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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
3
A wall built from cement sacks set in a wall line while damp weather turned each sack to stone. The bags were pressed into the wall, chinked with cement, then bound to form a woven appearance. Over time weather faded the sacks leaving a decorative textured cement surface.
The Pernambuco penal colony on a distant Brazilian island houses about 600 convicts. They work from 6 p.m. to 2 p.m. cultivating superfine cotton, then labor for themselves. The island is praised as orderly and productive with rich fishing and phosphate resources.
A widow of wealth argues for preserving youth in girls and praises French mothers for restrained dressing. She notes disapproval of young women taking back seats to younger generations and suggests marriage timing affects how daughters are styled.
A Dallas Lore Sharp reflection in Atlantic extols doing ones own chores from digging potatoes to baking apples as a shield against winter. The prose links labor to an after harvest serenity and Indian summer mood spreading over fields and woods.
Advertising by the respected Winsted resident Jabez Alvord offers a liberal reward for the return of a valued pocketbook. The item contains a penny dated 1818 given by the doctor to Alvord in childhood and was lost after falling into a crack in the house, then found when the house was torn down, only to be lost again after more than six decades.
Dr J Brown medical officer of health Bacup notes muslin curtains filter room air and remove solids. He says curtains are cheap washable and should be changed frequently though not necessarily ironed or pressed.
In a Chicago News dialogue, The Proper Term notes Knox You and Dr Jones as not partners but frequent collaborators who consult and share patient care in absence. They deny forming a true partnership while acknowledging a working relationship.
Fragmentary note suggests a child resembles his father as a heredity observation. The brief text implies a household or medical context without fuller details.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer discusses the ballotists and a kernel nut theory. It notes the possibility of a hard bump against the inner shell and says acceptance would explain many things. The piece closes by suggesting openness to conviction if the facts hold.
A chatty exchange centers on a portrait of a grandmother, with Miss Flutterby resisting flattery while Mr. Spooner hints at family resemblance. He recalls two sisters who looked alike yet differed in charm, suggesting perception and attraction as fickle traits across generations.
A writer explains using a notebook of brief notes to remind them of news for correspondents. They jot jake phrases and scraps to craft more interesting letters, praising the method as a secret to engaging communication.
A brief readable fragment notes a tenver Tuesday night event ending a long illness. No clear names, dates, or locations are confirmed in the text.
Charles M Morris acting secretary and assistant secretary and nominal director sues Wisconsin Central Company for 20000 dollars claiming services rendered between July 8 1899 and October 10 1899. The suit targets payments for official duties under the company control.
Reported gross earnings for the Wheeling and Lake Erie line in the third week of February 1908 were 76 512 dollars, down from 115 - etc. The Ann Arbor line showed 27 609 dollars for the same week, a decrease of 11 751 dollars from 39 359 in the prior year.
A 1307 year report shows over 79 000 car wheels removed on lines east of Pittsburg during the year. An equal number is estimated removed west of Pittsburg. The total marks a roughly fifty percent rise from prior years.
Lieutenant Colonel L W Scott of Detroit and Major William Escott of Indianapolis will inspect the Indiana division. A Salvation Army service will be held at 7 30 p m Saturday at the Salvation Army hall 137 West Lexington avenue with public invited. Scott will preach Sunday morning at the Baptist Church. No admission charged.
Distributions of ten percent have been ordered in three Elkhart receiverships. Tra H. Church, receiver for the Hogan Cigar company and Rinard Stutsman matter, will oversee creditor distributions. A. E. Darling, receiver for Walden Brothers, will distribute a ten percent dividend.
In Washington D C on Monday Attorney General Bonaparte instructed the United States attorneys to file suits against 26 railroad companies in various sections of the country to recover penalties for alleged violations of the safety appliance law.
The Brazilian embassy in Washington reports from Rio that the president of Brazil formally inaugurated 432 kilometers of new railroad as part of the national state owned rail system expansion.
In Lincoln Nebraska on March 5 Democratic state convention delegates to the Denver convention cheered presidential hopeful William Jennings Bryan. Bryan spoke in person and received an unprecedented ovation as resolutions endorsing his candidacy were adopted amid loud applause. Delegates were instructed to vote for Bryan first last and all the time at the national convention.
Baltimore & Ohio directors meet in New York on Tuesday and authorize a $3,000,000 five percent one year note issue. Proceeds will be used to pay for minority stock in the Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling railroad.
R. R. King, a fireman, reported for work last night after being off duty for several days.
Road Foreman A M Bickel has returned from a several days trip to various points along the railway line.
A Mrs Wedderly and her husband discuss humor and gender in a playful exchange. She notes she plans a surprises involving a sealskin sack and jokes about laughter tied to reading about such items. The dialogue strip captures social banter of the era.
Kimball discusses steadiness as a lifesaving virtue while recalling Mrs Madden’s quip about Herbert Bisbing’s steady nature. The anecdote contrasts ideal steadiness with a humorous old claim about extreme reliability.
A reflective excerpt on reverence as the core joy and strength of life. It asserts reverence for youthful purity, tested truths from elders, and the gracious legacy of the living and the dead, celebrating enduring powers beyond death.
Miss Hazel Geiger of the Gossard Corset Co. was struck playfully by a snowball thrown by a gentleman friend as she returned to work. A small gash appeared over her right eye, the fright triggered a nervous collapse, and she was taken to her parents home on North Fifth Street for care.
A man who boasted of hypnotizing others aims to prove it during a gathering. He invites a skeptical friend to test his claim, inviting him to sleep simply by speaking. The friend agrees, prompting the hypnotist to attempt his power with the simple prompt to sleep.
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