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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes show two Finetnanese items, labeled page CE Editoria Roe and Business Office, with partial phone references. Content is unreadable beyond these bare identifiers.
William Hazelton, manager of the Elkhart Truth, solemnly swears the bona fide daily circulation for September 1909 was 33655, excluding samples and spoiled copies or unsold remaining day copies. Indiana notary Louis A Dennert attested October 19, 1909.
On sale at Timmins Knowala Bookstore and at Dr Miller's South Und Drugstore corner South Main and St Joe Streets. This fragment notes two selling points but lacks a clear event date or full names.
City voters see the official ballot slate listing mayor Ellis M Chester for city chief and Benj I Bixler for clerk along with treasurer Wilbur A Gray judge William A Allen and council members A R Gilder H Otto Hartman Abe Eshelman in each ward including Slear Seidel Pancost Crone Helpin and Albers across the six wards.
A speculative note portrays a couple suing for divorce claiming the other killed their daughter with poison. The piece casts doubt on the motive and warns such acts cast a shadow over a previously happy home.
A fragment discusses why German pervades study and whether Germans are leaders in important departments. It references the notion of a preference for German and notes questions by several young men about language and study.
A self made businessman pledges to devote his time to mayoral duties with careful consideration and public confidence. He is held in high regard by reputable citizens and aims for a beneficial administration.
The article discusses fairness in city government under a bi partisan approach. It notes moves to avoid expanding the payroll to reward fifty or seventy five men with offices if the machine succeeds. It claims the fire department shows partisan balance with no democrats and forty five republicans under a democratic chief at Central Station and limited democratic leadership in units.
Incomplete readable text mentions a name and place obscured by OCR. No clear event, person, or organization is extractable for a reliable summary.
A fragment from the paper's organ debates machine politics and public office spoils. It warns that a mayoral vote equals support for appointees and staff across city departments and questions the fairness of job-holding bait in the campaign.
Mrs Mason testifies in cross examination she was in a German village with no husband, wrote Detroit court to learn no divorce suits against Talbot, has tried to leave him for four years but Japan pursued the relation. She says Talbot never visited her home and objected to her socializing with others. She denies planning to kill Talbot or threatening to harm him.
County officer and state official lead a tour of Elkhart county townships to promote improved Sunday school methods. Topics include home department teacher training adult class organization and teachers meetings. Meetings run each afternoon and evening with locations including Osolo and Sugar Ridge in September and October 193?.
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