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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
4
A humorous reminiscence from Eugene Wood in McClure's about a crowded reunion scene where a man struggles to place a familiar face in a tangle of mistaken identities. A memory game unfolds as greetings collide with misremembered names and comic misfires.
The article explains benefits and risks of morning cold baths. It stresses individual vitality and nervous strength, noting refreshed people may feel tired hours later, while those with robust blood and flesh may gain from it. It recommends night baths for those who tire easily and describes prudent use for nerve-weak individuals.
Maghabeezi possessed an extraordinary memory and vast language knowledge. He claimed to recall over 500000 book titles across languages and subjects. He dedicated his life to study sleeping briefly on the floor wrapped in a cloak between long work nights.
A boy brings a watch that runs ten minutes fast per hour to a New York jeweler. The jeweler inspects the movement, adjusts the hairspring with a tiny tool, and sets the time. He returns the watch, now accurate, and dismisses any charge saying such service should be free.
Opals cracks often without cause and can be ruined by near heat. Opis gems known as unlucky stones show beauty from many tiny fissures that bend light into their prism color. The smallest crack can destroy the stone at any moment.
A Washington Star exchange pits a credulous layman against a scientist. The layman asserts cures for all diseases are near, while the scientist warns that new remedies may create fresh illnesses to address.
A Cleveland quip notes a Rounder changing gifts from dowers and candy to chafing dishes and cookbooks, signaling a shift in serious intent. The lighthearted remark centers on whether the suitor’s change in presents reflects genuine commitment.
Peter Breinig, renowned conductor and composer who led the Ringgold band in Terre Haute, prepared all funeral music years ago including the march Heats Bowed Down from the Bohemian Girl. He was a friend of Sousa and his funeral was attended by Illinois and Indiana band leaders. He was interred in full uniform. Condolences poured in from across the country and Europe.
Advices say legal representatives of the Pottawattomie tribe will file actions in Indiana courts within ten days to establish titles to thousands of acres in Laporte St Joseph and Elkhart counties. Chicago attorneys are expected to handle the proceedings. The land includes areas now occupied by cities and towns.
The final division buildings of the Wabash railroad at Andrews, once a division point 11 miles east of Wabash, have been razed. Brick from the shop and roundhouse, about 500 000 in number, are being cleaned at 60 cents per thousand and stored or sold. Only three of twelve yard sidings remain, with two slated for removal in spring.
Peter Fetters of Elkhart county died at the Long Cliff asylum in Logansport while sitting at the dinner table. He had been sent from Elkhart to the asylum and had previously worked as a pharmacist in Indianapolis. Fetters, a prominent local farmer, was 43 years old.
A fire at the Day and Coss milling and cabinet works in Greencastle, Indiana, caused about $12000 in damage. The blaze began in the dry kilns and the under staffed fire department due to illness could not stop it. Insurance coverage is $2000.
Richmond Ind December reports that Rudolph Leeds son of William B Leeds a New York railroad magnate and multimillionaire and O P Thomas prominent local youth have appealed their cigarette law violation cases from city court to the circuit court.
William McCool a 37 year old Warrick county Indiana farmer died from poisonous substances at a relative house in Evansville. Authorities believe suicide as McCool had previously attempted to take his life. He was married.
Bert Wils hite of Warren county, famed corn husker, husked 16214 bushels in ten hours on a $20 wager in Marshfield Indiana. He became paralyzed in both arms after the stunt. His opponent husked 140 bushels in the same period.
In Terre Haute Charles Hazelrig accepts 4500 dollars from Highland rolling mill to avoid a new trial. The prior jury awarded him 16500 dollars, the largest personal injury verdict in Indiana history.
W. L. Campbell aged 86, a well known farmer, hanged himself by a handkerchief tied to a bed frame and looped around his neck after placing his head beneath the loop in his Richmond residence.
Logansport Ind Dec 6 Miss Tillia Conrad a domestic of W B Lewis has fallen heir to a large well stocked Utah ranch valued at 40000 to be divided among five heirs including Miss Conrad The story notes the heirship and value of the ranch and the number of heirs.
Lafayette Ind December 6 P I King who played guard on Purdue university football team last season was elected captain of the eleven for 1906 His home is in Anderson South Carolina
In Evansville Indiana on December 6 a ten year old Harvey Hill of Pike County lost his right hand to a corn shredder. The incident marks the twelfth victim in Pike County this season.
Vice President George D. Eldridge outlined several insurance hold ups involving Mutual Reserve Life Insurance, including a $15 000 payment to John McDonald in 1898 to oust President Burnham. Other cases covered examiner fees, illegal attorney fees, and inflated commissions as dangers in life insurance.
Victoria reports the British steamer Cloverdale missing since leaving Hongkong for Vladivostok with coal has been found stranded on a shoal in the China sea. No crewmen have been located and it is theorized Chinese pirates boarded the vessel and killed 27 on board while most cargo remains intact.
