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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
7
The court holds a fence or hitchrack is not a nuisance by itself and only becomes one through improper use. The rack contract was awarded and the commissioners ordered it kept clean. In retaliation DBE Helfrich suspends courthouse water and city officials are ousted from the lower floor.
In a June 10 incident Samuel Dowden a prominent attorney was chased by a police car led by Chief Metzger Captain Asch and Adelbert Wilson from Oakland California Dowden was shot in the knee and carried to a physician A police report says shots were fired at Dowden from the pursuing car after repeated warnings and the gong sounded.
Charles Pearce was sentenced to five to fourteen years in Michigan City for highway robbery. The case links Pearce to a Wallace circus robbery in Logansport where he aided Patsy Dean, a Dayton, Ohio gang member, in robbing twelve citizens.
A complaint filed by Andrew H Yount against executor Isaac Carter and others seeks action in Chicago over the will of Mary Yount who died April 127 1909. The case involves the Methodist Episcopal Hospital trustees and the Preachers Aid Society of the Indiana Methodist Conference.
Special from Lebanon June 1910 Judge Westle of Noblesville issued a decision in Marion township school case funding for the defendants. The ruling favors opponents of consolidating schools Nos 10 11 12 and 13, marking a victory for those opposing consolidation.
Edward Van Natta, involved in a June Newcastle shooting, declared his determination to fight for his liberty. He is charged with assault and battery with intent to commit murder.
Settlement terms require manufacturers to withdraw from the National Association of Hat Manufacturers with 90 days notice. Members of the national association face bonds of 25 000 dollars not to use the union level of the United Hatters.
Houseworth Bros advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for sickness and weakness, claiming to strengthen nerves and muscles. Tea or tablets priced 35 cents.
A fragment from an old newspaper promotes J H Allison Watchmaker and Jeweler with a 10 cent weekly offer. It tells of W J Atkins, a night watchman at Banner Springs Tennessee, suffering from cold and lung illness until using a claimed remedy from Houseworth Bros offering a line's New Discovery with 50 cent and 1.00 dollar bottles and a free trial guaranteed.
Tust received four new lots of highest grade Mercerized hose for women. Sold at 50 cents per pair. Visit Singer Sewing Machine Store at 409 South Main Street Home or call 940. Also advertised are Preventics candy cold cure tablets 48 per pack or 25 cents, sold by D. Miller. Foley's Kidney Remedy is recommended to tone kidneys and bladder, purify blood, and restore health. Druggists carry it.
A fragmentary note mentions Michigan and Indiana, land values around 600 dollars, and best day land tax figures. It references acre homes in suburbs near Dunlaps with 31,000 figures, half cash renting and vacant lots, and individuals Arnold and Gus Block in connection with the listings.
Dexter Kentucky reader Li BE Morris reports his father suffered kidney and bladder trouble due to enlarged prostate. Doctors advised surgery because of age, but after taking Foley's Kidney Remedy the first bottle relieved him and the second stopped the trouble. Available at all druggists.
Ex Judge Miller to supply certified transcript of trial evidence and objections in the Whitla case. Mercer County claims for the $15,000 reward outlines $6,957.29 in costs, including $4,263.71 in detective fees and payouts to Whitla and Frank Buhl, to be drawn from the reward.
June 10 Rockland Maine report on the battleship Michigan achieving a top speed of 20.91 knots during standardized tests over a measured mile. The five top runs averaged 18.976 knots as builders and officers express confidence in meeting 18.5 knot contract speed despite variable sea conditions. The notice also includes unrelated ads for Singer sewing machines and job offers for tag girls.
An advertisement claims Zemo is a scientific external preparation that draws germs and poisons from the surface of the skin and destroys them to cure dermatitis and related skin diseases. It offers a sample for trial.
Fragmentary classified items show Wanted helpers for domestic work and general tasks, a build and repair listing, sales of a house with payment terms, and a druggist claim for Zemio remedies. Names and addresses are partially legible in cramped, old-type column.
A garbled page shows several rental offers including five room houses with bath on W Lexington Ave and modern amenities, furnished rooms for permanent or transient tenants, and multiple addresses such as 1314 S Main St 407 109 Division St 402 Franklin St 208 Middlebury St 1209 Harrison St. Listings reference Ave Sixth Street Oakland Ave and include contact hints like Geo W Fleming and M Eckelman.
Odd, fragmented ad mentions Regulets promising relief for stomach bowels and passages. Includes a harried line about office rooms for rent and a central location with inquiry directed to Frank R. Flynn. Partial phrasing hints at a newspaper classified style.
The article states that harmful medicines cannot be sold by druggists under the Pure Food and Drug Law. It notes the law has protected the public for thirty years and ensures reputable druggists will continue to sell safe compounds like Adams vegetable preparations.
The notice lists exchanges for a near post office house in Ame with abundant fruit and a cheaper property, including a hazel park sale option and a stock of goods trade. It seeks good horse, Gow or vacant lot as payment, plus mentions a north Grand Rapids farm and a large improved farm two miles from a Michigan town.
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