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Newspaper

Elkhart Weekly Truth

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1905

Page

6

Real Estate Transfers in Goshen and Elkhart Area

Real estate transfers include Louis C. Vanderlip to Fred Parish part lot in North Elkhart. Philena Ness to Lacey Diez lot in Trimmer subdivision. Market to Margaret J Boyd second Elliston add Elkhart. Interurban Land Co to Aaron S Zook two lots in Riverside Goshen. Barney Uline to Lewis Miller Uline add Nappanee. James Weidenbeck to Henry Z Sterling lot in Mather's B L E add Elkhart. William E Millegg to Henry Z Sterling part lot in Wolfe add Elkhart. Amounts range 71,200 to 650 dollars.

Louis C. Vanderlip Fred Parish North Elkhart Philena Ness Lacey Die*z Dennisons Goshen SiTao Margaret J. Boyd Elliston Hikhart The Interurban Land Co Aaron Zook Riverside

Thanks for Kindness After Death of Husband and Father

The Bridge family expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and Bar B Ger Box Factory employees for floral offerings after the death of their husband and father. Also thanks Samari tans Ben Hur societies for support.

Bar‘ger Samaritans Charles Bridge

Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Tonic Ad

Advertisements promote Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a bracing life giving remedy. Claims include a tonic for the family with options Tea or Tablets and reference to Houseworth Bras.

Hoallister Rocky Mountain Houseworth Bros Hollister Houseworth

Evansville Reader Recovers After Kidney and Bladder Ailment

Evansville Indiana resident B Spiegel writes that after five years of kidney and bladder trouble he grew weak and emaciated. He says three physicians could not help, but a doctor prescribed a remedy and he improved, regaining strength and health.

B. Spiegel Virginia St Evansville Ind

Fraudulent Remedies Warn Public Against Imposters

A local warning exposes counterfeiters selling fake medicines to ride on the reputation of trusted cures. The notice urges buyers to rely on official names and wrappers, referencing Dr King and Borklen remedies as genuine. It names H. BE Buck Co Chicago and Windsor Canada and mentions Houseworth Bros as disseminators.

Zalél Dr. King’s Borklen H. BE. Buck 36M, & Co Chicago Windsor Canada Houseworth Bros

Masiins Home Made Fried Cakes and Bicycle Repair Shop

An old county advertisement lists Masiins home made fried cakes and a bicycle repair shop at 3628 Jefferson street. It also promotes Br King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with testimonials claiming cures and suggesting trial bottles.

Money to loan and dressmaking ads in local note

An older notice offers a loan from W. Conley & Bon at 431 8B Sain Street and advertises a dressmaking service at 828 Aoe Street with piano tuning by Geo. N. Schaff at Rhone 511. The ad emphasizes proper piano care by a thorough piano maker.

W. Conley & Bon Sain Street Geo. N. Schaff

La Porte Remembers Mr. Bigam

Denis E. Bigam died at Elkhart at age 62 after a morning of normal health and helping a coal worker. He lingered after dinner and died at 2:30 pm. Previously in Elkhart he co ran a coal business with J. P. Sanders. In La Porte his firm was Bigam & Son. He was active in local fraternal groups.

la Porte Bigam Denis E. Bigam Elkhart Herald

Found Dead in Barn in Jefferson Township

Lewis J. Stancliff, living with brother in law M. L. Bender five miles east on the Middlebury road, was found dead in a barn Sunday morning. Bender, awakening to feed, found him unresponsive. coroner Dewey ruled heart trouble the cause of death.

Lewis J. Stancliff M. L. Bender Jefferson Township Middlebury Road Mr. Stancliff Bender

Beardsley Presents Flag to City Firemen

Mrs Elizabeth Beardsley presented a twelve foot flag to the city firemen at No 2 station this morning. She had visited the station a week ago and learned there was no flag for the fifty five foot flag pole north of the building.

Wealthy Women and Grand Homes Populate Centennial Notes

A procession of notable figures appears with curiosities from jewelry and heirlooms to philanthropy. Mrs John W Mackay owns a carnelian necklace linked to a Pharaoh daughter. Frau Gondel bears a brood of thirty three children in twenty five years of marriage. Mrs Charles Walker wore her graduation dress again after twenty five years. Mrs Frederick Ferris Thompson funds a new physical culture building and college libraries. Empress Eugenie maintains a diary with a diamond pen used in the 1856 treaty signing. Sarah Bernhardt’s Parisian residence flaunts lavish decor. Salem native Mrs Louisa Manning, aged ninety eight, recalls 1812 gunfire near Salem harbor.

