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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
4
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A Chicago Record-Herald abstract reviews Tolstoy's critique of European militarism, arguing military power corrupts civil liberty and expands oppression. It contrasts noble peace rhetoric with aggressive campaigns and highlights the paradoxes in Nicholas II's reforms and policies.
Joseph Pulitzer was born in poverty and obscurity within oppressive conditions that stirred his generous instincts and passion for equality. He came to the United States as a boy and served in the Union army before reaching adulthood.
Since 1886 the United States and challengers have poured millions into yacht campaigns. The Reliance’s syndicate spent hundreds of thousands, with Morgan and Belmont among backers. Lipton’s Shamrock fleet cost about 450000, crew wages reach 218?00, and Erin’s food and dry docking add more.
The Chicago Journal questions Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science arguing her order limiting teachers to thirty pupils per year aims to drive pupils to Boston for the board of education and her finances. It likens the claim of religion to a money making scheme and mocks the notion of modern miracles.
The piece reviews Rev. Dr. John Alexander Dowie’s bold bid to reform baseball rules in Chicago style. It lists prohibitions on stealing bases and pitching deceit, and abolishing umpires, arguing the changes are radical and impractical while noting the metaphorical use of the term steal and the familiarity of curved balls.
The Indianapolis News notes that a man of high intellect, Dr. Dowie, is now busying himself with both the national flag and the national game. The paper believes both will benefit from his efforts.
The Kalamazoo Gazette notes the Reliance victory as a display of sailing skill rather than boat superiority. Shamrock II and Reliance are closely matched, with Shamrock excelling upwind while Reliance shines when turning for home, and the American skipper appears decisive and masterful throughout the contest.
The agency claims a complete, permanent, and painless cure for morphine and other drug habits. Each case receives individualized treatment from an experienced nerve specialist with immediate relief and restored appetite. Free booklet and trial treatment offered. correspondence confidential. Address Manhattan Therapeutic Association Dept. B 1185 Broadway New York City.
Township levy adjusted with itemized assessment noting the amount levied on each poll. Total levy per poll cited as two dollars, clarifying miscellaneous charges and overall tax figure.
A fragment notes a pricing line of 50 cents and an allowance for special school purposes at one dollar. The text provides no further context on event, entity names, or dates.
The body of Robert Bucklen will reach Elkhart at 4 35 this afternoon from Chicago and be taken to 405 High street for services by Rev. William Galpin. Bucklen, born November 15 1874 in Elkhart, grew up there until age six then moved to Chicago. He later studied at a military academy in Aurora New York and served on the academy faculty before joining H E Bucklen Co. as secretary and office manager. The bereaved mother bears the heaviest loss.
Distributing Clerk A. J. Heinzmann resigns from Elk Hart postoffice to pursue civil engineering at Purdue University. The resignation takes effect this morning after one year at the university, with three years needed to complete the course.
The will executed February 2 1903 was probated yesterday. Isaac Richards gets lifetime control with a duty to care for his sisters Maria and Catherine Richards. At his death the estate is to be split among Elizabeth Bowser Caroline Dalrymple Maria M Rippensteel Martha F Conkle and Benjamin Franklin Benner Warren Benner and Maria Catherine Richards.
John T Holder reports Philip B Miller living south of Elkhart was arrested on profanity charges after he disrupted a public sale at Holderman home during the late Samuel Johnson estate auction. Miller, an heir, swore and warned people not to bid. Constable Heath made the arrest.
The bal loon was released by agents of revolutionists who aimed to land it at the Yildiz Kiosk and blow up the Sultan's palace. The incident has stirred wild fears in the palace and across the city.
The bodies of William Pracht and Antony Holleran were recovered after the Belaire strikers riot. Pracht showed a bullet wound in the head, indicating he was shot before drowning. Fred Williams, a non union man blamed for the deaths, was held for safekeeping to prevent possible lynching by Belaire union members.
Five men were arrested in Beirut on charges of complicity in the shooting that led to reports of the death of Vice Consul Magelssen. Minister Leishman rejects the Porte explanation that the gunfire was a customary salute.
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