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Newspaper

Elkhart Weekly Truth

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1907

Page

8

Dr Williams Pink Pills Advertised Cure for Stomach Ailments

The letter from Mrs Mary Blackpole of Lowell Massachusetts describes years of stomach trembles bed confinement and weight loss. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring health and blood quality noting nerve and stomach tone improvements and general strength. The ad claims wide uses and offers pills at 50 cents a box or six for 2.50 from the Willis Ints rebuilt Company Schenectady NY.

Eve Mary “Blackpole Liveatiet Lowell Mass Geo Williams da Tae Willis Ints Rebuilt Company Schenectuly

Fifteen year old boy confesses to forging check at Sykes store

A 14 year old boy in custody admitted forging a $30 check and spent the money on candy and soda. He claimed guidance from an older person in Indianapolis and provided the name Charles Smith as the forger. Police used handwriting samples to confirm the impersonation as the boy faced juvenile court proceedings.

HL. B. Sykes Ienneth ‘Mudge Itheen St. “Joseph “Valley Hall Fulton B. Jervisman Charles A. Smith St. Joseph Sykes A.C. Moyer Ray Stark Enjilaves Young Silvers Befare Bi Urns Eee

Prisoner of City Jail Takes French Leave

A prisoner from City Jail absconded this forenoon by slipping through an open window. Ed Rigby, a longtime offender with a drunkenness record, is noted in city court docket. Rigby, recently sober for days, was seen slipping away through alleys toward the river.

Charlie Silvers Rigby Ocr

Trustees debate superintendent selection in county schools

In Felkhart observers debate a possible change in the county's school leadership. A proposed candidate pool includes Supt. Bilis, with critics saying Supt Ellis lacks modern management knowledge, while supporters note current schools would not benefit from change.

TOD Nie Felkhart Bilis Ellis Newland

Elkhart Revisions Show Higher City School Population

Revised counts indicate Elkhart’s school age population near 4200, with over 100 names removed after the first census. County Superintendent Bilis and Goshen officials plan further talks with enumerators and the Board of Education about the revision.

Elkhart Ahaye Bilis Fren Goshen Board of Education

Concert of Sacred Music Enthralls Parishioners

A fine sacred music concert last evening featured the choir under R. Me Stewart at the pipe organ with Miss Zon Way as soloist. Creston Remember How Why and Angels Ever Bright and Fair delighted the audience while Miss Hay and Miss Jehel Jacobson performed organ solos and A B Kolti’s singing drew enthusiastic applause.

Prinity Zon R. Me Stewart Creston Hay Iehel’Jacobson Ani Soli Hadyn- A.B. Kolti Minch

Mrs Mercer Seeks Admission for Insane Mother of Three

Mrs. Richard Mercer of 201 Nadell avenue was ruled insane by a sanity commission after neighbors reported her insistence that Nature decree her three young children wear no clothing. The inquest, held at the home with Mr Mercer present, led to plans for admission to Longcliff. The two, three, and five year olds appeared healthy despite their mother's odd delusion. Mercer, a laborer at the Elks building site, cared for the family while awaiting the admission decision.

Mlidea Richard Mercer Miller Berrein Springs

Parisian Doctor Solves Stove Hazard With Fatal Hint

A tale from Tit-Bits recounts a Parisian doctor who exposes a deadly gas risk from a stove. He warns a wary patient that continuing to use the device could kill her, offering a cheaper cure while the room fills with poison. The patient later suspects a link to a vanished stove in a vacated flat.

Lorca Indy Raishdaratadini Jett

Lake Shore Gang Arrested in Kendallville Case

A garrett police report confirms multiple suspects tied to a Lake Shore gang case in Kendallville. Brown faces charges after an arrest last week linked to belt seized items and an escape attempt details remain sparse.

Kendallville Suny Albert Brown Garrett Npg Tol A

Beggars and Donkeys in Persian Society

A fragmented discussion on how beggars in Persia obtain and use donkeys. It notes the social pattern of patronage and class behavior, mentioning European influence and a glimpse of fashionable practice.

Anne

Moonlight Trip Told in Fragmentary Note

Fragmentary text describes a moonlit journey and a reflective moment, with unclear sequence and missing details. It hints at movement, pacing, and emotion but offers few concrete names, places, or dates.

Police pay increase approved at special board meeting

The Board of Police Commissioners, at a special meeting, raised each officer's salary by five dollars a month effective June. The raise covers the superintendent, workhouse chief Platt Houghland, and others including patrolmen and two sergeants. Whiteman as desk sergeant gains extra. Supt. Silvers gets one hundred dollars more. The board also ordered stricter enforcement of the automobile speed law.

Board ‘of Police’ Commissioners Platt Houghland Iiethes Coley Whiteman Silvers Silver Elkhart SYS Police Iperson

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The fragmentary text provides little clear content or identifiable entities. It reads as a jumble of partial words and letters, offering no verifiable names, places, dates, or events to summarize into a coherent newspaper item.

Mother sought in nine year old Enid Hammon kidnapping case

Police pursue Mrs Calloway and her itinerant actor husband in Goshen after they abduct Enid Hammon from school. The girl, adopted by Mrs Hammon of Goshen, had been subjected to alleged abuse and forced street acrobatics for money. Court records in Paw Paw Michigan previously placed Enid with grandparents after removal from parents.

Enid Hammon Goshen Robert Callawary BP. Hammon Hammon Sitl Enid Nia

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