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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
7
Promoters in Elkhart discuss a scheme to build a railway line. Reports suggest a bold plan with local investor interest and potential community impact. Details remain sparse as officials weigh feasibility and funding options.
Elkhart business leaders discuss forming a 250000 stock company to fund an electric road from Elkhart to Nappanee. H B Bucklen offers to subscribe for twice any other individual, with J W Fieldhouse expected to act soon. Completion would boost Wickhart and regional growth, preventing Goshen from gaining the lead.
Fragmentary prose presents no identifiable event or report. Lacks names places organizations dates or concrete actions to summarize into a card.
Charles Clark invites W. E. Johnson of Shoemaker Automobile Co to Elkhart on the Glidden tour. They seek an western site for a new plant, with Johnson favoring the west and previously linked to Omaha. The party will travel to Cleveland tomorrow and pass through Elkhart en route.
A judge condemns a humbugging advertisement as misleading noting that there is nothing cheap in dress goods. The remark comes as the speaker cites how many women have been burned by overhyped sales pitches.
Brooklyn Hagle reports on Minks who plays golf so well that a pro career is suggested. He declines, saying nothing would force him to work so hard in hot weather.
A wry verse notes a doctor who treats the ill, then sends a costly bill that triggers another illness and a fresh bill, creating an endless chain of medical charges. The judge’s quip highlights the recurring debt and cycle of care.
In a jail cell, a lawyer brings unexpected news to a condemned client. The uncle has left $2,500, a fortune that will comfort the prisoner as he faces his fate and credits the lawyer’s efforts.
A girl who collects signs confirms a telegram cut by her own hands as authentic. Her friend questions the genuineness, but she insists the signature came from the husband to his wife, noting it as one of her best autographs.
An investment promoter extols the telephone as a wonderfully useful instrument and notes how past investments would have grown. The Washington Star quotes a remark about using phones in business and the value of early money placed in telephone ventures.
The born orator argues eloquence matters more than the correctness of arguments. He states people care less about truth than the force of presentation, a view highlighted in a Washington Star quotation.
The fragment shows an exchange where an unnamed enthusiast questions artistry and pricing. Mr Cumrox responds with a claim about paying 80 and learning more in an hour than in three years, mentioning Washington tar and a swift comparison of time versus skill. The text remains incomplete and cryptic.
A speaker reflects on sorting through papers and keepsakes, deciding what to save and what to discard. He recalls old letters, receipts, birthday cards, valentines, and notes from dead friends, questioning their value as life moves forward. He resolves to throw away most items to clear the desk and start anew.
Fragmentary note mentions a funeral for a millionaire and a Brooklyn setting with carriages and hearse. details are unclear and partially garbled.
A Superior Court action centered on a commissioner's judgment in Elkhart involving a saloon case. The matter seeks resolution within the court system, with details limited by the damaged OCR.
In Elkhart the Anti-Saloon League seeks to overturn liquor licenses granted by county commissioners. Charles A. Smith and John H Krumpetz face appeals to the Superior Court arguing evidence was mishandled and licensees may be disqualified. The case signals broader efforts to make Elkhart a dry town, with further trials planned for the September term.
Police raid uncovers a dusty Tonkin convent manuscript with a Chinese version of the seven ages of man. The text describes a boy's growth from childhood to old age and prompts notes on governance and duty as the man ages.
Vignettes of sailors abroad and their wives reveal comic mispronunciations. A captain travels to Russia and never learns his daughter’s married name, calling her my gal who married a fur riner. Another pairs daughters with French forms then to Mrs Lee.
Fragmentary report describes an extraordinary duel that created a vast sensation, noting a unique method or fate driven by national or regnal factors. The text references pills as weapons and hints at Prussian influence without clear dates or places.
Fragmentary OCR yields unclear text about a money amount and a distant event. No definite people or organizations are readable.
In San Francisco Judge Dunne convicts Eugene H Schmitz of graft and sentences him to five years in San Quentin. The crowded courtroom erupts in cheers as Schmitz denounces the process and vows to run again, while the court asserts law and order prevail.
A poetic dialogue imagines life as a game of happiness where love and fate govern paths beyond towns and townsfolk. The speaker vows shared joy and seeking can overcome doubt as two lovers meet by fate. Chicago Record Herald.
A fragmented meditation on nature and human origin, describing fish and birds as killers and rivals. It juxtaposes predators chasing prey with a claim that man defies wisdom by clinging to ancestral schemes and social strife.
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