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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1900
Page
5
Local ad notes Russ Bleaching Blue for whitening muslin and warns against imitations. Includes various classified items for sale such as a 70 acre farm with 7 room house and new barn priced at 2200, a stock and dairy farm, and multiple railroad fare specials to Indianapolis. Also lists post office dead letters with charges and notes about real estate and loan offers.
In Jefferson and Middlebury townships members of M Church fear a church split over erecting a new chapel at Cornell's Corners. Sixty years of gatherings at the old Cornell's Corners meeting house have exhausted the building's capacity. The land donor's kin objected to the new site and the congregation is divided, making reunification difficult.
The ad asserts Hulls Catarrh Cure cures all states of catarrh a constitutional disease and promises $100 to any case it fails to cure. It notes internal action on the body's surfaces, claims strength gains and nature’s assistance, and directs readers to J Cheney & Co Toledo for testimonials. It also mentions Hal’s Family Pills as best.
George Lantzer held on suspicion after police found in his possession items from a farm house near Milford Junction. Officers recovered a feather bed, bake oven, coffee pot and mill, knives and forks, spoons, and a lamp. The case ties to the missing Harvey Druckamil property during his absences. Whitbeck named administrator for Ray Itbeck’s estate after a fatal lumber pile accident on the Lake Ayards line.
Washington reports strained US Turkey ties with a possible ultimatum over $100000 indemnity for outrages on American missionaries. The move follows years of diplomatic pressure led by Angell Straus and Terrill. If unmet, McKinley may demand the Turkish minister’s passport.
Elkhart Indiana barber George Towman shares a testimonial endorsing Kid-re-aids for chronic kidney related backache. He describes severe pain, nervous distress, and scalding urine, credits relief to the remedy after two boxes, and notes availability at Horner worth Bros. drug store for 50 cents a box.
A Daily Mail Mogador dispatch describes fanatic Arab conflicts with over 100 killed and no link to French northern Sahara actions. It cites British fear of Russian pressure if Afghanistan destabilizes Herat, details Afghan ameer defenses, and notes European arms makers supplying fortifications.
Gortach Snyder suffers from moa lerisl fever while farmers focus on spring crops. Lucius A Curtis stayed several days in Marcellus Michigan, James Proudst and Early Coranouer were in Buchannan Michigan Saturday. Frank Pierce family moves back to Yellow Creek. Marshal Grant Needham of Mishawska visited town on business. Fred and Harry Martin of South Bend visited George Figgs. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Sailor of Elkheart visited James Monroe. A new engine is being installed at the Indiana Railway power house. Maud Zelier returns to N Baltimore Ohio after two weeks off. Floyd Stoner of Goshen and Dwight Halderman of Jamestown visited H F Curtis Sunday.
A brief public notice explains the mortgage exemption law. It notes the maximum exemption is 3700 and allows exemptions for smaller mortgages or up to 700 for larger ones. Many who claimed last year have not refiled this year.
Chief Alex A. Main of Stevenston was found murdered with his body hacked to pieces. Stevenston sits in the Frazer river fishing region. Main raided hold up men and thugs, and his death is blamed on revenge. Two Chinese men were arrested and stolen property found, but no proof linked them to the murder.
Daniel Gegner and his wife, both Germans, were shot by masked robbers at their smokehouse around 1 a.m. The assailants found them preparing meat and fired on the wife, wounding her in the leg, then shot Gereer who survived. Thieves escaped with fifty pounds of meat.
The University of Wisconsin regents approve a new School of Commerce to start in the fall semester with Prof. W A Scott as director and a commerce professor to be appointed by President Adams. They also establish a School of History with Prof. F J Turner as director. President Adams granted leave of absence until fall due to illness.
The article suggests officials acknowledge passenger needs for improved Big Four rail service to and from Indianapolis. Lake Shore's ownership of Lake Nieie & Western and its bid for India’s polls traffic could influence decisions shaping future service and routes.
