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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
7
A fragment notes a local site connected to LE ISD and amateur observers, highlighting time related details and unclear references. The text hints at a community report or informal briefing without specific dates or names.
The group states the annual picnic will be held in Goshen in the coming fall, likely September. Officials expect renewed interest in the organization and activities among members.
Visitors to Klinger Lake day trip noted figures including H B Sykes and D B Carpenter among others. The fragment references locals or guests but lacks full details on events or outcomes.
Two young girls aged eight and nine were assaulted in trees near the Water Company pumping station while a group of children collected flowers. The unknown man fled and has not been captured despite threats from residents, including a parent vowing to shoot if identity is revealed. The victims, Kathryn Winship and Idabelle Mount Wheeler, described the incident, with Florence Winship and Robert Earl witnessing the scene. The event sparked neighborhood alarm and warnings of vigilante action.
Charles Clouse will chaperon a party to Christiana Lake tomorrow. The note outlines supervision duties and participation of attendees in the lake excursion.
A testimonial from a Chelsea resident describes years of illness and nerve debility followed by relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The ad promotes the pills as a nerve and blood tonic, claims effectiveness for indigestion anemia rheumatism and post fever aftercare, and offers pricing and mail order details from Schenectady New York.
Charles Westerman, 25, a boilermaker formerly of Lake Shore shops, was found dead in bed at a boarding house in Chicago. The coroner held an inquest as investigators noted open room jets and potential drinking. death may be accidental or related to personal crisis. Westerman, unmarried, had recently returned to his boarding house from Elkhart and his father Louis Westerman traveled to Chicago for the body.
The Indiana Pathfinders assembly in Terre Haute elected new officers including President WA Church Terre Haute Vite, Secretary Otto Allen Marion and Treasurer J We Benhat Ge Lubus. Trustees Hollis and W A Burton Bedford, Sergeant at arms Sallie Sebray New Asa States editor Mary Ham.
A fragment recalls a classroom moment where Miss Cash directs students to raise hands. Boys who know answer raise right hands while others left them down. The scene focuses on orderly participation and discipline in a school setting.
A fragment from the Chicago Daily News describes joint occupants in a parlor scene where a heroine questions a suitor about marriage and income to ensure alimony payments. The dialogue hints at divorce tensions and a formal inquiry into financial sufficiency.
The Theater Manager teases a new star set to drive the town wild with a unique talent. Crowds have packed houses for months as the manager hints at a versatile performer who can swim like a fish and plans a giant tank spectacle on the continent.
A fragmentary text references a manager and a clerk named Pye across three departments, with phrases about sleep and quality of periodicals or abstracts. The readable content is too incomplete to determine a cohesive news item or outcome.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a phrasing about being a daughter of Eve and a quarrel or inquiry. No clear event, date, or identifiable names are readable. Further readable context is required to form a precise news item.
In Lippincott's Magazine prose an incident unfolds as three travelers arrive at a well-to-do woman's home known as the Big House. They answer questions about meals in the dining room and recall a curious item called grave-eye, believed by a boy to be sop.
A gentlemanly merchant in a railway carriage courts a woman who reveals she is ordinary yet pressured by friends to become somebody. He is amused by her claim that a band will meet her at Windsor, only to learn the band is a husband. He exits, head bumped, for the remainder of the trip.
A humorous animal fable contrasts the lion and lioness showing the lion’s meekness in domestic life. The piece jokes that many husbands feel wives domineer as strongly as a lioness, making the king of beasts a striking example of subservience.
A historic autumn image shows the five men in Drake’s time including Col Edwin Drake and William Bridge Locke. The famed first oil well group portrait by John A Mattler hangs in many oil operators and refiners’ collections as the sole photograph of the early venture.
A quirky line from a Fashion piece quotes a reader asking about another new chat. The fragment hints at a light tone and ongoing conversation about trends and social chatter.
Charles Tompkins a traveling coal company agent, intoxicated and delirious, trespassed on the Hackman home peering into windows. Mrs. Hackman armed with a pistol held him over the intruders until police arrived. Tompkins was fined $13 with 13 days in jail after pleading guilty.
Elkhart Six join Saladin Temple at Grand Rapids oasis to witness a desert caravan launch at 7 pm. Attendees include H A Graham W E Specht Richard E Ricketts Richard Turnock Albert Gordon R H Hotchkin M Li Maxon. Banquet features Asian dishes and Kishmee wine amid new features by Saladin’s Arab Patrol. other temples and Murat Temple in Indianapolis referenced.
Fred Scofield a Lake Shore baggage man for five years died at 12 45 this afternoon at his home 920 West Indiana Avenue after a two month illness. Born in Syracuse 46 he was son of Charles A Scofield retired Lake Shore conductor. Survived by wife six children sister and brother in law and the father expected this evening. Funeral arrangements to be announced tomorrow.
Charles Falcone, an Italian laborer formerly with Lake Shore, was arrested by Officer R L Chapple for stealing brass from locomotives in the railroad yards. Police recovered several hundred pounds of brass at his Foundry street rooming house and he was bound over to the circuit court after a preliminary hearing. The grand jury, in sessions today, will be asked to investigate the case.
Miss Mae Stauffer, living six miles south of Mishawaka, was struck by lightning on May 22 morning. She was thrown to the floor and remained unconscious for four hours. After regaining consciousness she could not speak briefly but her voice returned and it is believed she will recover. Miss Stauffer formerly lived in Elkhart.
Plainfield report notes Kenneth Mudge of the Elihars pha memory lapse causing checks to be forgotten. Local authorities describe the incident as a minor mishap with no injuries.
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