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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1909
Page
7
A fire last night destroyed stock worth about 60 000 dollars for merchants in Washington DC. The loss was insured for 21 000 dollars. A separate blaze at the W F Norma Carnice plant in Nevada Missouri caused about 150 000 dollars in damages.
Henry Boyer has purchased the Emerson farm and will move his son Elmer onto it soon Amos Shetterly has moved into Dr Niles tenant house Bartholomew will occupy his home at the mill for the winter Amanda Aikens spent last Sunday visiting Mishawaka Mr and Mrs Manning Rogers attended the play Parad at Bucklen theatre in Eikhart Wednesday Mr and Mrs Silas Williams left for Cassopolis Wednesday to visit Mr and Mrs Prench The W GTU held its first meeting with Mrs Bert Adams Tuesday L Bishop left for Tennessee Mrs Homer Reese are parents of a son born Friday Mr and Mrs Charles Warner of west Jeemchart spent Sunday visiting Mrs Albert Fetters on sick list
The hospital musical Parada will be performed at Bucklen theatre for five shows starting Wednesday evening November 38 in Pinkhart. Seats are now selling.
An excerpt notes competition between Incans and Turnecks with finish times in the 18s bracket. The fragment mentions options of 2 4 6 8 16 or 24 counts, suggesting a scoring or selection detail.
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered terms like Taft March and demonstration phrases. The readable bits hint at a public display or crowd response but lack coherent narrative, names, dates, or locations to anchor a clear event or outcome.
In Guthrie Oklahoma November 4 a hearing opened in the United States circuit court over an injunction sought by several railroad companies. They challenge the two cent passenger fare law and request changes to freight schedules. Judge Cotterall presided as the case moved forward.
Legal notice to residents of Elkhart County Concord township and Fourth Ward that Lewis B. Tracy will apply for a liquor license for a grounded room at 615 South Main Street Elkhart Indiana. Hearing before the Board of County Commissioners to begin in Goshen on a December 1909 session. The description includes building size location and premises where liquor would be sold and consumed.
Classified advertisements list homes for sale on River Side and 610 West Lexington Avenue, 214 acre chicken farms near Pleasant Plain Avenue, and a Vancouver- style general sale. Also public notices include church bazaar details, help-wanted and rental offerings, lost items, and a selection of household goods and livestock for sale.
A garbled notice mentions chicken farms on Pleasant Plain Avenue and a car line sale priced from 450 to 600 dollars. D M Best at 115 Lexington Avenue is listed amid unclear text.
Joseph Shively returned from Chicago with an order for 20000 dollars worth Buick automobiles to be delivered February and March next year. A Model 10 is listed for Will Specht and a C H P racer for Shively’s personal use. Nichart Poultry Association plans its second annual show December 6 to 11. Premium list and entry blanks available. Elfrhart Poultry Association Monger Banding. Home page 61 Bell phone 7. Read the Truth daily.
Nellie M. Johnson of York, Elkhart County, was granted a divorce from AV Johnson on the grounds of drunkenness. The husband, who is reported to plan an appeal, resides in Warsaw and earlier the couple had organized a hospital fund drive by subscription.
Fragmentary text hints at a community concern over profit from neighbors and small-scale markets. The fragment mentions pricing like 50c and possible disputes about fair gains and neighborhood impact. Further details are unclear.
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