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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1903
Page
6
A Victorian era feature describes six month servant terms in Wales, where households hire and dismiss staff at seasonal fairs. The piece details attire, attitudes, and village rituals as workers and masters seek better terms amid festive markets, songs, beer, and the trek home after a week of revelry.
An eight foot black racer halted a rural mail wagon near Florida Minnesota. Otto Michaels and James Thomas killed the snake with an axe. Inside its stomach were a bird and two frogs, one frog even kicking. The reptile terrorized the area for years until last night.
Commodore John M Chauncey of the New York Navy Yard once overheard a chaplain read a notice "by order of the bishop." He replied, declaring he was the only bishop of the diocese and stating the notice would not be obeyed. The anecdote appears in the New York Tribune.
Harper’s Weekly notes a proposed change to transatlantic travel using Galway harbor in Ireland and a rapid express line to St John’s Newfoundland covering 1816 miles. The plan would cut the London to New York leg by about a day and rely on fast trains for the remainder to New York.
Otto Herz reports for the New York Press on an Imperial Academy of Sciences expedition in Siberia to recover a 20,000 year old mammoth. The team preserved skin and fat, rebuilt the carcass for the zoological museum, and faced harsh travel over tundra and rivers to deliver the fragile remains to civilization.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is one of four remaining round churches in England. Construction began around 1100 under St. Simon de St. Liz, with major work between 1375 and 1400 adding the Round tower, west tower and spire, south aisle, east end, and porch. From the Reformation until 1851 the church declined until a 1860 restoration began, adding nave bay, north aisle, new choir, side chapels, vestry and east apse.
A swarm of bees struck an electric car in Fort Wayne Indiana a few days ago causing panic among bystanders as residents sought safety and authorities assessed the scene.
Baltimore dispatch reports prominent clubman William T. Tucker known as Willie has disappeared leaving a $560000 estate shortfall. A former confidante who traveled to Central America with him seeks $41000 in a breach of promise suit while another woman sues for alleged damages.
Constantinople Sept 4. On the accession anniversary the sultan spoke at length thanking religious leaders while stressing that violence was foreign instigated. He pledged measures for tranquility and urged unity among Armenians Greeks and Bulgarians, while approving aid to the patriarchates. Official reports say 200 insurgents were killed near Klissura Albania and coast villages begin returning home.
Milwaukee on September 3 a sodium explosion while experimenting injured Max A. Bussewitz in the face and eyes. The State Normal School chemistry instructor and former assistant superintendent of public instruction under I. D. Harvey may lose his eyesight due to the accident. He was alone in the laboratory when it occurred.
Advices via the Hyades from Chefoo report a cloudburst and floods causing over 600 deaths, including an American bluejacket. The Chinese sections of the city suffered losses exceeding 2 million dollars.
Pittsburg Pa Sept 3 The Clairton steel plant shuts down for four weeks for annual repairs stock taking and weak orders Except for blast furnaces about 4000 men are idle due to the stoppage and scarcity of orders.
Police in Helsingfors faced expulsion after a poste arrest incident. Officials cited disciplinary actions and affirmed authorities would enforce order within the capital city.
A dispatch from Rila reports a courier delivering a proclamation to Macedonians and Adrianople announcing a general insurrection against the Ottoman empire. It extols liberty, honors martyrs, and calls fighters to readiness as tyranny falters and a dawn of liberty rises on the Macedonian front.
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