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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
7
The 15th service runs Sunday only while all other trains operate daily except Sunday. W J Lynch general passenger agent in Cincinnati and A HENLY agent in Elkhart Indiana coordinate the service.
The Cotton Belt announces opening of a new steel bridge across the Mississippi at Thebes enabling all St. Louis to southwest trains to use the line. The bridge eliminates ferry transfers, shortens schedules by about one hour, and adds access to Arkansas Louisiana and Texas. Special fruit and truck growers train trips are planned, with cheap homeseekers rates on select dates.
The Austrian Emperor's palace Schoenbrunn houses the finest orchid collection in the world with about 18 000 plants. The note also mentions leather from cows and horse temperament affected by motor cars.
A fragmentary quip praises a beauty with red lips and bright eyes as she “takes Rocky Mountain at night.” The piece ties to a Houseworth Bros publication and mentions a Japanese banquet tale where leftover food is reclaimed by servants, implying cultural ceremony and hospitality customs.
Hollister offers Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to roving mothers claiming the product helps babies sleep and grow. Priced at 350 cents for Tea or Tablets from Houseworth Bros. Russia’s footwear market dominated by a single firm in St. Petersburg, a leading stock company.
The battleship King Edward undergoes armament trials when recoil buckled steel deck plates, indicating the powerful warship’s readiness is challenged by weapon testing, with engineers assessing the damage and safety implications.
An old advertisement claims obstinate constipation indigestion and stomach disorders are permanently cured by Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or Tablets sold by House Worth Bros. The text presents a promotional pitch with pricing and branded product names.
New York Tribune prints lines by comedian Joseph Jefferson on Immortality. Benedict recalls Jefferson at luncheon aboard the Oneida at Buzzards Bay where he contemplated a future life. Jefferson promised a copy, sent a signed verses titled Immortality, bridging faith and reason.
A fable in verse where two caterpillars argue over salvation and damnation. One clings to hope while the other fears doom, but spring arrives and their cocoons break. Two butterflies rise, symbolizing immortality through transformation.
Joseph H. Harris, postmaster, will open a branch post office at Calvary Baptist church in Kansas City Missouri for the Southern Baptist Conference starting May 11. Stamps will be sold there and all mail for attendees will be received at the substation, expected to serve 5000 to 8000 visitors.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish launches a rainy day fad as two socialite women stroll Connecticut avenue in costly gowns despite heavy rain. They pause to window shop then visit the Turkish bath famed among society circles, with Mrs. Fish and a companion leading the trek.
In Sandusky a new telephone system was inaugurated at a rate of one cent per call. The Electrical Review notes many slot machines already using the system and contracts are being signed by nearly all who find any use for it.
A Chicago University dean classifies students into three types: Puritans, Bohemians, and Philistines. Puritans are moral, hard working and conscientious. Bohemians seek pleasure with little future planning. Philistines chase wealth and popularity despite broad knowledge but lack cultivation. Most fall near Puritania with mediocrity prevalent.
Colonel Frank Hume of Washington seeks Grand Army of the Republic support for a world’s largest bell to be hung at Arlington National Cemetery. The project would use brass guns from Watervliet arsenal and a Troy bell foundry designed to toll only at soldier interments, creating a solemn, memorable sound.
The Chicago Tribune states that a Japanese lady enters a railway carriage, removes her shoes, stands on the seat, then sits with her feet tucked, lights a small pipe, and smokes twice. It notes Japanese riders keep feet on seats, unlike Europeans, while a blue uniform ticket collector removes his cap and bows to each passenger twice as he collects tickets.
Marley Denby of Terre Haute Indiana carried a dinner pail to his wedding with Ar tie M Tate as the couple crossed the bridge from Taylorsville to an Ohio street justice to be married. After the knot was tied the groom returned to work while the bride went with the group back to Taylorsville.
A unique institution is to be established near Denver by the National Business Women's League. Louise Lee Hardin of Denver serves as president and heads plans for the erection of a women's rest home aimed at improving relations between business earnings and social welfare.
Board of Directors announces future gas range connections may be made at no extra cost. A $17 gas range requires $5 down on receipt, then monthly installments of $5. Terms set by the company board.
Union Pacific offers a 200 mile stretch along the Columbia River with two daily through trains. The service runs 80 miles near the river, providing river views from coaches. Through accommodations for all classes. Inquiries to B Choate, G & 126 Woodward Ave Detroit Mich.
An advertisement touts Union Pacific service to California highlighting fast trains, safety measures, and top efficiency. It promotes the line as fastest, shortest, and smoothest with tourist sleepers as a specialty and directs inquiries to F. B. Choate at 20 Woodward Avenue in Detroit Michigan.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry offers special low round trip fares every Sunday through October for travel between quoted points. Tickets available from agents of the line with same day return.
G N Schaff, practical piano maker at 503 South Third Street, announces tuning charges set at 2.50 after September 15, 1905. The notice emphasizes tuner knowledge of piano construction as key to satisfaction.
Removal. George N. Schaff, piano builder and tuner, 503 South Third street, ones BAIL. House Paints at Miller & Co. tf For Sale or Trade, 5 acres in city, no buildings, will take lot or horse for first payment. Andrew S. Lamb, 118 West Lexington avenue. tf For first class piano tuning and re pairing, leave orders at the Music store, or phone 506. All work guaranteed, 420 and 422 South Main street. If Have your feathers and mattresses renovated by the new steam process at Mattress factory on East Franklin street. Home phone .605. tf
Moore and Son advertise Garvin's Tin Shop offering wells and cisterns with telephone contact 245 for tinsmithing and hardware services.
A local advertisement lists a money loan service and a wide array of goods including Hor ton Co cards novelties furnishings at Miller Co stores. It mentions dressmaking Tur naak bicycle repairs and a note about Baron von Faber owning cedar forests in Bavaria linked to pencil making.
The Argentine Minister of Agriculture reports extensive India rubber forests in Jujuy north of Argentina with up to 50,000 rubber trees per square mile. It notes Jujuy’s climate as healthier than Para in Brazil and predicts a bright future for the Argentine rubber industry.
A Dodanduwa villager faced a charge of possessing a dangerous cow. Complainant G A Purser testified the animal chased him on a bike and posed a hazard to cyclists. The magistrate ordered the cow shot with the village headsman tasked to ensure execution.
Hamilton County rescinds its scalp bounty paid for coyote scalps ending an incentive program. Adjoining counties previously offered no bounty and hunters from up to a hundred miles away had collected injured or deceased coyotes for payment.
Lorenzo Alexis de Clairmont, chief of staff to President Cabrera of Guatemala, was a ticket taker in Denver twelve months ago, a detail noted in archival records.
Circulation of scriptures in China nears one million copies. Japan runs a large steamship line to the U S and England via Suéz. The Missouri river bridge at Omaha is finished and cost two million dollars. Germany’s Southwest Africa costs may top seventy million until insurrection ends. Picture postcards face censorship in some continents. Tolstoy portraits suppressed in Russia.
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