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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1905
Page
8
The text urges using Royal Baking Powder for all recipes calling for cream of tartar soda or baking powder. It claims Royal offers superior leavening strength, lighter texture, finer flavor, and better digestibility, while alum and phosphate powders are said to spoil both dainty and wholesome results.
A major blaze in downtown Indianapolis damaged the Badger furniture building and the McQuat structure. Firefighters battled flames that reached the roof, with several banks evacuated to vaults as money moved to safety and the block’s roof collapsed but wind stayed calm.
Fragmentary report notes a substantial loss or missing funds estimated above $100,000 due to collapsed text. Missing context limits precise attribution to project or cause. Authorities or investigators are not named in the readable portion.
United Press reports a joint meeting in Chicago where coal operators from Ohio Valley and western Pennsylvania districts plan to form a national federation. They expect a compact organization to oppose wage changes at the upcoming Indianapolis conference with miners.
Dominico Renuo was shot four times as he left his home. Mafia did the work. The wounded man, who will die, refused to discuss the shooting.
A lamp exploded causing a fire at the home of Silas Jones near Marion Indiana. One of his thirteen children died in the blaze. The incident occurred this morning and the cause was traced to the lamp explosion.
Benton Ohio records show Rev John Shafer oldest local minister, marking his 160th birthday today. He served as pastor here until five years ago and is father to ten children, eight alive.
Secretary Taft departed Chicago for Washington by the Pennsylvania road. He laughed when asked about the recent election result, delivering no comments on the outcome.
Indianapolis November 22. State Chemist Bernard returned from Washington saying only a strong lobby will block a national pure food law. He warned that enacting such a law next congress will not be easy.
The stepson Ignace Paderewski has arrived in New York and abandoned plans for a musical career. He now becomes an advance agent for Mme. Modjeska on her upcoming farewell tour, a path sparked by years of friendship with the actress and pianist.
The city may face higher insurance rates if alleys off Main Street remain with overhead wires. Secretary Boyd of Indianapolis inspected the Main to Second street alley showing a dense wire mass near Miles Medical Co. and Merchants Hotel. He warned ladders would be blocked in a fire and rates will not drop until wires go underground. Also noted were remarks by Rear Admiral Sigsbee and General Horace Porter at a New York dinner about John Paul Jones’ body removal, with Porter claiming credit as the Paul finder.
The Logan arrived in San Francisco from Manila after a troubled voyage that saw an attempted murder a typhoon multiple thefts from staterooms and two deaths by suicide. It sheltered many Filipinos in Manila Bay and faced a dramatic incident when a Filipino aboard attempted to send his pig and baby ashore before himself but crew prioritized Mrs. Filipino.
In the Journal of the Indian Archipelago a narrative recounts Jonathan Riggs’s ascent of Gumue Danka, a Java peak deemed paradise by locals. The Javanese believe the rajah’s permission guards against a tigre devouring any stranger who reaches the summit.
Imitation leather cases depth six inches length 22 24 or 26 inches with heavy leather corners and brass lock. Regular 1 50 case on inside. RR Special Saturday. Genuine cowhide suit cases 5 6 7 to SLO. Square top canvas trunks 5 4 5 to 10. Trunk straps eight feet 50c. Shawl straps 25c and 50c. Steamer trunks 5 6 SLO to SL5.
A Johannesburg court dismissed a case over a bank clerk's libel claim in a letter of dismissal. The court held that any agreement restraining marriage is void immoral and against public policy, granting three months salary and $100.
The United States brings back John S. Gaynor and Benjamin D. Greene former contractors from Canada to face trial in Savannah Georgia for conspiring with Captain Oberlin M. Carter in a two million dollar Savannah harbor fraud. Their long extradition battle spanned Quebec Montreal and the Privy Council and cost about 250000.
George W. Perkins of New York Life and Morgan & Co sails for Russia to discuss flotation of part of the coming Russian loan. His mission reportedly includes shaping commercial relations with Russia and is led by a financier noted as one of Wall Street’s ablest figures. Perkins, still only forty three, rose from a $300 office boy to vice president of New York Life and to partner at Morgan & Co, with a salary history culminating at 76 000 before joining Morgan & Co where he requested a reduced salary after becoming a partner.
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