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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1902
Page
6
Geo Wyman and Co offers 500 cloaks bought for this sale. Prices range from 2 to 10 dollars with discounts up to 15 dollars value. Advertises dependable merchandise and consistent in store availability and price leadership.
Handkerchiefs in various borders and laces priced from 1c to 50c with special lines for children and ladies. Mens and ladies handkerchiefs feature hemstitching, initials, lawn fabric and embroidery with quality ranges from 19c to 10 dollars. Shop claims unbeatable value and invites quick purchase.
Local ad promotes Radies Fans offering two sample lines at price 25 cents and highlights cheap options. Also mentions regular fan lines available for purchase.
A planned Elkhart Athletics versus K S of South Bend game was called off due to non appearance of Elkhart players nine were found to depart. Warsaw high school defeated Elkhart 22 to 0 while rain dulls attendance and several football games ended in ties or small margins.
Purdue dominated Indiana with a final score of 29 to 0 on Saturday. The report credits strong defense and decisive offensive plays led by Ss. J. Rossiter in the shutout victory.
Andrew Freedman quits baseball for good a move framed as for the game. Bobby Gilks will be Mobile playing manager next season. Billy Hart recalls a $1.30 Kansas City receipts share for a Peoria game. American league magnates met in New York with Detroit’s Angus in focus and a possible Detroit to Pittsburgh deal discussed. Clingman likely returns to Milwaukee after a mixed season. Three I league proposes realignment dropping Bloomington and Rockford while adding Davenport Rock Island Peoria St Wayne and Marion. Detroit writers fear only a one year hold in the American league as Johnson’s power grows. Sutthoff signs with Cincinnati surprising Watkins who notes no formal reservation pay amid cross-league player lifting. Herrmann says financial settlements for Sutthoff to be addressed later.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a signature item priced at 25 cents and linked to Lakeley Bromo. No clear event dates or full entities. Reads as a brief catalog or ad line with limited readable details.
Speculation centers on Mr Tracewell as a strong move for the judgeship with claims of his eminent fitness and political force. Supporters argue he would suit Judge Gresham’s seat in Indiana party councils while Hawkins faces backlash from labor groups and local loyalties. Tracewell, not a declared candidate, has prior service including congressman and controller roles. Corydon, his home, shares a link to Judge Gresham’s era.
Indiana election results show socialist, socialist labor, and prohibition parties rising while Republicans Democrats and People's parties decline. Socialist polling 7 111 votes exceeds 1 percent and secures future ballot access. Indiana delegates in Washington to reside at usual hotels with potential Indiana social club formation. Enoch Hogate disputed on federal district judgeship. Hawkins appointment rumors unsettled and awaiting official Justice Department notice.
Century writer Pay Stannard Baker cites 360 million dollars invested in Indian irrigation over 30 years. A Ganges canal project costs 15 million and spans 3910 miles irrigating over 1 million acres. Nile valley farming covers 6 million acres for 5 million people. Elwood Mead projects Missouri river to irrigation scale five times larger, aiding American surplus population growth. Westerners favor domestic land over foreign outlets for expansion.
A London paper reports an emerging hand kissing league among Parisian elites. Men vow not to shake hands while women embrace the tradition with various forms from fingertip touches to wrist kisses, defining cheeked uses like chaise main and osculation on knuckles or palm.
In Derby street Salem a sailor husband brings home a Malta tapestry showing Raphael's Heed My Lambs. The wife, who disliked the art, trades the life size silk and gold panel for a new red green carpet, ending a saga of a standing grievance and a thoroughly satisfying bargain for both.
Ad for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets promising to improve appetite, cleanse and invigorate the stomach, and regulate liver and bowels. Mentions 25 cents per box and sale by Houseworth Bros.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle contrasts a Napoleonic financier with a plain bootblack who won $40,000 at races last year but lost everything this year. He borrows to start over, sells shoes, and hopes to save again. The piece warns races are treacherous and thrift builds character.
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt urges women to adopt common sense and cheerful self management to halt worry. It cites English habits: avoid unnecessary stress, maintain health, sleep nine hours, take naps, plan with two hours for rest, eat digestible, satisfying meals.
The San Francisco Girls' Union opens a women exclusive hotel for self supporting wage earners since 1884. The home offers 80 rooms with monthly rents from four to six dollars and aims to provide decent surroundings at affordable costs for self respecting girls.
A patent remedy claims to cure rheumatism and neuralgia in one to three days. It asserts rapid relief from the disease by removing the cause, with the first dose providing notable benefit. Available for 75 cents from Chas. D. Rushton, druggist, 225 South Main Street.
Tess questions Tess explains Jess objects to harsh remarks about beauty. He claimed beauty is skin deep and Jess retorts by showing how thin skinned she is. Philadelphia Press records a brief dialogue about temperament and insults.
A New York dentist notes Americans and especially Southerners seek dental help early, leading to more saved teeth in the United States than in England or Ireland where people tolerate decay longer. He contrasts English and Irish apathy toward molars with American proactive care.
A London report details Formosa railway construction with English and American rails engines and rolling stock. Labor used was Formosan and Japanese. Japanese workers earned about a third more than Formosans in ten hour days. Top rates include carpenters 62 cents, masons 80 cents, blacksmiths 79 cents.
A quoted reminiscence in which a retired burglar says hard work and persistence win in any business. He notes his own dream of bank robberies failed while a less ambitious associate thrived by steady, practical work and sticking to the task. He mentions considering becoming a teacher as a possible path.
Mr John H Hanson from Huddersfield criticizes American pronunciation in Washington Post remarks. He says Raleigh should be pronounced differently and argues English speech gives stronger, more dignified sound to names like Potomac. He contrasts English and American pronunciations while staying at a Raleigh hotel.
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