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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
4
Truth Telephones Editorial Room Business Office
Editorial fragment notes telephone numbers 95 and 61 for the office. Limited readable text provides no clear event or person. Summary focuses on the terse contact figures within the editorial note.
Elkhart Truth May Circulation Figures Reported
William D Hazelton asserts the Elkhart Truth’s May 1909 daily circulation at 3675 copies, excluding sample, printing spoiled, or unsold copies. Notary Louis A Dennert swears to the statement in Elkhart County Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Hazelton
Elkhart Truth
Truth on sale at Timmins Opera House Bookstore and Knevels
Truth is on sale at Timmins Opera House Bookstore and Knevels Bookstore and KE. D. Millers South End Drugstore at the corner of South Main and St. Joe Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timmins’ Opera House
Knevels
KE. D. Miller
South End
South Main and
St. Joe Streets
This Date in History July Events of 1668 1721 1758 1790
Chronological notes recount events from 1668 when Charles II granted Rhode Island a charter to 1721 John Yale’s death in England, 1758 Abercrombie’s assault on Fort Ticonderoga, 1790 poet Halleck born in Guilford, 1813 Fort George skirmish, 1852 Montreal fire, and 1908 Boston dockyard fire with $1.5 million loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles II
Rhode Island
Providence
Jihn Yale
Yale College
England
Abercrombie
Ticonderoga
Montreal
Tire
Boston
Frank B Brandegee Connecticut Senator Born In New London
Frank B Brandegee United States Senator from Connecticut was born in New London on July 8 1864. His father Augustus Brandegee long served in congress and led the Republican party. Brandegee graduated Yale in 1885 and earned a law degree in 1889. He served in the Connecticut General Assembly for over a decade and later represented the Third District in Congress from 1902 to 1905 before joining the U S Senate. Last spring he was re elected for a full six year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank"b. Brandegee
Frank B. Brandegee
United States
New London
Congress
Connecticut
Senate
O.H. Platt
Brandegee
Editorial Thought Reflects on Westernization and Global Confidence
The piece discusses how the United States and other nations are perceived as facing a serious shift in confidence. It notes fluctuating economic and industrial mood and questions the mysterious workings of political or cultural dynamics guiding progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Vote movements and tax debates in the 1909 senate session
After protracted talks a vote on the income tax issue was deferred in the Senate to avoid open assent. The bill is expected to gain Republican support while most Democrats except Senator McEnery Will oppose. Bailey proposed an income tax amendment and was defeated 28 to 47. The note mentions gas range promotions and upcoming comic singers at the Star Theatre with tickets on sale at local drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
McEnery
Louisiana
Jong
Bailey
Finance ‘Committee
Missing man prompted by Black Hand letter threat
A man identified as Conesta disappeared after receipt of a threatening Black Hand letter. A note was found in his desk demanding he leave money at the east end of the Hennepin Avenue Bridge Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Hennepin Avenue Bridge
Accident to Servian King in Vienna Park Ride
A telegram from Belgrade reports King Peter of Servia fainted while riding in a Vienna park and fell from his horse. The fainting is attributed to excessive smoking, per the wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servian
Vienna
Belgrade
Peter
Servia
Special inducements to all gas purchasers plan
Special inducements offered to gas customers for the next ten days beginning June 29 1919 in Elkhart as part of a promotional campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart Gas CO
Elkhart
Girl Found Safe After Alleged Kidnaping Near Sun Prairie
Four year old Anna Spangler, daughter of a Sun Prairie farmer near Madison, who was believed abducted by two men in an automobile Tuesday, was found three miles from home unharmed but hungry after spending the night in the open. Parents had offered a $1,000 reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Anna Spangler
Sun ‘Prairie
Here
Ex Exchange Guard Patrols After Threat Letter
New York July 8. Detectives have guarded the vicinity of the New York Stock Exchange since Friday after police received a letter threatening that the exchange would be blown up with dynamite between Friday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Land prospects in Michigan and Indiana farms for sale
Real estate brief notes farms priced around 3600 dollars upward. Describes abundant flat land, low taxes, acre homes in suburbs. Mentions Dunlaps offering payment terms with cash options, and Arnold Gas Block as another reference point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Indiana
Arnold
Rockefeller Wealth at Seventy Aims Toward Billions
An obituary-like summary traces John D. Rockefeller born July 8, 1839 near Oswego New York rising from farm labor to founder of Standard Oil. It notes control of one fifth of US refining in 1872 and creation of Standard Oil Company in 1876 with 1 million capital, the 1882 trust, its 1892 dissolution, and estimates his wealth at about 800 million at seventy with speculative growth to 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John, de Rockefeller
Oswego
N. Y
Cleveland
United States
Standard: Oil Company
Standard “Oil Trust
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Rockefaller
Anand
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