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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
6
Elkhart police seek a patrol wagon using the veteran gray mares from the old fire team. Fitting a wagon would cost little and reduce hack hires for transporting drunks and prisoners. The city council opposes selling the mares to dealers and suggests long service as patrol animals.
A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports three months of summer cold suffering with hay fever like symptoms. He tried multiple medicines before Foley's Honey and Tar cured him quickly and his wife saw the same success, per Houseworth Bros.
E J Finehout responds to accusations over failing to close stores on Sundays arguing his store adhered to the agreement more fully than rivals. He notes preferring forenoon closing to allow church attendance and expresses willingness to sign and uphold such an agreement, contrasting with others.
Fraud exposed as counterfeiters imitate Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds and other medicines. The warning stresses the company name on wrappers as protection, noting cures for over 35 years. Hook for it on all Dr King’s or Bucklen’s remedies. otherwise imitation. Houseworth Bros.
Nate Tibbitts of Elkhart reported at the police station that a bicycle he rented on July 4 had been found and picked up by officers where it had been left standing.
West side residents allege a grocery wagon deliveryman is treating his horse cruelly and warn a warrant could be issued for his arrest if the abuse does not stop.
Sadie E. Cathcart files for divorce from Gilbert Y. Cathcart through Harman and Zigler alleging non-support and cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple reside in Bristol.
An ad style fragment promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a stomach strengthener. It asserts the product tones the stomach and makes indigestion impossible. The text relies on vague claims without verifiable evidence or context.
Myron White the chronic offender will serve a jail term for stealing chickens rather than for intoxication. He stole 14 fowls from Mrs. Lucy Watson and neighbors near Jauriet Court, was identified by witnesses, pleaded guilty, and bound over to circuit court on $300 bond. He faces a penitentiary term of one to fourteen years as a second larceny offense.
The 315 Lonecliff asylum patients, guarded by 23 attendants, rode a Vandalia train to a Ringling Bros. circus performance in Logansport. The inmates applauded, behaved quietly, and the managers hid the patients’ presence to avoid a prior incident in New York. No mishap occurred as the crowd dispersed post show.
Mrs Mary A Warner died at 6 20 this morning at her home three miles west of the city after years of paralysis. She was born in Ohio 68 years ago and was a longtime local resident. Survived by husband Samuel J Warner two sons Lloyd W and Warren W two daughters Mrs Samuel Pindell and Mrs Charles Bensecker a sister Mrs Elizabeth Leininger all of this vicinity Funeral will be held Sunday at 1 30 PM at the house Burial will be at Osceola.
Advertisement claims Kodal Dyspepsia Cure cures indigestion dyspepsia and all stomach troubles by aiding digestion and giving the stomach a rest. It asserts permanent relief and system purification to prevent disease. Sold by all druggists.
A Norfolk Virginia reader reports severe knee burns blistered but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve stopped the pain and healed without a scar. The ad touts instant relief for agonizing burns and says it heals all wounds and sores, 25 cents, available at Horseworth Bros. druggists.
Real estate dealer Joseph Mandelkorn reports from Russia that the Aligani, a new underworld power, terrorize provinces and loot with police and troops ineffective. He notes widespread fear, corruption from officials, and a nation ready for change as bandits demand protection money and assault dissenters.
In South Dakota about 1800 Native men from Pine Ridge and Rosebud work as harvest hands, aided by the Riggs Institute near Flandreau. Superintendent Charles F. Pierce says fifty boys aged sixteen to twenty have worked for county farmers, earning 1.50 to 2 dollars daily for six to eight weeks and returning with fifty to sixty dollars. He argues that teaching work habits to Indian boys is the quickest solution to the Indian problem, noting many prefer school during vacations and see money as a reason to stay in education rather than returning to reservations.
W W Nelson's launch Togo, modeled after the whaleback Christopher Columbus, tops ten mph with a four torse power engine and is the only craft of its kind. Twenty eight feet long, it has air tight ends, an eighteen day fuel supply, and a sleeping cabin. next fall it will be loaded for an upriver voyage to New Orleans.
Consul General Wynne reports a hot weather outfit worn by President Roosevelt in Washington and London. Wynne recalls asking the president about a suit costing six dollars, only to be told his suit cost four dollars and that he is closer to the people.
A Lithuanian inventor has created an electric gun capable of firing 4 000 to 12 000 shots per minute with a range of three miles. The device is described as a new death dealing instrument.
A dramatic mock oration depicts the Czar of winter powers as broken by the eastern sun. It laments vanished navies and sunken ships, while children cry for light. The piece questions divine will and points toward Portsmouth as a judgment seat for thee.
A series of 11 transfers recorded including Ida M. Canode to Minnie Baurer a Union township land for 1 dollar and Albert B. Beardsley to Frank N. Welsh two Elkhart lots for 600 dollars. Other deeds cover Joseph H. Crow to Albert Daus man Nappanee land 1 dollar Levi Hostetler to Lydia Hostetler et al Benton township land 1 dollar Daniel P. Kurtz to Anna P. Kauff man Osolo township land 300 dollars Alfred Sanders to Grant C Underhill North 4 Elkhart portion 400 dollars Mary Johnson to Swan N Anderson Anna K Anderson Elkhart half lot 700 dollars George E. Compton to Louis J. Chapman Chapman's south add Elkhart 1 dollar Louisa Chapman to Valentine Nadolny Chapman's south add Elkhart 600 dollars.
Mishawaka correspondent for the South Bend Times reports that several boys will travel to Elkhart next week to hear William Jennings Bryan before his global trip. They fear he might be adopted by another country as leader.
Admiral Voelkersam of the Russian navy, killed at the battle of the Korean straits, was assigned to command a torpedo boat as a junior officer. He was so large he could not fit through the ship’s companionway, sent a telegram to St. Petersburg about the problem, and was told it was a joke. He slept on deck until naval authorities conceded he was misfit for the role.
Parties place orders for immediate delivery as price of coke is four dollars per ton delivered until further notice. Hikhart Gas Co. foot of East High Street.
I will sell my automobile cheap if taken within the next thirty days. First class high grade in excellent shape. Call and see at 514 South Second Street Elkhart Ind. 2nd and W H M Goettel.
May interest notice to Elkhart residents on gas range purchases. No extra cost for future extensions. pay $5 on receipt, then $5 monthly installments. Board of Directors endorses plan.
A piano can be properly cared for only by a thorough piano maker GEO. N. SCHAFF. tt Phone 511.
A Morgantown Indiana man, A R Bass, suffered night-time urination, backache and kidney pain. He recovered after using Foley's Kidney Cure, which was advertised as preventing Bright's Disease by prompt treatment. Available at all druggists.
A reader from Oaklandon Indiana credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving his wife from consumption after doctors gave her up. He reports she recovered after using the coughs and colds remedy, with one dose claimed to relieve and germs killed. Available at Fleetworth Bros druggists.
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