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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1901
Page
8
October sale features fleeced lined vests and pants for ladies, boys and girls fleeced garments, men’s shirts and drawers, and a dollar corset lot. Yarn, flannels, and dress fabrics offered at deep discounts with hats, taffeta ribbons, and ready made silk shirts waists on sale.
Come and See Us agents wanted to take orders for Murat Halstead's The Illustrious Life of William McKinley. 500 pages, superbly illustrated, selling fast. Commissions 43 to 70 percent with extra premiums. Send for free dressed copy with 10 cents postage. Address Mana Ger Indianapolis. Also employment ads and local notices including resignations, cabinet photographs offered at $2.50 per dozen, and a New Wabash pew trial ruling in the Rinkard case.
General auctioneering ad by G Lehman promising satisfaction or payless. Notes leave orders at Hostettler and Lehman’s hardware. Terre Haute fire destroys Mayer stock farm near the city including two barns with a German stallion valued at 1500 and four brood mares. total loss estimated at 20000 with partial insurance.
The piece surveys winter options for athletic women after golf season ends. It favors hockey for girls, noting Boston and English models, calls for American teams, and contrasts field hockey and ice hockey, with references to Constance Applebee and potential U S women’s teams facing the All England squad. It discusses gear, rules, and the appeal of winter play.
A narrator recalls the moment he decided to become a reporter after failing to find work at a newspaper office. He emphasizes the reporter as a noble pursuer of truth and describes confrontations with editors who dismiss him. He resolves to pursue reporting despite obstacles and self-doubt.
A brief Chicago Daily News item records a sharp exchange about John Henry's wife and the name she gave the baby. The dialogue turns on class and education with mock certainty that she married a college girl who reads novels.
A letter from Mr. Peter Hoffman of Eylertown Pa praises Peruna for curing deafness shortness of breath and throat inflammation after three bottles. He calls Peruna indispensable for old people with systemic catarrh and urges others with similar ailments to try it. Also quoted is Mr Robert Metters of Murdock Neb who says Peruna cured his catarrh and left him feeling young at eighty three. The Peruna Medicine Co. offers a free catarrh book.
Mrs. Ben C. Perkins, wife of the jailer, died from shock after a mob raided the jail and lynched two Black men. Dr. W. Baird says the raid caused the fatal nervous reaction while she suffered an illness at the time.
The Rev. J. F. Floyd of Sokomo accepts the pastorate at the First Christian church, succeeding the retiring Rev. J. A. Cantrall whose convictions were not entirely orthodox. Rippey's Studio offers photo specials at 217 Main St. Washington.
The new Carnegie organ at St Paul’s Mission Church has been installed with Miss Mabel Morrison chosen as organist. Dedication is scheduled for the 13th inst.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a mass riot in Vincennes with unspecified casualties and immediate investigations. Police response and local officials are not clearly named in the readable lines. Further details remain unreadable.
Clinton Iowa October 9 William Zimmer born Schoharie County New York April 15 1797 died here at 104 He remained active in town until two weeks before his death He was among ten centenarians in the United States and recalled Jefferson Fulton Napoleon and the War of 1812 voting for all but four presidents He spoke of era events a few days before passing.
The Chicago and Southern Midland Railway from Muncie to Brazil, a 140 mile line, halted operations all day. Section hands idle, telegraph operators absent, and Muncie shops closed as workers refuse to run until the two week overdue pay car arrives. The railway may forfeit a government contract. General Manager Ward reportedly resigns amid the dispute.
Sixteen miles northeast of Rice Lake at the junction of extensions by the Sco line and Northwestern line a new community named Birchwood has formed. Joseph King of Iowa is president of the Sooners led board and he has appointed special policemen to regulate affairs.
Col Noble B Wiggins longtime proprietor of the Leland Hotel Springfield died suddenly in the afternoon from Brights disease at age 59 The obituary notes his prominent local status and long service in the hotel business in this city and region.
Lieutenant Benno Soyka of the Hussars died after a pistol duel with Ernest Lowenfeld, a manufacturer, in Vienna on October 9.
During the Ninth Indiana Regimental Association reunion Gen I C Suman of Wabash was elected president under Whitehall of Chicago.
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