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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
8
Jacob Kallman, 35 and unmarried, a farm hand employed by William Berkey near Pullman Michigan, slipped into a threshing machine cylinder while tending the blower stacker. The ankle arteries were severed but prompt medical aid saved his life.
Thomas Meader, Civil War veteran, died at 9:05 p.m. at his daughter’s home 310 State Street after seven years of illness. Born near Akron Ohio on September 14 1848 he served four years in the Eighth Missouri Volunteers. He leaves four daughters a brother a sister and his wife had died seventeen years ago. Funeral is tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. Rev Garber will officiate with Timer post in charge and Grace Lawn Cemetery to receive interment. Members of Frank Baldwin Circle will place a flag on his comrade’s breast tomorrow morning.
A. J. Baldwin of Olympia, riding near Yelm Prairie in February, is challenged by four armed Indians. One man recognizes him, recalling a prior incident where Baldwin defended an Indian’s bucket from a white man. The confrontation ends with the rider spared and sent on his way.
A reflective quote by Joseph Addison on personal conscience and social approval. It argues the priority of avoiding inner reproach, then escaping worldly censure, and finds great satisfaction when private virtue aligns with public approval.
In Australia a humming bird allegedly protects its nest during a thunder storm by spreading a web-like silk around the exterior. The article compares silk to a conductor of electricity, suggesting the nest becomes lightning proof through this natural cobweb.
Sleighs are used year round in Madeira, where abundant lichens on stone streets make surfaces slippery and also trap dust. Some suggest cultivating these lichens elsewhere to solve the dust problem.
A lawyer presses a witness for a narrative while the witness, under oath, insists on sticking to the record. The exchange captures courtroom tension as the sworn testimony encounters pressure to shade the story.
A quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln offers simple guidance on daily life. It urges three square meals, regular prayers, creditor courtesy, calm digestion, and a slow, steady pace as paths to happiness and uplift.
A San Francisco writer describes a scene where many babies ride in regualr Indian style baskets strapped to horses in a Rocky Mountains gathering. Dogs circle the bundles, a frisky pony trots off with a basket on its saddle horn and a baby falls to the ground as laughter erupts among onlookers.
A biologist comments on flies during a June to September peak, noting a single female can yield about 2,000,000 offspring. He parries hopes for extermination, citing natural controls like parasites, birds, bats, and toads. He marvels that flies never sit still from birth to death.
A two year old woodchuck lives near a Brunswick cellar, becoming very tame. The pet, owned by a local family, spends time in a hole and shows keen interest in human activity as of September 25, 1905.
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