Weekly Truth Editors Comment on Labor and Nursing Training
The Elkhart Truth notes Teddy Roosevelt faces a coal strike and hopes for a preventive cure. It highlights the Elkhart Training School for Nurses offering opportunities to young women with lectures by unpaid local physicians. John D Rockefeller's Cleveland visit marks his fifty second anniversary amid a large family gathering. Ida Tarbell’s possible critique is speculated humorously.
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Elkhart
Clarke Hospital
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Ida ‘Tarbell
John D
Insurance Reform and Life Insurance Exposures
A newspaper review highlights John W. Ryckman's Era Magazine analysis of life insurance failures. It cites his remedy for mutual companies requiring annual sworn disclosures, trustees’ transparency, graft prevention, and stricter safeguards to end abuses and place the industry above temptations.
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John W. Ryckman
Era
Stone Fence Planned for Roys Main Street Property
A concrete foundation is poured along the front of C. D. Roys on Main Street for a stone fence. The project aims to enhance the property’s appearance once completed.
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Roys
C. D. Roys
Main Street
Garber and Gable to Wed at Garfield Home Tonight
Miss Anna Garber daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac Garber of Garfield avenue will marry Henry Gable of Brutus Michigan this evening at the Garber home. Miss Garber has been employed at the Mennonite Publishing House and resigned Saturday night.
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Anna Garber
Isaac Garber
Garfield Avenue
Henry Gable
Brutus, Mich
Garber
Mennonite
Reaches Kalamazoo Golddrop in Orchard Sale
Elbveria Kalamazoo Golddrop varieties offered at 50 cents a bushel in the orchard. James Curran located five miles north and two miles west of Owag jac Michigan.
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James Curran
Owagjac
Mich
Fifty Women Sought for Half-Price Dr Howard’s Remedy
Houseworth Bros druggists advertise for fifty women to take part in a half price offer on Dr. Howard’s celebrated constipation cure. A 25 cent package is available by mail with guaranteed refund if it fails to relieve.
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Houseworth Bros
Dr. Howard
Marriage Licenses Listed for Goshen Couples
Roy 1 Shaner of Goshen age 27 and Grace Belig Hanson of Goshen age 23 granted marriage licenses in the local clerk office.
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Roy
Shaner
Goshen
Grace Belig Hanson
Baron Komura Appeals for Mutual Trust in Peace Mission
Baron Komura, Japanese peace plenipotentiary, thanks the United States for hospitality during his visit and praises Roosevelt for peace efforts. He affirms Japan’s peaceful expansion and continued cooperation with the United States as he returns to Japan via Canada. The party sails Oct 2 aboard the Empress of India.
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New York
Baron Komura
Japan
Baron
Komura
Roosevelt
Russia
United States
Far East
Great Republic
Empire of the East
New York Central Railroad
Montreal
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Situation at Baku worsens after viceroy’s departure
A telegram from Baku reports a deteriorating state of mind among residents since the viceroy left. One fifth of the population has fled or been expelled and the exodus continues.
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Baku
St. Petersburg
Britain and Japan seal defensive alliance in Far East
The August 12 accord between Great Britain and Japan binds their forces in east Asia and India to mutual defense. Lord Lansdowne and Baron Hayashi framed the pact as a peace guaranty not a threat, with Hayashi noting it should curb disturbances and safeguard long term tranquility.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
Lord Lansdowre
Baron Hayashi
Foreign Office
Lansdowne
St. Petersburg
Paris
Far East
East Asia
India
West
East
Governor Herrick Faces Grand Jury Over Blackmail Attempt
Governor Myron T. Herrick testified before the Cuyahoga county grand jury seeking indictment of a Chicago woman accused of repeated blackmail attempts. A Chicago detective accompanied Herrick to the grand jury room as the case was pursued.
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Cleveland
Chico
Myron T. Herrick
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
Chicago
Herrick
American party nominates Ezra Thompson for Salt Lake mayor
The American party, formed to oppose Mormon church influence in city and state politics, nominating its first municipal ticket with Ezra Thompson, a mining man and former Republican mayor. The platform accuses the Mormon hierarchy of owning both major political machines.
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Salt Lakeity
Ezra Thompson
Thompson
Guard to Protect Court in Russellville Trial
Governor Beckham ordered two infantry companies and a detach ment of state guard to Russellville to protect W. R. Fletcher and Jay Lyon during their trial for criminal assault. Hopkinsville and Bowling Green infantry and Frankfort battery assigned to duty.
