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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
6
Local notes report families visiting relatives in Rome City Wheeling area and Toledo. Many residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Gerweiler, and Misses Winnie and Rheta Wohthelt, spent time with kin and friends. A new baby is announced as Mr and Mrs Gurl Swipeiaut are parents.
The Ferthart Superior Court appoints Mary Clee Shupth et al as administrators of the estate of Fleury J Shirpert deceased. The executors are authorized to sell real estate as part of the estate settlement, with Perry L. Turner and attorney YS named in the filing.
Reynoldsville Alabama resident Brown reports suffering kidney stones and chronic kidney complaint. After trying multiple remedies he claims 9 folesys Kidney Remedy and Gemmete Cure brought significant relief, sold by all druggists.
A reader reports relief after using Poles’s Ridines Pills for months of backache and bodily discomfort. The product is described as providing excellent health. customers are advised to buy at druggists.
The next interest period at Citizens' Trust Company starts September 1. Depositors earn 3 percent interest compounded every four months.
Mr and Mrs F R Zollhoper Moravian missionaries report their work among Indians in Nicaragua. They describe two gods Vonaisa and Yapti Misera, the heaven of the Indians, and annual rites, noting rapid Christianization and that natives live largely unaltered by government changes.
Satien is appointed receiver of the Star Match Company by the judge of the Tikhart superior court on the Math day of August, TSP. Waltier Brown is named Receiver with Seenner & Wider as attorneys. Three percent interest is paid upon savings deposits by Citizens Trust Company. The next interest period begins September 1.
Thousands flocked to Scotland a century after Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake popularized Loch Katrine. Tourists, drawn by the romance, packed inns, boosted hospitality revenue, and stirred Highland interest as English visitors traced Rob Roy land and Fitz-James legends from Glasgow to Stirling.
King Edward honored 15 year old Hannah Hugill of Yorkshire with a medal for saving her mother from a bull attack last fall. When the mother stumbled and was knocked down, Hannah seized a pitchfork and distracted the bull, allowing her mother to reach the fence and escape.
The tale sees Don Quixote declare Dulcinea the world’s queen of beauty and vow to duel any knight who disputes her. Bystanders dismiss the claim as a joke, noting waitresses’ looks over romantic pretensions while Quixote persists with dramatic threats.
A wealthy widow in a castle near Buda and Vienna hosts twelve armed brigands posing as honored guests. The chief, moved by honor, promises return of any stolen items and instructs his men to take nothing, gifting a rare lesson in virtue to lead thieves away from crime.
A Galveston News item records a comic scene where a man with a cold shows a handwritten cure list. The note recommends onions, whisky, quinine, rock and rye, hot lemonade, molasses ginger stew, horehound candy, and overnight warmth. A rival cure adds camphor oil and cayenne pepper with lemon and milk hot.
Chicago pushes curriculum reform by removing algebra and much arithmetic not seen as useful, aiming to teach what will be remembered. History instruction shifts to origin of government and civic duties, with less focus on colonial era and detailed colonial and Indian customs.
A reader complains that a person overvalues own importance, blaming market declines on self rather than broader factors. The example notes the individual bought about a dozen shares at roughly six dollars each and assumes every stock tumble reflects his influence.
A rustic exchange mocks a census taker who, in a humorous complaint, insists that the enumerator cared only for figures and ignored the speaker’s rheumatism and first marriage. The dialogue captures local wit and skepticism toward official data collection.
Readable fragments indicate discussion of hives eczema and itch with reference to a Dean's ointment or salve as a treatment option. The brief notes imply a medicinal claim or usage context without detailed formulation or efficacy data.
A testimonial from Susanne Alahar of Hotel Royal Bucyrus describes using Parisian Sage to halt hair loss, clear dandruff, and improve scalp odor within days. The product, sold by druggists and Houseworth Bros for 45 cents a large bottle, claims refunds without questions.
Mrs Janet Mefensie Hill editor of the Boston Cooking School Magazine promotes dates as nutritious. A recipe for K C Date Muffins uses butter sugar egg milk flour baking powder salt and chopped dates baked in a slow oven then browning. Also mentions K C Cook's Kitchen powder and promotional note.
Public notice calls all who know themselves indebted to Clara Nelson to call and settle at once. The notice also mentions a gasoline price or sale at Turnocks on Saturdays.
Ad fragment touts Foley's Kidney Pills as a tonic for backache headache and urinary irregularities. It promises to sustain health and vigor with age and lists scattered names and sellers in a damaged promotional text.
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