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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1903
Page
4
The item announces a weekly Thursday publication named Truth containing foreign and local news. Subscriptions are available by mail to any post office in the United States or Canada at 15 dollars per year. October 8th Thursday edition noted.
The editorial lauds New York for its murder case handling from arrest to governor mercy, praising law’s impersonal certainty and warning mob justice. An Indianapolis Journal note praises a British policy shift toward imperial trade links and protection of home industries led by Chamberlain and Balfour.
Premier Balfour, in a Sheffield speech to manufacturing leaders, advocates a bold new departure in Britain’s economic policy. He argues for protective measures to gain a share of world trade, vows to reverse two generations of fiscal tradition, and supports taxing for revenue as needed.
The article analyzes the 85 miles per hour pace of the Twentieth Century Limited from Toledo to Elkhart, detailing engine speeds, train weight, and stopping distances to show the level of perfection required in roadbed, equipment, and dispatching. It contrasts modern rail discipline with risks of defects and emergency stops, then shifts to a political column urging vigilance against corporate influence in public offices.
An eight year old girl named Annie is run down by a wagon wheel and dies after hours in hospital. A man gives her a quarter to buy a doll, which she clings to as she endures pain and speaks cheerfully of the toy. The story notes the quarter, a symbol of small comforts, becomes her last joy before burial.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes Chancellor MacCracken of New York University proposes a college entrance rule requiring memorization of biblical passages and hymns. The piece argues biblical study remains vital for language, literature, and moral development, warning that modern facilities have not boosted such training and that reading discipline risks being a lost art.
The text claims Denny Connors milked a cow on the night of the Chicago fire and asserts Mrs. O Leary was innocent, sleeping at the time. It suggests new testimony from Mrs Callahan could rewrite Chicago history on the fire centennial.
The piece suggests honoring Mrs O Leary’s cow with a centennial tablet or a memorial window in Chicago. It notes the animal’s death long ago and proposes a public remembrance in a modern temple of art showing the famed bovine with Denny Connors nearby.
An advertisement extols irrigated California as a land for home ownership, steady income, and independence with favorable climate and reliable crops. It markets colonist rates via the Southern Pacific to various Midwest cities and invites inquiries to W. G. Nemyer, general agent, 193 Clark St., Chicago.
Circuit court convened with Judge Ferrall presiding as 34 lawyers attended and juries not yet summoned. Elmer Redfern Wilhelm Weber pleaded not guilty to larceny while John O'Brien pleaded guilty to petit larceny but was not sentenced. New suits filed include alimony, divorce, and estate matters involving Elkhart residents and local trustees, with numerous property transfers and loan disputes listed.
Joseph Leiter of Chicago secured an option on Hidalgo Mining Company's Chilean property in Chinahua Mex. The deal runs to November 20 at a reported 3 million dollars. Prospects include mills, railway, silver copper and lead ore, no gold, two sawmills and thousands of acres of timber. Shipments exceed 1000 tons monthly. Los Angeles capital has long backed the venture.
An advertisement touts a permanent painless home cure for morphine cocaine laudanum opium and other drug habits. It claims immediate relief restores appetite and sleep and returns nervous and physical systems to normal by removing the disease causes with a free trial treatment.
H. C. Dodge sues the R. M. Johnson estate for 1019.98 dollars claiming one half of the stairway cost between their buildings and half the rental value of the stairs. The filing seeks compensation for shared property access and use.
A Missouri court suit claims Dall sues George KR Rogers for three hundred dollars on a promissory note. Children's cases are listed for hearing this afternoon.
David L. Weaver of Hickory Street was adjudged insane by an insanity commission in Justice Brumbaugh's court on Saturday afternoon. He will be taken to Longceliff as soon as a room is available. Doctors Short Work and Haggarty served on the commission.
The 129th Indiana regiment holds its annual reunion in Elkhart in October 1904. Elected officers for the coming year are President Hiram Baer of Elkhart, Vice President John Williams of Elkhart, Secretary E. G. Melendy of Fremont, Treasurer Paul A. Joray of Ligonier. At Auburn this week W. H. McIntosh delivered the welcome address, with J. W. Kronk of Goshen replying and recounting the regiment’s history known as Hoyeys babies.
Henry Rink of Millersburg 22 and Nettie E Anderson of Millersburg 22 listed. LeRoy E Ruckman of South Bend 22 and Lillian Hartman of Nappanee 22 noted. Henry Rininger of Elkhart 29 and Celesta Newman of Elkhart 22 documented.
A crew of 20 men worked this morning to triple the power circuit for the Elkhart Power Co due to business growth. The Edward Kelly foundry will be operated by electric power hereafter.
County Auditor Berkey is accused of trying to evade responsibility for an error in tax assessment figures. Township Assessor Fifer states Berkey hid the mistake for a month but cannot escape accountability, noting the error originated in the auditor's office.
F Chadwick of Deshler Ohio writes in January 1903 praising Cauis Tie Oil for steady results and requests a gallon when business improves. He notes price 50 cents per bottle and that Gilmore's Headache Powders never fail, sold by Thomas' Drug Store.
Silver City New Mexico October seven reports a phenomenal gold strike at Gold Gulch ten miles northeast of town. The ore is of a peculiar quality and may be telluride. Assays up to six thousand dollars per ton are reported as miners rush to the site.
Tickets on sale daily up to November 30 with routes from Chicago via the Great Western to Billings Livingston Hindsdale Helena Butte Spokane Portland Seattle Tacoma Vancouver Victoria and more. Superior service equipment and full information from J P Elmer GPA Chicago.
Country market notes show wholesale prices in Elkhast for eggs per dozen cabbage per dozen corn per bushel beans per bushel oats per bushel. Final figures appear unclear due to OCR errors but indicate corn around forty cents and other items listed with uncertain values.
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