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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
4
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The Cleveland Press reports at the 11th annual convention of the United States League of Building and Loan Associations that homebuilders offer real value and dividends. Pennsylvania leads investments, Ohio close behind, with total US assets at $577 million and last year’s receipts over $412 million. The system favors thrift, real estate investment, and moral benefits, especially for women savers, fostering steadier workers and happier families.
In Barnard Castle Durham last week the Labour candidate Henderson won 3370 votes with Unionist Vane at 3323 and Liberal Bea mont at 2809. The result signals rising disaffection with both major parties as voters react to Chamberlain's tariff policy and Liberal vacillation.
Chicago News argues the Liberal party could seize a chance if led by a strong figure, noting Chamberlain's downfall and the tariff scheme as potentially foregone conclusions.
Chicago Tribune reports a cardinal meeting touched on protests to Italy’s occupation of papal states. Liberals favored waiting for the pope’s election to decide policy, arguing the church could gain without asserting temporality.
Richmond Virginia wholesale druggist L Wagner says a severe sciatic rheumatism attack left him bedridden for two months until Mystic Cure for Rheumatism cured him after doctors prescriptions failed. He also notes positive reports from others who used it at Fenton's Drugstore 225 South Main Street.
An uncle recalls an early New England ancestor who faced Puritan hardships. His daughter died of consumption at 30, and, at her coffin, he wept and recalled she could eat only grapes for six weeks, priced at forty cents per pound.
Henry Clews discusses the August 1 1903 market scene in New York noting a climax of the Wall Street crisis and an expected recovery aided by stronger bank liquidity. He cites factors such as capital growth in New York banks large railroad paper and increased trust borrowing plus anticipated gold imports and improved local money conditions.
More than 5 000 singers and vast crowds will attend the Saengerfest at St Louis June 17 to 20 in the Palace of Liberal Arts on the World's Fair grounds. Notable soloists and a 200 piece orchestra join 20 000-seat acoustically improved venue.
An Elkhart resident speaks to public good, praising Dean's Kidney Pills after back and kidney troubles. S. B. Throop, a local grocer, testifies he would not advise customers to try them if he doubted relief, urging readers to remember the name and buy from dealers. Price 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents.
Rumor revived that Oscar G. Murray intends to resign as vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio to pursue commercial interests, and he will step down once a successor is agreed upon.
July police records show 59 arrests led by Officer A Rinehart and Sergeant Stamp for intoxication, assault, larceny, and other violations. Dispositions: 21 paid, 24 committed, 4 docket stayed, 1 bound over, 7 not prosecuted. Seven tramps sheltered, five humane cases investigated, $25 in stolen property recovered.
A Lan caster New Hampshire man F J Green says chronic indigestion and nervous debility vanished after using Electric Bitters. He credits the tonic with improving his health and notes his wife remains in excellent health for years calling it splendid for female troubles. 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by House worth Bros.
Statistics show pneumonia has surpassed tuberculosis as the leading cause of death in Chicago and New York. The shift highlights a growing pneumonia mortality trend across major cities.
An advertisement claims healthful blushing in women from Dr King's New Life Pills. It asserts the pills gently stimulate lazy organs to aid digestion and prevent constipation. Offered for 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. druggists.
Melbourne Florida resident H Hug gins credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing his consumption after a doctor said no cure was possible. He reports startling improvement and recovery aided by the remedy sold by Housework Bros druggists with trial bottles free.
Mr. Tesla pledges a global message system sensed by his coherer at the remotest limits. He asserts the method will deliver powerful signals that reach across great distances and astonish listeners.
A runaway incident nearly ended in death for J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois. A four year ulcer on his leg resisted doctors and remedies until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it. Also effective for Burns Bruises Skin Eruptions and Piles. 25 cents at Houseworth Bros drug store.
Sealed proposals were invited by the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners for four stone arches and one iron bridge with specified townships and road widths. Bids due August 21, 1903, with bond, to be let to the lowest responsible bidder and subject to rejection of any bids.
A speaker argues color blindness is ignorance of color names not a defect of light. An oculist agrees the issue is misnaming colors. He notes past railroad color tests misclassified workers, citing an English study showing most were not truly color blind.
A West Philadelphia teacher told a Bible tale to a dozen boys aged 6 to 8. In explaining Abraham offering Isaac, she said a kid was caught in bushes and took it to mean a boy. The room fell silent as a child exclaimed in shock.
A Chicago man proposes placing a 13 inch cannon on Pike's Peak to propel a magnetized ball into space. He claims the ball would not return, tapping the earth's atmospheric energy reservoir and drawing power down a wire, challenging Newtonian gravitation.
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