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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
5
The article suggests affordable linen and silk tidy bags for laundry, duster bags, and storage boxes to keep rooms neat. It notes Japanese and Indian baskets, fringe pin cushions, week labeled cases, and repurposed wallpaper lamp shades as easy handmade gifts. Fine perfumes and cut glass bottles are advertised by Rush ton's drug store.
Jules Levy, once famed for his sombrero and high boots, is summoned by Francis E. Lambert, bankruptcy referee in South Bend, to answer creditors claims. A first meeting of creditors is set for December 29, 1900, at ten in the morning in the Odd Fellows Block office. Levy’s cow remains tied up as a judgment debtor asset, with potential replevin threatened by his attorney.
News item reports on a fatal train accident near South Whitley involving 14 year old Fred Ruffle of North Manchester, who was killed after being thrown under wheels while attempting to jump from a moving freight train with four companions. River George McClure, 18, injured but expected to recover. Ruffle's father is a jeweler in North Manchester.
Ex president Benjamin Harrison has exchanged his famous chilly demeanor for a jovial, friendly conduct in Washington. He chatted with Senator Burrows at the senate restaurant, easing tensions with a warm handshake and laughter. Reportedly considered for 1904 Republican nomination, Indiana ties and the old Harrison machine may influence later moves. G. M. Naber becomes president of the Wabash county farmers institute with Frank Milby as secretary.
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