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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
4
The Flkhart Truth is published daily except Sunday by B08 South Main Street with delivery by carrier or mail. Subscriptions cost 10 cents weekly or 85 dollars yearly, payable to the carrier, with a deadline of 10 o'clock for advertising and communications.
T H D Albers manager swears the May 1910 bona fide circulation was 3 775 copies excluding samples spoiled in printing or unsold copies. Notary public Holland subscribes and swears this on June 1 1910 in Ikhart County Indiana.
A historical item lists dates and events from June 30 across multiple eras. It mentions Braddock in New Jersey, the Great Western railway, Confederate retreats, a territorial appointment, executions, treaty clauses, a railroad ascent, and political changes including a 1960 state prohibition law in Tennessee.
Thurmias B. Doolittle and Thomas Benjamin Doolittle credited with advancing telegraph and telephone systems in America. Born in Woodbury Connecticut, Doolittle Sr. operated a brass manufactory in Bridgeport and devised barbed wire manufacturing methods. He originated the buffer platform and coupler, influential in current versions across America and Europe. He later joined the commercial growth of telephony.
The passage credits Mr. Doolittle with early telephone work including the first switchboard and long distance copper wire. He received the Edward Longstreth medal from the Franklin Institute and earned honorary degrees from Dartmouth and other institutions.
A suburb editorial advises proper lawn watering to reach deeper soil. It argues daily light watering encourages shallow roots and drought damage during summer vacations, urging a soak to moisten soil a foot or more to avoid brown lawns.
A court rules against compulsory Bible readings in public schools, arguing that forcing worship impinges on religious freedom and minority rights. The decision emphasizes that the Bible may be read as a living word only if it is nonsectarian and not a vehicle for religious instruction.
A historical overview of California missions and their architecture praises mission founders and the rustic, elegant bungalow style. It contrasts mission ruins with modern bungalow design, noting climate driven features like courtyards, terraces, shaded exteriors, timber and adobe influences, with emphasis on simplicity, functionality, and harmony with nature.
A brief dialogue notes a family planning a summer trip to the Magnolia house on Pugsley's island. The exchange hints at a hurried visit and an unpaid debt to Mr. Pugsley, suggesting a lengthy stay possibly into next summer.
A sixteen-year-old Baltinmore bank messenger named George Taynch drowned himself due to debts incurred while trying to fund employment. The fragmented text also references Chinese architectural dust usage, western railway expansion, and large U.S. government outlays on inland navigation and irrigation.
A jumbled ad style line extols Burdocx Blood Bitters as a path to sound health. The copy contrasts a healthy man who is a king with an unhealthy man described as an unhappy slave and promotes perpetual wellness through the product.
The obituary recalls Senator Daniels born September 5 1842 in Lynchburg Virginia. A Confederate veteran and famed legal writer he advanced free silver, served in Virginia politics and the US Congress earning national recognition for works such as Daniels on Attachments and Daniels on Negotiable Instruments. He entered the US Senate in 1887 and won re election through 1904.
Susanne Calahan of Hotel Royal Bucyrus Ohio reports Parisian Sage stopped her mother's hair loss and scalp soreness after three bottles. Ad claims quick scalp cooling and odor removal with 50 cent bottles sold by druggists and Houseworth Bros. plus a money refund offer.
Rev Kendall of Dayton Ohio will fill the pulpit at Castle U B church next Sunday. He is praised as an excellent pulpit orator and all members are urged to attend. The public is welcome.
O J Wate offers scientific tree surgery pathology pruning budding and all tree shrub and vine care at 1426 Calumet Street with full service and expert workmanship.
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