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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1905
Page
4
The Weeky Truth from Truth Publishing House is a Thursday issue with foreign and local news. Subscription runs $1.00 per year for delivery to U S or Canada post offices.
An April 1905 column highlights C A Prouty of the Interstate Commerce Commission warning against national surrender to monopoly. It cites Chicago elections, Roosevelt, Mayor Dunne, Elk heart support for public ownership, and the risk of railroad, telegraph, and telephone control by five large firms.
The piece covers Democratic rift over government control of railroads and monopolies with Parker opposing regulation while Bryan Dunne push for public ownership. It notes a broader call to curb monopolies and dismiss past issues, and then details a USGS bulletin on Kankakee river drainage, its history, and the ongoing difficulty of solving swamp land reclamation near Momence Illinois with a projected $5,500,000 cost before solutions are found.
Clergy and church workers protest accepting gifts from Rockefeller and similar magnates. They argue religion should grow without tainted money while others say wealth can be used for good, helping the needy and spreading happiness if directed by upright hands.
The public bears the burden when freight rates are excessive or discriminating, harming consumer prices and industry. Current regulation fails across inter state traffic, urging reform. Dr. King's New Life Pills advertised as a health cure at 25c.
Engineers estimate flood control costs between 2.75 and 5.50 million dollars based on 6 000 to 12 000 cubic feet per second. Proposals include diverting Yellow River drainage into Tippecanoe, crossing divides into Lake Michigan, and studying flow, lands, and topo along the Kankakee bed from Iber to Ora.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relief claimed within six hours by a cure advertised as the New Great South American Kidney Cure. The ad asserts prompt relief from bladder and back pain and immediate relief of water retention in both sexes. Sold by C. H. Leonard, druggist, Elkhart, Indiana.
A Stanford University faculty colony is planned at Carpinteria in southern California. Leaders include President Jordan and Professors Gilbert Stillman Fish Pierce Merino Elmore and Cannon, and Mrs W A Kimball to assist in building summer homes.
An advertisement touts $100-Dr. E Detchon anti diurette as a remedy for children who soil bedding from nocturnal incontinence. It promises immediate results and lists Leonard, a druggist in Hartford, as supplier with a one dollar price noted.
The Manila agent of the Pacific Commercial Museum in San Francisco urges California merchants to scrutinize trade practices and stay alert for evolving market conditions impacting imports and sales.
The Toyo Kisen Steamship Company of Japan moves to extend its Manila Panama service. It has secured a large Rothschild loan and is building 12,000-ton 20-knot steamships. After the war it plans to challenge San Francisco shippers for the Oriental market.
Don’t borrow trouble. Dyspepsia biliousness Brights disease and similar internal disorders make you weary. Fly for relief to W Electric Bitters at Houseworth Bros. drug store. Price 50c guaranteed.
The ad proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal cure for surface cancers. Jas Walters of Duffield Virginia reports a lip cancer healed after using the salve, and the notice guarantees the remedy for cuts and burns. Available for 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
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