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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
6
Dover England August 26 German swimmer Holbein nearly reached Dover after a 12 hour 46 minute struggled attempt from Cape Gris-Nez to Dover in rough seas. He collapsed six miles from the British coast, survived with eye injuries, and intends to try again next year.
The United States received by mail from Pekin officials edicts issued by the empress dowager urging reforms. The edicts call for talent in governance, greater liberality in examinations, study of political economy, and denounce past abuses. Officials are charged to root out corruption and improve administration.
Cape Nome explorer Harry Barnes recovered a corked medicine bottle on Hagenaister Island containing a dated note from shipmaster C McLeod reporting the schooner Albert wreck with eighteen crew at Uni mak Pass on July 24, 1879. The recovered tablet ends a long maritime mystery.
A short family note promotes Jell-O as a quick two minute no bake dessert with lemon orange raspberry and strawberry flavors. It highlights availability at grocers for 10 cents. Warren reports a new waterworks and electric light plant completed at a cost of $30,000 and now in successful operation.
A Baltimore journalist-turned-beggar recounts how Washington paydays flood the streets with cash for the meekly dressed and eloquent. She exposes impostors, praises the associated charities, criticizes church cooperation gaps, and argues for police presence on department pay days to curb abuse while noting begging can outpace honest work.
In South Chicago on August 26, steel workers rebuffed renewed strike calls with most staying on the job. Emma Lamphere urged wives to pressure men into striking, framing the move as essential union defense. Vice President Davis warned Morgan planned a wider attack on unions, signaling a broader strike wave if defeats occur. Meanwhile in Hammond, eleven electrotypers moved to recognize their union at W. B. Conkey, with other unions signaling potential follow-through and injunction enforcement by authorities.
A circular from the National Association of Brewers announces a strike action starting September 1 as brewers unite to oppose the National Union of Brewery Workmen. The organization calls on owners to assist in initiating a nationwide stoppage affecting up to 20 000 men.
Newport society buzzes over the engagement of Miss Helen Morton daughter of ex Vice President Levi P Morton to Count Boson De Perigord younger son of the Duc de Talleyrand of France The wedding date is believed set for late autumn in Newport.
William Gove of Balbee consumed paris green he bought after an alcohol binge then lay in a cemetery. He was found eating the poison from his hands and remains in critical condition after several hours of medical care. He is 25 and recently married.
Buffalo August 26 Pan American Exposition hosts grange and furniture manufacturers week. Porto Rican society opens sessions. Municipal day New York State Grange day Cuba day Shriners day on schedule. Attendance crossed 4 000 000 with August average 50 percent higher than any prior month.
Robert G. Evans United States District Attorney for Minnesota died suddenly from heart disease on the balcony of his Kenwood home. He was a prominent candidate for the U S Senate before the last winter election but was defeated by M E Clapp of St Paul. Evans was in excellent health until a few hours before his death.
A historic ad touts Dr Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry as a blessing for all ages Nature’s cure labeled for dysentery diarrhoea and summer complaints emphasizing its universal relief during the season.
In Litchfield Minnesota on August 26, tramps held up John and Paul McGrath of Rush City. John McGrath was shot dead after resistance. Paul escaped to the train top but was over taken, robbed, and locked into a car.
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