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Elkhart Weekly Truth

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1908

Page

8

Republican platform drafts reform with labor and regulation aims

Resolution committee completes draft of state platform calling for local option with county units, tariff revision, child labor limits, nonpartisan public administration, broad labor arbitration, arid lands projects, pure food laws, and retention of Roosevelt administration policies, with emphasis on mine safety and state mine inspector appointment.

Caoniveation Congress Indorsement Charles Ope National Mine Bureau Washington, DD Ines Chisey Dull

Watson Chosen to Head State Ticket

On the fourth ballot Miller gained in Allen county. Jefferson county split from Hugh Miller to back Watson, triggering a wild, crowded scene at Tomlinson Hall as delegates packed the gallery and debated electors and governors. The convention adjourned into the morning with Watson supporters dominant and a record crowd in attendance.

Watson

Bribery Charges Spark Debate at Republican Convention

At the state convention delegates heard speeches by Congressman Overstreet Chaney and Senators Treveridge and A Tenienway and Gov Hanly defended his administration. A bribery claim prompted a committee inquiry with reports of payments to delegates for votes and proxies. The committee adopted a vacancy rule and the convention set four at large delegates with Jesse Quervsivee and Jown C. Ghaney elected leaders.

Overstreet Chaney Treveridge A Tenienway Hanly Culirsly Committee On Resolutions Committee On Permanay Elmer Dasseu Shelbyville Wayes Ous Gambie Vigo Everidge Hemenway Manis Good 3 Jesse Quervsivee Indianapolis Jown CG. Ghaney Sullivan Julian Hogate Tsnaville

Hem Roid Offered as Pile Cure by Dr Leonhardt

A medical advertisement claims Dr Leonhardt’s Hem Roid is the only absolute cure for piles. It promises relief from intense pain and swelling with tumors filled by black blood and offers a bonded guarantee with each package. Sold at Houseworth Bros in Elkhart and Dr Leonhardt Co in Buffalo NY.

Simple Cure for Piles Offered by Dr Leonhardt

An advertisement promotes internal tablets that claim to cure piles by removing the cause. A one month course costs $1.20 with a $2000 guarantee. The notice directs readers to Houseworth Bros or Dr Leonhardt C Station B Buffalo NY.

Leonhardt Houseworth. Bros

Ravioli Style Meat Filled Pasta Tunks and Grated Cheese

Instructions describe making meat filled pasta pockets with cooked beef and calf’s foot, filling dough sheets, sealing, cutting into ravioli like pieces, boiling briefly, layering with Parmesan, brushing with beef broth and tomato, and finishing with melted butter.

Economize on Table Linens For Daily Meals

The Wise housekeeper favors simpler table coverings such as a breakfast square or plain doilies to prevent laundering of large cloths. A partly covered table with a growing plant or fern centers the setting while blue and white china adds charm.

Trish stew sparks society column critique of odd dish

A society writer condemns a luncheon dish described as monstrous and barbaric. He laments taste being spoiled by an over large mound of bones in a trove of moist vegetation and mocks the likeness to a tragic misnaming, the trish wi 733 stow.

Society

Hospital Bottled Egg Informal Guide

A quirky kitchen note describes boiling an egg for convalescents. Fill a kettle with boiling water, turn off the gas, and use warmed pince ets to place the egg in the water. Cover and leave on an unlit burner for eighty minutes, then shell, salt, and butter to taste for a soft easily digested egg.

Goldenrod Eggs With Cream Sauce and Toast

Prepare four slices of toast on a platter. Make a thin white sauce from butter flour milk salt pepper and parsley. Separate yolks from whites. chop whites and add to sauce. Layer toast, pour sauce, press yolks through a ricer over top and garnish with parsley and toast points.

Salmon Groquettes From Old Time Cookery

Drink peppers and milk heated to a smooth paste with flour stirred in until thick. Cool, add canned salmon mashed fine with eggs salt and pepper, thickened milk, and bread crumbs. Form small cakes and fry in hot grease until brown.

Smooth Gravy Preparation from Fragments

A fragmented instruction describes removing meat from pan, sprinkling flour, stirring smoothly, adding cold water, and bringing to boiling point. It mentions pork or Toutton meat and removing surplus grease before coating with flour.

Francis Knowlton Promoter Accused in Wolf Lake Scam

The article alleges Francis Knowlton, a railway promoter from West Lake, defrauded many creditors in Wolf Lake Noble county after promising a Fort Wayne to South Bend traction line. He supposedly acted as agent for C Prancis and vanished with investors’ funds, leaving farmers seeking repayment.

Francis Knowlton Rom West Lake Ayhy Wielf Ty Awolley Ppesranes Benes Fragen Gardence Bediy Lake Noble County Portland Syre Esanty Poenville Bowsme & Railroad and Traction Francis Jowett Wolf Lake Wolf Lake Fort Wavre South Dend Wolfake AIDA C. Prancis

Illness and injuries reported in Giles factory incident

AG Bossinger notes job cuts while Christ Adams shows rapid recovery from a serious arm injury after a shaft entanglement at Giles factory. Eveline Gates contracts measles and the Laltue baby on South Second Street suffers bronchitis.

Se- AG J. ‘Bossinger Cis Bas Christ Adams Giles Eveline Evaline Joseph Gates W. W. Laltue South Second Street

Dr. McLachlan Visits Tom Phillins in New Rockford

Dr. Charles McLachlan of New Rockford South Dakota stopped here on a return trip from the Isle of Tines in the Philippine group and is visiting Tom Phillins of this place.

Charles McLachlan New Rockford South Dakota Tom Phillins

Cupid and Cupidity Fanfare Hits Texas Teachers

A Minnesota paper laments cupidity among teachers as public education suffers. The item contrasts alleged teacher indiscretions with a vivid, tongue in cheek portrait of Texas schoolmarms.

Minnesota Cupid Texas Trousten Post

Quality of Leadership Note Quotation

A quotation by John A. Howland notes that one man leads because he both knows how to work and can make others work. It contrasts leadership with followers and emphasizes active guidance over passive command.

John A. Howland

Death Notice Chester Holderman of Nappanize

Chester Holderman aged 21 of Nappanize died last night. He was a distant relative of Dr. Soler and Elkhart men. Funeral services will be at the U B church in Nappanee on Saturday.

Chester Holderman Nappanize Solermen Elkhart U. B Nappanee

First Electric Execution in New York Opens Era of Capital Punishment

The state adopted execution by electricity starting January 1 1889 and carried out William Kemmler’s sentence by electric chair in August 1900, marking the first use of this method.

State of New York William Kemmler

Orrine No 1 and 2 Cure Drunkenness, Guarantee Offered

An old advertising claim touts Orrine No 1 as a secret remedy for chronic alcoholism with a money back guarantee. It states Orrine No 2 is for those who want to fake the treatment, costs $1.40, and is sold by major druggists and Caldwell-Snel Co in this city, with free treatise available by mail from The Orrine Co. in Washington DC.

Risetanith Geists Union Orrine Co Washington, D. C Bents Caldwell-Sneli Co

Mrs H A Albers Ill on South Main Street

Mrs H A Albers of South Main street is quite ill, family asking for prayers and friends to keep her in their thoughts.

H. A. Albers South Main Street

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