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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
3
A Harper's Bazaar excerpt extols genealogy as engaging for those with few duties, offering a path to outside interests. Tracing lineage involves collecting threads, writing a letter, consulting registers, and reading, broadening attention beyond the self.
A historic account describes the Leslies chief and an old covenanter praying for favored outcomes before combat. The covenanter asks divine protection for Rob and Jamie and reassures himself about Willy, claiming responsibility for his safety.
Lake Shore Railroad offers reduced fares for Independence Day travel from July 1 to July 4 for trips within 200 miles from the selling station. Tickets are good for return until July 5. Details available from agents.
A historical report discusses vast investments in the Duion Pacific rail line, noting millions spent on improvements and the role of human ingenuity in advancing transportation infrastructure.
A correspondent describes the flying post used by Lieutenant von Tiesenhausen for night and day dispatches between the Third army and headquarters. Three Chinese farmhouses serve as a central point with four mile post intervals, seven horses per post, and a system of numbered horses and timed envelopes to speed deliveries. The night danger is high with few people abroad and roving chu n chuses posing a constant threat.
Dr. Clifton F. Hodge of Clark University Worcester Massachusetts has hatched a second generation of ruffed grouse in captivity. Five birds hatched two weeks ago show full parental behavior and drumming. The project aims to study diet, habits and domestication with a long term goal of releasing birds in Massachusetts covers and possibly city parks.
A Kansas wheat belt feature narrates a humorous tale of a farmer Graingrower who hires five harvest hands and faces a missing worker, with kin and neighbors trying to head off a deserter. The piece cites the unreliable floating labor as a chronic issue in simplifying harvest methods. It notes William Dutton, a Kingman county pioneer, as a model of efficient shoveling and livestock feeding practices.
Lieut Tom Casey Callaghan, a Boer War veteran and former ranch hand, rose to commander in chief of a 200 man Japanese army scout regiment. He has fought under Japan in Manchuria against Russia and carries war theater maps with an interpreter to issue orders.
The London Chronicle reports a new hazard at the Louvre in Paris. The colonial minister’s ward beneath the Rubens gallery houses an automobile room, raising fears of an petrol explosion threatening the famed collections.
Montclair N J July 1 Thomas A Edison discusses his search for radium and its healing potential. He warns of X-ray dangers, recalls lab accidents, and comments on Marconi wireless telegraphy and future machine nations. He praises Japanese efficiency and envisions industrial peace.
A grand circus pageant featuring the combined Forepaugh and Sells Brothers shows arrives in Elkhart with two performances, a daytime and a night show. Four special trains move the vast entourage, including a rare menagerie with hippo, giraffe, rhinoceros, polar bears, llamas, and elephants.
Russian writer Tolstoi, ill and frail at Yasnaya Polyana, works daily on chores and crafts. He doubts whether youth would have benefited from his present experiences, calls the war an infamy, and rejects hopes of excommunication removal while noting Orthodox supporters outside Christianity.
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