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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
4
Truth is advertised as on sale at Timmins Opera House Bookstore and Knevels Bookstore and at Er D Miller's South End Drugstore located at the corner of South Main and St Joe Streets.
Disjointed OCR notes mention Delaware River voyage, adoption of a Federal framework, and Illinois being admitted to the Union as the twenty first state. References to John Carrell of Baltimore and a journey through a 19th century political scene appear.
Born in New York on October 3, 1888, Dr. Abbe educated at the College of the City of New York the University of Michigan and Harvard University. He joined the United States Coast Survey then moved to weather forecasting duties shaping the U S Weather Bureau and its precursor services for decades.
The article contrasts U.S. plans for inland waterways with France’s long term river and canal program led by Colbert. It notes large potential costs and questions the near-term reach of U.S. improvements compared with France’s persistent, historic development.
Balti last Tuesday debate highlighted Morgan's canal vision across Florida linking the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic. Proposals include a fourteent foot Ohio channel from Pittsburg to Cairo along deep-water routes and Tennessee River improvements. James J Hill notes rail needs 6,060,1160,600 for upgrades. waterways need 46,000,000,000. Resed argued U.S. development is just beginning in 182s.
Two twelve foot king cobras from India arrive at the New York Bronx Park Zoo. They are described as the most deadly reptiles by curator Raymond L Ditmars. They eat live snakes and have cost the zoo six dollars weekly so far but have not eaten since arrival three months ago. The pair, housed separately, lash at keepers when panels are removed and retreat when panel is restored.
John Wanamaker gave the Pennsylvania Ger man Society convention address in Lancaster via phonograph records, billed as nine barrels of speech. The annual address outlined the society’s work and history, with Wanamaker speaking through machinery for a large audience.
The Boston Globe reports declination trends show the compass pointing east of north across most of North America and the Pacific, while Europe and Africa trend westward. The change, varying up to about 20 to 40 degrees, follows a long secular cycle with eastern U S readings rising since the early 1800s.
New York Tribune notes a surge in demand for used Bibles in eastern England where older, dirtier copies fetch higher prices. Some bibles once sold for fourpence now bring half a crown as collectors forge age evidence for pensions. A woman attempting to prove a 76 year age via a Bible aged 1895 missed tearing out the title page.
The Boston Transcript notes that about three thousand census appointments will be needed next year. A bill is expected in Congress to allow these hires without Civil Service rules, a continuation of a long-standing pattern referenced by Speaker Cannon amid political debate.
Houseworth Bros druggists announce a success in securing a special Hall price introductory offer on Dr Howard Co remedy for constipation and dyspepsia. The medicine is touted as a recent stomach and bowel cure providing quick relief at low cost.
public meeting in Goshen features Dr D L Miller on tuberculosis treatment stressing building up the body with fresh air sunshine and proper diet as the main path to eradicating the disease ministers teachers and physicians advocate preventive medicine and school programs to spread germ theory hygiene and public health education
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