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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
3
Miss Margaret M. James details six years of overcrowded city teaching and nervous collapse. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring sleep appetite and strength after taking six boxes, allowing a return to teaching at 128 Clay Street Dayton Ohio. Fellow teachers report positive results.
Mrs Kilbourn of Plaza Washington Circle died at 10 last night after a four week illness. She was in her seventieth year and survived by daughters Mrs Frank Gordon and Mrs Bella K Bourgeat and grandson Kilbourn Gordon. Born in Akron she married in Akron and lived in Davenport and Elkhart before moving to Washington during Lincoln era. Her life combined social leadership with wartime nursing in military hospitals.
Secretary E. C. Bickel of the St. Joseph Valley Chautauqua Association leads a volunteer drive to sell 1,000 season tickets in the next days. Citizens aim to boost Elkhart's Chautauqua as a permanent, beneficial city institution and unite diverse residents.
Since the city opened its United States recruiting station on July 5 two of twelve applicants have been accepted. Richard J. Gibbs of Elkhart and Charles E. Evans of Three Rivers were chosen. Gibbs heads to Jefferson Barracks Missouri for mounted service instruction and Evans to Columbus Ohio for coast artillery. Both will stay one month at the training school before regiment assignment.
The city court judge cannot levy juror fees even if the state wins a conviction though $5 is listed for the city and prosecuting attorney plus witness fees. Under prior code jurors were paid $1 when the state prevailed. the state could not collect when it lost. Questions arise whether jurors may be compelled to serve without pay, but if the old law allowed it, the new law likely does as well. Conviction prospects weaken with no remuneration.
The article extols The Great Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Enormous Shows presenting three large groups of elephants in separate ring performances. Trainers claim elephants are highly intelligent and capable of language, as the beasts perform waltzes, dances, mimic war, music making, and balancing acts. A sight of a lifetime promised by the three herds in one company.
The W C T U hosted a Marion street social hosted by Mrs Luther Troxel praised as a success. Mrs Ed Williamson entertained on Wolf avenue in honor of Miss Frantz and Roger of Chicago with Pedro and music. Mrs Flora MacGowen hosted North Second street for Mrs Fred Date of Alaska with members of the former Ladies Glee Club present.
J J Shaw attended the B of B T lodge meeting on February 5 and helped pass resolutions condemning the Mountz bill though officials say most present favored them. Lodge Master William L Berkey defended Shaw against a Truth article linked to A G Amsden lodge members.
Frank Flynn writes to defend Irish in a Goshen News-Times letter accusing the editor of a slight to his nationality in an article about an Irishman’s arrest. The editor quickly disavows any such aim.
A youth under 18 rode the Big Four from Elkhart to Milford Junction hauling a deputy sheriff’s badge. He bought one ticket for himself and another for a young lady farther south, drawing smiles from passengers as the train pulled out.
The public library has received a full 10 volume set titled Wait's State Papers and Public Documents of the U S from Washington to 1813. It presents a complete view of early US foreign relations and is out of print and valuable to students of American history and politics of the era.
Ira H. Church was elected unanimously as Republican city chairman in the city court room meeting of precinct committeemen with no opposition. Ed Fifer was chosen secretary and William Brusman treasurer as the party reports a $50.80 balance. The shift indicates a new coterie will guide the coming city election amid claims of peace and harmony.
The article notes Bryan and Gov. LaFollette touring as speakers on a summer lecturing circuit. Bryan, at Sterling, claimed Roosevelt would join the Democratic Party on probation and criticized Republicans for Democratic policies. About 10,000 heard him. LaFollette, in Milwaukee, attacked corporate control through oil coal and iron and endorsed government ownership of railroads after regulation is shown to fail.
The St Joe Club was entertained Friday afternoon by Mrs Nellie Blaker of Franklin Street. Refreshments were served. There were 18 present. The club will meet next Friday with Mrs Elizabeth Walters of Aspenwold Avenue at 4 o'clock.
A Saturday launch party honored Miss Beatrice French of Toledo as guest of Miss Edna Shea. Attending were Miss Vera Spohn, Edna Shea, Beatrice French and Messrs Chelius Shea, Harry Wilkinson and Max Mentzer. They landed eight miles down the river where lunch was served.
Miss Hazel Wensley organized a Saturday evening launch party with attendees including Myrtle Leininger Margaret Darling Beatrice Sanford Margaret Crowley Hazel Walley Winifred Butler Freda Sherley Buda O Reilley Lillian O Reilly Hallie Thomas and Loretta Collins A bountiful picnic supper followed at Mosquito Glen reflecting a festive community gathering.
