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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
5
Two passenger trains on the Cotton Belt rail line collided on a siding at Wylie near Houston Texas. Three people were injured in the crash.
Grand Rapids Mich Dec 30 Gert Motman died from injuries sustained in the Pere Marquette wreck, the twenty first victim.
Mrs. Carl Gledmacher, a member of a prominent German family, was found frozen to death in her Sterling home on December 30.
A severe blizzard rages in Michigan’s copper country with fourteen inches of snow reported. The storm impacts Detroit area and surrounding counties as crews struggle to clear roads and maintain services.
Burglars smashed the plate glass front of Parry Goldberg's jewelry store in Cleveland Ohio and escaped with watches and rings valued at $750. Local police pursuit follows.
San Francisco reports Professor Maximilian Herzog in transit to the Philippines to study disease germs and investigate Asiatic maladies.
Manila December thirty Supreme court confirms death penalty for four natives who butchered three Marines in September 1902 at a colonial incident.
Moscow officials report the government is studying a plan to make tea and sugar sales a state monopoly. The proposal comes from M. Witte while serving as finance minister.
Jeremiah M. Allen, a longtime member of scientific and historical societies, has died in Hartford at age 70. The passing was reported on December 30.
New York report notes Frank H Bur ness, who confessed to murdering nine men, has formally requested a speedy trial.
Paris December 30 The council of ministers has approved the Frasca arbitration treaty between France and Italy. The accord sets terms for settlement of disputes by arbitration and aims to streamline international conflict resolution.
Round trip fare from Chicago via Great Western railway to Old Mexico and multiple western states. Ample return limits with tickets on sale December 15, 1903 and January 5 and 19, 1904. For details contact J. P. Elmer G P A Chicago Ill. 2-4-7-9-11-14-16-18-21-23 25 28 830d4tw
In Indian Territory there are 13,864 Indian scholars enrolled in public schools. Of these 5,383 are in the Cherokee nation 2,754 in the Creek 4,783 in the Choctaw and 929 in the Chickasaw.
A mob of 500 to 1,000 men and boys gathered at a jail where two black men were held after court identification. They battered the jail door with clubs and a railroad iron until midnight, but were deterred by police and Congressman Smith who urged the crowd to go home.
Bloomington Illinois December 29 the Normal town board of education after an exciting session recommended abolishing the merger system under which public school pupils were taught by students of the state normal school. The result of a special election gave opponents a 459 plurality. The system started two years ago and is used at various normal schools in Illinois. Opponents charge inexperienced student teachers practice teaching.
Toledo report says James M. McNamara's estate valued above 200000 goes to the children of Martin J. Carney of Chicago. The widow receives a life interest and 200 monthly. Upon the widow's death the property goes to Carney in trust for his children, with possible contest by Mrs. McNamara.
The quarries of Perry Matthews and the Buskirk Stone Company in Bedford Indiana were sold to the Cleveland Stone Company for six hundred thousand dollars. George Worthington was elected president and Charles Walters named general manager.
A fast mail train traveling from Pittsburg to New York collided with the wreckage of a freight train near Rahway New Jersey. The engine was partly demolished and fireman J B Chevalier was killed.
In Kendall County circuit court mandamus actions the drainage commissioners seek to compel the Burlington railroad to construct a bridge over a creek. The case arises from a dispute over required bridge work and public access.
Halifax reports Beverly Robinson age 40 his son Clifford age 14 and James Lockhart age 21 drowned while skating at Newville a lumbering village near Paarsboro on December 29.
Work resumed at all Delaware and Hudson collieries in Scranton Pennsylvania on Monday and will continue until Friday when a two day suspension will follow.
The Corning Distilling Company elevator burned destroying a large stock of malt. ML Dee 29 reported the fire damaged facility and its malt inventory.
Walter Brown of Elkhart faces pressure to quit the race for Republican district chair in the Thirteenth district amid involvement in the Elkhart bank failure. Knox’s John Moorman emerges as the latest candidate as Brown’s status remains nominal but under cloud until the January 12 convention.
Mrs S H Newson of Vecatur Alabama recounts three years of severe indigestion and bowel pain with failing doctors. She credits Electric Bitters for immediate improvement and full recovery, praising it for liver kidney and stomach relief. The medicine is sold for 50 cents by Houseworth Bros. druggists with a guarantee.
Handkerchiefs should be ironed while very damp and dried by the iron. Silk handkerchiefs benefit from a dash of methylated spirit in the rinsing water. Do not hang to dry. roll in a cloth and iron while damp. Money makes the mare go and the automobile makes the money go.
An ad urges residents living remote from civilization to stock Bucklen's Amica Salve for burns cuts and ulcers. It claims the salve is the best on earth and priced at 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
Commander F A Miller U S N buys pew No 118 in St John s church Washington from a Philadelphian for 1000 dollars.
