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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1902
Page
6
The advertisement urges buyers to win a bride by choosing quality wedding presents of gold and silver. It promotes the store as a headquarters for wedding gifts, stressing durability and value during the wedding season.
A driver pauses a running car for a young trotting horse to approach. He shuts off the motor, leads the horse to the vehicle, patted and spoke softly. The horse inspects the car for several minutes and grows comfortable, then is driven away without fear.
London Chronicle notes Western Australian schools are accused of teaching an uncultured accent with examples like ee-yuh for here and partickler for particular while other parts of Australia favour slang terms such as top-piece napper and dial as well as ogles kies er mush and Dutch pegs. It suggests board school pupils may drop hs and mix slang into speech.
Question about daily family dessert is answered with a quick two minute Jell O mix. No baking required just hot water and cooling. Flavors include lemon orange raspberry and strawberry. Available at grocers for 10 ets.
A Chicago bankruptcy cashier recites the oddity of a two cent check from Indiana tied to a defunct enterprise. Cashing it costs 15 cents in exchange plus mailing and postage, producing a net loss while the firm remains creditor. He cannot simply destroy it, as it would affect his own books.
A New York Sunman reports stove use persists despite steam heated belts. In man and dealer quotes, coal ranges remain in some flats and smaller cities, while gas ranges dominate steam districts. Parlor stoves and coal cooking linger where steam heat is absent.
A detailed description of a sophisticated picking-up grapnel machine used in cable laying. It explains its steam-winch like power, gear changes, brakes, and its ability to lift heavy loads slowly or move fast, with a ship’s crew watching as the grapnel finally grips and raises the cable anchor from the sea bottom.
The piece discusses a long standing link proposed between sun spot cycles and earth upheavals such as earthquakes and volcanoes. It notes a possible 35 year weather cycle and cites 1867 and 1902 as springs following sun spot minima with cold or stormy seasons.
In Boston the talk centers on W. J. Henderson and the Adams Boys as top yacht racers. The Marblehead and Washing ton street clubs echo the lore of seafaring skill, with Boston hailed as the nation’s greatest yachting port and even schoolchildren knowing America’s Cup history.
In 1580 London housed about 123000 people. John Lyly led English prose, Sir Philip Sidney the court favorite, and Edmund Spenser gained quick fame while Shakespeare courted Anne Hathaway in Warwickshire. By 1605 London reached 200000, a cultural hub in a smaller world, per Felix E. Schelling.
Letters from Algiers via Marseilles describe excavations at Timgad on the site of Thamugas exposing the city boundaries on three sides. More than 100,000 cubic meters of earth were removed in 1901, revealing a Roman mansion, public baths, a Byzantine basilica, a grand theater staircase, a marble pagan temple likely for Calestis, eleven other buildings, arms utensils vases and a gate plus many streets.
The dialogue mockingly questions the king’s ties to big breweries and suggests gentler tastes like ginger ale and lemonade. Edgar and others quip about the king visiting healthier drink venues, noting his perceived thoughtlessness.
The Tablet notes that if Leo XIII reaches 1903 he will celebrate three jubilees: silver as pope since 1878, golden as cardinal since 1853, and diamond as bishop since 1843. A rare triple jubilee, possibly unique in history, hinges on his longevity.
The September statement shows the most favorable growth in gross earnings for the road in years, but net earnings fall $6,316 from September 1901 as $48,000 more expense absorption and an $8,000 rise in charges cut into profits. Three months show a $245,054 surplus loss, yet a $547,960 surplus remains to cover the quarter’s preferred stock dividend and 1% for the common, yielding at least 6% for the year if no further losses occur.
An advertising blurb extols DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as gentle bowel cleansers with liver tonic effects and for reducing sorrow. The piece asserts the Twentieth Century Limited between New York and Chicago is financially viable, countering Cleveland papers claiming it was unprofitable.
An advertisement urges readers not to waste time and buy a substitute labeled as Rocky Mountain Tea from the Madison Medicine Co House. The copy emphasizes urgency and product substitution claims.
Chicago Tribune reports an Ohio scarlet fever outbreak linked to pigeons and doves carrying germs between towns. Health officials found spread despite quarantine, noting a pigeon roost atop a quarantined house as a possible transmission source.
The U S fish commission reports a tiny new goby species from the Philippine islands smaller than ten to about fifteen millimeters. These fish form a major dietary staple for local natives who harvest them in close-woven nets. The proposed name is mystichthys from Greek meaning smallest fish.
In Alaska, gold prospectors report that new nourishing rations enable them to work longer hours and push farther into remote claims. They credit improved stamina and efficiency for reaching deeper ore zones.
A new building near railway lines in Germany uses pneumatic glass stones as windows. The translucent panes mimic Butten glass from the outside yet are as strong as the surrounding stone wall and resist any pressure or blows the walls can endure.
In the African desert a traveler is startled by a camel trainer from Chicago who is teaching a young camel to kneel. The scene unfolds as the familiar phrase down in front echoes in this unlikely setting aboard a caravan guided by an imported camel driver.
A humor item contrasts a lawyer calling someone a lobster with playful exchanges. Clent reassures, while a banter about a shark and lobster unfolds in a light, comic tone reflecting a Chicago Daily News style. Separate vignette about a French exam ends with a jested engagement.
A brief exchange cites Fosdick as a confirmed pessimist, with Cumso agreeing that the man would not be glad even if he were happy in a pointed Detroit Free Press remark.
Convict admits regret yet claims he has learned to live down his crimes as a judge questions the remorse and accountability in a courtroom exchange.
In the first half of 190L there were 68 personal crisis reports recorded on British trains reflecting rising distress incidents. The data highlights safety and welfare concerns amid railway travel that year.
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