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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
5
In a sunlit church scene a cheerful boy leads a processional hymn, illustrating how each person, from worshippers to workers, contributes a note to the harmony of the common good. The writer extols living duties to country humanity home and business as a collective procession toward noble ideals.
In Atlantic, II Sturdevant recalls Eunice Swain who ran a cent school in a warm kitchen, teaching the three Rs, manners, and humility. She scolded carelessness and framed children as belonging to a generation not of vipers but of weaklings.
Aunt Chloe endures an abusive husband who returns from brawls to be nursed at home. At a drug store she asks for healing liniment while her purse narrows, and a clerk touts St. Peter's Prescription as a popular remedy costing a dollar.
A schoolboy writes a humorous essay from National Food Magazine noting ducks are heavy meat and feathers, poor singers with hoarse voices from frogs, water lovers with a balloon in the stomach, two back-set legs, and drakes that loaf and swim without nesting.
The 1531 act punished able-bodied beggars with arrest and public shaming. Vagrants were brought to market tied to a cart, stripped, whipped, and sent home on oath to seek work. A third offense could lead to death as an enemy of the commonwealth.
The text explores how shells shaped early spoons from Rome to Celtic pieces, noting remains from Westman and common use spoons in bronze iron or brass. It explains cochlea derived names and horn cups, with horn spoons and reused materials in early spoon making.
Alfred T. Ringling notes that nine tenths of top performers come from about 380 families. He traces circus lineage through two centuries of bloodlines with clans like the Clarkonians Demotts and Siegrists Florenzes, likening it to royal genealogy.
In Centerville District Three the school board, led by two young members, resists changing teachers. Ed Porter and Henry Lane defend Miss Hobson, praising her strict discipline and constant effort to maintain order in the classroom.
The Boston Traveler argues for employing a doctor to visit families at home to monitor diet clothing habits sanitary conditions health laws temperance bathing exercise recreation and work. It recalls the adage an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and notes sickness may strike any household.
A narrator recalls Loring's insatiable appetite for pie and a guest's remark sparks a grim turn. The toast of the table and a wife's affection collide with hunger, revealing a tragedy born from envy and excess in a modest home.
The Atlantic Monthly criticizes contemporary gentleman’s attire citing white collars, stiff cuffs, and starched shirts as punitive symbols. It argues these garments originate from a time when men did no manual work and remain enforced by tradition despite changes in hygiene and practicality.
The text notes that along the northern coast of Siberia a form of wood is a common diet. Natives reportedly eat wood for pleasure, even when other foods are available. Logs stripped near huts show the habit, prepared by scraping bark‑wood, boiling with snow, and sometimes mixed with fish roe milk or butter.
In a practical tip for homeowners, women who hang wallpaper share a method to strip old paper. Wet the surface with a thin boiled flour paste, applied with a whisk or brush, then peel off in large strips using a cake turner to start the strips. The paste duration and paper thickness guide removal.
A young Philadelphia clubman presses his suit with the daughter of a rich old merchant. A friend asks about encouragement, and Tom replies the heiress promised to leave him all of her father’s fortune when he dies.
A fragmentary report notes that Mrs McCarthy’s husband went out alone in a boat, the boat overturned, and he drowned. A friend later met her and remarked that he was well off.
A historical account notes that among tribes such as the Ahiaras Onichas Obu and others in the interior, marriage has little ceremony and polygyny is common. A man pays with goats beads and money to take a wife, and theft of women from neighbors is an accepted practice.
Two women discuss gambling at home. One narrator condemns poker nights and her husband’s habit despite not losing much money. She vows to make him quit once he earns enough to pay for her chosen clothes, or she will leave him.
A Paris letter to the London Globe cites a Frenchman explaining the bank check’s origin in foggy London. He notes fogs blotting ink create opportunities for marauders, pushing tradesmen to develop a system protecting themselves by using checks to limit cash handling.
A Minneapolis Journal reader objects to a local clergyman who yells too much. The paper notes the minister earns 350 dollars a year plus a parsonage, suggesting the salary limits his racket, possibly due to a large family and a dog.
Tolstoy argues art is not beauty beauty theory or a display of energy or pleasure. He defines art as a means of union among people linking them in shared feelings and essential for individual and humanity progress.
A fragmented text describes catching a possum and preparing it by throat bleeding and cleaning the insides. It presents a crude early method with steps to seal and scrape the animal before cooking.
A series of deaths in Rushville Indiana involves Mrs Lucile Crist killing her son Devon Crane and then herself after a troubled separation from her husband Edward Crist. The case ties to Harry Summers of Elkhart and a lettered, mystery filled tale with letters found, money left for funeral expenses and a drowning death in San Francisco Bay connected to Summers.
Hon Charles W Miller of Goshen receives word of his mother Mrs Isa belle Miller death in Clarke county at the home of sister Mrs John M Sheets. Mrs Miller 86 born Floyd county Ind lived there until two years ago. Mr Miller travels to Borden via Chicago. Mrs Miller unable to accompany him due to cold. Also a letter from Goshen regarding Mr James Lane death in Santa Maria California January 80.
Local obituary notes the death of Rev. Whitehead formerly of Gaston Baptist Church in Goshen at age 86. The notice arrived via a letter to Mrs. B N art of Goshen. Funeral details are not provided in the fragment.
Charlotte Teeter infant daughter of Alfred and Hazel Teeter died at home from lung fever at 800 Hubbard Avenue. Funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow at 10 AM 12 PM and 3 PM. Maria Blough aged 71 died at her daughter Mrs John Primmer home five miles south of Goshen. She was mother of Frank Blough of Elkhart. Rev Joel Austin died yesterday at his son B E Austin’s Goshen home. Born October 4 1826 in Pennsylvania he lived in Goshen 39 years.
Mrs Albert Ebersole aged 50 was found dead in bed by her husband at the family home half a mile north of Forakers. Heart trouble is believed to be the cause. Coroner Stauffer notified. She had been in good health.
Orville C Puterbaugh received word from Milo R Shaffer in St Louis of the death of Mrs Shaffer after cancer. She was sister to Mrs Puterbaugh who has been in St Louis. Former Elkhart resident Shaffer worked as a Lake Shore conductor and is now on St Louis beltline. Remains arrive tomorrow noon with funeral planned for Thursday. Survived by sisters Mrs Puterbaugh and Mrs L V Leonard and brother Alex Cripe of Warsaw.
Charles F. Wilcox aged 72 died at 5 a m at his home 490 Garfield avenue from heart failure after a brief illness. He walked to town yesterday and took a severe chill around 1 p m. A physician was called but his condition worsened until death. Survived by wife Loretta and brother Owen Moore of Grand Rapids Michigan. A longtime Hilkue County resident and former ticket agent for Chicago he lived a quiet domestic life with his wife. He was found unconscious after supper and his wife cared for him through the night as the physician was summoned moments before his passing.
A four year old boy watched a blacksmith shoe a horse and, thinking the horse hoof too large, told the smith his father would not want it any smaller. The scene shows a curious child reacting to tradesman work.
Builders of the Valley Traction Line are expected to help the city replace an inadequate East Jackson Street bridge over the Elkhart River. The county and city council approved a 15600 appropriation to fund a new bridge, with plans beginning soon and bids to be set after a 20 day notice.
A fragmented item features a man named Doe and a cryptic line about a silk hat. The readable text hints at a worn hat and a question about days and undertakings, leaving the full story unclear.
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