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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
6
Silks for April offered by George Wyman & Co feature deep discounts. Sale includes a range of fabrics such as fancy silks in cut lengths at 50 cents a yard, embroidered Pongees from 65 cents, printed Foulards at 75 cents, brocaded wide Pongee at $1, and 27 inch black taffeta at 75 cents. Yardage quantities and notable savings emphasized to attract buyers.
George Wyman & Co advertises an April sale on stockings and undergarments. Children ribbed stockings 10c pair sizes 5 to 10. boys ribbed stockings 15c. ladies black cotton hosiery 25c quality 10c. ladies two thread hose 25c pair or 2.75 per dozen. men's black split foot and colored hose 10c.
Dader wear ladies low neck summer vests 10c value 15c to 25c. Ladies knit lace trimmed drawers size 4 25c quality 10c pair. Ladies high neck vests long and short sleeves 25c quality 15c. Mays 25c quality summer shirts and drawers 15c. afisses union suits 15c. Men random summer shirts and drawers 37 1 2c for 50c quality.
An assault on Branson Davis’s 10 year old daughter near Santa Fe Illinois sparks a mob lynching of a young black man and a race riot. Farmers defend the prisoner but he is hanged at a bridge site and riddled with bullets as black workers return fire and tents are burned. Extra police are stationed as tensions remain high.
President Roosevelt faced a fierce dust storm as his train pulled through Grand Island Nebraska. Fire crews soaked the ground with hoses and engines to clear the area around the president's car. He attended St Stephen's Episcopal Church and later rode with Senator Dietrich to Taylor's sheep ranch and the soldiers home to greet veterans.
In Laroche-sur-Force about 500 peasants guarding a Capuchin convent attacked arriving magistrates who tried to close the building. Three magistrates were seriously injured and driven away. In Saint Nicolas du Pont rioting followed an attempt to expel the Redemptorists, with troops forced to charge to restore order and many injured.
Trustees in Jacksonville adopt articles of affiliation with the University of Chicago. The arrangement provides joint work on admission standards and the conferring of degrees, aiming for harmony between the two institutions.
Toledo announces Stuart Robson is ill with an unspecified condition. The brief notice provides no further details and cites no sources or dates beyond the Toledo report.
Madison Wis April 27 The Superior grain inspection bill returns to the senate this week on Senator Hudnalls motion to recon sider the vote that killed the measure A debate is planned and a change of one vote is anticipated to permit reconsideration and passage The week also features debate on the administrations freight and railroad regulation bill and a political document from the stalwarts answering the assembly conferees and blaming the stalwarts for not enacting the primary law promises
American League results include Boston 4 over Philadelphia 0, Detroit 2 Cleveland 0, New York 11 over Washington. National League games show Chicago 7 Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 10 over Pittsburgh 5, Brooklyn 83 Philadelphia 0, Newark 8 over Boston 1. American Association notes Kansas City 8 over Minneapolis 7, St Paul 3 Milwaukee, Columbus 0 Toledo 0 forfeited.
In Bloomington on East Ninth Street at 1 AM thirty eight masked men whitecapped two sisters, Rebecca 18 and Ida 16 Stephens, and whipped Joe Shively 50. Shively was struck in the eye with brass knuckles. the sisters suffered non fatal injuries from barbed wire and apple switches. Warrants will be sworn for many identifiable assailants.
Mrs. Margaret Burke 65 widow of pioneer Edward Burke dies at 165 Ogden Street Milwaukee one of the last survivors of the Lady Elgin disaster and among the few who escaped the ill fated excursion to Chicago with her husband.
Aurora April 27. Mayor Thomas Snow of Batavia was found dead in a hotel room after failing to appear at supper. The porter sought him around 7:30 and the room was later entered. Death is believed due to kidney trouble.
New York reports 89,610 arrivals in the port this April with steamers due to bring total to about 100,000 for the month, compared with 75,541 in April last year.
Berlin reports seven counterfeiters captured at Posen for producing various coins including government bonds and foreign coins such as United States issues. They allegedly had American connections.
A blaze in downtown Columbus, starting in the Brunson building, destroyed the Brunson and Union Clothing Company structures and damaged the St Nicholas hotel, with losses over 600000. Captain Daniel Lewis of engine No 11 was killed when a wall collapsed. Phillip Nation was rescued from the Brunson building by firemen.
An advertisement promotes Grove’s laxative tablets labeled as a cure for A Colgin and mentions a one day refund offer. It notes the product is sold by druggists at 25 cents per box with the address 4f St SW Grove.
A St. Louis girl was struck by a ladder that slipped while she walked beneath it. She has filed suit against the owner seeking 1500 dollars in damages. The Buffalo Express frames the case as superstition proving bad luck in walking under ladders.
Mrs. Mary Crick of White Plains Kentucky reports long lasting relief from chronic dyspepsia after using Kodol. She says her digestion improved quickly and she regained weight health and strength, able to eat anything she likes. Houseworth Bros. promotes the product noting it digests what you eat and makes the stomach sweet.
Bosworth Missouri Weekly Star editor Webb uses playful headline for announcements of births marriages and deaths including local names and dates as printed in the column.
Advertisement suggests Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy when digestion lags, claiming to restore appetite and health. It frames the product as a solution to weak digestion and poor well being.
The revolutionary expedition led by Generals Montaya and Carlos Anderson sailed from Porto Rico with arms and ammunition and was captured near Samana by government troops on April 24 in Puerto Plata.
A fragmentary piece describes vagabond currents of air at Larkington Street corners. The cold touch torments nerves and joints, likened to fiends of neuralgia and rheumatism. The prose invokes Perry and Davis in a modern register.
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