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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1903
Page
6
George Wyman & Co. advertises silk bargains with multiple lots priced from 25c to 75c per yard. Offers include fancy silks at 50c, embroidered Pongees at 65c, printed Foulards at 75c, check summer silks 65c, wide brocaded Pongee at $1, and black 27 inch tafetta at 75c. Promises best quality and invites investigation.
George Wyman & Co announces an April sale on stockings and undergarments. Children’s ribbed stockings 10c pair. boys ribbed stockings 15c. ladies black cotton hose 25c quality 10c. two thread black cotton hose 25c. men's black split foot and other hose in various colors.
A local catalog lists women’s low neck summer vests at 10c, ladies knit lace trimmed drawers size 4 at 10c per pair, high neck vests 15c, Mays 25c quality shirts and drawers at 15c, misses union suits 15c, and men’s random summer shirts and drawers at 37 1 2c for 50c quality.
Across Missouri a bribery probe unfolds as two grand juries pursue witnesses including Lieut. Gov. John A. Lee and U S Senator William J. Stone. Prosecutors Folk and Crow coordinate with multiple parties while lawmakers seek immunity and potential perjury indictments amid the alum bill controversy.
An advertising letter extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for indigestion and stomach ailments. Testimonials claim it improves digestion, vitality, and overall health, urging readers to avoid substitutes and noting pellets for constipation.
Amsterdam April 13 The strike collapsed with the aged Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis present at a stormy labor meeting. He proposed terminating the agitation as the cause of Tabor had waned and retired from active leadership.
Bloomington Illinois April 18 John Hillis of Joliet part of a 600 excursionists party attacked in Union Depot by Arthur Robinson station porter for Chicago and Alton railroad Robinson said self defense after Hillis and friends provoked the clash a heavy iron bar used as a stove shaker inflicted a potentially fatal wound Robinson fled was chased by a crowd and found hiding in a barn Hillis was cared for on the train and sent home
An enormous coal tract in Hanover township near Wilkes Barre is reported on land owned by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company. Eight new veins add to twelve already mined, totaling twenty veins with about 150 feet of coal. The lowest vein lies 2 300 feet below the surface, and the find is estimated to hold 300 000 000 tons, characterized as the most valuable discovery in the anthracite region since early development.
Richmond Va wholesale druggist L Wagner reports a severe sciatic rheumatism attack lasting nearly two months. He credits Mystic Curt for Rheumatism with curing him after doctors prescriptions failed. He notes he has heard of good results from others who used it. Sold at Fenton's Drug Store.
An engine on the Central railroad of New Jersey left the track after a rail spread and plunged twenty feet into a pond at Elizabeth. Engineer Arthur Bogart of South Amboy, Fireman Brooks of Jersey City, and Brakeman Kling of Elizabeth died. The brakeman survived briefly before passing away en route to a hospital. The whistle rang as the engine slid down the embankment.
A note indicates individuals kept Bailey's Laxative Tablets in hand and free for use, suggesting a casual or improper distribution of the product. The text implies ongoing access and potential misuse without clear legal or organizational context.
The Caribbe squadron operates from Puerto Cortez with orders to guard American interests. Cortez Honduras reports dispatch of the cruiser San Francisco to Patuca river to watch for distressed American prospectors. Olympia San Francisco and Marietta ordered to Pensacola leaving Honduras April 11, while Panther remains on the coast. No direct telegraph link with Puerto Cortez. Admiral Cogjan's cable message filed in Guatemala.
Officials of a Waynesburg company running local phone lines faced a boycott after a strike by operators. The chief operator was urged to resign, a petition to retain her failed, and subscribers claimed the neglect charges were groundless.
A setup uses two equal tumblers filled with water placed apart so a wooden rod can rest on their rims. Strike the mid point of a second rod suspended between the glasses. a weaker pole breaks while the glasses stay unharmed.
Walter Damrosch resigns as leader of the New York Symphony Orchestra. He and his wife sailed for Europe from Pittsburg on April 10. The move ends his tenure and marks a major change for the ensemble.
Labor unions in La Crosse Wisconsin seek to enforce Sunday closing as obsolete blue laws. Barber George W Briebe was arrested for opening his shop on Sunday. Trial set for April 17, drawing great local interest on union power to enforce agreements and old statutes.
A disordered stomach disturbs the bowels and congests the liver and kidneys, leading to many diseases, some fatal yet painless. Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are recommended to restore stomach and liver function. For sale by Houseworth Bros.
Washington reports no knowledge of negotiations between the United States and Great Britain on British commercial privileges in the Panama canal. Officials say there is little precedent for talks on such a major subject well before the canal opens, with no crossing of the Atlantic by any briefing patch.
Mayor Cove of Waukesha Wisconsin endorses Bailey’s Laxative Tablets as agreeable and meritorious for curing constipation and related ailments. The ad urges periodic cleansing of the bowels with available 10c size packs of 20 or 25¢ size packs of 60, sold at Fenton’s drugstore.
The Sao Paulo provincial legislature approved a bill imposing a maximum 2 percent export tax on coffee. It would take effect in July if the president signs the measure.
St Paul Minnesota April 10 Total blindness has stricken the Rev Paul Rader the Hamline College fullback as a result of injuries received in a football game last fall.
A Saugerites resident, Mrs Dean Cornwell of Valley Street, credits Dean's Ointment with curing her hemorrhoids quickly after doctors failed. The letter claims she was nearly wild with pain before using the remedy.
Norfolk Va April 13 The maiden cruise of the battleship Maine yields a string of mishaps including officer crew friction storms a gun mount accident defective boilers seven deaths and structural weakness from off coast trials The ship will be inspected in Washington then likely head to New York for repairs.
In Grand Rapids Charles Pohlmann, the 19 year old son of William Pohlmann, was shot in the head last Friday and his body placed across the Lake Shore tracks to be run over by a freight train. The head was nearly severed. a temple wound was found later, changing the suspected verdict to homicide.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinin Tablets claiming a one day cure for colds. The label emphasizes a signature warning and contains promotional statements typical of turn of the century patent medicine notices.
Marshalltown Iowa reports N A Carmean former president of the Rhoades Carmean Buss Company indicted by a grand jury on a charge of embezzlement. The filing states the charge stems from acts while associated with the firm last fall.
Due notice served on the public generally as required by law. DeWitt's name appears in the document as the implicated party in the service record.
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