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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
6
Reports from Des Moines discuss the Republican tilt toward Roosevelt and Cannon influence. Mentions Hull and Taft as competing figures, with implications for party unity and possible federal banking reform opposition. The piece notes hotel convention activity in Missouri and Kansas.
Prof Eberlein the sculptor sails on the Auguste Victoria to visit American art museums and public monuments. He is among Europe’s leading sculptors, with Reichstag work and public square decorations to his credit.
The Democratic ticket forms around Theobald Otten seeking Wisconsin Fourth District succession to William J. Cary, amid uncertain Cary candidacy. Georgia Governor hopeful James M. Smith faces peonage charges by a family alleging virtual slavery. Kansas politics buzz with Governor Hoch amid senatorial expectations as party factions realign.
Public sale announced to take place Saturday November 46 at 1 p m. at three fourths mile north of city units on Cassopolis street. Items include 190 full blood brown reshudan chickens and white wryan dotte chickens, one horse, one good cow, corn in shock, 100 gallons vinegar, incubator and broader and other articles too numerous to mention. A A Fish.
Dr M Dowell will relocate from 203 South Main to rooms above Wells Clothing Store at 415 South Main on Monday, November 18 1907. The notice also invites Presbyterian young people and friends to a reception at the church parlors Friday November 13 at 7 30 to meet the new pastor.
A readable note advertises an afternoon sale of beads collars and necklaces at 110 West Franklin Street. Mrs Mott Birkholm is listed among participants. The fragment mentions price symbols and location but lacks full details.
In New York City the court awarded $500 to Browning a genealogist for tracing Mrs. T. R. Woolsey’s ancestry back to King Alfred the Great. The article notes unresolved issues around six men killed en route and a potential boxing purse involving Jack Johnson and Jack O’Brien amid broader discussions of stock transactions and health topics.
The long case of Thomas F. Collins will culminate in his execution for the murder of Mary Ann McAnley. The crime occurred last August when Collins killed Miss McAnley with an ax at a mission house while the priest was away. He faced three trials, with the final verdict of guilty and a death sentence rendered last September.
Members of the Farmers' Union in the Sea Island and Ribbon Cane cotton belts of Georgia and Florida met in Lake City to begin a two day conference. The chief aim is to agree on plans to handle the cotton crop to the best advantage.
A quill fashioned from a golden eagle wing with diamond settings was reportedly used by fourteen plenipotentiaries to sign a Paris treaty in 1856 and later by the Ward family at weddings. The antique artifact is linked to the Empress and Austrian-Vienna era diplomacy.
Elkhart resident Mrs John W Stouder of 1004 Prairie St Wikharty Ind reports her husband suffered kidney pains backaches and headaches but improved after using Dans Kidney Pills sold at Houseworth drugstore. The letter endorses the remedy and urges readers to try it for kidney trouble.
Fragmentary OCR text cites vague claims that a remedy can expel toxins stimulate internal organs cleanse the system and purify the blood. The garbled line references dis 1 x and appears to be part of a dubious health advertisement from an older publication.
Fragmentary lines reference mind and honor, perilous game, and an election result. A burst of phrases mentions coal at $3 per ton and mines. The text hints at deception by a false friend and Mercy in great minds amid economic concerns.
Katherine Easly a graduate nurse in Chicago is listed with address 403 Second Street and Home phone 241.
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