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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
5
In Tonkth place bulients and Techay eoee, Nushbaunt from Indianapolis faces defeat in the present tournament. He could win all his games if playing evenly, though handicaps affect performance.
A terse notice indicates an entity plans to start homesteading next April, marking a move to establish residence or claim land. No additional names or locations are readable in the fragment.
A passenger trains collision occurred when a girl fell across rails after sighting an approaching engine. Engineer Knapp halted the locomotive with emergency brakes as cars wrecked, a freight car rerailed, and the girl survived unhurt. The chicken blamed for the accident was deemed nonmalicious and the suit dismissed.
Western railroads with New York offices support the Long Island railroad experiment converting 87 acres of waste land at Wading River and Mudding Ford into farm land. After five years the two experimental farms earned 24 first prizes 23 second prizes and six third prizes at the Riverhead fair, showing railroad graduates can apply scientific methods to profitably develop waste lands.
A fragmentary exchange references the arctic circle as a distinction, with Pather and Rollo discussing its meaning. The sparse text hints at a personal or symbolic significance but lacks concrete details or context.
A Puck caption quotes a whimsical derelict and an aerial captain pondering a long-ago fall during races near Saturn. Government experts place the figure 250 years past month, suggesting a playful, cryptic streetside remark about timing and collision avoidance.
The Board of Public Works of St. Johns Indiana gives notice that on December 20 1909 they adopted assessment rolls for improvements including asphalt on High Street from Second to end, macadam on Prairie Street from South Main to Lusher Avenue, and asphalt on West Franklin Street to Mill Street. A public hearing will be held December 29 1909 at 1:00 PM to hear objections and determine if parcels will be benefited and assessed, with rolls on file at the Board and City Clerk offices.
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