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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
4
Delivered by carrier to any city area or by mail. Ten cents per week or five dollars per year, payable to carrier. If not delivered regularly, report to this office. Ads and communications must arrive by 10 o'clock to insure publication that day.
Classified item lists two telephone numbers D0 61 for editorial room and business office services. Brief notice indicates separate lines for newsroom and business inquiries with contact options.
William D. Hazelton states the Hikhart Truth had a bona fide daily circulation of 3833 copies for February 1908. The figure excludes sample copies printed or unsold stock. Subscribed in Elkhart Indiana on March 3, 1908 by notary Louisa Dennert SBA with expiration in 1911.
Truth on sale at Finehout's drug store corner Main and Hickory Timmins' Op era House bookstore Knevels' bookstore advertise items for purchase in a small town.
April 2 marks the death of Admiral Jean Barth in 1702 and Thomas Jefferson in independence history. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, born 1834, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, died 1904. Gambetta born 183S, died 1882. Confederate evacuation of Richmond noted in 1865. Simpson Tunnel opened in 1905. Fred A Busse elected mayor of Chicago in 1907.
Nicholas Murray Butler born April 981862 in Elizabeth New Jersey. He became Columbia University faculty and in 1908 succeeded Seth Low as president. He holds numerous honorary degrees from major American and European universities and has led the National Educational Association.
Bryan was endorsed for president by two court districts of Buffalo New York. Republicans of Arkansas set an in minute convention in Hot Springs on April 28 to pick delegates for Chicago. J H Funston former congressman and father of General Fred Funston runs for Kansas state senate.
Representative Fowler of New Jersey, sponsor of the Fowler currency Bill, declares Taft and Fort as his proposed presidential ticket in a public announcement.
The six delegates named are A. J. Fall, W. H. Llewellyn, H. O. Bursum, M. A. Utero, T. Catren, and Charles H. Speiss. The national committee has allotted four delegates to New Mexico and expects the six chosen to be admitted.
Ignatius J Dunn, named by the Nebraska delegation to nominate William J Bryan for president at the Democratic National Convention. The note identifies Dunn as the present city attorney.
The Walt organization in New York, a body of businessmen professionals, met yesterday and elected officers. Jay, chairman of the executive committee, said the group aims to build sentiment in favor of Secretary Taft for the presidency and to influence the state delegation to cast votes for Taft on the second ballot.
Thomas Lewis, new United Mine Workers president, invites miners from Ohio Indiana Illinois and western Pennsylvania to a meeting in Indianapolis to consider a joint conference with operators in the central competitive field. A wage settlement and possible temporary local pacts loom as districts respond with varied shutdowns and resumed work.
An Arkansas woman credits predigested Grape-Nuts with ending years of illness. After drastic weight loss and weakness, she reports steady appetite, no medicines, and improved strength enabling household work. She claims weight gain over weeks and plans to continue the food.
A promotional offer promises a free trip around the world for using Peirce's Golden Rio Coffee. The fragment mentions a contact or code 27 3051 but provides no verifiable details.
The Pleasure Club will host a Saturday evening event at Hoffman Hall with dancing and a small prize for whoever collects the most yard. An extra musical piece will be performed by the Sperry Orchestra.
In a historical note from Illustrated Sunday Magazine, the piece traces a tradition of kissing feet or garb across civilizations. It cites Egypt, Assyria, Greece, Rome, and royalty such as Pontifex Maximus and a Turkish sultan, noting the varying degrees of homage from high officials to commoners. It recounts a Briton king’s dramatic kiss incident and contrasts reverence practices by status.
In a Georgia town of about 6000, a Chautauqua assembly drew large crowds under a big tent. A circus man arrived with a steam merry-go-round placed halfway between town and grounds, and a country youth recalled riding the ride nine times, sharing how he enjoyed the event.
A New York Press note explains a seven word pangram using the entire alphabet in 32 letters and cites two eight word sentences that include all letters. It highlights the popular quick brown fox sentence and the packing box with liquor jugs as typewriter test examples.
The development of modern hypnotic suggestion traces to Liebault of Nancy hailed as the father of therapeutic suggestion. His 1866 book was shelved, seen as lunacy, and later reissued after Charcot’s 1878 studies. Bernheim’s 1884 work on suggestion boosted Liebault’s lasting reputation.
A weather expert explains a simple barometer: a 15 inch string soaked in a strong salt water solution, dried, then weighted and hung against a wall. The weight rises in wet weather and falls in fair weather, claimed to be as accurate as a $100 instrument.
A fragmentary meditation questions emancipation from superstition and idols. The speaker notes breaking old rites and fears public opinion, pondering what it changes and what it preserves in a ride through skepticism and religious reform.
The National Geographic Magazine lists 20 million mammals in the tropics used mainly for visiting temperate regions. It notes ratios of animals per person by region and gives typical weights for mama donkey horse elephant camel and other animals, with ranges from 50 pounds up to 2,500 pounds for elephants.
Gen. Joubert Pienaar told a Washington reporter that the West African official oversees a territory where blacks are branded and suffer from laziness and neglect. He recounts a moment with a physician who diagnoses the official’s ailment as underwork and overpay.
An quoted credo celebrates education and character. It affirms belief in schools, teaching, and serving others, stressing learning by example, practical skill, and joy in daily life. The piece enshrines hope, beauty in learning spaces, laughter, love, faith, and reward for effort.
A meditation on judging life by failures not triumphs. The Charge of the Light Brigade is praised for honor and obedience over success. The text argues faithfulness matters more than guaranteed victory, and leading in vain can surpass fruitless conquest.
A humorous anecdote recalls Lord Kelvin arriving late to meals and his parrot greeting him with feedback. At a public dinner he announced a science remark and then permitted smoking, illustrating his wry humor and blunt style.
Fragmentary prose laments how philosophers from pessimists to empiricists arise, spread ideas, then fade into inertness as time sweeps over their forgotten biers. The voice compares souls dissolving into the ether of fleeting thought and eventual oblivion.
Gov Fort of New Jersey signals candidacy readiness while Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt files for divorce soon after her husband sails for Europe. Lawyers say Mim¢ G wid she could wed Prince Sagan without affecting income. A Clothier Brokaw lawyer son-in-law faces extortion indictment. Anti race track gambling supporters claim victory in test vote in Your senate.
Fragmentary text mentions Cubs beating Birmingham six to chance injury to Zinnerman. References to rainy cold weather, Indianapolis, Sox, and flowers in confused context. No coherent event or dates clearly identifiable.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions cleanliness and a fire safety context. The text is incomplete but hints at making something clean and addressing dirt related to fire risk. No clear persons organizations places or dates are identifiable.
Foreigners of various nationalities are busy in Colombia exploring for mineral resources. The report notes active search efforts and international interest in the country’s mining potential.
The Washington Post notes some men measure national prosperity by their wives securing steady employment. This reflects a gendered view of economic well being tied to household employment.
A concise aphorism notes that a person who is always punctual holds a significant edge in pursuing success, emphasizing reliability and steady pace as key factors in achievement.
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