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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1907
Page
5
Too Suggestive. Sandy Pikes and the wood pile tale
A line from Chicago Daily News echoes a slang filled exchange with Sandy Pikes and Gritty George. The text recalls a wise old saw remark and a warning about next visits to a wood pile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Pikes
George
de Woodpile
Chicago Daily News
Painter’s Front Door Choice Sparks Family Fracas
A domestic dispute arises after Troy Budget accuses a painter, Thoms, of dishonoring his home by painting the front door in dark color and not oak, prompting a blunt warning to keep away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns
Thoms
Troy
Father explains automo bile meaning in playful dialogue
A home magazine piece features Johnny asking what automobile means and Papa replying with its Greek auto self and Latin mobile movement. He notes it as a machine that goes by itself and rues the lack of self respect among those with such devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
Johnny
Papa
Home Magazine
Bad Bill Dies After Dusty Ten Derfoot Ride
In a colorful report from the era a new arrival at the Frozen Heart hotel asks about Bad Bill. The landlord confirms his death but explains Bill died not by violence but a reckless ride in a gasoline carriage, swallowing a peck of dust in a twenty mile spin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Chicago Daily News
Monkey Language Exchange Ends Scientist’s Expedition
A scientist ventures into the jungle and learns the monkey language but is forced to retreat after the head monkey questions the value of the information gained. The scientist returns to civilization defeated and empty handed.
Moments of History on Ulysses and the Sirens
The speaker recalls a past amusement at sirens in Homeric tales while instructing the prowman to stay steady. He quips that musical comedy has changed, noting a shift in the old temptations and their allure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses
Henpeck Appointment Prompted Town Visit
A dialogue shows Mr Henpeck warned he must go to town to obtain money for train fare lunch and bus fare. Mrs Henpeck hands him shik ling and warns if he returns worse for drink he may not be let in.
A Society Mother and Rector Converse on Children
A brief exchange shows a Society mother admitting she has three children and the rector asking their gender. The dialogue underscores parental wonder and social circulate in a witty period tone as reported by the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
Aunt's final meal reveals instinct of natural death
Elie Metchnikoff cites Brillat Savarin describing a great aunt of 93 who, bedbound yet lucid, asks for wine and dies peacefully after a final exchange. The scene illustrates an early display of the instinct of natural death observed in a long-lived, mentally alert patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toxarsky Q
Brillat-Savarin
Elie “Metchnikoff
Harper's
What Monks Are The Childs Quick Answer
A Boston Herald writer recalls teaching in Goshen and testing students on monks of St. Bernard. After repeated hints, he prompts Henry to define monks, and the child blurts out Theyll little things that runs along stone walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
St. Bernard
Boston Herald
Henry
Silas Ormsby Explains Why Ships Cost to Rig
A Marblehead seafarer group admires a new schooner at Tucker's wharf. Ben Longsby asks why the ship is so spoken of, and Silas Ormsby notes the high cost to rig her as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Ormsby
Tucker
Marblehead
Mass
Ben Longsby
Old Silas Ormsby
Ben
Old Silas
Silas
One Playmate for Him in the Jones Block
A six year old boy asks to visit the Jones boys on the next block but his mother refuses saying they are very bad. The passage portrays strict child upbringing and parental control in a cautious era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Henry
Ammonia Cures Goat In Navy Tale
A Navy anecdote recounts Buckeye the goat reacting to red paint with ammonia added to the mixture. The goat sneezed for three hours, then refused paint thereafter, leading to the joke that ammonia cured him and made him the only healthy goat in the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroy
William
Buckeye
Chicago
Manila
Man Declines Coat then Purchases Two Overcoats
A New York uptown man refused to wear an overcoat for health reasons and sent his winter coat to his wife’s brother in Connecticut. Relatives returned the coat, calling the act a form of robbery, prompting the man to reflect. He then bought two overcoats, countering the perception that he could not afford one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Connecticut
New England
Bob
Native customs and a settler’s refusal to convict
Darwin recounts a West Australian native servant who killed a woman to appease his dead wife. Ordered by his master not to act, the man wandered ill for a year, then vanished. He later returned in good health admitting the act, but no legal case could be proven against him.
