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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
5
The article recounts Manx legal quirks from historical raids by a Galloway rover to parish clerks whipping dogs. It notes laws on widow rights, married women owning property, and a distinctive oath sworn by Manx judges, preserving centuries of island governance.
A Pall Mall Gazette description notes a semitropical belt within five hours of London and ten minutes by steamer from Plymouth. It highlights Earl of Mount Edgcumbe’s private gardens with Cape camellias, blue gums, bamboo, palms, nutmeg, geraniums, ferns, and fruit trees thriving on mild south Devon and Cornish coasts.
The article notes the difficulty distinguishing weddings from funerals in Chinese street processions. Red cloth coolies, roast pig, paper ornaments, and noisy crowds appear in both. The key difference is a bride in an enclosed sedan chair at weddings versus a coffin and mourners at funerals. An English writer calls a Chinese funeral the most important life event.
A king in deep melancholy seeks a cure in the shirt of a perfectly happy man. Courtiers scour the realm for such a shirt. A lone courtier finds a beggar who claims happiness and offers a thousand crowns for the shirt, only to learn the beggar has none.
Chicago man Walshaw, 95 Uland Street, lies in Clark hospital after a brutal assault by two unknown tramps about a mile west of the Lake Shore hump. He says he was struck from behind while seeking a match, suffering six deep skull wounds and a fractured skull, found two hours later by Lake Shore employes. He carried $2.30 and planned to return to South Bend, home with his daughter. his wife is dead.
Firefighters were called after 4 36 PM to 605 James Street to quell a blaze in J A Adams home. The second story rooms lack plaster, covered with paper, origin unknown. Roof shingles burned but damage deemed slight. Three new army recruits named Blume accepted, shipped to Jefferson Barracks: Jesse A Schlabaugh Cecil Harr and George F Culver.
The body of D. B. Bigam, prominent Elkhart citizen, will be buried in Grace Lawn Cemetery tomorrow afternoon. Short services occur at 2 o'clock at his residence 406 North Second Street with Rev. G. C. Rice officiating. Elks, Maccabees, and Ben Hur members will attend in a body. Viewing is from 6 p.m. today to 1 p.m. tomorrow.
At Oyster Bay on August 26 President Roosevelt with family and friends watched maneuvers from the naval yacht Sylph. The president made dives yesterday aboard the submarine plunger as part of the demonstration.
A D Jacoby of 126 Pratt street learns his sister Mrs John Jacoby died yesterday afternoon at her home in Marion. She was 75 years old.
The sixth annual reunion of Jacob Peiffer's descendants is held on the island today with most participants from near Middlebury.
Time Trend promotes a one minute cough cure claimed to treat coughs croup whooping cough and similar ailments. It emphasizes harmless pleasant taste and being a children's favorite remedy available at all druggists.
Unclear text promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a quick relief for burns cuts sprains and accidents. Mentions home made cakes and Bodily pain relief by a bottle of the oil in the house.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy that makes bone and muscle act faster and brings health and happiness to the family. It lists 35 cents for tea or tablets and credits Houseworth Bros. A new Eastman, formerly of Sykes & Co's store, now demonstrates and holds the agency for Robbins & Swinehart products.
Si Plunkard and his company present a lively rural comedy at Baden on Wednesday August 30. The show promises barrels of laughter with all-new features and a top-notch band and solo orchestra for a rare evening of fun and classical music.
Julie Murrys Own Company presents The Mummy and the Humming Bird with William A. Whitecar and a supporting cast. The production promises scenery and appointments that surpass last year’s acclaimed staging and may become a standout attraction in the near future.
Homeseekers Excursion via Chicago Great Western Railway lists 16 destinations across North America and beyond at greatly reduced round trip rates. Tickets go on sale the first and third Tuesdays of each month, with details available from F. Moss, T P A, 116 Adams Street, Chicago.
An advertisement claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure relieves indigestion by aiding digestion and resting the stomach. It asserts quick, permanent relief from stomach troubles and systemic strengthening, sold by druggists.
Collins Pindell of Elkhart states back pain from lying and cold exposure, miseries in lifting. He used many kidney medicines with little relief until Doan's Kidney Pills from Houseworth's drug store gave lasting relief after 15 to 20 years of suffering. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold everywhere 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
E D Miller druggist on South Main and St Joe streets hawks Hindipo the Kidney Cure and Nerve Tonic with a positive guarantee. Merits said to be the talk of the town as everyone is urged to try it with a full refund if no benefit and no charge if it fails.
A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports a three month summer cold and hay fever symptoms improved quickly after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He states a doctor's prescription failed to help and his wife achieved the same relief. Houseworth Bros.
