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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
4
The Weekly Truth states delivery to any post office in the United States or Canada costs $1.00 per year. It lists publication as Thursday afternoons and notes captains and latest signs and local news.
Elkhart county Democrats plan a mass convention in Goshen on December 26, 1903 at 1 30 p m in March hall Washington street for electing delegates and alternates to the district convention in Plymouth on December 31 and other business.
The piece urges immediate digging of a canal linking the oceans to strengthen the navy and boost commerce. It argues national defense, closer ties to the Orient, and economic benefits for the Mississippi valley, criticizing political gains from delaying the project.
The Smith & Mitchells general store in Adelaide Ohio was burglarized on December 23 with all stamps stolen and mail torn from cases.
Mariell O announces Octo Oil has filed suit against American Petroleum for $200,600 arising from a May deal. The action seeks restitution for alleged unpaid amounts.
Berlin Dec 23 Prince Loewenberg president of the German Anti Dying association has secured support from Czar Nicholas of Russia.
An old excerpt describes Tiburon society where women run households and public affairs with a matron council, a nominal male chief lacking real power, and men having no voice. The text notes the tribe is rapidly dying despite female governance.
A South Carolina artillery captain killed in the Civil War is mourned by his loyal dog. The canine refused food and water for three days at the grave, died before the officer’s body reached Columbia, and guarded the coffin and funeral procession, showing remarkable instinct and devotion.
A poem by Eric Moore in the New York Times riffs on love and gambling. The narrator compares a maid named Kitty to four aces and muses on romance as a gamble, hinting that marriage might resemble a bet. The voice blends flirtation with casino imagery and reflects comic tension between affection and chance.
A De Beers check for £5,000,000 ($25,000,000) was once among the largest ever drawn to complete a Kimberley mining deal. Later records surpassed it, including a £10,000,000 ($50,000,000) check drawn by the Chinese government at the Bank of England to settle war indemnities with Japan.
A leaden casket bearing the inscription Reliquae Fundatoris was found in the crypt of Queen's College Oxford containing the remains of Robert Eglesfield founder and confessor to Philippa Queen of Edward III who died in 1349. His name, nearly forgotten for centuries, is briefly revived by the discovery.
A rural pastor uses a death in his congregation to urge spiritual preparation. He asks his audience if it is a solemn thought and repeats the question. A small boy seated at the rear softly answers yes, it is, providing unintended irony.
The Ontario Power Company on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls showcases a colossal steel pipe claimed to hold any average river. It measures about a mile and a quarter long and 60 feet in circumference, with steel plates half an inch thick and 200 tons of rivets used to join the sections.
The town of Plauen in Vogtland holds the record in the matter of divorces with notable statistics noted in the report.
A satirical 1900s guide urges in a clipped voice to please a wife at all times. It lists standards for behavior including light reactions, unwavering praise, and never showing true feelings. The piece mocks domestic hierarchies and male subservience in a New York Herald column.
The Ohio representative Gen Dick, amid a crowded House, moves from a last seat in the southwest corner to a newly vacant Republican seat others avoided after two former occupants died. He declares he would rather be dead than sit where Tom had sat, and he survives that session and the next.
Dr. W. W. Keen of Philadelphia, famed surgeon, aided a faller on an icy New York street by using his umbrella as a splint and bandaging the leg. An ambulance arrived as the scene concluded and Keen shared his card with the young attendant.
An importer cautions readers about claiming to be a good whisky judge. He notes many drinkers cannot distinguish quality, while true tasters sample rather than drink, maintain appetite control, and avoid strong foods. He warns that tasting methods vary and experienced tasters rely on natural aptitude.
A garbled poem fragment with stray punctuation and misspelled words. The unreadable lines hint at love and autumn but lack coherent narrative or clear publication details.
A dialogue describes conspirators agreeing to be locked up to wait for the emperor and empress to leave. After their release the prisoners cheer the prefect, who jokes in response about not overdoing it.
A workman in a large building company's yard nearly believed a two inch drill bit buried in his side. The foreman cut the jumper to reveal the hot bit rolled in fabric, then found the man unscathed. The bit had passed through unfinished caisson planking driven by compressed air.
The tale recounts Diogenes asking passersby if they are honest, each claim suggesting honesty yet revealing deceit. He eliminates those who say they are honest, until a self-declared honest man appears, only to steal the lantern offered to crown him with the prize.
Sport in Peccary Hunting describes a dangerous chase where ten to twelve dogs trail a drove and huntsmen follow on foot. Peccaries bay in a dense, squealing mass and veteran boars often strike, sometimes killing or injuring dogs and mauling hunters.
Prof. Ewart discusses zebra horse crosses in A Guide to Zebra Hybrids. He notes hybrids are more vigorous, alert, and trainable with care, and that while a young male zebra is hard to break, a zebra hybrid can be trained by itself.
The Engineering Record argues that ordinary words shift meaning over time while specialized terms stay fixed. It cites let changing from hinder to permit and bisect preserving its definition for centuries as evidence of need for precise terminology.
In a tense exchange a pair of players revealed hands with two pairs, Queens and threes versus Queens and nines. Both claimed equal strength and noted identical hands, prompting them to divide the pot. The episode highlights an unusual coincidence in card play.
A vivid scene of a Bread Seller in a market crys out Buy the Bread of Life without money and without price. He calls attention to his flat baskets and tells a tale of kouskous, his family, and a feared mother-in-law, revealing touches of culture and humor.
A Boston Transcript verse noting that the speaker escapes sorrow by dreaming, finding comfort in hopeful visions. The poem contrasts grim attitudes with a retreat to dreamland where life feels bright and sweet, like harvest, regardless of day’s weather.
The percussion system of mining uses a tropan boring instrument that rises and falls on a vertical axis. Teeth grind rock to powder while water creates slurry in the shaft. The mixture is lifted to the surface in a caisson with a sliding bottom. Steel-lined shafts allow pumping dry. A relief shaft completes readiness for operation. A new coal seam was found at 1,190 feet in Kent, England.
French physicists endorse a new lacto viscometer to test milk viscosity. A tinned capped reservoir on a tripod feeds milk through a fine glass outlet. timing the stream against temperature and a reference table yields the milk’s character.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. W Grove's signature appears on each box.
A Good Housekeeping writer urges adults to listen to children and treat them as valued guests. The article notes ordinary daily moments can spark broad conversations and reveal a child’s growing reasoning about why and how things work.
The undersigned Alvin F Arnold, Trustee, by virtue of an indenture of assignment from William Davis, has duly qualified and taken possession of all property and credits for the benefit of all bona fide creditors under the Elkhart Circuit Court order. Indiana law on voluntary assignments applies. Date 3 10 17.
Charles Osborn, a Lake Shore railroad workman in Elkhart Indiana, is heir to about 200000 dollars after the death of his father in St Paul Minnesota. The parents had separated years earlier and the father had built mining and other property in the West. The mother died in Elkhart about two years ago.
Lincoln Nebraska December 19 a Supreme Court decision holds that speculating in grain options on the Chicago board of trade is illegal and constitutes gambling. Dealers in grain futures will likely leave the state.
A $50,000 breach of promise suit filed by Katherine Wolverton, a New York model, against Dudley Bale, a Cleveland bachelor, has been settled for about $10,000.
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