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Frankfort
Beckham
State Guard
Russellville
W. R. Fletcher
Jay Lyon
Hopkinsville
Bowling Green
Yellow fever update from New Orleans Sept 7
Yellow fever reports to 6 p m Tuesday show 31 new cases, total 2899. 5 deaths, total 278. 7 new foci. 286 under treatment. 2238 discharged.
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New Orleans
Fatal Fall From Bicycle
Lonuis Cooper is dead as the result of injuries sustained by falling from his bicycle in Mt Vernon Indiana on September 27.
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Mt. Vernon
Ind
Lonuis Cooper
Ter Secre Shaw to quit cabinet and Qs to Rome
Secretary Shaw will leave the cabinet on or about February first. Joseph W. Fifer retires as interstate commerce commissioner about January first, 1906. The next international postal congress will be held in Rome in early April 1905. The National Association of First Class Postmasters holds its Dayton convention. A typhoon hit Manila with 105 mph winds causing $500000 in damage and ten deaths. The German Evangelical Synod of North America plans an English song-book for youths. A naval academy quarantine restricts midshipmen. Robert Bacon resigns from the United States Steel directory and finance committee.
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Shaw
Joseph W. Fifer
Interstate Commerce
International Postal Congress
Rome
National Association of First Class Postmasters
Dayton
Ohio
Cienfuegos
German Evangelical Synod of North
Fire service to rely on hose companies and pumping stations
Former Chicago fire chief W L Musham predicts fires will be fought via separate pumping stations and building water mains, with high pressure hose companies delivering rapid results. He cites sprinkler systems as a key preventive device and argues engines will become obsolete in favor of quick, within-building action.
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United States
W. L. Musham
National Firemen's Association
Kansas City
Arkansas City Star
Maisha
Chicago
Marmoset Trend Tops Society Fads In Boston
A Boston matron seen at a New York club carried a marmoset with a jade circlet. The pet sparks comments as society women chase the craze. prices rise as owners tout its charm and apparent intelligence.
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Boston
New York
Waoman’s Club
The Correct Bride's Cake Sours From The London Sun
The London Sun describes a shift to a simple loaf cake for brides with fruit and spice, a ring spoon and thimble baked inside, surrounded by a center table ornament. Tiny bridal loaves for guests will be iced and decorated with artificial orange blossoms bearing the couple’s initials.
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London Sun
Confiseur
Mars Canals Photographed Says Lowell at Flagstaff
Professor Percival Lowell, head of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona, announces that the canals of Mars have been photographed for the first time. Several canals appear on more than twenty negatives, confirming the remarkable feature.
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Mars Canr
Pércival Lowell
Lowell Observatory
Flagataff, Ariz
Mars
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted for female ailments
An 19th century advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for irregular menstruation backache and nervous symptoms. It cites testimonials from Miss F Orser and Miss Pearl Ackers and urges women to seek help from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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F. Orser
Warrenton Street
Lydia £. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Ian
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pearl Ackers
North
Sumemer Street
Nashville
Tenn
Maxon Buys Building on North Main Street
Strafford Maxon acting for H. E. Bucklen purchased from J. W. Fieldhouse the building at 106 North Main Street for 5000 dollars. Fieldhouse had just acquired the property from Peltire Hill and the Justus Brodrick trustee.
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Mrr. Maxon
Strafford Maxon
H. E. Bucklen
J. W. Fieldhouse
North Main Street
Peltire Hill
Justus Brodrick
Mr. Maxon
Will Sell Elkhart Power Bonds
On October 7 the Elkhart Power Co. bonds valued at $14 000 are offered to apply toward notes totaling $15 500 issued to a creditor. The action indicates a debt settlement move by the company amid its financial arrangements.
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Elkhart Power
Elkhart Power Co
Peltire Hill Endorsed to Chapin at Court House Sale
Peltire Hill by J L and GB Brodrick endorsed to C A Chapin will be sold at the court house under an official sale notice.
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Peltire Hill
J. L
GB. ‘Brodrick
C. A. Chapin
Court House
New Trial Granted in Hafer v Arnold Property Case
Justice Oberholtzer grants a new trial in the Hafer versus Arnold dispute over $50 for damaged property while tenant status is noted. The ruling cites the jury verdict not aligning with the evidence.
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A. J. Hafer
Jennie Arnold
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