Vision tests to set engineering signal standards on Lake Shore
Dr. C. D. Goodrich will ride in Lake Shore engines to test required vision for engineers beginning with slow trains and progressing to limiteds. The study, at the request of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, aims to determine how far signals can be perceived. results will influence company decisions amid engineer protests over strict vision rules.
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C. D. Goodrich
Lake Shore
Dr. Goodrich
Hanly Says Elkhart Gives Him No Trouble
Gov. Hanly flags trouble with Indiana metropolitans as he searches for compliant boards. He cites Richmond Kokomo and Elkhart as peaceful while Muncie Marion Lafayette and Michigan City show resistance or confusion. He worries the metropolis law may burden a well intentioned governor.
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Hanly
Elkhart
United Press News Assn
Indianapolis
Indiana
Richmond
Kokomo
Muncie
Metropolitan Board
Lafayette
Michigan City
Flagler plans 154 mile Florida East Coast line to Key West
Henry Flagler plans a 154 mile Florida East Coast railway from Miami through the keys to Key West. The interisland bridge road will rise about 27 feet above water and pass through coral bed foundations with long water crossings. The project aims to capture Cuba bound passenger traffic and bolster Panama Canal access with fifteen piers and a dry dock at Key West.
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Florida Keys
Key West
Cuba
Henry M. Flagler
Florida East Coast Railway
Miami
Fla
Keys
Chicago Tribune
Key To
Key
Flagler
United States
Panama Canal
Mangrove Point
Biscayne Bay
Card’s Sound
Large Key
Largo Key
Matacumba Key
Matacumba
Long Keys
Long Key
Estetta Key
Boot Key
Bahia Honda
Boot
Cape Sable
Everglades
Three Fathom
Gulf
Florida
Panama
Gots Dun Aiike
Colon
Havana
Sykes Cooking School to Extend in Elkhart
The cooking school at Sykes' store will run another week as many Elkhart ladies show interest. A plan would have each proficient cook teach her specialty to others after the current instructor leaves. The city has strong teaching talent in cake, preserves, bread and game preparation.
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Sykes
Elkhart
Artificial Silk Factory Planned in Mexico
A London paper reports a new factory to be established in Mexico to manufacture artificial silk. The company begins with a working capital of $1,000,000.
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Mexico
Swith A
Memory and mind in man and animals
The article explores memory as a threefold process of preserving impressions reproducing them and recognizing them. It explains cell memory how repetition fixes impressions and how attention and repetition shape recall with examples from walking learning to read and recalling dates. It notes memory can be trained with practice but overwork may strain it.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Sir William Hamilton
Hamilton
William the Conqueror
Elizabeth
Lawson Flays the System in Kansas Speech
Ottawa Kansas July 8 Thomas W Lawson addressed about 30 000 people in a maiden speech denouncing the system. He claimed robbery by a few men through banks trusts and insurance and outlined a plan to break up Standard Oil by selling all holdings while warning of political figures manipulated by the system.
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United Press News Assn
Ottawa
Kas
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Mike
England
St. Petersburg
Paris
Bryan
Rogers
Rockefellers
Stillmans
Roger
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Standard Oil
Ex Elkhart Men Named in Bank Wreck Probe
Elkhart figures Sydney B. Pratt and Philip Ebrenz appear in a Owosso dispatch detailing cross examination of bankrupt Charles Stewart of the failed Owosso bank. Stewart accuses Pratt of steering the Durant and Dort Co. toward ruin through misrepresentation and corrupting office staff.
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Elkhart
Sydney
Pratt
Philip Ebrenz
Owosso
Mich
Charles Stewart
Owosso Bank
Stewart
Carriage Company
Sydney B. Pratt
Durant & Dort Co
Arthur J. Bertrand
Durant & Nort Co
Flint
Messrs. Pratt and Ebrenz
Noyes Carriage Co
Ancients Knew Mosquitoes Carry Disease Germs
Washington reports United States Marine Hospital Service officials study a Calcutta to Ceylon translation claiming 1400 year old Sanscrit documents show mosquitoes spread fevers including malaria. The note notes 67 mosquito varieties with 40 as carriers and compares ancient knowledge to modern disinfection efforts in the South.
