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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
4
The Weekly Truth from Truth Publishing House issued each Thursday afternoon covers the latest foreign and local news. Subscriptions are $1.00 per year and delivered to any post office in the United States or Canada.
An uplifted mentality and the divine spark within each person form the path to immortality, happiness, and prosperity. Through heartfelt prayer, individuals can develop soul power, overcome bad habits, and save themselves with God guiding from within. The piece urges personal effort over external creeds.
Prof David Starr notes that efficiency defines modern labor, but warns character matters more than artisan skill for securing steady factory work. He argues sobriety and reputation increasingly govern employment amid tougher competition and advanced machinery.
Fragment discusses some people being addicted to drink and a belief that two exceptions will soon see their mistake. It asserts behavior and skill as the twentieth century workingman’s motto. The text reflects social attitudes and vague judgments without clear events or names.
The piece notes Democratic newspapers favor various figures Gorman Hill Olney Bryan and Cleveland as potential presidential picks. It urges waiting for the national convention to name a candidate not tied to theisms or crank movements and warns against populists socialists single taxers and office seekers as unsuitable for president.
Investigations into high coal prices show an unusual pattern of scarcity driven by greed of operators and dealers. Demand from mills rises while some sellers withhold coal to push profits, with claims of four dollar per ton gains. Experts urge buyers to purchase small immediate quantities and ensure full weight.
The report finds Armour Swift Cudahy Wilson Morris and the Hammond Company guilty through managers in St Joseph of conspiring to fix prices and selling impure meat. The Missouri attorney general seeks to annul their charters while the packers pledge to seek refuge in U S courts and continue business. Indiana attorney general pursues action against the same meat trust.
Reverend Charles D. Perkhurst defines a socialist as someone who does not want to share his money with neighbors but wants neighbors to share theirs. He notes socialists are scarce in wealth and generosity and jokes about exploited images in galleries.
A report shows wage increases within the last two months totaling 38.35 million dollars for 656,800 workers by large railroad and industrial corporations. It notes most firms have already raised rates and prices to exceed the value of these increases.
A fragment warns that trust magnates donate large sums or boost wages to justify price increases. The passage suggests people should brace for further cost hikes controlled by powerful firms and their benevolence.
The Illinois Manufacturers Association urges state and federal courts to investigate coal market controls via the grand jury. They allege coal dealers and railroad managers own coal stocks and withhold shipments to inflate prices, labeling such conduct criminal and urging the public to shun dishonest dealers until fuel supplies rebound.
The piece argues that liquor and tobacco impair clear thinking and discipline, hindering welfare and success. It urges quitting via mental prayer, cites societal poverty and crime linked to habits, and encourages readers to stop now to regain health and happiness.
The piece argues that religious fervor and scams appear beyond Indians and Muslims, citing Dowie and others. It warns against mental vibrations for control, urges plain sense in religion, and denies any shortcut to heaven or wealth, insisting God’s ways be accessible without superstition.
A critical piece denounces public admiration for Rockefeller Carnegie and Morgan while consumers pay inflated prices. It claims robber barons fund hospitals libraries colleges and churches with extorted money, likening them to pirates of old who flaunted wealth.
The article notes the merger may not yet be consummated but does not rule out a later report confirming that a merger has been formed. It emphasizes that the ongoing talks are not surprising and could lead to a finalized union between the parties.
A young man vows to reform and save money during a New Year period. As soon as January 2 arrives the rain begins and the line But the next day it rained becomes a proverb about failed resolutions and spending temptations in a lighthearted origin anecdote.
A narrator riffs on past train seating quirks and then compares ancient quarantine rules in Leviticus chapter 13 to modern sanitarians. The piece links biblical leprosy tests to seven day reexaminations and cleansing measures, noting house demolition and burning garments for containment.
The note recalls a claim that Christ was born 4 B C under reckoning that Dionysius the Little misdated years and that the move to count from Christ’s birth began 1375 years after Rom an proposed a different epoch, with the error only detected in 1650.
A stone dealer plans to issue annual passes on his railroad near St Paul Indiana. He will operate a switch about a mile long allowing free passage for friends. Passes are printed on blue lithographed cards with careful lettering.
A nervous irritable mother unfit to care for children harms their disposition and herself due to fallen nerves from uterine derangement. If she remains hysterical she cannot calmly govern. Lydia RE Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is advertised to build up her system and strengthen nerves so she can manage children without scenes.
The document outlines pass liability for damages to persons or baggage and mentions conductor payments if presented by others. It also notes stratified limestone supplies along the St Paul to Indianapolis route, with principal offices in Indianapolis. A dialect question about Tom Taggart and Bill Flynn appears as stray text.
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