A dialogue pivots on value with a buyer insisting on pedigree. The seller asserts the dog’s worth is shown by a receipt for 209 dollars, implying price as proof.
The application for admission of Mrs Catherine Lovejoy of Elkhart to the Longsliff asylum for the insane at Logansport has been accepted.
A brief item explains that a cough is simply a settled cold when the usual symptoms persist, framing the lingering cough as part of the common illness rather than a separate condition.
A mountain baker in the Alleghenies gains fame for graham bread that tastes like cake. Rumors say Nimrods and travelers from western New York eastern Ohio West Virginia and parts of Pennsylvania request loaves and praise her baking. Mrs Gamble's breads become a sought after delicacy beyond her local shop.
Congressman Samuel L Powers defended Congress as earnest and loyal. He cited Senator Hoar once worth $100000 now living on strict economy. He also noted Congressman Hepburn of Iowa twenty years in Congress at 70 with wealth under $2000.
Fresh testimony pours in praising Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. T J McFarland of Benterville Virginia says three years of bronchitis ended after using the remedy. It also claims to treat Pneumonia Grip and other lung threats with guaranteed relief. Trial bottles free, regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
A New York Times note recalls how Canada’s Governor General invitation lists followed precedent but lagged in updates. Sir Antoine Dorion once accepted for himself and declined for Lady Dorion, deceased and interred in St. Anne’s cemetery, prompting a humorous repeated reply the next year.
The Talamancan tribe in new Panama lives as in Columbus times with king rule. Their hut is a large thatched home sheltering family and all possessions including livestock. The chief masters deer peccary tapir and tiger cat domestication across villages. Bed is palm trunk woven into a raised frame. Earthen pots complete homes.
Fragmentary text notes American plows and English implements in Castile Spain, focusing on practical experiments by agriculturists. The incomplete passage discusses preferences and offerings between American and English tools without clear outcomes or dates.
A Toronto World excerpt recalls John Clerk later Lord Eldon as a Scottish advocate who interceded for a young lawyer rebuked in court. He urged leniency, noting the youth's inexperience and suggesting familiarity with the judges would temper any temper shown in decision making.
A leaden casket found in Queen's College Oxford crypt bears Reliquae Fundatoris and the name Robert Eglesfield founder and chaplain to Philippa Queen of Edward III. Died 1349, his memory faded for centuries until the chancel restored it in a temporary notice. History endures, yet names of its makers often fade.
A rural church pastor urged preparation for death after a congregant’s death. He pressed the point with a solemn question and, after a quiet pause, a small boy in back replied simply, Yes, sir, it is.
Mark Twain at his summer home prepared to drive and told his hostler not to wait. He asked the key be hidden under a stone. On return the key was gone and the hostler revealed he found a better place to hide it.
New York City detective Robert H. Hibbard, known for plain clothes work, retires from the force to begin law practice. An LL B holder, he completed studies at New York University Law School and New York Law School and was admitted to the bar in July after eight years on the police force.
Senator Perkins of California returned from Europe to find rain spoiled his tour. While riding a London bus, a leaky roof drenched him, and the conductor joked that rain brings the rain to fare collection.
A guest at a Flint Wales hotel complains the soap is useless and asks for the best cast iron soap, prompting a sharp exchange with a responding bellboy. The odd remark highlights local humor around a geological name gag and the hotel scene.
In a witty household exchange Prudent Mamma chides Esmeralda for snubbing the humble yet wealthy Mr Slimm. Esmeralda retorts that Slimm’s aristocratic claim amounts to little in her view, quipping he may not have four pounds of nobility in his body.
During a tragedy a bald gentleman in the gallery tells a sobbing woman she is shedding tears on his head, a moment capturing public reaction to a somber scene.
A dialogue snippet contrasts reading a magazine article on bank operations with questions about the author’s background. Biggs asks if it was written by an ex burglar or ex cashier, signaling curiosity about the writer’s credentials.
Two ladies in light dialogue remark on persistence. Miss Elderleigh proclaims a motto never say die while Miss Youngerton adds witty agreement, reflecting cheerful banter over female resilience.
An apparatus in Germany purifies milk by ozonization. Milk flows as a thin stream between vessels while a strong electric battery generates light near the stream. Ozone produced from air oxygen is said to kill all micro-organisms in the milk.
A mother discerns no pin on Louise, aged four, yet the child complains of a persistent imaginary prick. The mother dismisses it as imagination, but Louise soon protests that the imagination is sticking her again.
Miss Helen Lackaye sister of actor Wilton Lackaye displays sharp repartee after a society man with female friends borrows her violets from a corsage and keeps them in his watch case. He later claims a gust blew the flowers away.
In Adolf Kussmani’s memoirs a Heidelberg banker is depicted with haughty manners. Dr Nuhn the professor of anatomy was surprised by the banker’s conduct and the curious tale surrounding him emerges from the text.
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