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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
4
The item details a 1905 issue of the Weekly Truth from Elkhart Indiana. It notes publication by Truth Publishing House, weekly Thursday issues, and a subscription price of 1.00 per year for U S and Canada. The dated line is September 7 1905.
The Indianapolis News notes Belgium’s population of 7,074,920 with a 53 percent increase since 1901 and Belgium’s density, then contrasts with Indiana’s area and density. It argues America could sustain ten times its population through better farming, irrigation, and resource use.
A Century Club spectacle by a department store manager highlights ideals over profit, signaling Elkhart’s new claim to distinction. Merchants and citizens are urged to sustain the chautauqua’s mission to ennoble the community, elevate character, and enrich daily life through culture and education.
Knabenshue makes three attempts to fly his airship over Columbus Ohio. The craft faced a chain setback and engine trouble on the first two tries. On the third attempt the airship rose to around 1 000 feet and drifted over the city.
The will of Moses Frame, deceased, has been probated. It directs that all debts be paid and a tablet erected in his memory. Personal and real property pass to Lydia Frame for life, then divided equally among sons Albert, Cyrus, Jacob and Sanford Frame. Will dated December 11, 1901.
Goshen Public schools opened the term with 1,388 students, up from 1,302 at the same point last year, a gain of 86. Enrollment last year at the end of the first month stood at 1,394, reflecting a 92 increase year over year.
The article summarizes egg composition showing white is about seven eighths water and yolk slightly under half water. It lists department of agriculture figures per hen, duck, goose and turkey eggs with water protein and fat percentages and notes eggs are nutritious but do not match beef in nourishing power.
A chemist explains camphor production by distilling camphor wood in low mud brick distilleries. Boiling water heats a camphor chip cylinder, steam extracts the oil which condenses as a frostlike brine in an inverted jar, yielding crude camphor scraped and refined into saleable blocks and balls.
A naturalist notes that birds suffer more from mosquitoes than people. The female mosquito stings. males do not. Wrigglers live in water and must surface to breathe. Kerosene can kill wrigglers by forming an oily skin on pools. Mosquitoes also feed on plant juices when lacking blood.
Severe colds arise indoors from indigestion or foul air after hearty meals. A person may become engrossed after dinner and retire to a warm, close room. Poor digestion and heated body raise temperature, disturb sleep, and leave the sleeper chilled. fresh air after dinner could have prevented it.
An old lady questions the sun’s role in holding up the girth and airth. A learned man offers attraction as the reason but the lady asks what supports the earth when the sun sets, highlighting a playful debate about cosmic mechanics.
A conscientious man declares he can argue with anyone while a quiet corner observer notes the real misfortune is his inability to reason. The exchange reveals tension between rhetoric and logic in a small gathering.
Dialogue snippet shows Mrs A and Mrs B debating a man at dinner. Lady A calls him dreadful and ill mannered while Mrs B defends him, with Panchas witty remark about perception.
The Panama railway and its steamship line, now government owned as collateral to the canal project, show strong gains and prompt a test of public ownership for utilities. The train plays a key role in transcontinental commerce with double tracking planned and new ships added, signaling possible Pacific coast steamship expansion.
A detailed account of President Roosevelt’s efforts to end the Russo Japanese War. It traces his direct appeals to the czar and the emperor, negotiations with Tekahira and Cassini, calls to financiers, and the pivotal meetings in Washington St Petersburg and Tokyo that led to terms of peace. The piece lauds Roosevelt as a unifier of international stability and the chief promoter of a square deal.
Farmers near San Marcos in California form a rifle brigade to enforce a county ordinance against automobiles using the steep narrow pass. Auto travelers have caused runaway teams and serious accidents, with authorities unable to arrest motorists due to isolation. Some brigade members are said to be studying cars in San Francisco to learn how to cripple machines with rifle bullets without harming occupants.
A retiring village watchmaker explains his successor struggles to synchronize church and town hall clocks. He recalls the former keeper Mr H and adds a letter: wind up the striker or risk the clocks not striking together as the council presumes.
The London Chronicle notes Bourbon as the oldest French royal line tracing to Robert le Fort in 861, with the Rohans in Austria and the Narbonne Pelet line to 910. It mentions the Levis Mirepoix claim with humorous ancestral paintings and a Deluge era ark image.
The piece asserts China has more educated people than any nation, built on literature, ethics, and philosophy. It notes a cultural difference in action and warns that failure to unite leads to mistreatment.
Lady Henry Somerset notes in Black and White that some women abuse clothing loans by keeping hats on approval and returning worn items with notes claiming none fit. She also says some women copy dress patterns by early cheap dressmakers after a careful trial.
A goat aboard a passenger steamer between an English port and a continental port wore a large false coat. Its fur was shorn and cigars and lace were packed under the coat, which was then fastened by hooks and eyes. Customs later uncovered the ruse.
A reader quotes a Houston Post note about drowning rescue practices recommending turning a victim face downward and applying heat. The excerpt paints a curious scene linking a man named Johnny to his mother’s treatment after swimming.
A northern Missouri hotel keeper earned a notorious nickname after he supposedly named a newborn on the register and charged the infant for room and board, as reported by the Kansas City Journal.
A reporter noted with humor that after a local party the guests left and the neighbors went to sleep, capturing a quiet, incongruous end to the event.
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