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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
3
Indiana state chemist examined 130 vanilla extracts from across the state. Of these, 87 contained no vanilla bean, 32 were diluted with water and sugar, and 11 were of standard strength. The board of health will publish full test lists in bulletins.
"Cornstarch Jim" Martin offers to start a fund with $100 to establish an Elkhart Y M C A. He urges local business leaders and ministers to back the project, citing Duluth as a model where $150,000 secured a new building. The article compares to railroad and lake shore Y M C A operations with current memberships and debts.
It is no secret that Bucklen’s Amica Salve cures cuts burns ulcers fever sores sore eyes boils and more. D L Gregory of Hope Texas reports quick relief from a bad sore and says it is all OK for sore eyes at Houseworth Bros drug store, 85 cents.
A city street car ran over and killed a dog on South Main Street yesterday evening. The dog's owner could not be identified.
Ray Daugherty twenty year old son of Professor Tom F. Daugherty of Losantville Ind died three hours after an operation for strangulated hernia at Clark Hospital Elkhart Indiana. He had traveled with his family in a covered wagon hunting and fishing and fell ill near Lake Wawasee four days earlier. He was brought to Elkhart by train on the doctors recommendation and surgeons found gangrenous intestines and peritonitis. The remains were sent home to Losantville and the funeral was set for tomorrow. His father, once an aeronaut nicknamed King of the Air, left the business after a fatal dynamite accident at a Greenville Ohio fair.
Mrs. Cla ra Losee, 42, underwent a rare operation at Clarke hospital after a long standing strangulated hernia required opening the abdomen. Six inches of bowel were removed, ends sewn, and recovery is rapid. One son paid a week of hospital costs.
An early tale of a Spanish cavalier who kills a Moorish gentleman and seeks shelter in a Moor’s garden. The Moor protects him until night, then reveals the truth and sends him away safe, honoring a sacred code said to be observed by Arabs and Saracens, and carried into Moorish Africa and Spain.
The piece traces nautical terms to language roots from Arabic, Latin, Icelandic, Welsh, French and Italian sources. It explains admiral, captain, mate, cockswain, cock boat, coracle, commandore, naval cadet, Davy Jones myth, Jonah, Duffy, dog watch, junk for salt meat, and ancient rope materials from bulrushes.
The skee originated as a practical tool to link villages across heavy snow in northern Europe. It resembles a long snowshoe with the sole extending beyond the toe and heel. The user glides with a lower body forward push, keeping the feet on the ground to form two parallel tracks, aided by a long stick for uphill progress.
A washerwoman sought aid and received a brief, awkward note to the club manager. The reply stated a lack of interest in the job, highlighting a humorous public response from London Tit-Bita.
A report notes an assault on Mr. Smith while returning from his lodge. He was held up and robbed of valuables, with the robbers taking everything except the pass word, per a Brooklyn Eagle transcript of the exchange with the captain of police.
Popley retorts that two can live cheaply but not quietly. Theory asks what he means and Popley reveals he was thinking of their twins in a light exchange.
A fragmentary piece reflects on how society honors various forms of courage yet often overlooks everyday bravery shown toward nearby neighbors. The quoted lines reference a figure named George Eliot in a concise, reflective mood.
A London Spectator note suggests that a sudden sense of well being before illness may be a natural rally, especially in tuberculosis. Boasting is linked to weakness, and many who claim perfect health just before a fall are remembered for a single lapse rather than a string of successes.
The piece describes early lamp clocks used in the seventeenth century including a lamp at the base of a glass oil reservoir with a scale showing hours from 4 PM to 7 AM. It also notes a century‑old two‑chamber design where a night lamp illuminates a dial while a descending oil float moved the hand. These devices were imprecise but illustrative of historical clockmaking expedients.
The article describes how Lake Superior to Lake Erie form a vast watershed about 90 000 square miles, perched 600 feet above sea level, feeding Niagara falls. It notes 275 000 cubic feet of water per second flow over the falls yielding theoretical energy near 6 000 000 horsepower due to the river’s descent and plunge.
A newspaper mocked a town clerk candidate’s reputation for hygiene prompting Maguire to demand a retract. The paper issued a softened denial but Maguire remained enraged, illustrating editor Mike Maguire’s sensitivity to satire.
An old friend praises a house as a home but Mr. Comrox insists it is merely a residence, sparking a pointed exchange quoted by the Washington Star. The line highlights class perceptions within a domestic setting.
A Philadelphia Press report quotes Bragg stating he joined a scrap yesterday and asserts he came out on top. He implies the other party did not win and that his remark confirms it.
A concise philosophical remark contrasts truth with falsehood, noting infinity of combinations for falsehood and a single mode for truth, attributed to Rousseau. The statement appears as a brief epigraph on thought and epistemology.
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