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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
4
The Weekly Truth of Elkhart Indiana is published by Truth Publishing House and issued each Thursday afternoon. It lists subscription at 1.00 per year for delivery to any U S post office or Canada.
A 1905 opinion piece argues war proves Sherman’s hell claim as the Jap-Russ conflict shows Japanese prowess and Russian defeats. It contrasts parade soldiers with fighters who shoot straight, noting Japs excel in killing and destroying, while Russia and Europe learn hard lessons.
A reflective piece remembers Civil War sacrifices from both North and South. It notes healing after generations of prejudice, honors brave soldiers, and urges unity under a shared memory of old glory.
The agricultural department prepares a report urging stronger action against crop destroying pests. Estimated yearly losses total about 785 million dollars to producers with government costs around 700 million. Pests like cinchbug grasshopper Hessian fly and others cause hundreds of millions in damaged corn wheat and livestock value.
An editorial condemns the Employers Association of Chicago for using hundreds of strike breakers to provoke violence. It notes the use of black and white officers, protests against black officers, and laments racial prejudice influencing labor unrest. It references Little Rock honors for a heroic nurse and four black skiffmen who saved others.
State's Attorney Healy of Chicago pushes to close dance halls and dives to curb youth corruption. He argues music and dancing lure youths to saloon rooms where alcohol accelerates moral decline, with nine tenths of corrupt people citing such venues. Public officials must bar evil resorts to protect the young.
President Elliott of Harvard urges that we cannot love all people but must bury enmities and foster good will to resolve industrial conflicts. He argues good will, not love, can soften tensions between strikers and capitalists and ease disputes over essential goods and living standards.
The piece notes Chicago teamsters expect to raise 1,000,000 by July 1 to sustain a strike and pay strikers 10 to 12 dollars weekly. Union members at Fox Lake receive a summer outing house, and the article foresees a prolonged clash with heavy losses and enduring bitterness for both sides.
The speaker condemns private lobbying by railroad lobbyists who shadow legislators, arguing they threaten legislative integrity. They call for a statutory offense to prohibit the secret lobby, claiming it corrupts rate politics and jeopardizes public interests now and in the future.
Wisconsin Governor LaFollette, soon moving to the U S Senate, urges a prison term for lobbyists and attacks the third house. The piece notes his strong public-spirited record and predicts favorable action on reform.
A critique of Cleveland Humane Society statistics claiming husbands are more considerate in summer. The writer argues such figures misrepresent reality and overstate seasonal kindness while acknowledging the existence of wife beaters and drunks, urging caution with statistics.
A London Builders Journal item notes a builder who forgot to include stairs in a house now overshadowed by the Swansea Corporation. The corporation is constructing a new fire brigade station and has just found they neglected space for horses.
Edward Doyle known as the blind poet of New York releases his third volume at age fifty. He has been sightless for thirty seven years and continues to write with noted resilience amid adulation from readers and critics.
The Geological Survey aims to teach thrift and recover value from western mineral byproducts. Director Walcott will lead sampling and analysis of placer mine residues at Portland's exposition with Dr. David T. Day conducting concentration experiments. Diamonds and precious inclusions were found in test samples.
Washington dispatch reports the pope's encyclical condemns greed and usury, urges moral teaching for all ages, and warns that ignorance of Christianity breeds social harms. He stresses Christian law against immoral thoughts and actions and appeals for religious instruction in schools.
A Berlin cable dispatch to the New York World reports Professor Dr. Uhlenhuth, an eminent army doctor, claiming to prove a missing link between ape and human blood. The note describes serum reactions in rabbits and use of blood on suspects to detect human origin, noting stronger reactions with higher apes.
Navy arranged coastal wireless stations from Portland to New Orleans to collect daily weather reports from merchant ships. Ships to report at Greenwich noon with forecasts sent to Washington. Naval stations will display weather signals and issue special barometer change reports as needed.
A Minnesota justice of the peace ruled that a national bank bill is outlawed and cannot be a valid tender after six years from its date. The decision holds that a demand must be made within six years to preserve a cause of action on a demand note. The note is outlawed without proof of demand.
The text mourns thinning ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic. It honors the dead with drums muffled and flags half mast, praising gallant service and recalling losses across sea and land amid a nation now joined to bless the honored dead.
A Santa Fe New Mexican report from Cloudcroft New Mexico describes a pine tree cut down recently. The trunk measured seven feet in diameter at the ground and two feet in diameter sixty feet above ground. The length of the trunk exceeded a hum length. It notes the tree was felled to make room for a dwelling to be built directly over the site.
Chicago artist Miss A J McCrea will supervise a vast program to remodel and landscape every station on the Illinois Central lines from Chicago to St Louis and New Orleans. A private car will tour nine states, inspecting and guiding construction of new buildings and green spaces, with full authority to act without red tape. Railroad officials hail the project as a landmark effort to improve passenger experience along the mid Mississippi valley.
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