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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
5
A pipe was snatched from Lehman Hardware on South Main Street and dragged about 80 feet along the pavement before being deposited against the curb on the opposite side. Pedestrians and drivers noticed the zigzag path and varied reactions as the pipe disappeared.
Transfers include Sterling to Dr Samuel Barwick Elkhart lot for 1 dollar Hazel Gripe land Elkhart township 256 Warren Berket Goshen to Nicholas Wood Elkhart township 50 Andrew Lamb to Algie Darling lot Elkhart $1700
Miss Clara Mumas offers thorough practical instruction in typewriting business penmanship letter writing and spelling. Graduates assisted to positions. Enroll anytime call now make arrangements at 409 South Main.
Partial OCR text fragment references “3 mounts of gold” and mentions people or places in archaic form. The readable content is insufficient to identify names, dates, or events. no clear headline or summary can be established from the fragment.
A historic report notes a train moving through miles of prairie with an engine nearly overwhelmed by crushed flies. After extensive cleaning and some persuasion the train continued its journey toward Montreal, where observers found the spectacle curious at the station.
The piece recounts how travelers watched signals at the start of rail travel, from candle withdrawals and flag lowers to semaphore timing in tunnels. It explains early danger signaling methods, the three semaphore positions for stop, caution, and line clear, and the fading after a train passes.
An Elkhart ad promotes Mi O Na as a guaranteed remedy for indigestion and stomach ailments. It claims rapid relief within five minutes and offers a money back guarantee for 50 cents a box, urging even stubborn readers to try the product.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad lists 550 pensioners under the regular monthly allowance. Forty-three veterans are 80 or more, with three past 90. one spans a remarkable 60 years of service. Combined service totals nearly 12,000 years, averaging 22.4 each. An old age provision honors faithful service in the B&O system.
The readable text is minimal and scattered, showing no clear event or names. Potential references to a note about a flower or May appear, but facts are unresolved and no concrete entities or actions are identifiable.
The Home Guards of Trinity Church will entertain Friday evening at the church parlors from 7 to 9. An excellent program includes piano numbers by Gladys Stevens Neva Robbins Bernice Shelt Hallie Wilder Margaret Stahr Cora Kran Teta Denney with piano duets by Mildred Burnell Georgia Compton and Lillian Morehouse and Helen Work. Recitations by Isabel Martiné Frances Stevens. Rev Horst’s revival meetings at the Church of the Brethren on South Sixth Street grow in interest. Tonight’s subject is What Must I Do To Be Saved All are invited Meetings 7:30 nightly.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a fashion era or hair care claim linked to George Washington with mentions of dandruff cures. The text references germ disease, a sale by stamp company, Detroit origin, and possible chemical or pirate-like claims.
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