Major General Roe urges contractors to resume work at the Cornwall Dam project above Croton Inning as the Seventh Regiment is placed on duty to protect workers. Coroner Schateneister probes the death of Sergeant Douglas, with talk of charging strike leaders with instigating the murder.
VanFleet and VanFeet, lawyers for Dr. Thomas Montgomery, prepare to defend him in a case alleging practicing medicine without a license. The matter is expected to advance to the highest court.
D T Baxter a renowned southern newspaper man, shot himself at his Lexington home. He reportedly foresaw a mob uprising after the Goebel assassination, barricaded a room, and telephoned friends before his body was found.
Salvatore Potts, chief engineer for the Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Illinois Telephone Construction Company, a renowned civil and mechanical consultant, was found dead at the Technical Club in Chicago from a bullet wound. He had been filled with grip.
The Detroit presbytery in session adopted a resolution urging the Presbyterian general assembly to formulate a short creed for use in churches. The creed would be ironical not polemical, reflecting evangelical doctrines while not changing the Westminster Confession of Faith.
Edgar Atkin, Yale graduate and coach of Smith Academy baseball and football teams, was wounded by a highwayman in a Swell District street after leaving a street car. A bullet was removed from his leg. he resides in New York.
Chicago and Milwaukee Brewers' association may discharge 700 union workers from the city's forty breweries. Some fear replacing them with non union labor could trigger a beer shortage and brewery tie up.
A yacht believed to be English was observed near Toulouse and Marseilles taking armament notes and surveying the fleet. It was captured by a French cruiser and all papers were seized and sent to Paris to the minister of marine.
The condition of Mrs Joseph Delancy who was gored by a cow at her home south of the city Sunday evening shows improvement today. She remains a patient in the hospital and is not yet out of danger though her recovery is believed to be underway.
Bristol notices report numerous visits and arrivals from Elkhart Goshen South Bend and Niles including Dan Long Moses Shelhimer and many others. The piece mentions church events a wedding Joseph Boltenhouse and Tena Lonzo and social visits across surrounding towns.
Queen Victoria received in audience the daughter of Sergt Mary Hartigan at the Dublin castle today. She presented a bouquet from the wives and widows of the NCOs and men of the Irish regiments in South Africa who served at Colenso Natal. The queen later toured Donnybrook.
A break in occurred at Granger early Sunday with two sites hit including a post office and a general store. Items reported stolen include a few cigars and tobacco products. authorities offer a reward of five hundred dollars for the arrest and capture of the culprits.
A New York judicial decision empowers the city to tax insurance companies on their total gross assets including life and casualty firms. Judge Leventritt rejects exempting the reserve fund as unjust, while mentioning a potential case value of 3 million.
In Dodge County Wisconsin on April 18 Charles Wright of Emmet was accidentally shot by his wife. Mrs Wright fired at a hawk attacking chickens near the barn door as Wright was leaving the barn. The shotgun blast tore through his body killing him almost instantly.
Captain Samuel W. Bartlett to command the Windward with Peary as captain. The ship will depart New York in July, coal at Sydney British Columbia, and head for the pole, with voyage length dependent on Peary’s decision. Hope remains high for reaching the geographic pole.
News from St Louis on April 18 lists heirs to the Ludwig Fischer estate. Ella Hughes a teacher in the local schools stands to gain just over 31 million dollars. Lissie Hollingsworth wife of a Wabash express messenger also inherits a million-plus. An 89 year old Springfield spinster sister of Dr Eversole’s father will get 2 million. Theodore Eversole a Hickman Ky flour miller and brother of Dr Arthur Eversole receives 2 million. Mrs Ann Tomlinson of Chicago whose husband is a newspaper man will inherit about 1 million.
The neatest and cleanest barber shop in the city opens at 736 So. Main with baths in connection. Also advertised are low groceries and smoked meats at G W. Robinson's 216 East Jackson Street featuring Prytion quality products.
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