name William Staples was arrested in Rochester and taken to Crawfordsville after he assaulted and robbed Mrs. John Waddell near Crawfordsville. The suspect had been working with a paving gang in Rochester at the time of arrest.
Early morning explosion at Millard destroys a race dam and a 30 foot steel bridge. Unidentified parties derail the fishery by dynamiting the dam, forcing farmers to gather fish in baskets. Estimated damage nears $2,000.
Mamie Lacer a two year old girl of Boonville died after swallowing a bean lodged in the windpipe. An operation was performed but the child died from strangulation in the emergency.
Natural gas remains plentiful in Hartford City while the Gasho family holds a large reunion near Atlanta. Indiana continues as an oil hub with Kokomo papers lamenting hard times. Boone county farmers report a large tomato crop. William Dudley Foulke returns to Richmond from Europe. A railroad may connect Lagrange and Middlebury to Elkhart. A handsome Mulberry house cornerstone is laid. Pendleton hosts the yearly Friends meeting next year. Ethyl Peters of LaPorte studies music in Europe. Twenty sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry reunites at Kokomo. A grand courthouse roof enthralling Boonville progress. Bessemer Gas Engine Co in City, Pa, plans Muncie relocation. Richmond men plan a miniature Mardi Gras. Filipino students to enroll at Indiana University this session. Solomon Ball, pioneer, dies near Greentown. Hess family reunion near Ford. A hot box fire at Royal Center. Henry C Brown, 42, dies near his Muncie farm. William Runkle, 91, pioneer, dies near Edinburg. Vincennes West Baden traction line project by promoters.
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