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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
7
Evidence Surfaces in Old Cabby Murder Case
A Glasgow cabby recalls a fifteen year old night when a runaway horse led to a murder and a hidden package. Detectives retrieve German papers from the cabby’s shack linking George Olten Bolten to a robbery and a fatal crime, prompting fresh lines of inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolten
New “York
George Bolten
George
Olten
Cabby
Scotland Yard
Broadway
Thirty-third Street
George Otten
Bow Street
George Oten
George Olten
Gourd Message Lines Speed News Across Distances
An ancient signaling system uses dried gourds and drumsticks to send messages village to village. Guards relay data, allowing rapid news about distant battles between the British and Boers. Dr Rideout notes messages have traveled nearly 1000 miles by this code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Rideout
Debaters Mock Italian Prison Abuses In Chamber
In the Italian chamber of deputies a heated debate over prison abuses turned humorous as a socialist deputy urged ministers to spend years in prison to gain insight. Another socialist mocked the interior knowledge gained from an enforced government stay, provoking further merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Hen Adds to Its Value on Jersey City Trolley
A Jersey City trolley car incident involved a man with a soap box and a hen that cackled loudly. The scene drew attention from fellow passengers who recognized the hen’s signals. The man investigated and produced an egg, remarking that his long-legged hen had laid it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Oil to Lay Dust Formed by German Prince Merchant
Hugo zu Hohenlohe Oehringen, the first German prince to become a merchant, forms a company with merchant Schode. The venture, capitalized at $75,000, aims to use oil to lay dust on roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen
Schode
Redmond Refuses Crown in African Adventure Tale
Young William Redmond recounts a mythic episode in which King Ja Ja captured him during sporting travel in Africa and offered him the position of prime minister and heir apparent, a proposal Redmond declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redmond
William Redmond
M. P
Africa
Ja Ja
Willie’ Redmond
The Game of Love Ends in Courtroom Quips
A witty exchange on love and divorce courts echoes in a dialogue about relationships. The couple jokes that love requires two players while noting rising divorce cases as a common outcome.
Humble Prayer Sparks Village Parson's Wry Exchange
A visitor taunts the parson about praying to stay poor and humble. The parson replies that he seeks humility while his congregation focuses on the other part of the prayer, revealing a humorous dose of rural wit.
Neighborly Share Surprises in Suburban Move
A couple announces plans to settle in the suburbs and reveals a quirky rule of buying two sets of every kitchen utensil. One set is for personal use, the other for neighbors who might borrow.
Deceptive Rumor on Shipbuilding Aid Probed
A dubious claim spread about Charles M Schwab offering 2 million dollars in cash to revive the United States Shipbuilding Corporation. The item questions the poverty narrative and labels the assertion as misleading and deceptive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Charles
M. ‘Schwab
United’ ‘States Shipbuilding Corporation
Eagle emblem and faith define the nation’s honesty
The speaker extols the United States prosperity tied to a national education system intertwined with religion. The orator argues honesty, self restraint and conscience depend on belief in a God of right and truth. The rhetoric invokes the eagle and stars as symbols of glory and destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gre
Glory
United States
Curious case of a duck found in laundry bundle
A Philadelphia Record item tells of a household duck owned by Dr English of Twelfth and Vine streets that vanished. The pet enjoys soft places and buries itself in cushions, and was later discovered inside a laundry bundle left by the weekly laundress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twelfth
Vine Streets
Dr. English
Philadelphia
The Place for Him
Virgil Markham asks if he will bother angels or God in heaven and concludes heaven is the place for him, stating it’s about time he started. The exchange reflects a child’s curiosity and a mother’s fatigue in a brief anecdote from the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Markham
Wiell
Mrs
Lynching Statistics From Yale Study
Yale researcher Mr. Cutler tabulated lynching data over twenty one years showing 1,872 black victims and 1,256 white victims. The report notes whites outnumber blacks about six to one, so the per capita rate of black lynchings is much higher than the raw counts suggest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler
Yale University
The Evil Communication
A humorous dialogue captures a henpecked husband confessing to forcefully taking a latch key, with a jovial aside about his wife overhearing and limiting his outings. Ditto admires the bravado as the exchange turns comic and domestic.
Teeth preservation in ancient men astonishes researchers
Prof Wright of Birmingham University notes fossil teeth from neolithic and bronze age humans are nearly complete and well formed. He observes that in those early days teeth lasted long and dentistry was unnecessary, a contrast with modern savage and half savage peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Birmingham University
The Ideal Road Movement Sparks Expert Beginner Banter
An expert automobilist jokes about the ideal road being hard when driving and soft when sitting, while a beginner concedes interest in the good roads movement as a humorous exchange on road quality.
Letter seeks two loads of furtellizer from department
A fragmented note to the Agricultural Department asks for two loads of furtellizer after the writer, who had received seeds from the paternal government, expresses eagerness to obtain whatever else is due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Turkish Officials Accused of Reign of Terror in Bulgarian Villages
The Bulgarian government presented a detailed memorandum accusing Ottoman soldiers and officials of massacre torture pillage and oppression across Salonica Monastir Uskub and Adrianople vilayets. It cites prison for Bulgarians professors and students in Salonica and multiple brutal attacks in Gorna Ribnitza Tivesch Schtiff Palanka and other districts with dozens killed tortured and houses burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Vilayet
Vilayet of
Salonica
Gorna-Ribnitza
Tivesch
Monastir
Smernesch
Gostigar
Schtif
Adrianople
Moving Forward: A Brief Update on Relocation
The message notes a decision to move forward with relocation efforts. It outlines a plan to coordinate resources, set a timeline, and inform involved parties of upcoming steps and responsibilities.
Detroit doctor revived a dead newborn with electricity
Dr Brien and an assistant conducted an experiment using faradic and galvanic currents to revive a stillborn infant. After fifteen minutes of current, the baby showed heart action and, with continued treatment, began breathing and had a normal heartbeat. Some physicians doubt the result, though others find it possible. Brien plans to prove his claims under oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Brién
Brien
Essex County
Railroad secures coal land in Illinois largest sale in area
Deeds filed in Macoupin county transfer 30 000 acres of coal land south of Springfield for 1 010 613 dollars. The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company buys through land commissioner J F Cleveland with Dorsey interests from Gillespie buyers. A line from Girard to Dorchester is planned through the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Recorder
Macoupin County
Dorseys of
Gillespie
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company of
Chicago
J. F Cleveland
B. L. Dorsey
Alton
H. S. Dorsey
Macoupin County Railroad
Girard
Dorchester
Torture Man to Death in Jail in Butte
Coroner orders autopsy on Frank Orloff, Wyoming stage robber, after Ed ward Dorval chief operator at Western Union says he witnessed a brutal beating aimed at forcing him to name the gun supplier. Dorval describes stomach kicks and persistent groans ignored by the attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Edward Dorval
Western Union Telegraph Company
Frank Orloff
Wyoming
Egan
Orloff
Dorval
Indicted Rioters Near Trial In Vernon County
Judge Thompson orders six petit jurors to report Aug 24 for the riot trial in Danville Illinois. Arraignment planned Aug 15 was abandoned and the hearing set for Aug 18. Some defendants may plead guilty. jurors drawn from across the county to reflect public opinion in Vernon County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ill
Thompson
Vermilion County
Woman Credits Dean's Kidney Pills For Relief
An Elkhart resident Mrs. A. J. Neff of 322 Washington Street testifies she suffered two years with kidney trouble causing back pains and inability to work. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she reports improved health and restored activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Elkhart
A. J. Neff
Washington Street
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Turkey
Chicago and Northwestern
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