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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
7
A poem recalling bachelor solitude and memories stirred by smoke from a pipe. The speaker contrasts past visions of marriage with friends and stage careers, as loved ones fade and the quiet room fills with smoke and memory.
Bob sulks in his room amid a Wellesley pennant and a row of faces on the wall. Ned Summers questions his mood as Bob reveals a failed romance from Green Lake in August and an aborted attempt to apologize after a quarrel at sea.
In a Boston Globe retelling, Bob Terbell fumbles in the first half but improves after noticing Laurene behind a pennant. Ned Summers orchestrates a second half rally, and Bob asks Laurene to help him win life’s battles as he wins the game.
A sorter at the post office was found by a friend in his quarters looking rueful as he admitted mixing two medical certificates. One certified health for life insurance, the other illness for leave of absence. He inadvertently swapped them, sending ill health to the insurance firm and good health to the chief. London Tite Bits.
A sweeping bulletin notes potential shifts in the papal policy under Pius X and tensions from Turkey to Bulgaria with rising revolts in the Balkans. It cites Ottawa opposition to Laurier’s railroad plan, Humbert's Paris fraud trial, cancer research in London, and a string of disasters from a Philadelphia grandstand collapse to fires and cyclones across the United States. It covers naval war games off Maine, a White House outing permit revocation, and earnings gains for Republic Iron and Steel. Sports report details Harlem bookmaking crackdown, a golf title in Cleveland, and a two match win by the English tennis duo at Boston.
Berlin reports Herr Moeller minister of commerce and industry warns Britain that without laws to control trades unions it will fall permanently behind Germany and the United States in industrial competition. He blames union monopoly practices for Britain’s dock and port delays noting Liverpool lags Shanghai Hamburg and Bremen ports. He argues German capital should steer clear of American commercial caprice to win markets in Britain and its colonies.
Scores across leagues include St Louis 3 Chicago 11 and Boston 11 Philadelphia 3 for American League games. New York 10 Washington 4. Detroit 5 Cleveland 3. National League New York 7 Philadelphia 5. New York 6 Philadelphia 2. Brooklyn 6 Boston 4. Boston 6 Brooklyn 3. Cincinnati 4 St Louis 2. American Association Indianapolis 7 Minneapolis 4. Louisville 8 St Paul 3. Milwaukee 5 Columbus 3. Kansas City 13 Toledo 6. Western League Denver 3 Peoria 0. Colorado Springs 5 Milwaukee 2 in 11 innings. Three Eye Springfield 9 Bloomington 3. Cedar Rapids 1 Rockford 0. Rock Island 2 Decatur 1. Dubuque 6 Davenport 5. Central League Marion 3 Evansville 2. Terre Haute 8 Grand Rapids 2. Fort Wayne 11 Wheeling 0. South Bend 5 Dayton L.
In Cynthiana, testimony by Denny B. Goode claimed Captain Ewen told him the day after the shooting that he knew the killer of Marcum. The exchange centers on who fired the fatal shot and the alleged knowledge of Ewen.
London talks on the traffic bill in the House of Commons move to permit a maximum speed of twenty five miles per hour. Mr. Long, who leads the bill, plans the amendment to set the limit at 25 mph.
A woman for president or vice president is a plank in the United Christian party platform as it aims to convene a mass Christian gathering in St Louis on August 8. The event highlights the party's call for broad leadership roles and publicity in the religious community.
Paris reports W. N. McMillan of St. Louis has arrived in Jibatil after a recent failure to explore the Blue Nile.
New York August 8 Lew Fields of Weber and Fields fame and his wife were swimming with friends at Edgewater when Fields sank after a rope caught his foot and his head hit a lifeline post. Mrs Fields pulled him free and stayed by him until a life saver assisted them to shore and saved him.
Rear Admiral George C. Remey, ranking officer of his grade, will retire Monday. Appointed from Town in 1855, he became rear admiral in 1898 and has chaired the lighthouse board since May 1902. His successor as head of the lighthouse board will be Rear Admiral John J. Read.
Bishops and priests attending the Catholic Total Abstinence union convention in Pittsburg organized the National Sacerdotal league of America and elected officers. Rev. Father Siebenfoerker of Canton Ohio was named president with Arch bishop Elder of Cincinnati as honorary president and Rev. P. J. Mullen of Boston as secretary and treasurer. The group will include clergy who are total abstainers and will promote abstinence among their people.
A two year old girl near Oshkosh Wisconsin has swallowed a toy automobile and the object remains lodged between her fourth and fifth ribs for about five weeks. Doctors have failed to remove it and the child grows weaker as only liquids pass her lips.
Louisville and Nashville railroad named in $20,000 damages suit by Robert Polley claiming he was placed on a blacklist. Case filed in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 8.
Deaths include farmer George Proctor in Farmington Illinois killed by a horse and Henry Herbin in Mascoutah Illinois by a powder blast. Fort Wayne cornice worker Theodore Trier dies in Denver. Georgia convict Mamie Decrist whipped in Atlanta. Officials may lose posts as Hitchcock and Root return to Washington. A New York medical journal venture forms with Dr Albert W Ferris leading 6 others for a daily edition. An ice plant worker in Lafayette Indiana loses both legs in a train collision. Colorado hail damage exceeds 500 000 dollars. Lizzie West of San Francisco attempts cremation by chloroform after failing to receive money from Denver relatives. Reverend N J Brown of Blondinsville Illinois faces parishioners over a Peoria band appearance.
Berlin August 8 reports a jubilee celebration for Duke Ernest of Altenburg marred by a murder suicide. Doctor Thal suddenly insane shot the assistant's wife who attempted to soothe him. A second shot wounded the husband before Thal killed himself.
University of California reports two newly discovered caves by Prof. J. C. Merriam in which bones of extinct animals and a previously unknown species are found.
In New York on August 8 two boys playing on Cromwell's Creek bank fell into the water and drowned. The four year old son of Andrew McCormick attempted a rescue but both boys sank before aid arrived.
Vienna reports Serb officers at Belgrade were arrested on suspicion of plotting against war minister Gen Alanazkovics.
Detectives guard the doors of Mrs. Mabel Nathan Moore’s newly completed mansion at White Plains awaiting clues to the disappearance of jewels valued at $10,000. The case centers on a lavish residence and a high stake theft in August.
Passing by own action described as epidemic in Cincinnati Ohio on August 8. Police report six attempts succeeded. The item notes a surge in suicides and urges awareness.
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