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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1907
Page
4
William D. Hazelton the manager swears the bona fide February 1907 circulation of the Daily Truth was 3481 copies, excluding samples and spoiled or unsold day by day copies. Notary Louis A. Dennert attests March 1, 1907 with commission expiring 1911.
A petition from Chicago figures urges Pennsylvanian fast trains between Chicago and New York run in winter on a twenty hour schedule instead of eighteen. Supporters cite safety and delays in winter. opponents favor slightly slower service with fewer accidents and argue eighteen hours is acceptable if reliability improves.
The sixty fifth general assembly of Indiana has adjourned with many bills becoming laws. Notable enactments include a two cent fare law anti trust public depository primary election law blind tiger law private banking ditch law shippers law railroad commission law and pure food law. The assembly faced peculiar difficulties yet produced a creditable output.
Will Pickrell purchased the Morris Page hotel in Middlebury, Elkhart County, paying 5935 000. The former owner Henry Beewus built the inn about 26 years ago and operated it until the ete sale. Pickrell reports improvements and leaves the property in good condition for his successor, noting its value and steady patronage.
H BY SYKES & CO. announces a one day anniversary sale lasting tomorrow with a ten percent discount on every purchase offered by the firm.
Police report car break in at the Big Four freight yards in Goshen Tuesday evening. Merchandise of varied classes was looted from the car with boxes broken open and clothing dragged out. Authorities are investigating.
George F. Myers died at the home of Thomas Moffitt in Green Township after a long rheumatic illness at age 30 years one month eighteen days. He is survived by a wife. Twin sons John and William McCartney, of James M. McCartney South Bend, died within 24 hours of each other. John died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The two boys were eight and eleven months old. Pneumonia caused their deaths. Frank Krill died yesterday morning in South Bend of spinal meningitis at age 28.
Sarah Mark died at her home four miles northwest of South Bend after two weeks illness. She was born in Pennsylvania on October 18, 1861.
One day only sale tomorrow offers ten percent off all purchases at H B Sykes and Co The event is promoted by The Ladies Aid Society of Grace Lutheran church with a market at Wall s drug store on Saturday afternoon March 16.
In a plainspoken scene on a city street a woman named Katrina spots a missing quarter and, with a friend, picks it up from the ground. A large man nearby watches the event and sighs, leaving the moment with regret.
Peter Bennett, a veteran Wall Street reporter, sits with brokers who flash bulging rolls of yellowback notes to settle drinks. The scene shifts as Bennett shows a worn pile of soiled currency, prompting his puzzled question about how such wealth is handled.
An admirer recalls meeting a homely woman at a club dinner who spoke of her Missouri time and husband. He believed she was plain, yet by night’s end her homeliness faded from his view as he found her surprisingly attractive and admired her.
A. J. Howatt, general superintendent of the Rockefeller estate, was in Passaic for negotiations with local residents about a potential relocation to Forest Hills. The discussions involved Dutch and Holland descent residents and potential moves related to the Oil King era.
Readable portion notes an uneasy feeling that has lingered since moving to the big city, attributed to a New York press source.
A description argues that most right handed individuals favor the left leg in motion and action. It claims soldiers start marches with the left foot, runners run rightward, dancers move rightward, and the left foot initiates jumping and mounting.
Everett H Barney of Springfield Mass deeds an estate and fortune to the city to fund a two mile boulevard along the Connecticut River. The act, with support from William P Letchworth, includes a park reservation gift to New York state, signaling a shift in urban beautification efforts and prompts commentary on the motives of rich benefactors.
During the Franco German conflict a man accused as German by French authorities owed his life to an umbrella. He swore he was English but was arrested and sentenced to instant execution at a drumhead court martial. As he was led away he insisted on returning to fetch something. He claimed they would shoot him then he would be freed, declaring he must go back to retrieve it.
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