Alexander Houtz of Adamsville aged 74 died at 8:30 last night from rheumatism. Born November 17 1830 in Berks Pennsylvania he leaves his wife Sophia and five children Beatta Hosterman Alice Carpenter Emma Adams Louis K Houtz and Emery. Funeral from Adamsville church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Emil Bierman aims to start remodeling on August 1 at 128 South Main Street, where Fields meat market currently operates. The ground floor will house a saloon while the upper story becomes the Biermans home, with a steam heating system to be installed.
At 8 oclock Saturday evening Miss Mabel Lenora West and James H E Wilson were married by Rev Somerville Light at the M E H parsonage. Witnesses included Mrs Mary West George Cornell and Guy Kesler. The couple will reside at 611 Highth Street Elkhart after a short visit to Mr Wilsons father in Muncie Indiana.
The State Auditor cites Elkhart county as home to a private bank noncompliant with state law. He notes the bank is not in the county seat and likely refers to one of six banks in Middlebury, New Paris, Bristol, Napanee, or Wakarusa. Twelve private banks statewide face prosecutions.
Henry Yarman of Kosciusko County reports two mastodon teeth and a long bone uncovered during farm excavation4 miles south of Warsaw. One tooth measures 18 inches across and weighs 4 pounds while another 27 inches in circumference. the bone runs 4 1/2 feet. All specimens will be sent to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.
South Bend Times accuses the Goshen Democrat of unfair bias against Tom Lawson. The dispute centers on who authored Frenzied Finance and who deserves credit for exposing greed and corruption in Wally Street. Both papers spar over Lawson and the alleged hornet s ness stirred by his work.
Dispatch from Goshen reports Mayor Alfred Lowery may run again with few firm announcements. If nomination proceeds, supporters of Joseph H. Lesh the horseman may oppose him. The Democratic party could nominate Haines Egbert, a wealthy lumberman, with a Lesh vs Bobert race promising a famous campaign.
A fragmentary clipping notes confusion over a baby death claim tied to a person named Snell and an auction sale. The readable lines hint at a sensational case but provide few concrete facts or dates.
A frail fragment reports a woman begging for relief from a lazy husband. The garbled OCR hints at coercion or compulsion but lacks clear names, dates, or places to identify persons or institutions.
Elkhart man Jack Goodman has accepted a managers position at the Peoples Telephone Co in LaGrange. Local farmers anticipate greatly improved service as Goodman brings extensive experience from the Home Telephone Co and several years with the Bell Co in Wichita.
An advertisement touts Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as rebuilding and energizing for women suffering from uterine or ovarian issues with nerves and fatigue. It includes a testimonial from Mrs John Bailey of Penn Yan New York praising nerve, heart, sleep and appetite improvements and notes the product costs 50 cents a box with availability at Houseworth Bros in Elkhart Indiana.
The Goshen News-Times reports many Goshen residents attend seances in Elkhart led by a local spiritualist. Women largely seek to communicate with departed relatives while the medium reportedly earns a sizable income. A Goshen woman claimed a knock at her door was her mother speaking through the spirit.
Goshen initiates into the Eagles face a missing $2 fee as Edward Theis vanishes. The group demands formation of an aerie in Goshen or reimbursement and plans legal action. The father of the missing youth has reimbursed the lodge.
A caller reported dishes broken and furniture smashed above the American Express office occupied by Fred Ostatag and wife Sergi. Police found a domestic quarrel with no arrests.
A. Macklen was breaking a colt when it bolted on Edwardsburg Avenue yesterday. The horse kicked and broke both shafts, freed itself from the cart, and the driver fell to the ground. Neither the horse nor the driver was injured.
George Coleman received word of the death of his brother William Coleman of Fall River Massachusetts. William Coleman was an undertaker.
Mrs. M. B. Adams of Edwardsburg avenue, half sister of the late Mrs. Kilbourne, learned from family records that Kilbourne died on her sixty ninth birthday. Death followed heart trouble and other ailments. she was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Washington beside her brother Charles Kirkendall. A half brother resides in Mississippi.
Readable fragments indicate potatoes are cheaper than last year with prices noted as about 35 cents per bushel for older stock and around 50 cents for new crop. Elk Hart area mentioned in passing as a buyer location.
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