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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1903
Page
5
Local column lists visitors and residents with scattered updates. Notes include Miss Blanch Leslie with Chicago visitors, Dr. W S Leiter and family visits, Rosa Kinsey returning from Petoskey Michigan, and various town events, sales plans, illnesses, runs, and social remarks from the week.
Claypool Indiana September 16 1903 local notes report weather hints corn front race and social chatter. Residents L V Hatfield widows and widowers neighbors and visitors are mentioned along with several short trips sales and family visits. A bad wreck near Big Four rail line injures no one while local papers urge readers to subscribe and keep up with town life.
On Saturday John Tully prepared lime for plastering when his young son splashed lime solution into his eye. A physician treated him immediately. the eye was cleansed and dressed and his sight remains only slight for the moment.
The livestock firm long known as Pontius and Study dissolves its partnership and each member will operate independently. Both will continue buying and shipping stock from this place, increasing market competition and potentially harming buyers while offering profit opportunities to farmers.
Monday morning reported good attendance in all rooms at the opening of school. Country schools are noted as a little shy due to seasonable farm weather reducing pupil presence.
L. T. Wilson reports four valuable sheep killed by dogs last week and the remainder of his flock scattered across the farm. He notes ongoing trouble in the area and calls for the guilty dog to be brought to repentance.
Citizens and farmers last Friday discussed securing a pickle factory, with encouraging strides toward assembling land. The company seeks land for buildings and 250 acres of pickles, and officials expect the matter to be settled within days.
The passage argues that a dim candle in a dark cave is more valuable than a oilless lamp worth a thousand dollars. It urges people to be a small, steady helper for the town, not complain, and let others share in the good when real leadership is lacking.
The bearded man with fevered brow mops sweat at the shady side of the meat market after unloading ice for Ervin. A vision in white appears across the street as the reporter notes the girl may seem cool yet hints she is likely restrained and kept from freedom.
A Silver Lake woman visiting Claypool polishes her face with enamel like lacquer, a daily renewal debated by locals. The narrator argues she does not wash daily at home due to cost, suggesting she visits a place that cleans old pictures for cleansing.
After a band concert a horse tied at the Thoma hitch rack bolted into a buggy striking Mrs. A B Ingalls and throwing her severely. The horse charged north through the crowd, colliding with a surrey near A B Ervin's drug store, injuring occupants including Erica Shipley Winnis Fawn and Georgia Worley. Miss Smith suffered an arm injury.
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