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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1910
Page
4
Local newspaper note from Elkhart Truth outlines delivery options at 10 cents weekly or 5 dollars yearly payable to carrier. Readers urged to report irregular delivery and ensure advertisements reach the office by 10 o clock for same day publication.
A compact note from the editorial staff references the truth telephones and the office space, pointing to the editorial room and business office as the center of operations.
T H W D Albers declares the Elkhart Truth had a bona fide average daily circulation of 38777 for June 1910. The figure excludes sample copies, spoiled prints, and unsold days. Notary James B Holland sworn July 7 1910.
Truth is on sale at Timmins' Opera House Book Store and Knevels' Book Store, and Ed Miller's South End Drug Store on South Main and St. Joe Streets.
Key historical notes include Boston Fast Day 1642 praising the country, Burns death 1791, Blodgett birth 1871, Canada’s first railway opening 1830, British storming Chin-Niang 1842, First Manassas Junction defeat 1861, the Bennington boiler explosion 1905 in San Diego, and antiwar riots in Madrid 1905.
Professor Cheesman A. Herrick is named president of Girard College in Philadelphia. He was born July 21 1866 in Redwood New York and educated in New York and at the University of Pennsylvania. He previously taught and led schools in several Windis towns before joining Penns Extension.
The text notes Professor Herrrex, an authority on commercial education and author of several textbooks, becomes president of Girard College in Philadelphia succeeding Dr. A. H. Fetterolf after a long tenure at the Girls' Commercial High School.
Goshen nominating Drake for judge, with Schaefer supporting Vail's faction and Gannard named prosecuting attorney. The convention, chaired by Beardsley, concluded in about thirty minutes, amid claims of party machine influence and a tight campaign setup by Drake supporters.
Indianapolis district reports significant liquor tax changes as county option laws close many saloons. Whisky taxes rise to 9.547 million, beer receipts fall, total year revenue impact near 444 thousand to cities and counties. Losses include license fees and gifts from saloon closures.
A survey of English bank notes highlights historic practices of indorsement and infamous inscriptions. It notes £5 notes becoming the lowest issued since 1925, earlier £1, £10, and £12 notes ending due to forgery, and famous prison chain designs by rlone with grim imagery.
A London Daily Mail piece portrays Japan as a child centered society where babies dress elaborately and are cared for by sisters. It notes shaved heads, ceremonies, and a culture that shapes children into dutiful, polite, and healthy individuals.
Montreal prepares for the Eucharistic congress opening September 6, with Pope represented and leaders of the church gathering from across America. The event, noted as epoch making, traces its lineage to earlier congresses in Lille Paris London and Jerusalem, among others.
Frank Brumbaugh in an automobile collided with Arnold Flickinger on a bicycle near Goshen avenue and Middlebury streets. Flickinger sustained minor injuries and a torn outfit. Brumbaugh aided him and drove him home. Both vehicles were traveling slowly. no severe injuries were reported.
The London Chronicle notes Gladstone upheld an old standard that women and tobacco should not mix and recalls a rule attributed to the fourth Marquis of London Derry that men should not join ladies’ society until four hours after smoking. It suggests this helped fuel his dislike of post dinner smoking.
A barber in a rush shop asks a patron about Petro, claiming Petro is better at hair cutting and can tell a ghost story that makes hair rise, while the patron jokes about not holding it up with the comrade.
A theater note describes the manager declaring the leading lady a dyed-in-the-wool actress, prompting a sharp exchange as the audience and old countryman react to the star’s peroxide curls and stage whispers about her persona.
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