Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Elkhart Weekly Truth in Elkhart, Indiana

We have 10,635,812 pages in Indiana

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Elkhart Weekly Truth

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1909

Page

3

Travel chaos mars Goshen connections and delays

The Goshen railroad scene shows continued misconnection issues as southbound passengers face abrupt car changes. Frustrated riders describe trains splitting routes to Milford and Warsaw with delays, forcing waits at Goshen station and missed through service for Elkhart Kishwaukee and South Bend tickets.

Goshen Warsaw South’ Bend Ted Indiana Milford Elkhart Kishawaka South Bend

Graders Work On Lake Shore Right Of Way

A large force of graders is at work east of Dunlaps preparing the Lake Shore right of way for the fourth track. About two miles have been prepared to receive ballast ties and rails. Laying the fourth track will require removing telegraph poles along the south side while new poles have been erected between Ikhart and Goshen and on the track’s north side.

Dunlaps Lake Shore Iikhart Goshen

Signals work to raise crossing poles on Lake Shore line

Superintendent plans to start erecting poles for the Elkhart to Kendallville Lake Shore and Air Line signals tomorrow. Heavy poles and equipment will be moved with a wrecker. Work aims to finish between Elkhart and Toledo before cold weather. A crossing alarm post design will replace the wooden post with a 2 pipe tow post set in concrete with relay boxes batteries and a danger sign.

I. B Kirkqats Rick Lake Shore Elkhart Kendallville Navinie Eikhart Toledo Diay

Railroad personal updates and injuries at Lake Shore yards

R R Jenks Ben Wade and W J Hunt secured positions with the Lake Shore as brakemen. Engineer Bert Hult suffers a mashed finger. W R Lavender will oversee the J P Sanders north end coal yards. Hubert Kidder had a steel fragment removed from his left eye.

R. R. . Jenks Ben. “Wade W.J. Hunt Lake Shore W. R. Lavender J. P. Sanders North End Coal Yards Hubert . Kidder

Deaths and marriage licenses from local area notice

William Zimmerman 40 died at home 303 Vine Street after long illness. Survived by mother Evelyn S Zimmerman of Los Angeles Harry Zimmerman of Los Angeles and seven sisters Blanche Parrott Harriett Moore Bessee Watson Lloyd Dills Daniel Thompson Irvin Christner and Grace Zimmerman all listed in city. Marriage licenses Dean K Hoffman 26 Joliet Tu and Teva Mae Wasly 23 Elkhart.

William Zimmerman Vine Street Evelyn S Zimmerman Los Angeles Proghet Harry Seven Sisters Blanche Parrott Mesdames Harriett Moore Bessee “Watson Lloyd” Dills Daniel Thompson Irvin’ Christner Burkhart Miss Grace” “Zimmerman Dean K. ‘Hoffman Joliet, Tu Teva Mae’ Wasly Elkhart

Pleasant avenue lots offer independent living near work

Splendid opportunities described for two and a half acre parcels on Pleasant Avenue. Suggests buyers can live independently by gardening poultry while remaining close to shops and factories. Includes promotional claims from local authorities and anecdotal testimonials.

Dance Night At Pleasure Club With Sperry Orchestra

A Saturday night program features music by the Sperry six piece orchestra at the Hoffman Pleasure Club in a lively dance event.

Hoffman

Sunday Dinner Special at C R Smeltzer Duck House

Baked duck featured at 217 West Franklin Street, C R Smeltzer offers a Sunday dinner special. Locals recall the long standing eatery known for its poultry dishes and neighborhood charm.

C.R

Unclear Vintage Scores From City Matchups

Fragmented results show a series of city match scores including Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburg New York St Louis Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Philadelphia Chicago Detroit New York St Louis Washington Cleveland with varied tallies and incomplete annotations. The text resembles a late era scoreboard snippet with partial game outcomes and team listings.

Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburg iNew York St. Louis Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Tihinged Detroit York St -Louis Washington Cleveland Pittsburgh New York St.- Louis Aes

Goshen Grays Eye Key Northern Indiana Championship

Dresch announces no Rowley use in the series with the Eagles at Elkhart Sunday. Ray Williams will start for Goshen and Featterly will bat, while Karnell handles catching duties. Managers emphasize sticking to the original lineup and improving finances may allow limited admission for ladies.

Dresch Goshen Grays Rowley Hagles Atc Grays, Ie Strom Rowleyy Racine Elkhart Karnell

Penalty of greatness in small town confrontation

A Galveston News account describes a tense scene at a post office where a plain farmer from Buck Creek drags the postmaster through a window by the neck after a quarrel about government aid. The postmaster recovers and remarks that the crowd witnessed the penalty of greatness.

Saenendel Buck Creek Galveston

Fragmentary reading hints at a novel discussion scene

The text appears as scattered fragments referencing a discussion about a novel and gender themes. Names, dates, or clear events are not discernible, leaving only vague indicators of literary debate.

Local Factory Lots Auction Notice

Fragmentary OCR shows an auction notice for factory property in Elkhart city with terms and figures. The text mentions additions actual cost and a sale of lots at very low prices. Details are incomplete but indicate a public sale by the Gossard factory or related entity.

Elshart

Also Mentioned on This Page

Perry Dusit Pi. P. Mirtz Bert Hult Zema S.W. Matthews Augusta Sykes OG Jiefferson Elie Raut Toasties Seisseeaeetrs Mey Ree Pba Pia BS le Ae Speliek Wwe Ani
Search Courier

Search the Elkhart Weekly Truth Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Elkhart Weekly Truth?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication