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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
4
The Elkhart Truth lists delivery plus mail rates and asks readers to report missed deliveries. It notes office hours for advertising and communications with a 10 o clock deadline to insure that day's publication.
Henry D. Albers, manager, swears the April 1910 bona fide circulation of the Elkhart Truth was 3771, excluding samples, spoiled copies, and unsold copies. sworn May 4, 1910, in Indiana. Notary public James B. Trolland seals the affirmation.
Miller's South End Drug Store at the corner of South Main and St Joe Streets appears in a local business listing. The notice notes the storefront and its location for shoppers seeking pharmaceutical supplies in the neighborhood.
A transcript notes the birth of John F Hayford head of the Northwestern University School of Engineering at Moansville UL. The entry identifies his 42nd birthday.
At Rouse Point New York, May 19 1868, educated at Cornell University. In 1892 3 he assisted the international boundary commission and taught civil engineering at Cornell. In 1898 he became inspector of geodetic work and chief of the computing division at the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey. He led until recently then chosen to lead Northwestern University engineering school.
Veterans must rely on potted plants and hothouse blooms for the graves as unseasonable weather ruined garden blossoms. Elkhart florists report ample supplies from greenhouses and orders from Chicago and others to meet Memorial Day needs, with schools contributing blooms and family tributes expected to be modest.
Superior Court plans to reconvene tomorrow morning after three weeks of night term. Judge VanFleet handled a will case in South Bend. attorneys are expected to rush filings left hanging. Only minor suits likely this week as criminal work waits until next week.
J H Mathews announces candidacy for sheriff pending the Democratic county convention. He presents himself as a candidate and seeks party support for the upcoming election.
Hugo Winterhoff announces his candidacy for the county recorder nomination, subject to the Democratic county convention. He frames the move as a respectful bid aligned with party process and will.
Job ad seeking a capable stenographer with clerical skills for a downtown office. Easy hours and good wages offered. applicants should respond to care Truth. 20.
Four houses listed with quick sale urgency and modern features. South Sixth Street eight rooms on alley lot priced at 1800 dollars. Prospect Street near Beardsley priced at 1700 dollars. Michigan Street address asks 3500 dollars. Sixth Street near Franklin priced at 2350 dollars. Terms available.
Joe Kies listed with home phone number 454 at 205 Monger Blog site.
Astronomers at Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin reported Halley’s comet causing a bright auroral display as earth passed through the tail. Meteors streaked northward, light shafts rivaled the moon, and sun spots grew larger while observers waited for events to unfold.
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Evangelical Church will host a penny supper at the Odd Fellows hall on Saturday evening May 21. Public invited.
The guide records daily Halley’s Comet events from May 19 to May 30 noting evening visibility, rising and setting times, and its path near Aldebaran Gemini Procyon and the sun. It tracks the comet’s approach, distance, and fading as it retreats into space.
Solar eruptions were seen yesterday afternoon with thirty sun spots noted by Father Martin S Brennan at Keinrick seminary. One spot estimated 150000 miles across. He says the recurrence is unusual but not alarming and denies any link to the nearby comet.
Observations from Santa Clara College and Portland report two large sun spots, one group near the center and another on the edge. Carnegie observers at Mount Wilson photographed a large spot group about 100000 miles long with three umbras, and a smaller group with two umbras. Previous photos on May 14 showed spots near the sun’s eastern edge.
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