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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
7
The article describes shirtwaist embroidery with Persian and Russian motifs, lace and pongee outfits, and how white linen waistwork features botanical designs. It notes Dutch baby arrival customs with sweets and a pincushion door knocker tradition from the eighteenth century.
Describes a dark blue linen sailor hat with an orange to tawny nasturtium bouquet gathered on the left side and a narrow linen bias band around the crown. Includes a rice flour rice glue recipe for durable pastes used in paper and cardboard ornament craft.
A vintage guide describes nut cookies made by creaming butter and sugar then adding eggs milk salt and peanuts or walnuts, with flour to roll and cut into stars baked in a moderate oven. It also advises repainting worn spots on metal beds with white enamel and cleaning oak furniture with soap water and sand soap before applying shellac to restore appearance.
Florence Smith, once a governess in Patiala, India, becomes Maharanee as wife and co ruler to the Maharajah. She governs with restraint, ensuring the ruler does not revert to former Eastern customs, in a state of about 1.5 million people and 6000 square miles.
The text refers to a practice that drove away flies from sacrifices and served early Christians in catacombs. It notes a similar purpose when bread and wine were distributed for the sacrament, a custom lasting in the Roman Catholic Church to the fourteenth century.
A Poland groom in Paris ordered a five foot four inch wedding cake carried by two men with a third behind. One transporter slipped and the cake was crushed on tram lines. The groom, a Pole in exile, wept at the ruined emblem of tradition.
A remarkable diamond from a meteorite smuggled to Earth in a meteorite iron envelope fell at Diablo canonical in Arizona near Crater mountain. Geologists, led by Prof. G. A. Foenig, found the gem embedded in rock debris and it is now displayed at the American Museum of Natural History.
Miss Alice Fletcher president of the Anthropological Society introduces a new practice to allocate the first thirty minutes of each meeting for brief reports by members visitors and others. This format aims to surface valuable suggestions and insights that would not justify formal papers.
In a remote western district a woman struggles with unreliable help from the East. She hires a severe maid with no fondness for men. A miner visits for water, compliments the situation, and blurts a blunt quip about a nest egg, revealing tensions in the household.
The fan appears across Europe from Italy to Spain and England with France showing its most artistic forms. In Spain it accompanies women in church or leisure and even bull fight imagery is carried in art. French revolutions include fans depicting Corday with a dagger and a fan in hand.
A year after a romantic scene in which a man signed an autograph album with a loving vow, the couple are now married. When the wife asks for an autograph as repayment for a millinery bill, he threatens to hurl the book at her, signaling a sharp turn in their relationship.
A Bowling Green Ohio resident C W Lenhart reports a burning itchy leg sore was relieved instantly by Dean's Ointment and a permanent cure followed.
The article reports that German physicians may no longer legally use telephones to dictate prescriptions to druggists due to risks of fatal misunderstandings. It notes regulatory action and impacts on medical practice and communication between doctors and pharmacists.
An old advertisement extols Foley's medicine as the surest and safest remedy for kidney and bladder diseases. It urges timely use and presents the product as a trusted treatment option.
Toledo April 27 Mayor Jones in a speech at Golden Rule Park attacked President Parry of the National Manufacturers association for his attack on union labor at the New Orleans convention. He said Parry and his radical following misrepresented manufacturers and warned the association to adopt a more tolerant American spirit or perish as a one man organization.
Galena Illinois marks the 81st anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's birth with visitors arriving for the celebration. The orator is William F. Gurley of Omaha. Past speakers include President McKinley and Chauncey Depew.
Due Notice is served to the public that DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve is the only salve made from pure unadulterated witch hazel. It claims to have cured thousands of piles where other treatments failed, warning of counterfeit copies. Houseworth Bros.
George W. Gunther, a Burlington railroad employee in Lincoln, inherits a $5 million fortune from his former fiancée Mrs. Pinger. The miner widow died in a Kansas City hospital after bequeathing the gold mines to Gunther following a past engagement.
Mrs Ellen Harrison of Kansas City Missouri reports her two children suffered severe whooping cough with nosebleeds during paroxysms. After trying remedies they used Foley's Honey and Tar prescribed by their doctor and saw improvement from the first dose, believing it saved their lives. Refuse substitutes. Fenton's drugstore.
Postmortem finds Martha Lawrence dead from strangulation at Silas Beam home in Valparaiso Indiana. Inquiry reveals a quarrel with Truman Beam the night before death.
A customer with a six month severe cough was cured after using one and a half bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy bought from Haynes Parker & Co Linesville Alabama. For sale by Houseworth Bros.
The fourteenth annual convention of the Travelers' Protective Association of Illinois chose Springfield as the next meeting place. Officers elected: President F M Follock of Bloomington, Vice President W W H Seed of Danville, Illinois, Secretary and Treasurer W W Welch of Peoria.
The best physic. Easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by Houseworth Bros.
Kansas City, April 25. Packers again raise meat prices with rounds of beef at 7.50 per 100 pounds, up two dollars in a short time. Butchers protest. packers fined 5,000 dollars each for anti trust violations, yet price fixing by the combine continues after the ouster suit.
Very Rev Robert E L Craig dean of Trinity Cathedral Omaha was arrested in Thedford Nebraska for shooting meadow larks He planned to shoot ducks but found no game The sheriff of Thomas County stopped him with a bag of larks and he was arraigned for violating state game laws and bound over to district court
Senator Shelby M. Cullom fainted in the Leland hotel in Springfield on Friday morning and was escorted to his room by Henry L. Rose, Montelius, and Thomas Page. He quickly recovered and no doctor was summoned, dispelling rumors of a dying condition.
An express train from Philadelphia will move 250 red wax sealed kegs containing $2,500,000 in silver coins to New York for transport to the Philippines. Guards include soldiers with rifles. kegs hold $10,000 each and will be loaded onto a government transport under marines’ guard.
A Lake Shore railroad fireman, Richard Gardner Sr., testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved his back pain and fear of Bright's disease after doctors and other remedies failed. He credits the pills with strengthening the back and regulating kidney secretions following a purchase urged by his wife from an Elkhart advertisement.
The army board reviewing the new militia act argues it aims to turn state forces into a national standard force quickly. They contend minimum crew and engineering company sizes are impractical and that applying regular army physical standards to militia is unfeasible given short terms and local emergencies. The Picayune notes the broad interpretation could demand sweeping changes if approved by the secretary of war.
Lebanon woman Morton L Hill reports a dramatic cure of inflammatory rheumatism after six weeks in bed and eight doctors. She says the Mystic Cure for Rheumatism gave immediate relief and enabled walking in three days, sold at Fenton's Drug Store on 225 South Main Street.
A Broadway bartender explains that rheumatism concentrates among subway workers and bar staff. He attributes the illness to damp, mossy stonework and dirt under dry looking floors, noting first class saloons keep a damp back area and frequent water exposure.
An Atlanta based Blood Balm Co advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures blood poison cancer ulcers eczema and carbuncles. Testimonials from Robert Ward and George A Williams praise healing and skin improvement. Free sample and medical advice offered via mail from Fenton's Drugstore.
Fragmentary note discusses quorum absence and unclear terms. Reads like a municipal or organizational rule snippet noting how a lack of a quorum affects meeting validity and decision making.
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