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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
8
The contest races on with progressive candidates promised votes as readers track daily tallies. Contest managers warn that rivals may surge. supporters urge securing subscriptions to gain 5,000 extra votes per new yearly sign-up and a 150,000 bonus offer.
Albert Ferguson a night guard in a Missouri state prison runs a self started literacy program for illiterates. He visits cells with rudimentary reading writing and arithmetic lessons and has helped forty six inmates begin writing home and improving spelling.
A British controversy over census accuracy is recounted with anecdotes from witnesses. Cab drivers, tradespeople, and residents describe where they stayed or slept the night of the counted period, highlighting alleged misreporting and the futility of obtaining precise head counts.
A playful dialogue features a giddy girl with fluffy hair and a tall browed maid from Boston debating jumping and the law of Bravitation. The exchange centers on excitement, responsibility, and changing moods.
The municipally owned Liverpool street railways report a fare of 4 cents and 2 cents on upper deck. Receipts last year totaled 2,227,767 dollars with profits over 400,000. Of this sum, 133,000 dollars went to city relief via taxes.
A fragmented excerpt cites Dr. S. J. Crumbine of the Kansas board of health discussing Kansas baby births from 1907 to 1909. It portrays Kansas babies as cheerful and healthy, praises rural conditions, condemns women entering commercial life, and links commercial activity to national race death ideas.
The Catholic Standard and Times reports a detective question about a burglary. The victim says they did not see the burglar but describes him as very small and notes the entry was easy into their flat.
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