An old advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a non opiate cough syrup for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It urges buyers to choose Kennedy's with red clover blossom and honey bee imagery and to buy from all druggists.
Demand rises for a modern medicine that cleanses head and system. Dr King’s New Life Pills are advertised as cures for stomach and liver troubles. Available at Houseworth Bros drugstore for 25 cents guaranteed.
The Massachusetts jurist Samuel Sewall pursued Madam Winthrop with persistent courtship from Oct to Dec in 1696, offering sermons and gifts while she hesitated amid family and social constraints. The record follows his failed pursuit and notes his eventual resignation to single life.
The Montagu family in Portman Square started May 1 feasts for London chimney sweeps in 1722 in honor of Edward Wortley Montagu and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. The custom endured through generations and made May 1 a general holiday for sweeps.
The cross symbol linked to early coins from Christendom and to modern Spanish money as a crusade of coins. Anglo-Saxon and Norman coins bore a cross to facilitate change, later cut coins vanished though the cross remained on one side like the florin. The phrase has Shakespeare and Massinger usage, with the cross meaning a penny or money.
A historical note states that the annual rent for a five room house in England during the time of Henry VIII was cheap. This item highlights medieval housing cost as part of daily life in the era.
A fragment notes a custom in Albania where a girl’s marriage value is shown by stacking her money on her head for observers to judge wealth. The lines reflect a cultural practice described in a historical voice.
Theater goers in Spain buy a separate ticket for each act and do not stay to see more than one act at a time. It is common to spend four nights over a four act play, viewing one act each night.
A professor reports experiments with a man two chickens a dog and a monkey suggesting people with longer necks derive greater enjoyment from food than those with shorter necks. The claim relies on observed feeding responses and raises questions about neck length and appetite.
The Constellation, launched Sept 7 1797 in Baltimore, is forty four days older than the Constitution which launched Oct 21 1797 in Boston. Built by David Stouert the Constellation is the navy’s oldest ship and is known as Old Ironsides alongside the Constitution.
The earliest copper work on Lake Superior was done by Jesuit brother Giles Mezier around 1675, marking the first known human effort in the region's copper industry.
In an English asylum the postmortem on three lunatics unveiled astonishing findings. One stomach contained a mouse skeleton, a cravat, five handkerchiefs, a silver spoon, spectacles, and rubber tubing, shocking surgeons with the bizarre ingestion.
In Wadebridge England a bridge with unusual stone foundations failed under strong current. After failed devices, bags of wool were sunk in the stream and piles driven in, yielding a surprisingly firm foundation and satisfactory structure.
A writer, near the end of his life, delighted in reading his books and would remark upon a passage with joy, forgetting he was the author. He would exclaim Beautiful I wish I had written that as he turned the pages.
The carl marshal's uniform costs about 1250 dollars excluding jewels or ornaments. Seventeen thousand yards of gold lace embroidery cover the coat, so much that little of the cloth remains visible.
A historical health table notes that among people currently twenty five years old, half are projected to reach age sixty five. The statement reflects mid 20th century demographic risk assessments and life expectancy estimates.
An exploration of humorous misaddressed letters to royalty. Lady Dufferin in India was once called your enormity. A missive to Queen Victoria read queen of kings and empress of the great Red sea. Highland tenants greeted Queez Victoree at the door.
A brief note describes a honey variety called Date Honey made from the juice of dates in Arabia. It highlights its sweetness and potential use as a natural sweetener.
The Concord Register of June 22 1825 prints a poem calling New Hampshire the Granite State. Written by Colonel Philip Carrigain to honor General Lafayette’s visit to Concord that day.
Central African pygmies generally marry at eight or nine. Men buy wives with three or four spears and ten to fifteen arrows, paid by installments. The groom may take his bride only after the last arrow is handed over. A man may have as many wives as he can afford.
A report notes the Shah of Persia smokes a public pipe named Il Kalldin on state occasions. The pipe is described as entirely encrusted with diamonds rubies pearls and emeralds.
The report compares survival rates to age five across regions: Newea land 39 per 1000, New South Wales 850, Victoria S84, Ireland 837, England and Wales 762, France 751, Austria 614, Spain 57. The figures highlight wide disparities in child survival between countries.
An old journal notes the aurora borealis as a 2 premonition of war, reflecting enduring superstitions across ages about celestial signs signaling conflict.
A historical reflection cites Horace Walpole’s 1783 remark that June is as cold as Christmas and notes the era’s weather, along with a vivid aside about highwaymen becoming as plentiful as pheasants and so tame they entered houses.
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