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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
3
A detailed look at locomotive upkeep explains how mileage targets drive overhaul schedules. Systematic records assign responsibility from superintendent to foreman, with daily time certificates tracking labor and material costs per engine, yielding precise costs per mile and ensuring repairs align with planned mileage.
The St Louis and San Francisco railroad will award forty five scholarships in the winter course in agriculture at the University of Missouri. Ben F Mumford of the agricultural college received the offer. Prizes are for corn growing contests in up to forty five counties served by the railroad. Faculty judges will select these contests and the railroad will provide scholarships annually.
Railroads spanning about 60 000 miles are managed by 47 companies and increasingly use telephone dispatch. The system proved efficient during heavy snows, and the Great Northern will soon extend from Minneapolis to Seattle to join the network.
A critic argues that using religion as a disguise is worse than openly swapping coats in a dining setting, highlighting moral hypocrisy.
South Bend June 23 reports a conference in South Bend announcing the Chicago and Walamazoo Terminal Railway will operate an interurban line from South Bend to Kalamazoo with Detroit to Louisville travel possible after completion. The route passes Sister Lakes Dowagiac Decatur Paw Paw and Mattawan. Murdocks finance the project. expansion from South Bend toward Kalamazoo and Toledo is considered. The Bucklen line east of Elkhart will be abandoned in favor of the Elkhart and Western connection to Mishawaka.
An Elkhart to Marion special train carried about 200 G. A. R. excursionists to the soldiers' home near Marion. They toured the grounds visited veterans, and reports say the facilities are well kept and the day offered concerts and park attractions.
The Council of Empire restored naval credits the Duma had cut in the 1910 budget. The actions included revising seven million three hundred eighty nine thousand dollars allocated for building war vessels.
For raising oranges or prape fruit, Porto Rico windbreaks are necessary if the grove is exposed to the trade winds. The winds blow continuously for nine months and cripple unprotected trees.
Former Governor Brownard of Flor da defeated Senator Talia 'erra in the senatorial primary. He once worked as a deck hand on a steamer on the St. John's river, highlighting his humble beginnings.
The United Services College at Windsor in England has been teaching the fundamentals of aeronautics for some time, informing students about flight and related sciences.
A humorous exchange features Pa explaining a hypochondriac to his son Wilfred. Pa pretends to teach while aiming at magazine back pages, delivering a playful quip about someone who fears catching cold and blocks towel holes to avoid drafts.
A Newport household hires a Japanese valet who proves observant by watching the cook. When the cook falls ill, the valet volunteers to try cooking and begins by soaking his feet in a hot mustard bath, claiming it is part of peeling potatoes.
In 174 AD a Roman legion partly Christian fought Marcomanni under Marcus Antonius. Trapped by thirst a severe thunderstorm broke the siege, providing relief and stunning the enemy, leading Christians to view the event as miraculous and dubbing the unit the Thundering Legion.
A Figaro writer surveys Moroccan proverbs noting contrasts between camels and humps, reliance on others leading to hunger, and the value of a wary cautious approach. The piece lists sayings about luck women and horses, and a colorful line about mounting a horse and hunting dogs.
The text argues love cleanses the mind, reducing attraction to unclean things and greed. It presents love as guiding health and lawfulness, shaping desire to avoid excess and promote kindness toward others.
A reflective meditation asserts beauty as health and love combined. It claims love governs all, and with love one possesses everything since love fulfills law, invoking Nautilus as authority for the idea.
A humorous Wasp snippet shows a woman stubbornly denying purchase of delayed pictures. The seller counters with strict logic about orders, delivery, payment, and refusal, highlighting a comical stand-off over a two month old bill.
A man cites threats from his son in law over family honor forcing acquiescence. The exchange reveals pressure to yield unless the son in law is naturalized as a citizen.
A Review of Reviews summary notes Hindu widow rights expanding in India. Widows of high castes increasingly allowed to marry. Homes for widows open to train as nurses doctors teachers and missionaries. Women enter schools and public life to uplift society and attain self support. Polygamy declining as gender equality advances through new institutions and centers.
National League games feature Pittsburg at Chicago Cincinnati at St Louis New York at Brooklyn Boston at Philadelphia American League schedule shows Chicago at Cleveland St Louis at Detroit Philadelphia at New York Washington at Boston with additional matchups in the standings.
Elkhart reports its first heat victim of 1910, Mrs Eliza beth Craven of 3234 South Main Street dying last evening after a period of poor health. She was 51, survived by husband Albert Craven and daughter Doris Cluff, with other relatives in Kendallville. Services to be held at the daughter’s home after body’s return. Also notes Hugh W Murray of Sidway plant recovering at home from sunstroke suffered yesterday.
Results yesterday show Chicago 5 over Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 3 over Boston 1, St Louis 1 over Pittsburg 6, Brooklyn 3 over New York 6. Nine games reported with tight late innings and tied standings.
In a marathon 14 inning game Cleveland edges Chicago 3 to 2. Feston improved to 6 2 with Washington 0 1 and New York 0 2 while Philadelphia and Detroit posted 6 9 and 9 respectively and St. Louis won 11.
A. J. Kaiser visits Toledo on company business. ER H. Duryea E J Parker C Wills and Leroy Garezan hired as firemen on the Lake Shore. For rent six room flat with bath corner Main and Hickory Streets Dennert Block WL A Dennert 25.
The ceremony hour 7:30 was announced by the Mendelssohn wedding march played by Mr Daniel Webster on the portable organ, reported by Davenport Times.
The latest official estimate places total Spanish wine exports at 16.317 million dollars for the past year. Consumer taste shifts show a steady fall in sherry shipments while Malaga wines gain share.
The text highlights a booming industry with Heland exporting millions in textiles and cattle, butter valued at 17 million, and a shipment of linen to the United States. It notes about fifty thousand people planning to leave England for Canada by summer. The Maine Agricultural College plans lectures for country pastors.
Chicago on June 23 shows receipts of 23 000 cattle at 9.45 per head and 6 500 beeves at 8.55 with 12 000 sheep at 5.25 and lambs at 8.30. Indianapolis receipts total 19 900 hogs with prime 9 335, cattle 1 860 prime 377 35, sheep 700 best 4.50 and lambs 7.50.
The report states the candy bill of the country is a little over 500 million dollars and the school bill about 450 million dollars.
The Evening Telegraph cites a quirky trend in dress where the market shows a novelty shirt brand named Comet with a distinctive tail and sharp toggled design. Retailers hype the product as a fashionable item capturing urban flair.
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