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Darwin
Christmas address ownership case noted
A fragment mentions Bishop Olmsted of Colorado owning a Christmas address in a court or church context. No clear date, event, or outcome is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olmsted
Colorado
Fire saves dog as insurance policy turns up
In a dramatic moment the dog vanished into the furnace and reappeared with the wet towel wrapped fire insurance policy in its teeth. The crowd debated the miracle but the faithful animal returned unscathed with the vital document, securing a remarkable recovery of belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Osler Lecture on Milk as Man’s Original Food
Prof Osler compared the human body to a steam engine with many tiny furnaces, arguing milk contains fat curd sugar and salt dissolved in water. He noted vegetarians should eat vegetables, condemned alcohol and tobacco, and claimed a five year mill diet with Sunday rice pudding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osler
Weir Mitchell
Mitchell
Trish Channel
North Sea
England
Misfortune and the New Woman tale in club talk
A Chicago tale notes Miss Elizabeth Magie, a pretty girl who offered herself for sale, urging women to be new women. A missionary quips on the "new woman" stereotype, recounting a joke about a county jail prisoner and a domineering wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Magie
Chicago
Wemen
Dentist Wanted to Treat Elephant at Barmen Zoo
Municipal authorities in Barmen Prussia seek a dentist willing to attend an elephant resident at the local zoo who often suffers toothache from overeating sweets. Local dentists refuse to fill the creature’s teeth. One practitioner reportedly offered to try.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barmen
Prussia
Goats Devour Foliage Weaken Farm Plants On Open Range
A historical field note describes goats stripping leaves and sprouts from a pasture until most vegetation dies by the end of the second summer. The animals, noted for long white fleece, attracted attention and required sturdy fencing to contain them beyond a stone wall.
Baby’s Cry Sparks Seat Shuffle On Railcar
A weary mother boards a Broad and Chestnut street Rapid Transit car with a crying baby. Two men nearby move seats after the child’s yelp, prompting the mother to retort with a sharp, witty remark about the baby’s view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut
Philadelphia Telegraph
Gabbie
Jim
No More Arguments for Him In A Dinnertime Debate
A half hour after dinner a group of workers debated a question. A losing ally asked Bill for his view. Bill refuses, saying he already discussed it with Dick Grey. He recalls Dick ending up at the hospital and the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Dick Grey
Oospital
Perlice
Coal Mining in India A Major Bituminous Resource
The report notes India produces bituminous coal with some hard glossy varieties. Prices range from 2.08 to 2.24 per ton, mining and loading costs about 0.55 per ton. Bengal supplies about 93 percent of output from 35,000 square miles of fields in Bengal Central Indian and Hyderabad. India is a leading coal producer for Britain with abundant labor and water transport. rail hauls are short and cheap. The consul general foresees India possibly dominating the Eastern coal market ahead of Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Rock Springs
Bengal
Central Indian
Hyderabad
Great Britain
Japan
Shore Citizen Cummins Dies After Apoplexy at Roundhouse
Engineer J W Cummins, longtime Lake Shore railroad man and public figure in Elkhart, died suddenly at 5 20 am after a stroke at the roundhouse. A veteran of the Thirty fifth Indiana and later Conn s Veteran Light Artillery, he had served nearly 40 years with the Lake Shore and held the post of assistant road foreman of engines. He was 63, survived by his wife, a sister, and a grandson adopted by the couple. funeral arrangements by Taimer Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Cummains
Lake Shore
Cummins
A. M. Bickel
Elkhart
Fourth Ward
McKinley
Republican Party
Jack” Cummins
Board of Police Commissioners
Mount
Kir. Cummins
Conn
Lake Shore Railroad
Company
LaPorte
LaPoirte
M. J. Swan
Bridgeport
Lexston A E. Services
John’s . Episcopal
Chas. “S.champlin
Court Orders Clean Sweep of Pending Liti gation
Judge Dodge orders report on first day of March term to clear 120 long pending cases in circuit court. Receivers and assignees must file dispositions. Elkhart interests include Elkhart National Bank case and Maud S. L. Jackson v Clarke Lane among others. Reports due March 4 as part of a house cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Elkhart
Baward R. Kerstetter
Elkhart National Bank
Strafford
Elkhart Mutual Life Isurance Co
UU Demarest
Elmer J. Wertz
Samuel Wertz
D. B. Bigam & Son
Sanders & Bigam
Henry Bowers
Emma G.banforth
Grace’ Banforth
Susan Lutz
Valley Line merger rumors roil Indiana rail plans
South Bend Times reports speculation on a large Indiana rail consolidations list. Possible inclusion of the St Joe Valley line built by H E Bucklen and the Toledo and Western foreclosure purchasers joins a web of links among LaGrange Plymouth Rochester Knox and Wallisac as bidders and potential connections. Leaders Kennedy and Smith say ownership remains with Northern Indiana but funding challenges threaten further development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Traction
Northern Indiana Railway Co
South Bend Times
St. Joe Valley
H. E. Bucklen
Chicago
LaGrange
Angola- Auburn
Toledo & Western
Indiana
Plymouth
Rochester
Knox
Wallisac
Murdock
South Bend
Logansott
Kennedy
Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Faddist
Apo
Gation
Peter
Seine
Valley Line
Bucklen’s’ Road
Traction
Farmers’. Institute
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