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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
6
Six other carpenters were injured as an engine ran down workers on a Baltimore & Ohio trestle in Baltimore on June 29. Jacob Brandenburg Edward Londemere and Harry Gathell were killed, others possibly fatally injured.
Edwin S. Telmes, former statistician linked to the cotton leak, pleaded guilty in district court and received a $5,000 fine for submitting advance information on government cotton reports.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a 20 percent cut in transcontinental freight rates from Atlantic to Pacific. It also ordered about a 30 percent reduction in class rates to Utah and Nevada points, effective immediately.
Theodore Roosevelt, Harvard alumnus of 30 years, dominated a Cambridge event as Governor Hughes received an honorary Doctor of Laws and J Pierpont Morgan served as rector of Tetters. The ceremony conferred several honorary degrees alongside 42 regular graduates.
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5 passenger touring car offered by L. B. Tracy seeking a trade for real estate or cash. No further details provided.
General Frederick Funston commander of the army service schools at Fort Leavenworth Kansas is critically ill with heart disease. Post physicians and top nurses monitor his condition constantly at bedside. Mrs Funston who is in California has been notified of his illness.
Mrs Clifford Harmon wife of the millionaire aviator accompanied her husband on a twelve mile flight on Long Island this morning. She is the first member of the four hundred to fly.
Board of works discussed morning complaints about overhanging tree limbs along sidewalks. Trees must be trimmed nine feet above the walk, but many spots fail to meet this standard, forcing pedestrians to stoop or be struck by branches. A separate insanity case involved Margaret Freshett, wife of Roy Koobeth, before Justice Brumbaugs. she is 22 and has suffered months of illness.
A busy listing shows numerous individuals with addresses in Elkhart and nearby towns, suggesting a local candidate standings page. The long roster includes Miss Helen Zigler, Iris Keely, Verna Miller, Mrs. William Currier, Blanche Bubeck, Margaret Fuller, Anna Davis, Miss Blanche Reed, Maudie Boyer, and many others with street addresses across Elkhart and surrounding communities.
Six bodies were recovered along the Upper Licking river after a cloudburst turned the stream into a raging torrent. Nine others are missing and the death toll may reach twenty five. Local authorities in Salyrisville, Kentucky reported the losses as search efforts continue.
The Thirteenth Indiana district Democratic Convention is set for July 19 1910 in South Bend at 1 30 pm to nominate a congressional candidate Delegates are allocated by county and invited to attend Organized by Peter Kruyer chairman J C Whiteseil secretary and E A Oakswood Julius City Band Dancing planned for afternoon and evening Dean's Regu lates advertised for bowel relief 25 cents a box
An energetic young man aged 18 to 22 is sought to join a men’s furnishing business. The ad emphasizes a lively start for a role in sales and customer service within the shop.
An ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a purely vegetable mild laxative that does not gripe or weaken bowel muscles. It claims it is child friendly, tasty and well suited for children's ailments and is sold by Houseworth Bros.
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