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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
8
The piece describes Golden Tip tea sold at extraordinary prices with hand picked undeveloped leaves and Flowery Pekoe, wrapped in satin. a reporter notes its value at $90 to $100 per pound and a tradelike scene with officers visiting a baby before going to the front, where they did not return.
A historical report notes workers at a Du Pont mill near Norfolk fighting a blaze that reached a powder warehouse. Firefighters contained the fire with brooms and pails, preventing catastrophe as wind carried burning brands onto the roof.
The piece humorously traces modesty as a vanished trait from cities like Boston New York and the Mayflower era. It notes modesty as recluse with a pew given up at church no box at the opera and avoidance of hospitals. It ends with a bleak image of a past virtue fading from public life.
Miss Isla Stewart told at a public dinner how a dying hip disease patient in St. Bartholomew's ward described his sailor brother in a dream. The night nurse reported a spectral sailor beside the bed on two occasions before vanishing after adjusting lights and plants.
A Glasgow lad, George Mc Culloch, arrived in Australia with under $25 sixty years ago and died a millionaire. He lost a game for the fourteenth share of a mine at Broken Hill, a stake that later proved worth over $6,250,000.
Katharine M Abbott recounts a Saybrook tale from cottage prayer meetings a century ago showing the value of accurate statements. A servant, told to announce that Mrs Bowles would lead the meeting that night, delivered the message to neighbors with unclear wording.
President Woodrow Wilson argues in a dated tone that individuals no longer pursue solitary paths and that professionals increasingly join institutions or corporations. He contends modern work blends personal responsibility with collective corporate aims and that morals become a composite product of management.
The tale claims Lord Pem's voyage with a young country doctor aboard a South Sea island inspired Barrie's play. Castaways miss their steamer, endure a long wait, and the doctor becomes the leading figure, as the earl jokes about blocking his boots. A passing boat finally rescues them and returns them to England.
The standing committee on agriculture and colonization notes G. E. Young, superintendent of railway lands, says wheat is successfully grown at Fort Simpson, located approximately 900 miles north of the international boundary. The report appears in Parliament.
A report from the German central office on the international exchange of letters among schoolchildren covers 454 participating schools since 1897 to mid 1906, with over 20 900 youths forming friendships to oppose prejudice. Rules include discouraging praise of drinking habits.
The late Amir Abdurr dhman kept his grim humor even in crises. A durbar was interrupted by a man rushing in to claim Russians were advancing. The Amir calmly ordered a Shahgass to take the man to a watch tower and warned him to be cautious, saying he would not eat until he saw the Russians.
English tenor Charles Santley recalls an amusing incident from a provincial town when a conductor tapped his head with a sharp tap during a performance. The tale underscores the lively, sometimes cheeky humor of stage conductors in early career anecdotes.
Three excursion trains bound for Niagara Falls passed through Elkhart last night. The first reached Elkhart around 9 40, followed by two more at about 8 30, spaced by a regulated distance. The trains carried about thirty five coaches and highlighted by the note of an elderly engineer refusing retirement.
Elaborate preparations in South Bend for Labor Day festivities include daytime addresses by labor leaders a 48 piece Caliendo Italian band two world famed soloists Countess de Michel and Marie Werdlick a hippodrome program and a spectacular Fireworks display by Pain featuring The Weird White Fats Niagara by Moonlight a 250 foot pyrotechnic masterpiece for the benefit of children comic fireworks entertainments also promised for the event.
Professor Goldwin Smith, famed historian and publicist born in Reading England in 1823, marked his eighty fifth birthday at The Grange Toronto. Messages of congratulations poured in from England Canada and the United States as his long career in academia journalism and philanthropy was noted.
R A Gray of Oakville Indiana describes a decade confined to bed by kidney disease. After failing with top doctors relief came from Foley's Kidney Cure, which he credits as a God send. H C Reed visited Bristol yesterday on business.
ZEMO offers instant relief from itching and destroys germs causing skin diseases. The remedy quickly yields and is claimed to permanently cure. Available at druggists and from EB W Rose Med Co St Louis Mo, or FE H Bentz Co.
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