John .W. Mackay Frau Gondel Charles Walker Biddeford Frederick Ferris ‘Thompson New York Teachers’ College Vassar Williams College Louisa Manning Salem Mass Manning Salem Harbor Chesapeake Shannon

Current Comment Quotes and Observations

A sequence of brief editorial quips from multiple papers. The items critique canal level debates, betting odds, medical cautions, wealth philanthropy, and insurance risk judgments. Notable lines reference Memphis News Scimitar Public Opinion Washington Post New York Mail and Denver Republican.

Memphis News- Scimitar Washington Post Midas and Croesus New York Mail Denver Republican

Law Points and Case Highlights

The text notes Malin versus Wenham upholding validity of future wage assignment under a contract and non definite term as immaterial. It also cites Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Rail road v Spaulding affirming a perpetual right to enjoin bicycle riders on track. Abbott v Thorne denies action for malicious prosecution without arrest or special injury.

Malin Wenham Iill Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company Spaulding Kan Abbott Thorne Wash

Fashion Notes on Summer Corsets and Accessories

Gown gossip highlights Batiste as ideal summer corset choice. Hats trend larger with higher crowns. Parasols feature matching blouse embroidery and matching parasol designs. Dull gold galloons paired with bright colors appear in embroidery. Linen tailor costumes grow more popular for severe, thoroughly tailored looks.

Batiste

Political Quips From Early American Parleys

Quotes compare a statesman speaking at public events with behavior in caucus. The Philadelphia Bulletin notes the senate’s size at its first meeting in Philadelphia, while the Washington Post jokes about uncertain membership next December as some courts take a summer vacation.

Washington Star United States Senate Philadelphia Philadelphia Bulletin Washington Post

Miss Mabel Presley Visits Toledo Sister

Miss Mabel Presley of Toledo is visiting her sister Mrs. J C Freeman at 213 Harrison Street staying with family during her visit.

Mabel Presley Toledo J. C. Freeman Harrison Street

Burdock Blood Bitters Promises Cure for Eruptive Diseases

An advertisement asserts that scrofula salt rheum erysipelas and other distressing eruptions yield quickly and permanently to Burdock Blood Bitters through cleansing and purifying action.

Emperor William Seen as War Lord in Eye of Press

The Kaiser has not declared a protectorate over Europe yet but is viewed as a war lord who has never fought. The Chicago News questions his plans and the Pittsburg Chronicle hopes the war chapters end without him going to war.

William Europe Chicago News Kaiser Pittsburgh

Tribute to Ging Yick a Pioneer Cook in Irrigon

The Irrigon Irrigator prints a tribute to Ging Yick who left Oregon for China with a gold watch presentation from local friends. He spent 17 years with Oregon Land and Water Co. and helped pioneer Stokes Irrigon, praised for honesty, loyalty, and cheerful service. The piece notes anti Chinese sentiment and laments immigration laws.

Ging Yick Irrigon Oregon China Ging Oregon Land and Water Company Cook House Mr. Holbrook Stokes Trrigon Irrigator

Roof Garden for London Opens on Westminster Electric Station

The first public roof garden in London will open in a transforming station on Duke Street Grosvenor Square Westminster. Built on the former Duke of Westminster garden site the garden sits eight feet above street level with engine rooms underground. It features Italian styling Portland stone pavilions two flights of steps ornamental fountain flower beds tubs of trees and seating for the public sunrise to sunset.

London Duke Street Grosvenor Square Westminster London Express Duke of Westminster

Dinners With Hurry Up Costumes Delight Newport

The New York Press notes fancy dress dinners remain popular in Newport. Short, improvised outfits spark ingenuity as guests race to create costumes from available materials, with no outside help or town resources used.

Newport New York

Surgeon in Red Cross Invents Loud Wound Signal Whistle

A surgeon in the Japanese Red Cross service has created a whistle that produces a loud sound with minimal breath. It is designed for wounded soldiers to attract attention easily on the field.

