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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1905
Page
2
A 19th century advice piece promotes Dr. R V Pierce Favorite Prescription as a tonic for women. It urges cheerfulness patience and youthful looks for harmony in marriage. The article cites testimonials from Mrs T Dolan and promises a $500 reward for cures it cannot achieve.
A. G. Spaulding challenges Henry Chadwick to prove base ball did not originate from Rounders. He recounts 1889 Liverpool Rounders game and argues base ball is American in origin, criticizing Rounders as misattribution and proposing earlier English games as less plausible ancestors. He recalls touring England 1874 and 1888 89 and compares Rounders to cricket golf lacrosse and other games. He notes traditional Old Cat games as even older local precedents.
A Base Ball writer argues that the Knickerbocker club founder brought the game of Base Ball to the field in the early 1840s with a written description of its rules. The field test approved it on the spot, leading to the Knickerbocker club’s formation to formalize play. Town Ball and Rounders are cited as precursors, appealing as distinctly American games.
Advertisement touts PeWitt's Little Early Risers as famous gentle pills for biliousness and constipation. Claims include no stomach weakening or nausea and that they strengthen the bowels and liver, sold by all druggists.
An English inventor introduces a method to age new wood by replacing sap with beet sugar or saccharine. Fresh boards are placed in a large cylinder with pipes, heated water flows to boil the sugar into the wood pores, then cooling follows. The treated wood is dried in hot air and cooled, claiming to resist dampness and insect damage.
A spring tonic claim touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as driving out winter impurities and giving strength health and happiness. Available as tea or tablets priced at 35 cents. Houseworth Bros.
A solid mountain of iron is reported to have been found in Styria within the renowned Leoben iron mining district. The discovery could signal a major resource boon for the region and its mining interests.
Foley's Honey and Tar claims to avoid causing constipation unlike other cough medicines. The product advertises no ourates and urges consumers to refuse substitutes. Sold by House worth Bros.
Mrs John Carmichael is seriously ill with pneumonia but slightly improved. Miss Ethel Dunston of Lake Linden Mich visits Miss Constance Brady. Rev E F Light returns home after weeks canvassing. Howard Kelsey is seriously ill with appendicitis. Miss Maud Rhoades of Buchanan visits her father James Rhoades. Co Aiken was in South Bend. Fred Warner and Lorenzo Warner families of Adamsville move to Elkhart this week. Jake Martin of Elkhart and Mr Berks of Kalamazoo visit David Clay and family.
French engineer M. Licog de Lobel outlines an all rail route from Paris to New York via Behring Strait tunneling. He says French capital funds and Russian approval already exist and questions the US stance before President. He estimates 150 million dollars needed for construction and links.
Charlotte Wolf, 74, confessed she burned her house and $7,000 in certificates to defeat relatives from profiting by her death. She set fire to valuables, attempted suicide by hanging, was stopped by relatives, declared insane, and committed to an asylum.
A bomb was thrown at the Webb residence near Harrison furnace in Portsmouth county Wednesday night. The house was partially wrecked but no one inside was hurt. William Webb fired at two men fleeing the scene. Webb had recent neighborhood trouble and had married a much younger woman.
Lansing March 30 The State Senate committee on saline interests is to investigate charges that salt is shipped in bulk from Manistee and other west Michigan ports to Chicago where it is barreled and labeled Saginaw salt.
Col. Jacob L. Greene, 1837 birth, president of Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, died of apoplexy at his Hartford home. He served in the Civil War with the Seventh Michigan regiment.
In Calumet on March 30, Egosti Sabatini shot Pia Lombarelini after she refused his advance. Lombarelini died from the wounds and Sabatini was arrested.
Mrs. Caroline Jobes, 72, was attacked at a sanitarium in Ottawa Kansas on March 30 by an unknown person and may have been fatally wounded. Police investigate and seek information on the assailant.
A Milwaukee woman avoids an advised ovarian operation by using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Her testimonial notes relief from ulceration, pain, and weakness, urging others with ovarian or womb troubles to consult Mrs. Pinkham for free advice.
Joseph Coffman of Montmorenci Indiana recounts a ten year struggle with chronic bronchitis. After trying numerous remedies his employer recommended Foley's Honey and Tar and he reports a miraculous recovery. He notes many others have benefited from the product sold by House.
Houseworth Bros central drug store introduces the Douglas and Spencer line with all popular varieties priced at 10c per pound. Postmarked April 17.
Mrs Ellen Hadlison of 300 Park Ave Kansas City Mo reports severe whooping cough in her two children with nosebleeds during paroxysms. After trying remedies they consulted a family doctor who prescribed Foley's Honey and Tar. She says the first dose improved them and credits the product with saving their lives. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Houseworth Bros.
For Sale or Trade 5 acres in the city with no buildings seeks a wild take lot or a horse for first payment. Contact Andrew S. Lamb at 118 West Lexington Avenue. tf
Advertisement notes that digestion is essential for nourishment and health. It claims Kodo Dyspepsia Cure digests food, cures indigestion, and eliminates stomach troubles by making the stomach strong so you forget you have one. Sold by all druggists.
Advertisements urge Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to combat spring tiredness causing loss of appetite and sleep. Burdock Blood Bitters claimed for lazy liver, Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder issues. Sold by Houseworth Bros with prices listed for tea and tablets.
A vintage line advertising Dr Thomas HMlectric Oil portrays it as a cure all for common household injuries. It claims instant relief for burns cuts bruises and sprains and positions the product as a trusted remedy in the medicine chest.
A Cornhill writer condemns village life noting that in wide, populous districts the agricultural laborer his wife and children are half starved from birth to end of life. The piece highlights stark rural poverty beyond town observers’ perception.
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