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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
4
Local Elkhart Truth publication details including address 808 South Main Street and delivery options. notices require ads by 10 o'clock for same-day insertion and list telephones for editorial and business offices.
Henry D. Albers of the Juitbart Truth swears the April 1610 bona fide circulation is 3771, excluding samples and unsold copies. Notary J B Holland attests on May 4, 1910 in Indiana. commission expires 1914.
Advertisers highlight Truth titles available at Timmons Opera House Book Store and Knevels Book Store, with E. D. Miller's South End Drug Store at the corner of South Main and St. Joe Streets noted for carrying similar offerings.
Mysterious label CKADRO 22 appears on a Thursday issue dated May 12 with small print notes and unclear content. The fragment hints at a calendar or catalog entry from a Canion label listing and schedule.
Timeline entries mark notable dates from 1780 to 1906 including Charleston's surrender to General Clinton in 1780, formation of the Tammatuy society in 1789, Yale president Vivla Stiles death in 1704, publisher George W. Childs birth and death, McPherson’s 1863 raid on Raymond, Amat’s death in 1878, the 1885 Batoche battle, the 1894 Ericsson launch, and the 1906 Empress of Britain voyage arrival at Quebec.
Chief justice Robert M Montgomery of the Customs Court at Washington was born in Eaton Rapids Michigan on May 12 1849. He studied law at the University of Michigan while working, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Detroit where he earned a growing reputation before being elected prosecutor of the county in 1874.
The excerpt traces Montgomery’s career from prosecuting attorney to assistant US district attorney, then federal circuit court judge in Kent County for ten years, retirement to private practice, a 1900 return to the Michigan Supreme Court, and his recent appointment by President Taft as presiding judge of the new Customs Court of Appeals.
The piece endorses Senator Dolliver in Des Moines for opposing the wool and woolen tariffs. It argues the duties burden woolen goods, curb foreign trade, push cotton use, and raise prices. It notes northern states feel the impact most as consumers seek affordable all wool garments and blankets.
The article notes preparations for a convention at the Detroit Industrial Exposition with a large support staff. Visitors must show lodge membership cards for badges, and visiting women require a card signed by their escort’s lodge secretary. Cards will be numbered with details to verify presence in Detroit.
Trains carrying delegates to the Grand Lodge and Indiana state meetings will stop in South Bend. About 3000 Elks are expected for the state session July 7 to 9, with thousands more on the way to Detroit, raising concerns over track capacity and overflow onto sidings.
Frank E. Gross of Franklin Street departs for Oklahoma for a six weeks business trip. He plans to visit clients and return by late spring.
Mrs Nellie Hughes died at her Chicago home. The body was sent to Elkhart for burial arriving via Lake Shore at 4 10 this afternoon. Surviving are husband William A Hughes two brothers Harry McGee and P McGee sisters Mrs Nellie Pindell Mrs Charles Nye Mrs Mary Knight and Mrs Bridget Kamp, all of neighboring cities. Funeral is set for tomorrow at St Vincent church with interment at Grace Lawn cemetery.
Leona parks adds a new suburban tract for Elk hart home builders at the Lake Shore yards line of the Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana electric railway. Homer F. Roth leads the main enterprise as construction nears at the pew shell Felthouse timber yard with full operation hoped by month end. Wilson Roose planted 600 fruit trees on land by Simonton lake shore. Monger Lumber Company held its annual meeting with ROW Monger as president and D Keeley, VL Hevert, H W Godfray as officers.
John Priem of Riverside Drive is seriously ill at home and in grave condition. Dr. Robert Whitman, interning in Kansas City, is seriously ill there. Bonnie Burgoyne, daughter of Mrs. Tom Burgoyne, is seriously ill at her Bower Street home. George W. Fleming, clerk of the superior court, is confined at home with grip.
A formal political notice states the candidate will seek the county recorder nomination at the upcoming county convention. The announcement notes the person’s intent to run and the election process subject to party rules and conventions.
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