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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
8
An old ad from Elkhart promotes free two dollar items at H Helfrick and Son Gents Furnishers. It mentions an Opera House Brick location and a weekly Saturday offer up to Christmas with two dollar watercolor stamps and 50 cent stamps. a customer refused.
Daniel Shick as administrator of THEURY HEUSLEY deceased has filed final settlement and vouchers for exam at the Elkhart Circuit Court on December 29 1902. Heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause why approval should not be granted. The court found the estate insolvent and ordered settlement. creditors must file claims for allowance. Louis A Dennett Clark Elkhart Circuit Court 1902.
Martinsville County Treasurer Goss paid five thousand dollars this week to Morgan county debt, lifting the last bonded obligation of the county. No other liabilities remain against the county.
Cold water is all you need to mix for delicious brown cakes breakfast ready. Mrs. Austins flour is carried by all grocers as a pantry staple in 23.
An advertising promo urging readers to buy Russ Bleaching Blue from grocers, with a fixed price of 10 cents per package and a warning to avoid substitutes.
Six year old mare with foal is offered for sale. She is described as perfectly sound. Inquiries accepted at Mc Dowell's Livery in Elkhart.
Otto Zeigler, former champion cyclist, confirms return to racing with a French syndicate. He will ride with Eddie Bald and Owen Kimber as teammates, and a new cup defender, likely named the Eagle, to be launched from a Herreshoff ship in April.
A collage of quotations mocks politics and society in Indiana from various papers. The items reference President Roosevelt, grave robbers, a U S minister to Japan, Dillard’s hanging, and calls to reduce state budget graft.
A Brown County community article notes curious local events and a postmaster situation at Cooper. A melee involving several young women, taffy and hair fashion sparks, ends when locals intervene. The piece mentions a hospital inmate and a barber displaying the captured hair.
During F G Heller and family absence a burglary occurred a quarter mile beyond Dun laps. About 150 dollars in plunder was taken including cash, an overcoat, two new suits, worn clothes, three gold rings, three razors, a razor strap, a pocket knife and a shirt. Tramps suspected. old clothes left behind. Sheriff Elliott notified. no suspect crew.
County treasurer I. O. Wood travels to Indianapolis to settle with the state treasurer, carrying over $33,000. An unrelated advertisement urges shoppers to buy Russ Bleaching Blue and avoid cheap imitations, claiming groceries cost 10 cents.
The Goshen boarding house at 114 N Fifth Street run by Mr and Mrs Leonard Smith is quarantined by City Health Officer Cook. Miss Opal Smith age 19 daughter of the proprietors is reported to be suffering with a slight form of small pox.
Arthur Stipp 24 a prominent young man fell forty feet while pursuing a coon up a tree about eight miles from the city on Friday. He was probably fatally hurt. In Richmond the annual memorial service of Richmond lodge of Elks was held Sunday with only one member having died since the lodge’s organization.
WLR Smith Jeweler and Music Dealer promotes a concert setup featuring one piano and two organs, plus a range of instruments including violins cornets clarinets guitars and other wind and string instruments.
An unclear note describes Mrs. Austins pancake flour made from life wheat corn and rice with surrounding text partially garbled. The fragment hints at a recipe or product claim but lacks complete details and context.
An earnest appeal from Rev. Goo Mnaith of the Church of Gail failed to rally subscriptions for a fundraising night. With finances exhausted and the promised remuneration at stake, he resigned from his post and announced he would take the position of Ioast Ul snies.
Roy Fidler, 19, of Goshen, left for a California gold mine owner nearly two years ago and later went to Nevada. He vanished seven weeks ago after writing he would return to Goshen. His trunk arrived, but no trace has emerged. Relatives fear illness or foul play as he had prior lung hemorrhages. parents live in Clarendon, Michigan.
A dental-style advertising copy touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a builder of flesh and life prolonger, claiming strength to the human heart and vitality, attributed to Houseworth Bros. in a vintage feel.
Lora Eperson who shot Constable Arthur Householder at Hen Island dam was moved by Sheriff McCarty to Michigan City to serve a two to fourteen year sentence for assault and battery with intent to kill.
Indianapolis will host the meeting on December 10 to select charter members for the new Central baseball association replacing the Three-Eyed league. Fifteen applications have been received, including Evansville Terre Haute Fort Wayne and Muncie.
An odd fragment notes a seal brown taste and a Canton flannel tongue urging Rocky Mountain Tea at night for 35 cents. Mentions House Worth Bros. and a marketing tone typical of old classified pages.
Auction sale of the books from the Workingmen's library occurs next Monday marking the end of a sociological experiment that showed early promise but ultimately failed.
An advertising snippet for Houseworth Bros promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as energizing to “keep in the swim” and avoid slipping down the ladder of prosperity, urging readers to use the product for stamina.
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