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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
4
This sale offers sample blankets that have traveled widely and seen use in top hotels, offered at about 60 percent of original price. Also available are hosiery, colored taffeta ribbons, and umbrellas at substantial discounts.
Dr Jos Burke a renowned refraction expert continues Elkhart visits and is now permanently at Dr Turner’s office. He offers glasses for headaches nervousness blinking squinting inflamed lids and other eye defects with painless artificial eye insertion. Over 200 cases corrected locally with testimonials from numerous residents. Glasses at close prices and satisfaction guaranteed.
The Weekly Truth published in Elkhart Indiana by Truth Publishing House appears every Thursday afternoon. It covers latest foreign and local news with a subscription price of 1.00 dollars per year for delivery to U S and Canada.
A discussion on the word but and its negative impact in speech and critique. It cites biblical, literary, and economic uses, warning that careless but usage harms reputation, criticism, and judgment, with reflections on corn markets and the costs of labor disputes.
The piece argues that Venezuela and Colombia face a widening conflict with insurrections in both states and foreign support for rebels. It notes a Colombian army crossing the frontier and U S warships protecting the isthmian railroad, signaling instability and limited options for preventing war while urging peaceful mediation and public sympathy for reform-minded actions.
The article reflects on Joseph’s interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream, predicting seven years of plenty followed by famine and suggesting that years of study should have taught civil leaders about reliance on divine insight.
The recently taken Canadian census is incomplete but progress allows a long public lament when the results are released. Early figures indicate a population near five million five hundred thousand, far below prior expectations of six million. The ten year gain is about three quarters of a million, though Canadians expected a larger rise. Critics blame last decade’s overcount by former enumerators who allegedly stuffed the rolls.
Archbishop Ireland issues a strong statement on strikes stressing personal liberty and equal rights, arguing that workers may strike to secure vital rights while equity and law protect all citizens. He links Americanism to respecting individual freedom and urges all sides to uphold these principles in labor disputes. The piece cites a New York Herald note on steel strike wage losses totaling 3,806,000 dollars through Saturday night.
A clippings-style reminiscence notes how reputations form through actions and punishment. Author George Barr McCutcheon recalls boyhood mischief, schoolyard whipping, and yardstick justice, arguing reputation can be created by behavior and perception.
Vincent G. Clifford reports Indiana census data for the third group of states. It lists school age totals five to twenty years old, militia age eighteen to forty four, voters and citizenship of foreign born males twenty one and over. White and colored population breakdowns are provided.
Editor S A Brown recalls his wife recovering from dyspepsia after using Electric Bitters. He reports four bottles restored strength and appetite, calling it a grand tonic with gentle laxative effects for stomach liver and indigestion aboard the Bennettsville ad.
In Birmingham on August 8 a mob of about 500 whites and blacks executed John Pennington, a confessed assailant of Mrs. J. C. Davis, binding him to a stake and burning him as onlookers watched. Pennington pleaded for mercy, prayed, and cried out as the flames consumed him.
Two well known Union City men were hurt Friday when a hammer fell from the new Christian church tower striking Jerry Shugans on the head and a wagon accident in front of the church injured Col. Jas Patchell.
William Roseberry, a farmer near Madison, was tossed 15 feet by an enraged bull and crushed five ribs. His wife, Mrs. Roseberry, drove the animal off with a hoe and forced it to flee.
A baby born to Mr and Mrs S B Faning of Rochester has five fingers and a thumb on each hand, a normal anatomical count noted in a local birth report.
Li J Early, editor of the Camelton Telephone, drew a farm at El Reno.
Five bandits robbed passenger train No 4 of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad near Caney Indiana at 1 am. They blew the express car safe and looted occupants, with officials doubting a large haul. A posse pursued but no arrests or leads were found by nightfall.
London Aug 11. At a session of the South African compensation commission Newton Crane presented the claim of Dr A F Conroy of Chicago for £7000 damages from the British treasury. He says Conroy went to South Africa as a Red Cross physician and was arrested at Brandwacht then sent to Pretoria and Europe. The claim cites seizure of horses mules wagons and medical hospital equipment. Sir John Adagh noted Conroy's expedition included men who discarded Red Cross badges to join the Boers.
The Tribune's London correspondent reports Richard Croker will depart England by mid August to assume leadership of Democratic politics in New York. Villagers and tradesmen expect he remains at Moathouse until late September, with his exact plans kept secret.
Island in the Kankakee near Kankakee Illinois is the scene of a tale told by 17 year old Joe Gregoire and 17 year old Joseph Le Brun Jr about killing a six foot tiger. They rowed to the island during plover shooting and saw the animal near the water. The boys claim they saw the carcass but it disappeared on Gregoire's return to the site.
A spark from Depew planing mill ignited a $12,000 fire in Salem damaging the mill complex and nearby structures. The blaze consumed the shop offices sheds residence and associated buildings including a warehouse and stables belonging to Mrs Belle Soliday and another warehouse of Mrs Frank Green.
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