The Illinois railroad and warehouse commission ordered a 20 percent reduction in all freight rates within the state to begin January 1. The reduction aims to help railroads recoup losses estimated at 3 to 38 million dollars annually by eliminating commodity rates that threaten the state's industries.
Mrs. P. G. Walton, wife of a First National Bank president, was reading at home when a thief entered through a adjoining room window Tuesday night. The burglar seized a jewel box containing a gold watch four diamond rings several diamond pins valued at eight thousand dollars.
Warsaw reports the Railroad Employees union urges a midnight general strike across Russian railways unless death sentences for Samara engineers are reversed. Telegram and post telegraph services show rapid disruption as martial law ends Poland wide amid rising public sympathy for strikers.
Seven coal miners suffocated in a Horton drift mine on Cassin creek when a ventilating furnace stack burned away. While others fought the fire outside, smoke from the stack rushed into the mine trapping those in remote sections. only two were revived from the extraction. The Horton mine belongs to Cardiff Coal company, which operates several mines in the Cabin creek field.
Geneva Reed and Rose Nicholson attended a gathering hosted by Miss Anna Kegerries with a chicken pie supper raising £31 90. Elkhart visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Roush and daughter Bertha and the Welters. Zion Church plans Christmas exercises for December 23 with a fine program. Mr and Mrs Will Bickel welcomed a baby boy.
W M Sherman of Cushing Missouri says after three months of back pain and kidney inflammation Electric Bitters permanently cured him He recommends the tonic to kidney sufferers noting a new vitality The ad also touts relief for stomach liver malaria and debility with a price and Warrants by a local druggist
Mrs A L Stratton died at her Warsaw home Sunday morning after an eight month battle with cancer. She leaves husband A L Stratton two daughters Mrs Jennie McGowan of Chicago and Mrs Nellie Parker of Kalamazoo and a brother Tom Parker of Michigan. The body will be brought to this city on the Big Four at 12 37 and funeral will be at the M E church Wednesday at 2.
A janitor J.G. Brown detected a small fire on a Monger building door-mat in front of Dr. Hively’s office on the second floor. Attorney Ed Zigter and the janitor traced the source by smell of smoke, finding a cigar-ignited blaze after a half hour search.
Constantinople reports the Turkish government accepts the powers proposals for financial control of Macedonia but seeks changes in details. The Daily Telegraph confirms the modified proposals are acceptable to the powers.
S David and Co. cigar factory, the largest in Canada, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday in Montreal Quebec. The loss is reported at 100000 dollars.
Listings show multiple transfers of Elkhart and nearby parcels. Transfers include William Ecker and C M Immell exchanging lots for $1, Albert Wilson to W J Feather for $3990, Fred Gardner to Melvin Demarest for $1 600, and other deeds involving Hugh Barney John Fieldhouse Frank Walter and spouses, Ludvig Frelich, Emma Hitchcox, John Kegg, and John Lloyd among others with values ranging from $1 to $4675. The records cover parcels in Elkhart and Concord and Bangor townships.
David Anders aged about sixty from 444 North Second street died at 9 PM after a three month fight with stomach cancer. A Civil War veteran of the 100th Indiana, Company D, he moved to the city eight months ago from near Dunlaps. Survived by wife Amanda and four children, funeral Wednesday at 14:30 from First Evangelical Church on Witikory Street, Rev. L S Fisher officiating, burial in South Prairie Street Cemetery.
Mrs Fred Williams learned of the death of her youngest brother Herbert N Smith of Edmonton Alberta in north western Canada. He died November 26 after a wagon incident where a 12 year old asleep boy drove an empty wagon into the horses and crushed Smith. He leaves a bride of seven months, a father, two brothers and a sister.
A vintage ad notes a line of ladies kid gloves in heavy care and mocha stock priced from 1.50 to 2 dollars. It promotes practical piano making by Geo N Schaffe with a reference to two phones, suggesting piano care services and related offerings.
John Ford, a tramp traveling from Toledo to Chicago, entered the police station with both feet frozen. Acting Trustee Puterbaugh was out of town, so Ford was given shelter in the city jail. Ford says his feet froze last winter on a freight ride from Toledo to Elkhart and again yesterday. He is likely to be sent to the county poor farm.
The passing of former congressman Jerry Simpson is reported with an estate valued at $10,000. His death caps a long career in public service and local politics.
An ad notes a Saturday sale with over 500 pairs at 15c, Shafer and Schult promise reliable goods. It also mentions reed boats used by Peruvian fishermen and a note about pension payments to Confederate veterans totaling $900,000 plus $154,588 for the Confederate home in fiscal years 1904 and 1907.
Advert says a skilled female carver is sought at once with salary and commission. Address H, care Truth. otf
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