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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
4
A reflective piece argues prosperity rests on labor and trained mental force. It warns labor disruption jeopardizes wealth, urges eradicating poverty through educated minds, and links brain energy to success. It asserts God gifts the mind and true aid comes from prayer and religious guidance.
The New York World reports the coal trust holds 1,200,000 tons of anthracite and surplus at key points, with mines poised to meet demand. It urges consumers to burn soft coal to counter price hikes and restrain the trust’s leverage during the winter.
A discussion of capital versus labor and the role of brain power in progress. It argues organized capital evades prosecution while labor must stay within laws, promotes uplift through a strengthened mentality, and condemns drink and tobacco as barriers to moral strength.
A excerpt rails against trusts and magnates like Morgan Rockefeller Gates Hill arguing they fix prices, lower wages, and hoard wealth while funding libraries and colleges for the rich. It claims the public is to be plucked and prosperity should flow to the few.
A New York meeting of anthracite coal operators chaired by George F. Baer produced no policy shift. The public remains concerned as coal supplies wane and thousands of miners stay idle, urging operators to listen to reason and settle the strike promptly.
The text cites census figures claiming 5,739,657 farms valued at over 20.5 billion dollars with 78.6 percent in land and improvements and 21.4 percent in buildings. It argues that government reports mislead about farmers debt and wages, noting widespread creditor pressure and rising strikes despite purported prosperity.
The piece denounces President Roosevelt for asking cabinet members to campaign for the Republican Party. It argues such actions undermine the dignity of executive officers and may mislead the public to defend administration trusts policies.
J. H. Lesh W C B Harrison Will Wee Sheriff William O Elliott Chas I Neidig and Sears Gardner arrive home after attending the Cleveland races. Lesh ships horses to Columbus Ohio where Greenline is entered in a 5600 dollar stake next week.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Watkins of Go Shen have received a message announcing. The fragment confirms a family greeting or engagement notice.
A historical overview of presidential gift rules, noting the constitution prohibits accepting gifts from foreign states or officials, and recounting episodes from Cleveland to Van Buren. It describes how gifts to the nation are stored or displayed, and how private gifts to presidents from strangers are typically declined.
Harry Bowsher traveling passenger agent for Missouri Kansas & Texas narrowly escaped a murder plot near Bluefields West Virginia. A storekeeper, a Mason, warned him of danger and guided him to safety by hiding until the train arrived. Bowsher boarded the last sleeper just as a heavy stone shattered the door but failed to injure him.
J H Murphy demonstrates a malleable glass lamp chimney from Kauffeld Glass Co. He tests its strength by hammering and water tempering, claims its potential for hammers and bottles, and recounts humorous incidents from small towns where it resists damage better than standard chimneys.
In Petersburg Indiana two ten and twelve year old sisters Mason were whipped in the Hurt apple orchard by George Spratlin and Milford Hurt who held and struck them with switches until they fainted. Gashes appeared on their backs and arms as neighbors arrived. The youths were taken before Squire Chambers at Winston and posted bond.
In Wyansville Indiana on July 24 Riley Hammond of Perry county asked to go to a Troy ball game. His father refused and the boy drew a revolver and shot himself through the heart dying instantly as his mother tried to calm him.
Ed Gaines killed Union Schotta near Chandler in Warrick County late Tuesday afternoon after a quarrel. The two men were harvesting when the fatal dispute occurred. Authorities reported the incident and will investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing.
Editorial excerpts argue for compulsory arbitration in labor disputes including anthracite coal strikes. They condemn mine operators for refusing to arbitrate and warn of public harm from idled workers. The pieces defend collective action and criticize trusts and Republican reactions in Congress.
The Philadelphia Ledger criticizes Sugar Trust protection and urges Democrats to back true democracy with equal rights for all and no special privileges. It argues that Republican defections to Cuba and consumer welfare could aid passage, while the New York Journal calls for party fidelity and unity to defeat monopolistic power and secure principled victories.
A call to action condemns Republican insolence and defiance of the popular will. The piece argues the time has come for the people to respond in the 1904 presidential campaign.
The New York Tribune warns that allied sugar trusts aim to ruin Cuba by withholding concessions, then buy plantations and refineries cheap. They allegedly seek annexation to the United States to control Cuba, risking honor, war, and social upheaval. The piece urges balking the scheme to avoid reckoning with those responsible.
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