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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
4
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Chicago Record-Herald notes that Grover Cleveland, asked about a Cleveland boom, smiles and says he is not talking politics. The piece argues booms are familiar to him, given past booms in 1884 1888 and 1892 and continues to praise his serene life near a major university and his high standing among scholars. It questions whether he could be an active candidate amid party defections and political temptations.
Carl Snyder reports on brain structure and function noting the role of phosphorized fat and water content in brain cells. He cites a 1.6 billion cell estimate, discusses spinal nerve length, brain weight about three pounds, and ranges of brain sizes with 400 cubic centimeters as the average.
The passage notes Byron is seen as high in the list despite claims of his mediocre intellect, contrasting with Baron Liebig who, despite a superb mind, was judged below average for poets. It reflects 19th century views on literary merit and intellectual stature.
Dr. Simon Newcomb of Johns Hopkins writes fiction in McClure's Magazine linking the earths demise to a dark star colliding with the sun. The piece notes astronomical plausibility, citing Sir Robert Ball on star numbers and collision energy comparable to twelve coal globes.
The obituary honors Irving M Scott as the man who built the Oregon and a leader in shipbuilding. It recalls his famed round the Horn voyage, his broader industrial ventures, and his philanthropic and political roles, framing him as a self made American who industrialized and organized vast enterprises.
The 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase is noted in St. Louis with reflections on Napoleon's sale of French North American territories for 15 million dollars. His warning about England’s maritime power is cited as part of the event’s historical context.
The piece reflects on Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase and its criticism by Federalists. It contrasts the vast sum with historical prices, explains imagined transport and storage scales, and notes the vast growth of cities and lands once wilderness. St. Louis celebrates the related exposition as a great national event.
Robert Spalding of the coal strike commission in Peoria argues laws favor capitalists and dehumanized workers. He says labor seeks justice not charity, urges spiritual ideals over money, condemns urban congestion, and endorses trades unionism as relief despite the strike’s dangers to both labor and capital.
The Wisconsin House votes 68 to 24 to kill Governor La Follette’s bill to create a rail rate commission with powers to set maximum rates. The vetoed plan faced two gubernatorial messages urging state regulation, accusing railroads of rebates and discrimination against Wisconsin shippers compared with Illinois and Iowa, and alleging Milwaukee loses to Chicago.
The piece notes lower freight rates in Iowa and Indiana versus Illinois and Wisconsin governors seek a state commission to push rate reductions. It laments the lack of uniform state tariffs and calls for a common federal oversight to achieve fair, stable, and uniform rates nationwide.
The Fort Wayne Sentinel questions the propriety of the battle for the person and $700,000 estate of Moses Fowler Chase, a Lafayette youth said to suffer madness. The case has spanned years with his father and an aunt, while courts fail to protect the vulnerable youth from madhouse relocations and guardianship disputes. The South Bend Times voices concern that the youth remains overlooked amid legal wrangling.
Wisconsin senate endorses direct popular election of United States senators. The piece notes varied state legislature actions and questions whether Congress will respond without broad public pressure. It discusses public sentiment, the Indiana legislature, and the Senate’s potential action.
The Chicago Tribune notes Gen. Baden-Powell’s claim that American horses demand better care and the U S cavalry’s endurance may hinge on diet and fitness. He compares English troopers to Americans, suggesting size is less crucial than activity, and calls for more army gymnastics.
Public opinion in English cities is tightening ethics for officials involved with municipal enterprises. Aldermen such as Higginbotton of Manchester faced resignation over links to city contracts, while others gave up minor holdings. The move signals a push for the highest standard of public morality in municipal dealings.
An advertisement offers a 25.00 reward for any kind of spavin splint wind galls or similar leg ailments in horses not curable by Gilmore’s Caustic Oil. The claim notes extensive testing and promises cure through the product.
Claiming 25 years in general practice and 15 years as a piles specialist, the advertisement touts Bolan's system of rectal medication and remedies for fistula fissure rectal ulcers and related diseases. It stresses guaranteed cures without surgery and notes associated benefits for constipation and other conditions.
Dr Bolan will hold a free consultation and examination at the Columbia Hotel on Sunday and Monday May 17th and 18th offering patients a no charge visit and medical assessment.
John H. Whiler announces that on the first Monday in June 1908 at Goshen Court House he will apply to the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners for a license to sell spirituous and vinous liquors in quantities less than a quart with on premises consumption. The premises lie on the ground floor of a two story brick building on South Main Street within Kimball's and Chapman's addition. The notice requests public notice to all concerned in Concord township and the Fourth ward.
John Zabel of Concordé township Elkhart county Indiana petitions the Elkhart county board of commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquors on the premises described as the first floor of a two storey frame building on lot six in Babcock's First addition. The request specifies selling in quantities less than a quart with the drink on premises and is timed for the next June session.
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