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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1901
Page
4
A miscellaneous clipping notes old settler prizes in DaPaz and LaPaz, a remark on gentlemanly income by Pierre Lorillard, a Sunday school project by the Young People’s Temperance Union in Indianapolis, a Wabash telephonic tale, and dispatches from Ossining New York describe local manners and curiosities.
Washington notes a national mood of somber grief after President McKinley’s death. Citizens drape colors, Lincoln relics are displayed, and cabinet changes seem possible with 1904 plans shaping the political scene. Rumors include Hay’s health, Lodge, Roosevelt, Depew, and Long in consideration for state posts amid ongoing census race data.
Local notices recap varied sightings and happenings in Fairview including births and marriages. A court-style tale follows where a man and woman argue over a pig leading to a wedding to save the animal. The piece ends with a broad regional reflection on child labor and mill reform in the South praising voluntary actions by Georgia mills.
Claud Ramsey works for Frank Brown as H B Little teaches a local school started Monday. Charley France and John Cramer cut corn for Geo Snare, lifting over a hundred shocks. Rain and crops improve. Enoch Rhodes moves to Silver Lake with property purchased. George Saare plans barn addition. Noah France handles raising and Jacob Aughinbaugh builds wall. Residents attend North Manchester Street Fair. farming strengthens and Indiana pride grows with Wabash County poised for a strong exhibition.
Rev. N. Surface of Elkhart visits the area. Sam Beecher sold a farm to Mrs. Boyce of Claypool. Sid Akers moved to Silver Lake with his family. Mrs. Kerschner of Beaver Dam visited Geo. Michaels. Will Clinker and Mahlon Rickel moved and occupy a farm west of Silver Lake. de F. Skinne and family.
A weekly list from C. A. Snow & Co. Patent Attorneys names Indiana inventors granted patents in fields including washing machines, plows, rotary engines, wire fences, burial vault sections, garment supporters and electric power transmission. Send 10 cents with date to obtain copies.
A peach measuring 10 inches in circumference grown by William Snider north of town invites challengers to attempt to beat the size and send in claims to obtain the fruit.
Non automotive residents protest over road use and scenery claims, seeking an injunction to remove the idea that roads and surroundings are solely background for motor vehicles. They aim to curb automotive influence without resorting to force.
Josephine Monroe of South Bend learns from a newspaper that she is legally divorced from John Monroe, though they reside together. The judgment was suspended for costs, reconciliation occurred, and her attorney settled the costs when court convened. They will seek to have it waived.
In early river steamboat days boiler explosions were common when pilots pressed safety valves for speed. Now dozens of protective devices and laws exist to prevent unsafe practice, making the recent Delaware River catastrophe seem avoidable and intolerable.
At the residence of L S Roller one mile west of Bikres Lake on LUESWAY horses cattle wagons binder plows harrow hay ladder feed cutter barn tools and wood all to be sold at 10 o clock sharp under live stock terms sale notice in formal catalog style with location and date specified.
Public notice lists a real estate location at Silver Lake area near S33 Street, describing terms due for settlement on a September date. Names and exact legal actions are unreadable in parts of the scanned text.
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