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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
6
A prisoner recalls a violent shell burst during a wagon convoy ambush. The Kaffir leader fled as oxen panicked and the wagon overturned. The narrator describes skull wounds, a burst of blood and the moment of near death before being loaded back onto the wagon.
The article argues readers’ affection for books grows with use and compares books to a fruit tree that nourishes as long as the reader’s appetite remains healthy. It notes comprehension and taste evolve with time, urging frequent reading with mindful intervals while referencing Coleridge.
The article recalls historic postal development from biblical and Persian examples to Roman and English origins. It notes fast messengers in Job and Esther, Cyrus establishing couriers in Persia, Augustus introducing post chaises in Rome, and a postal system in England during James I's reign.
The article notes legends of frying eggs by sun heat and cites experiments by Herschel in South Africa and Sir J C Ross in New Zealand, reporting eggs cooked to a certain degree in the center. The piece uses a playful metaphor about heat and daily life.
The article touts cloves as a simple, portable remedy for seasickness and car sickness. Chewing one or two cloves may quiet qualms, indigestion, gas, nausea, and dizziness, with cloves praised for their small size and easy accessibility.
A Washington Star excerpt follows Plodding Pete as he laments his unlucky search for work. He recalls failing to secure jobs in New York and San Francisco as he travels and bounces between promises and shortages. The tale underscores the stubborn misery of persistent unemployment.
Fragment from Philadelphia Bul prompts readers to debate wealth and honesty with lines suggesting a billionaire could be sincere. The exchange features terse, rhetorical questions about capability and integrity amid unclear context.
The dialogue records a brief exchange about the gasoline stove going out and being relit, with a line of uncertainty about the cause and mood. It reflects a domestic scene with minimal details and no clear人物 or location.
A London Spectator essay argues extending lifespans to a century would disrupt family wealth and business. It imagines a fifty year old delaying retirement to ninety, increasing elites’ riches while delaying heirs. It warns of quarrels over inheritance and ongoing competition among generations.
A historical note explains color change in lobsters from green to red when boiled. It presents two tenable explanations: iron in shells oxidized by boiling and sun bleaching, and dye pigments where soluble blue dissolves, leaving insoluble red to stain the shell.
A historical lament describing a practice in a distant empire where incurably ill and depraved individuals are buried alive to relieve caretakers. The text claims mutual consent, sanction by authorities, and ceremonial pageantry with perfunctory mourning, while victims seek ancestral respect.
John Wesley noted his hand tremor worsened after breakfast due to tea. He observed others showed similar effects and, after twenty seven years of daily tea, quit it. Upon stopping, paralytic complaints vanished and his hand steadied, saving about £50 annually.
A detailed look at how fiber from piassava and other sources enables cheap scrubbing brushes. The piece explains the production line from bass fiber preparation to beech backings and a high speed filling machine that inserts an anchor tuft and lock by a forming die. Two brushes per minute is the average output.
Describes teak screens used throughout Chinese homes and the carved woodwork that separates rooms. Notes hidden drawers and shelves behind screens, gilded or natural wood surfaces, lantern lighting, and rich dark interiors especially in women’s quarters dedicated to luxury and pleasure.
In New York a window sign proclaims a man teaches piano by ear to pupils with musical ears. He imparts chord knowledge and changes enabling bass accompaniments for public performance. He occasionally gives a recital featuring ragtime songs popular tunes and operatic selections.
A New York physician, aged seventy five, offers five health rules in The New York World. Be temperate in all things, rest well with nightly sleep and a day nap, avoid dwelling on the past or future, keep the mind youthful by living in the present, and stay abreast of new facts by learning one new thing daily. These guidelines are presented as a practical path to perennial youth.
Xenophon opens his treatise by listing faults a hound must lack, condemning leggy, flat sided, headstrong, and other misfits. A good hound should have a light head, flexible neck, broad chest, straight forelegs, firm thighs, and long tapering tail. The description mirrors ancient standards still relevant to modern sportsmen.
A Chicago chemist says chicory lacks coffee alkaloids and oil, contains resinous matter and narcotic-like substances, and though unsuitable as a substitute, it can adulterate coffee. He notes historical limits in England and little impact in American trade.
The article praises Farinelli as the most remarkable singer, noting a soprano range of about three and a half octaves. It recalls a Rome debut at seventeen in 1722, his long travels, and a 1787 arrival in Spain with a twenty five year stay, during which Philip V sought solace in his voice.
In New York a convention of the Old Time Telegraphers and Historical Association drew former operators from every state. Many who started on $12 to $20 weekly became millionaires in other fields, while notable members include Andrew Carnegie Thomas Edison John C Barclay and Jay Gould with their descendants also trained in telegraphy.
A London Truth piece cites Charles Edward Jerningham on a coming man dependent on machines and institutions. It argues the 2005 individual would be a helpless creature without typewriters phonographs pianolas kodaks bicycles motor cars trains sewing machines spectacles digestives narcotics and newspapers.
The 110 acre Lincoln birthplace farm near Hodgeville Kentucky sold for 3600 to KR Collier of New York. Possession will pass in December. Collier plans unclear use, likely an investment as the price barely reflects agricultural land value.
The zoological department of the University of California issues a bulletin on an extinct camel that roamed prehistoric California. At Potter Creek Cave in Shasta County researchers unearthed camel fragments from the Quaternary age.
Reads of developmental stages cite two critical periods from childhood to womanhood and later loss of function in pelvic organs. The text notes changes in female biology and aging with emphasis on transitions and organ cessation.
A testimonial from Mrs. Julia Rowland of Buffalo and her 17 year old daughter touts Dr. A. W. Chase Nerve Pills as a grand tonic easing change of life symptoms and early life lassitude. The ad notes 50 cents a box and lists Buffalo New York as the origin with Houseworth Bros. in Elkhart Indiana as distributors.
Martin H. Kinney, county clerk, dispels myths about Indiana’s new marriage law. He says obtaining a license is simple with few questions about physical condition and finances. Kinney notes some Hoosiers fear licenses due to pranks and explains licenses must be secured in the county of residence and that marriages in Michigan are not recognized.
Rev. Father Francis Kelley lectured at the chautauqua yesterday and held the first mass at St. Vincent's church this morning. He arrived Saturday and was the guest of Father Boeckelmann while in town, preaching on Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself.
W. B. Hile administrator of Elisha H. Baker's estate has begun foreclosure against John A. Plank and Lucy A. Plank in a case tied to Elisha A. Baker. The action seeks recovery on a mortgage linked to the Baker estate.
Two motorists from Chicago, traveling to Auburn Indiana, reported encountering heavy rain and water on the road last night. The journey home was affected by wet conditions and standing water along the route.
Frej Wellers, fourteen, of Milford Junction, was struck and killed Saturday afternoon by a Baltimore and Ohio train at Syracuse. The accident is under investigation by local authorities.
Five hundred delegates representing about one and a quarter million organized workmen gathered at Hanly for the opening of the British trades union congress. The morning featured a reception for fraternal delegates from the American Federation, and a proposal was carried to insure all children by an annual payment of one shilling from every enrolled member.
Labor Day is observed as the wage workers Fourth of July with large parades across the nation. Tens of thousands marched in New York and Chicago where the largest events took place.
Denver sees a heavy influx of visitors surprised local reception officials. Decorations spread throughout the city with no single grand arch dominating the downtown scene. Many older residents report difficulty adjusting to the high altitude.
The Big Four announces a fare rate of one fare plus 25 cents to points within 50 miles, with rates under one dollar for round trips. The promotion notes Labor Day travel with one fare for outbound and return, valid around Sept. 4 to Sept. 5.
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