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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1906
Page
5
A Cripple Creek young woman envisions guiding tourists through a gold mine for a dollar per head and profits from souvenir postal cards. The piece promotes original ideas as dividend payers and urges keeping busy at home for cent per cent gains.
A new ammunition type called the DPD is issued to French infantry. It is a cigar shaped bronze cylinder with a nickel casing and replaces lead. When fired it spins at 3600 turns per second and at 800 yards can penetrate the bulk of six men lined up.
A white marble memorial tablet six feet tall was placed in the sanctuary wall of the New Orleans cathedral. In gold Latin letters it records a brief history of the prelate’s sacred life and most important events.
A Bloomsburg Pennsylvania correspondent reports a sassafras tree at the poor farm about two miles from town with a circumference of nine feet seven inches at one foot above the ground and six feet seven inches at six feet high.
Dr Hunter Mc Guire of Virginia warned that tuberculosis will exterminate the negro race in the United States. He cited death rates for the negro population doubling that of whites overall, and tripling in towns and cities with the proportion rising.
About 300 competitors raced up 129 steps of the Eiffel Tower in Paris for a stair climbing contest. The winner completed the ascent in 3 minutes 19 seconds over a 373 foot height, with contestants wearing costumes and rubber shoes.
Justice Wills, retired from the British High Court of Justice, once issued a ruling he later felt was not fair. He sent the unsuccessful claimant a personal check for the amount sued for.
The vicar of Burley England warned that unless motorists are barred from general highways and confined to tracks there would be a serious danger to the people. The report notes rising concerns about car use and public access.
In Butte Montana a fierce rate war over gauntlets ends with prices dropped to one cent per pair. One seller announced five pairs for a cent and dumped five cases into the street triggering a scramble. Police reserves moved in to quell the mob and restore order.
The English Review envisions a future stage princess, wiser than her sister, who attains enduring beauty by never letting herself be fully revealed. This imagined "matchless reputation" underscores allure built on mystery and restraint.
A cook at a southern India station uses the line Abdul has been my cook for about three months and leaves on account of ill health my ill health as his explanation. The claim seems to surprise his employers who note the odd phrasing.
Six million acres offered by Texas state land commission in September drew buyers who have already taken about one million acres. Prices ranged from five to ten times the minimum one dollar per acre set by the commission.
A jumbled excerpt shows a jeweler confirming a watch is made of refined gold while a speaker protests vulgarity and demands the item. The exchange hints at themes of taste and value in a stray story snippet.
The practice of providing free dwellings for workingmen and their families is common in Austria. Wages are a little lower where this is done, but the laborer gains a noticeable saving overall.
Switzerland is described as the paradise of women students in Europe with about 5 000 pursuing studies, comprising 23.7 percent of the total student body. The figure highlights the notable female presence in Swiss higher education.
The Ayrshire steamer navigated the Manchester Ship Canal and its locks with only six feet to spare, marking it as the largest vessel yet to pass through the canal.
Pattison rigs a sleigh like an iceboat with two slats and wire to sail the prairie wind. He steers with a leg, rides the gale, overtakes the horse, and returns home 26 minutes ahead, startling Tolley residents who hear the tale with surprise and doubt.
New York reports Jacob H Schiff gave his cook Lena five thousand dollars as a Christmas present. The Schiff family highly values Lena who has served them for 25 years and is praised for her cooking. Mrs Schiff and others gifted gems a gold watch a neck chain and a generous check. Lena came to America to teach German then chose cooking.
In San Francisco a case centers on an inch of land claimed between a Berkeley house and a neighbor. W Mauch sought $2,000 from M L Wirts, a Berkley dealer, with Wirts offering five dollars a month rent instead. Testimony shows Wirts faced one side of the house and neighbors on the other, making relocation impossible and court action likely after refusal of the offer.
A brief quiz item contrasts lucky and unlucky Nicholases and asks whether the czar or Longworth is the easier choice. Mail references accompany the puzzling prompt.
A newly formed group named Friends of the Elephant announces its mission to halt the hunting driven decline of elephants. The Paris based society aims to raise awareness and press for stronger protections to preserve elephant populations locally and globally.
A scrambled OCR fragment references Germany, worn horses, labor, France, cotton, and access to something. The text is incomplete, offering no clear event, date, or names to anchor a specific news item.
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