Red Cross

Germany's Costly War Expense Report

Germany's African campaign has already cost taxpayers nearly 50 million dollars, highlighting the war's heavy fiscal burden on the state and its civilians.

Germany

Remarkable Italian Doctor Reanimates Dead Dog

Dr Amedee Herlitzka of Turin describes a dog death recovery using rhythmical heart massage. After cutting open the chest the heart showed irregular contractions then calmed with alkali chloride injections. Calcium chloride strengthened contractions followed by a salt solution to restart breathing.

Amedee Herlitzka Turin Italy

Latest Montgomery airship sails unaided by balloon

The Montgomery airship built by Professor John Montgomery of Santa Clara college shows a craft that flies without balloon support. During a test it was towed to 2000 feet, released and then sailed horizontally, with the operator guiding its ascent and descent with precision.

John Montgomery Santa Clara Cal.) College Montgomery

Megaphone Fog Horn on Faulkner Island Planned Warning System

On Faulkner's island off Connecticut a vast revolving platform holds eight megaphones each seventeen feet tall with seven foot mouths. Steam powered by a whistle, the devices emit warnings every fifteen seconds and project sound twenty miles or more, weather permitting, in all directions across the ocean.

Chicago Chronicle Faulkner’s Island Connecticut

Soap germs study by state health board official

Dr A P Merritt reports in Scientific American that a New Hampshire state health board bacteriologist studied seventy five cakes of soap from public places and found no living germs. In inoculated soaps germs died within four hours, often within thirty minutes, with cheap soaps killing germs faster than expensive brands.

State Board of Health of New Hampshire A. P. Merritt Scientific American

Blue Light Sleep Effect Found By Geneva Professor

Professor Redard of Geneva reports blue light on closed eyes calms nerve centers and induces sleep through hypnotic or anaesthetic action. He notes violet and green rays have similar but weaker effects while red and yellow do not.

Redard Geneva

Homeseekers Excursions at Great Western routes

Homeseekers Excursions via Chicago Great Western Railway offer greatly reduced round trip rates to Arizona Arkansas Assin iboa Canadian Northwest and many western states and provinces. Tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of each month. For details contact F R Mossi T P A 118 Adams Street Chicago Ill. Dec 18.

Chicago Great Western Railway Arizona Arkansas Assiniboa British Columbia Canadian Northwest Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Manitoba Mexico Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North South Dakota Oregon Texas Washington Wyoming F. R. Mossi Adams _ street Chicago, Ill Ir D&w

Indigestion Cured by Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Claim

An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy that digests what you eat and rests the stomach. It claims quick lasting relief from indigestion and related stomach troubles, building up the system and preventing disease, sold by all druggists.

All Druget

Foley’s Kidney Cure Recommended to End Backache

A Morgantown man A R Bass suffered severe backache and frequent nighttime urination before using Foley’s Kidney Cure. The ad warns against delaying treatment noting Bright’s Disease risk and claims rapid symptom relief and strengthened kidneys after use, with drugs sold everywhere.

Iran Foley Bright A. R. Bass Morgantown Ind

Great in Remand. Modern medicine headline pitch

An advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a medicine to meet modern requirements for bowel and system cleansing. It claims to cure stomach and liver troubles and encourages trying the product, sold at Houseworth Bros drug store for 26 cents with a guarantee.

Dr. King New Life Houseworth Bros

Parley and Personett Storefront Address Noted

Enameling item shows Parley and Personett at 108 Jefferson Street as a referenced storefront detail. The fragment suggests a business listing or trade reference without further context.

Parley & Personett Jefferson ‘Street

Also Mentioned on This Page

Lion Coffee LION Everywhere Woolson Spice CO Ohio R. Turnock Jefferson Street F. G. Huntley Aklandon Br. King Touseworth Bros Fiver Close Dressmaking Aoe Rhone Hermit Remedy Ghicaen Elkhart Gas Co Hast High Street Timothy Daniel McCaffrey’s Sons Co Duquesne Nat Bank W.U. Tel. Co Dodge's Institute Monroe St Valparaiso Louis M. Simpson Main St Elkhart, Ind the Kaiser Roof Garden Montgomery Aeroplane AIF Golden Gate Patent Pride Burrell & Morgan Rae Pout Eet OS Richman American Express Company Bes Bome South Main St Ward & Templin Kennedy Dean C. W. Lenhart Bowling -Green Board of
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