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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
3
Numerous ads tout butter bread groceries seeds and timothy clover listed by J Buechter DeCamp Son and others. Stores claim first class teas coffees optician services and millinery new goods arriving at M A Tompkins and 216 East Jackson street.
A collage of ads lists Helfrich & Gelzen selling union made leather shoes, Willer & Co. as northern Indiana art purveyors, and L Helfrich & Son offering cheap furniture. Also firms like W H Mann lumber, Dettling & Son hardware, S B Short dentist, Columbia hotel, Stephens & Son funeral directors, Borneman hardware, Kelt’s watch repairs, Micks Co jewelers, J B Brown shop, Masson’s Feed, Godfrey Bros building materials, and cigars from various dealers.
A summary of Chinese religious life noting Confucianism Buddhism and Taoism as major creeds. It mentions Christians Catholics Protestants and foreign missionaries but says many Chinese are Buddhists and that beliefs are shaped by imperial and modern influences including events in the empire.
The text contrasts Chinese reverence for ancestors with the slaughter of native Christians and foreign missionaries, noting Confucianism as more philosophy than religion and highlighting Yadsan as a philosophical concept rather than a faith.
A seventeen year locust sparks superstition and political talk while Confucianism is described as a non religious moral philosophy in China. The piece contrasts fear of plague and panic with reflections on Confucius and Buddhist influence. Daniel Clevert on page ends.
Goshen faces the prospect of losing the Nash Knox Hubbell table factory to Grand Rapids as northern Indiana regions voice strong ties to the business. The community in Elkhart and Genesee Pure Food Co exchanges letters praising tonic and grain coffee substitutes as well as local industry impact.
A dated reflection contrasts a savvy thirty year old woman with a naïve debutante. The piece criticizes early social mixing, praises worldly experience gained through travel and life, and laments chaperonage and superficial courtship.
John Hiller Jr of Goshen died at home after suffering a lung hemorrhage following a piano moving incident at his residence and later while at Hawks Furniture Factory. The report notes he died at 3 30 in the afternoon. A separate ad promotes Allen s Foot Ease powder for foot comfort and swollen feet. A seventeen year old boy, John Kesler, had his hand ground off at Kerr Murray works Fort Wayne after his hand was caught between two wheels.
The imperial edict from Peking names Li Hung Chang envoy to negotiate with the powers for an immediate halt to hostilities and a peaceful settlement. The U S government conveys its demanded terms and states it will not negotiate until China meets those conditions.
A dispatch from Conger dated August 11 says the legations in Tsinan are besieged by imperial troops with sixty killed and about a hundred wounded. The message, dated August 19, notes the defenders will hold on indefinitely despite heavy losses. Other reports detail de Giers announcing the siege continues and Chinese authorities seeking exit permission. Good health remains among survivors as some Chinese flee Honolulu amid Boxer outrages.
An article cites Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy for backache caused by kidney disorder. Houseworth Bros. promotes the tonic while Mrs. William Lyda of Benton county awaits bail denial and removal to Tippecanoe county jail as Benton county grand jury considers the case amid fears of violence at her former home. DeWitt's Little Early Risers is also endorsed as a prompt pleasant pill.
The text asserts stomach diseases cause distant organ issues including heart. It claims Golden Medical Discovery cures stomach problems and improves digestion and blood, with patient testimonial from Mrs. S. A. Knapp of San Jose. It promotes Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
The document lists detailed county expense estimates for the court house jail poor farm home of orphans bridges roads health reform school and more. It includes salaries for the county officers and various departmental costs with a total estimate followed by auditor printing and office costs. A separate note reports Millard Hathway, a farmer from Palmer Lake County, has become violently insane due to heat and is at large with a posse pursuing him.
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