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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1906
Page
2
Rupert Hughes in Harper's Weekly argues against indicting entire classes based on single sentences. He notes diverse examples, from preachers caught plagiarizing to burglars who are chaste, showing that graft exists in all trades and social strata.
A traveler recalls an English observer asking about the noisy Fourth of July celebrations as Americans on a Russell Square balcony parade in a coach with crackling whips and fireworks. The remark “they are celebrating the day we licked you” frames a witty contrast between nations.
The budget commission abolishes the famous bons de Seyres as a currency through which citizens used porcelain from Sevres for favors and payments. Caillaux, the commission president, notes abuse and a factory scandal prompting the decision. Damaging practice ends with cash only sales at the porcelain factory.
A Chicago manufacturer warned against clerks who spend spare time dressing flamboyantly. He noted a clerk with a diamond ring and fine attire, then cut the man’s salary from twelve dollars a week to ten dollars, arguing the clerk dressed better than the employer.
The Hospital reports a hay fever sufferer who spent two hours in a steamer's refrigerating hold and recovered with no further attacks. The piece discusses cold storage as a remedy despite objections and notes the extreme cost to body parts like feet or fingers.
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The Philadelphia comic valentine case advances as the sender faces criminal libel charges after February mailings. Both parties are women by marriage. the grand jury returned an indictment and the defendant’s demurrer failed. The judge ruled such valentines constitute circulated libel and warned anonymity may not shield malice.
A German farmer near Vineland New Jersey boasts of superior home brew. A neighbor bets he can taste it, the farmer drinks the mug with a grim smile and proclaims the other father’s beer cannot compare, “Just smell that mug.”
Dr W T Greenfell notes in Boston Transcript that a potato diet of three meals daily is common in Labrador stores. Beef is preserved by sealing in barrels with water that freezes solid and lasts from December to July. A rat attack on a barrel reveals the challenge of preserving provisions in cold storage.
Dr Ridley of the Singapore botanic gardens reports winged seeds travel far shorter distances than powder or plumed seeds. The farthest observed winged fruit moved about 100 yards, and diffusion estimates suggest 300 yards in 100 years and 1.5 million years to cross from the Malay peninsula to the Philippines if a continuous path existed.
The passage advises a cold sponge bath to induce sleep when fatigue prevents rest. For racing thoughts, it recommends soaking feet in hot water for ten minutes to relax and quiet the mind, aiding natural sleep onset.
A reader explains that Earth’s tilt causes seasons with opposite heating in hemispheres. If the Sun's distance influenced seasons, the southern hemisphere could experience more extreme climates than the northern. The piece discusses how current patterns arise from orbital geometry.
Reports from Warsaw describe a night massacre in Siedlce Poland with police and soldiers killed or wounded, followed by troops attacking civilians and burning Jewish quarters. The city is surrounded, mobs riot, and a regiment from Deila is sent to restore order amid panic and alarming rumors.
The Harvard oarsmen admitted Cambridge was too strong after five weeks on the Thames. They rowed with effort from start to finish and did not blame others, hoping for another chance to row the light blue in American waters.
A Missouri river boat freight line will begin this month with two more steamboats and two barges ordered to run St. Louis to Kansas City. The vessels total 1,000 tons capacity and will start once freight is gathered within the next two weeks. Local firms expect to use the line if it proves practical.
Walter Endslee, son of Col. A D Endslee of Ray county, Missouri, was killed on a highway near Richmond on a Saturday night. John Glass, Endslee’s father-in-law, fired three times after taunting him to draw a pistol. Endslee, unarmed, died almost instantly as Glass fled the scene.
Baltimore Sept 10 1910 an electric car on the Sparrow Point line of United Railways struck a phaeton carrying an outing party. One person Michael Tealorad likely fatally injured and two others seriously hurt.
A Republican committee issued a campaign book arguing half a century of party achievements justify continued power. It lauds the present congress, warns against Democratic majorities, and cites economic and industrial gains under Republican leadership from 1893 onward.
Kenneth C. Kerr reports from the Salt Lake route about Callente in Nevada where the arid district flooded. Miners, riding pack horses, came for water as streets submerged. one old miner joked he swam to town not for water but to take dry land back to the arid country.
A German statistician studies age extremes by country. Bulgaria leads with 3,883 centenarians among 2,000,000 inhabitants, a record of old age. Serbia 573, Romania 1,084, Spain 410, France 212, England 140, Scotland 46, Denmark 5, Sweden 10, Norway 23, with bowing figures for others. In 1892 Bulgaria saw 3 500 deaths over a century.
Proved Her Proposition recounts a Duchess County family hiring a rosy Irish maid whose blunders ease tension. The well moves to make room for a woodhouse and the maid’s quick reply about her water dropping from the relocated well delivers a humorous moment.
In a town with two parallel football clubs, a captain switches sides ahead of a match. Before the game the ex-Rover captain refuses to play, fearing harm from his former teammates and revealing his loyalty to the Rovers.
A New Zealand postmaster named Ernest Co Moon, disabled with unusable hands, conducts all office tasks using his feet. He writes money orders notes and statements with an indelible pencil and stamps letters with date tools feet, and even uses tools like a hammer and saw. This showcases remarkable adaptability and skill despite his deformity.
Peculiar rivers show unusual depth patterns in Lawrence area waterways. Observers note deeper channels and shifting profiles affecting navigation and erosion. Local researchers discuss hydrology, geology, and potential flood implications for communities along the rivers.
The Elkhart Methodist community prepares for a three day Woman's Foreign Missionary Society convention opening October 9 with 700 to 800 visitors expected. Bishops Hartzell Oldham and Bashford will address delegates from Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and beyond. Free lodging and meals arranged under Harvard plan with local churches assisting hospitality.
President Roosevelt directs the cruiser Denver to Havana and the Marietta to Cienfuegos as tensions rise in Cuba. The Des Moines sails from Norfolk to Key West to await orders, with aims to protect Americans and possibly land marines if Cuba requests. State Department stays silent while secret agents monitor the rebellion and weigh potential Platt Amendment actions.
During restoration of the Basilica of St Mark's a small ancient copper coin labeled a quartarolo of Doge Dandolo was discovered in cement attaching mosaics in the Tribune of the Patriarch. It suggests construction occurred in Venice's republic period between 1192 and 1205. The coin, highly valued for rarity, is housed in the Basilica's historical technical museum.
Workmen digging under the Arch of Alfonso d Aragon in Naples uncover crude stone walls and inscriptions. Candles reveal drawings and invocations for divine aid from prisoners doomed to death or confinement in the ancient underground dungeons.
Luther Waterson of Gladstone avenue reports a wild goose the largest seen this morning under an electric arc light at the corner, feeding on street bugs. Frank Crisman, Truth reeler, claims ducks blinded by street lights would sleep on houses and high buildings, gathered in sacks.
With the hunting season opening in Michigan, the St. Joseph River and the Paw Paw River were crowded with hunters on Saturday. A hunter suffered an arm wound from a shot. the shooter is unknown and it was unlikely that arrests would be made.
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