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Washington
United States Marine Hospital Service
Eakins
Calcutta
India
Ceylon
Sanscrit
Britis Medical Association
Marine Hospital and Public Health Service
United States
Laredo
Tex
Marine Hospital Service
More Money Needed for Court Repairs
County Commissioners, after a full session on court house bids, defer decision to next Tuesday. They plan to ask county councilmen to raise the $16,000 appropriation to $20,000 for painting decorating and plumbing as the lowest bids total $4,000 more than available funds.
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Court House
Tramps Reported Roaming City After Dark
Police logged several sightings of hobos roaming the city overnight. Two young boys reported being chased by a gang in an empty house at State street foot. Officers Roth and Withers arrived after the group had departed. A second tip said a gang near the Kelly foundry had left before officers arrived.
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State Street
Roth
Withers
Kelly Foundry
Carpenter Officers Installed at Local Union Meeting
Officers of Local Union 65 Carpenters and Joiners of America were elected and installed including President I. hm and Vice-President details. The brief notes the installation as part of the carpenters union proceedings.
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P65
Carpenters, and ‘Joiners of America
Correction issued on saloon license name at 212 South Main
A correction notes the license holder for the new saloon at 212 South Main Street was misnamed in yesterday’s Truth. The correct name is Clyde Weaver not Charles Weaver, as previously published.
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Clyde. Weaver
Charles Weaver
South Main Street
Ort case settles on nuisance charge in city court
The case against John Ort for maintaining a nuisance was tried in the city court this morning and settled when Ort agreed to move.
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John Ort
Slipped and Injured Worker Identified in Shop Incident
A fragmented OCR note mentions an employee at a South Second Street shop who slipped and injured a foot. Names and full details are unclear, but the event references a workplace slip at a local business. Further clarification needed to confirm involved person and exact location.
Japanese Servant Recalled In Navy Secret Plot
A U S Navy statement recounts how Admiral Fighting Bob Evans once kept a Japanese servant aboard his ship. The servant later rose to command a Japanese battleship, using covert access to learn naval secrets and report back to Japan. Officials say the incident revealed Japanese methods for learning sea power.
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United Sttes Navy
Washington
Baltimore
Bob Evans
Orient
Admiral Evans
Asiatic
Evans
Navy Department
Japan
Edwardsburg Local Notes Roundup
Frank Bement visited Cassopolis on Thursday. A D Houtz is critically ill. Lloyd Keene of Elkhart visited friends Sunday. Mrs Louise Clay of Elkhart spent the Fourth with her parents. J H Kingsley and family visited Charles Curtis in Mason township. Arthur Brady of Elkhart is visiting relatives here. Aaron Nickenson and Mrs Melinda Carpenter were married last Wednesday. Daisy and Stella Sweitzer were in Elkhart Saturday. Children’s day exercises are set for Sunday evening at the Dutch church. Harley Hicks has gone to Detroit for work. Henry Andrus, editor of the Argus, returned from a tour of Eastern Canada with the Michigan Press Association.
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Frank Bement
Cassopolis
A. D. Houtz
Lloyd Keene
Elkhart
Louise Clay
David Clay
J. H. Kingsley
Emily
Charles Curtis
Mason Township
Arthur Brady
Aaron Nickenson
Melinda Carpenter
Daisy
Stella Sweitzer
Harley Hicks
Detroit
Henry Andrus
The
Argus
Canada
Michigan Press Association
South Bend Elks to Invade Springbrook Park Show Day
The Elks of South Bend lease Springbrook Park for Tuesday July 11 with a baseball game against LaPorte Elks, roller coaster, laughing gallery, novelties at the casino, a high grade vaudeville company, and a debut song The Jolly Elk performed by a male quartet.
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South Bend Elks
Springbrook
Eiks of
South Bend
Springbrook Park
Elks of
LaPorte Elks
Ae Janes
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John McCaln
New York State Insurance Inspection Bureau
James Eckles
United States Treasury
Anthony Brady
Thomas Ryan
Grover Cleveland
George Westinghouse
Owosso, Mich
Sidney B. Pratt
Bob Evan
Edwardsburg
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