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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1901
Page
4
Truth Publishing House prints Weekly Truth a Thursday afternoon paper with latest foreign and local news. Subscription price in the United States or Canada is 1 dollar 25 cents per year delivered to any post office.
Indiana officials push timber culture and forest preservation, testing the 1899 act with Jay county disputes. The Forestry Commission seeks to enforce a one dollar per acre appraisal for select original forest reserves, while praising U.S. progress in riding, shooting, and industry. The piece notes judge Woods and General Harrison, urging continued public service before death.
An essay argues against complacency while praising American leadership in manufacturing. It cites locomotives, farm machinery, cutlery, and Yankee nations as areas where the U S leads, noting a nuanced view that isolated tests of American locomotives on English roads must be qualified.
The Indianapolis News recalls William A Woods died suddenly and reflects on his career on the Federal bench. It notes his strong mind and legal mastery, his accurate reasoning, and the respect he earned from peers. His devotion to the law and rigorous intellect shaped a respected judicial life and legacy.
The offer advises mothers to take Scott's emulsion of cod liver oil for two, arguing nourishing two needs interior strength and proposing a sample from Scott & Lowne of New York.
A Detroit Journal piece contrasts humor with wisdom noting the popularity of historical novels versus philosophical treatises. It discusses Indiana literature, writer compensation, and the fate of mediocrity, then shifts to tax reforms reducing various levies and the plan to redeem stamps after July 1 with procedures for claims and repayment.
A July 1 effective date marks repeal of numerous wartime taxes from the Spanish American War era. The list includes bank checks two cents, bills of lading export ten cents, life and other insurance taxes, telegraph and telephone messages one cent, warehouse receipts 25 cents, and many others across securities, promissory notes, and duties.
The piece argues for a liberal Parcels Post to aid U S soldiers abroad, highlighting German practice and home front heartache. It contrasts German gifts to six pound parcels costing five cents with U S delays and high charges, urging Congress to adopt wide Foreign and Domestic Parcels Post. It also surveys postwar tax cuts and deficits, noting how tax removals ease war burdens and forecast future relief.
Fragmentary sentence cites an era ending and wars whose effects endure long after hostilities end, noting lasting consequences and lingering impact of conflict.
A Lexing ton man M A Hogarty turned yellow with jaundice and suffered severely before doctors failed to help. After two bottles of Electric Bitters he reports a complete cure, praising the stomach and liver remedy as matchless for stomach liver and related troubles sold by local merchants.
A Puterbaugh block family bought a dozen eggs from a local merchant and kept them by the cook stove. The next morning a dozen chicks hatched, producing a surprising brood for the household.
Postmaster General Smith issued a firm ruling prohibiting rural free delivery carriers from buying whisky for patrons along their routes and delivering it. Any future violation will result in instant dismissal. He emphasized maintaining government service quality with good morals and proper duty.
A historical advertisement asserts deafness is due to inflamed Eustachian tube mucosa and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It offers a $100 reward for any deafness (caused by catarrh) not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills.
Miss Bianch Overlesse and Mr Frank Worley attended the Goshen band concert Saturday evening. Miss Fannie Hidridge is improving after an illness. Mr and Mrs Howser of Toledo visited Rose Lawn. Miss Della Shroyer is ill, Noah Creamer and wife of Shipshewana visited Mr and Mrs Alf Prough.
A trade paper quotes a prominent Democratic state paper to suggest broad opposition to tariff revision while ignoring Republican voices such as the Chicago Tribune and the Inter Ocean. The snippet contrasts editorial stances used to shape reader perception of national policy debates.
The piece notes harvest activity boosts crop movement and rail revenues, with central and northwest routes seeing stock gains due to expected abundance. It also mentions two bank irregularities and the plan to authorize banks to issue notes against assets, while bonds backing bank circulation protect holders from loss.
St Paul July 3 Catholics of the northwest marked the semicentennial of the arrival of their first bishop Rt Rev Joseph Cretin in the diocese. Only two priests were then in the diocese Fathers Ravoux and Lacombe, both of whom are present for the celebration.
William E. Douglass, former assistant to the receiving teller at the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co in Philadelphia, has vanished leaving a $13,000 deficit. The loss is covered by a Baltimore surety company.
Washington July 3 President Gompers of the Federation of Labor moves toward recovery after illness. He will visit Park Md today as part of a slow recuperation process and return to public duties at an unspecified date.
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