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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
3
About 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon engines 4212 and another switched at the Tenth street crossing. A heavy frost and steam caused a light collision while unloading crude, with a damaged pilot and the rear draw bar. no serious injuries reported.
Joseph Firlbute suffers a badly jammed hand after getting it caught between a crate and truck handle while loading an acetylene tank. Carl Redmond, employed at the hump, bruises his right third and fourth fingers after pinching between an emery wheel and a chisel. A. Wood, a passenger brakeman, shows improvement from lung congestion.
Classified ad notes a seven room oak finished house near Main and High, within four blocks, described as modern and in good condition. Price 2500 dollars with 1500 cash and rest on time. address A care Truth Office. Also a Riverside seven room house for sale on easy payments at 538 Truth. A cheap Portland sleigh offered by J C Schaffer at 10 Vistula St.
Lost on Main Street a ladies watch was sold by a witness to a finder. The owner asks the finder to leave the watch at this office for a reward.
Help wanted for household work. Ruehle Bros advertise a position a wash lady to tend gentleman's plain washing duties at their location. Apply as directed.
A discussion about a certain army officer long in volunteer service prompts a friend to ask about his character. The general replies the officer is nice enough but questions his sense, quipping that he has not sensed enough to turn around in a revolving chair.
A fragment from the Catholic Standard and Timea notes how debt worries affect a woman and her husband, highlighting their nerves and a brief failed borrowing attempt. The odd phrasing centers on singular concerns and domestic strain.
Curiosities include Nubia’s whistling tree whose winds produce flute like tun es while locals blame spirits, and the Canary Islands weeping tree that pours rain from its leaves. Scientists cite insect bore holes and resin pores as the cause of sound and water droplets forming pools at the trunk base.
A historic advice piece suggests steaming and then exposing to cold air as a rapid cold catch test. It praises Fels Naptha soap for laundry as a health saver. The article promotes hot steaming washing and hard rubbing with Fels Naptha to prevent colds.
In a Madison Square Garden six day bicycle event, Rutt and Stoll were ruled out after Stoll reported leg failure. Keegan collapsed on the course, rolling to the bottom after a long race, with others experiencing shocks and illness.
Fragmentary notes describe land rendered useless by thick growth and snakes. A mongoose then preys on birds eggs, prompting discussions of a new and little understood branch of science.
At the start of the current school year several new schools of household arts began in New York. Some programs offer practical training in cooking and home crafts with part time courses to avoid interfering with other studies or work.
The readable scraps mention a prince and a pretender linked to a star motif and a "pox seasion" or season, plus a family keeping a perceived curiosity as a relic. The text is incomplete but hints at a social or ceremonial context with preserved items.
An excerpt from Arthur Young's 1787 Travels in France praises a superb beech near Chantilly. The tree stands about 96 feet high with a five foot first branch distance and 12 feet trunk diameter, described as the finest in the forested region.
A terse reminiscence describes an elevator episode where the speaker recalls being gratified for honoring someone, then forgetting the event as both individuals collide in a cellar. The fragment hints at a faded past and personal reflection without clear context or names.
Detectives confront a burglar named Bill who declares the matter settled and exits through a window into the night. The dialogue captures tension as one party orders calm and another resists.
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