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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
7
Miss Marion Cunningham of Emporia Kansas testifies to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curing her three year womb trouble with irregular cycles and back pain. She urges others to write for advice and grants permission to publish her testimonial with her picture.
Lord Kitchener reports Bruce Hamilton surprised Piet Viljoen's laager at dawn December 13 near Witkraens, 25 miles west of Ermelo. Sixteen Boers killed, seventy six captured with one recaptured gun in good order. Two field cornets among prisoners. many wounded left at farms.
Hotel Paris proprietor L O Garner endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for constipation and stomach trouble. He cites personal improvement and urges readers to try the medicine sold at local drug stores. In Parke County, Nettie Asselman, 20, attempted suicide by carbolic acid after her lover left her, and her father was summoned to help.
Advertisers praise Foley's Honey and Tar as a splendid remedy for coughs colds and sore lungs sold at Rushton's drug store with satisfied customers extolling its benefits.
Peoria Illinois December 16 The National Cereal Mining Company with 1 000 000 capital stock and Jersey City offices. Chief distributing offices in Peoria Will absorb Silver Flake Cereals mills in Chicago run by Rudolph Brand and in St Louis run by Ellis Wainwright A new mill of 175 000 will be built in Peoria with a daily capacity of 12000 bushels of corn and 5000 of oats.
The Wabash Lodge of Elks will distribute $400 to the city’s poor on Christmas Day. More than $200 of the total comes from a minstrel show the lodge staged earlier.
A 19th century promotional note claims poor complexion stems from torpid liver and blocked bowels. It touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as world famous for stimulating the liver and regular bowels without griping or distress, from Houseworth Bros.
Portland Ore Dec 16 David P Thompson a well known capitalist and former United States minister to Turkey died early this morning He was born in Ohio in 1834 and came to Oregon in 1852 He once served as president of seventeen national banks in the northwest
On a bitter cold night near Perryville Illinois Central trains collided after a freight ran through a siding. Eight killed and over a dozen injured amid a fiery wreck. Victims include David Behan Edmund Carey J W Funk Richard Ormsby James Beargon Bert the Chicago newsboy and others.
In Scranton delegates refuse alliance with socialism and adopt trade autonomy resolutions with mixed views. The reform affects mining, brewery workers, pressmen and longshoremen gains. Officers are reelected led by Sam Gompers with Morrison as secretary as New Orleans chosen for the next meeting. Indiana coal operators warn of assets tied to a broad trust with Morgan Pierpont involved. A testimonial for Deans Ointment concludes the item.
Three eastbound locomotives a freight light engine and a wrecking train collided near Bolton five miles from Freeport on the Great Western road. Fireman M Riley of Dubuque was killed and engineer William Norton had a leg broken. The freight engine backed into the wrecking train after the rear collision.
The estate of the late Fierre Lorillard is appraised at 1 797 1925 dollars in New York with total personal property listed as conservatively valued. The December 16 notice outlines the estate's value and distribution.
A Susquehanna engagement involved Miss Eliza Turnbull and Charles Bloodgood with a disputed ring tossed into the river. The tale shifts to a later fishing find of a ring bearing initials, while a Chicago druggist extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe and pneumonia prevention.
Marion police arrest a man calling himself Dennis Hayes but believed to be Matthew Taylor wanted at Waynesville Ohio for the April 7 1900 murder of Clarence Warwick aged fourteen. He matches the description and admits being in Zanesville.
A historical advertisement for B. B. B. Botany Blood Balm claims it cures blood and skin diseases from ulcers to cancer. It offers 10 000 free treatments with full address for free medical advice and lists Druggists and Jo. D. Rushton as sellers in Atlanta and other locations.
The jury awarded $250 in damages to Wemees Evans in a case against Bedford Quarries Company for personal injury from a falling stone slab at the stone mill killing a worker. Evans, a water bar, sued for $16,000.
Rev James Kirkman of Belle River Illinois reports years of lung trouble cured by One Minute Cough Cure. He praises immediate relief for coughs colds and lung issues including croup and notes it is safe pleasant and popular with children Brothers Houseworth Bros distribute.
Waraw Vernon Stamp and George Bucher, both sixteen, are missing from their Milford area homes for several days. They were believed to have gone West but no trace has been found.
Four flavors Lemon Grange Raspberry and Strawberry offered in jars for 16e. Try it today as a family favorite dessert product available at local grocers.
Richmond belted preacher Rex V Spicer conducts a highly successful revival at Plainfield. Twenty five accessions to the Christian Church have been reported as the revival progresses.
Editor Lynch of the Daily Post in Phillipsburg New Jersey testifies to the efficacy of Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds. He states he has used many patent remedies but finds this product the best of its kind and cannot praise it enough.
Washington reports confirm the Pan American Congress in Mexico City has effectively collapsed over compulsory arbitration. Argentine delegates plan a formal statement of regret and withdrawal, followed by Bolivia Peru Paraguay Venezuela and others leaving. United States Mexico Nicaragua and Costa Rica remain, opposing compulsory arbitration as impractical.
Elwood Geo Kreitenstein and staff of the Indiana division S of W attended a Thursday night banquet held by R L Leeson Camp in this city. A large turnout from across the gas belt, with grateful women praising Rocky Mountain Tea. The Rev D T Phillips spoke in Welsh at the First Baptist church in this city.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a Chicago company and a New York link in a dubious kidney cure claim. The garbled text names Dr Ay Bragus Piliscureali and references seeds, suggesting an advertisement or testimonial without verifiable medical backing.
Wayne Nelson and Huntington party arrived to inaugurate the first interurban car run on electric power. Cars will operate on a regular schedule by Sunday for Fort Wayne service.
An old advertisement notes Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as pleasant to take and labeled as a pleasant laxative sold by Thomas and Rushton drug stores.
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