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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
2
Special Sales for Geo Wyman Co. promote silk fabrics at 50c per yard, plain Taffeta 75¢ quality at 50c, Black Taffeta silks at 35c 45c 55c, velvet remnants $1 quality 25c. Umbrellas from 30c to $20, embroidered handkerchiefs 50c 65, dolls 15c and 35c. Invite shoppers to view stock for Christmas gifts.
Washington reports say Colombia seeks a cash settlement to soothe wounded pride and enrich its treasury. General Reyes aims to prevent hostilities with the United States while awaiting definite results from ongoing diplomatic correspondence.
Washington reports eleven months of 1903 trade with gains in agricultural, forest, mining, and miscellaneous exports and a rise in total imports. November’s exports of iron and steel led by $7.99 million, while agricultural products reached $114.17 million. Fisheries fell by $1 million.
Fragmentary text indicates authorities decide to remove interred remains at a cemetery in Fenoa due to conditions or space. Details are unclear but action is described as necessary to proceed with removal of remains.
Marion Indiana December 28 Jesse Bodkin an outlaw was tracked through snow for miles by three officers after a running fight. He surrendered after a fierce struggle clutching two smoking guns and was jailed. Bodkin had been missing for about a year following a duel and river escape. He later shot two policemen in Lima Ohio and an officer in Pontiac Illinois.
Six young men from Ledford near Harrisburg were poisoned after drinking whisky bought at a city saloon. James Lynch hosted the gathering and drank more than the others, fell ill and lost consciousness. A doctor treated the group. a corroded fork was found inside the jug, and all are expected to recover.
In Jackson a mob gathered before Hargis Brothers' store and fired hundreds of shots into the ground the store and the courthouse. Marshal Newland and townspeople show anger but no arrests made. Barber Charles Scott was shot in the foot and may lose the limb.
Knute Thompson, a mining expert, reports discovering platinum in paying quantities in Dunn, Menomonie area. He identifies evidence of a former excavation and believes this is the last platinum mine described by early Northwestern Wisconsin explorers.
Charred fragments of an unidentified man's body were found in woods near Silent Home cemetery in Monmouth County. Authorities indicate the case may be murder and an attempt to conceal it by burning the body.
The Bolivian congress approved the Acre treaty with Brazil by a 41 to none vote, according to a dispatch from La Paz. The terms were announced previously.
The text references a well aimed shot and reproachful eyes in a fragmentary comment from a Westminster Review context. It mentions veiled Joy and a miss though details are incomplete.
A German engineer named Diegel investigated how sea water corrodes metals. Copper and iron alloys resist better when near copper, iron, or copper masses, but copper zinc alloys corrode with surface leaching unless nickel is added.
A quote argues an uneducated child has a 1 in 150000 chance of distinction. A common school education boosts this about fourfold, a high school education about twenty threefold, and a college education about ninefold for high school students. The progression yields 87 times the chance of the uneducated and over 800 times the chance of an untrained child.
In Pittsburg Judge Crane denounces smoking citing stains on fingers as guilt presumption. He warns cigarettes predict future crime and even one cigarette signals a fall into criminal career. He calls cigarettes deadly and urges firm stance against youth smoking.
The edible frog, larger than the common frog and scarce in England, is common in Italy, France, and Germany. From Switzerland, 3 000 to 4 000 are hauled by night nets and hooks baited with worms to Vienna for sale to major dealers with conservatories.
A college register entry for a new undergraduate records name address and father’s details. A humorous anecdote notes a particularly guileless freshman whose description of his father reads as “Old man with white whiskers.”
Guaranteed cure for piles with PAZO ointment. If it fails to cure in 14 days, our druggist will refund your money. Protruding, bleeding, itching and painful piles are claimed to be relieved by this ointment.
A Georgia superintendent W F Slaton relates a tale about his twelve year old grandson. The boy’s father scolds him for a misdemeanor and threatens a whipping. The boy answers I hope I’ll be defeated, sir. He was.
A report describes young women in male dress venturing out for a night amusement in Hinsdale New Hampshire. They encounter two athletic women who plan light mischief. One was cuffed and tossed into a ditch before revealing her identity.
A druggist refund offer states if the remedy fails to cure a complaint, the money is returned. Each box bears the signature of El W. Grove. The notice appears in a 19th century worded consumer alert about a patent cure.
Mrs. Frank Beyer of Meriden Connecticut writes that years of stomach trouble left her unable to care for her children until she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After one bottle her sickness eased and she carried her pregnancy to term producing a healthy baby girl. She now feels like a new woman and works better.
Woman urged to write to Mrs Pinkham for free medical guidance. The note promises understanding treatment and kindness with thousands helped and the Massachusetts address cited.
Chicago, Dec 26. John Alexander Dowie proclaims leases issued in Zion City as Christ will return within 100 years to reign 1,000 years. He claims to be Elijah and asserts Zion lands must be purged if infidels prosper. Dowie plans world tour starting Jan 1 and sailing Jan 21 to Australia.
About 10 000 coal workers in southern Illinois worry over a forthcoming joint convention of miners and operators. Operators met in Chicago and decided to push for a wage scale reduction, while miners fear current wages are too low and expect unsatisfactory terms from the talks.
A fragment notes that records will be kept at Roasitten detailing dates of liberation for the locality and mentions that the returned information may yield interesting deductions.
A planter with yellow fever faced a grim prognosis as a colonial doctor from the calomel and quinine school insisted on a sixty grain calomel dose. The patient, terrified, died or recovered after the frightening command, illustrating risky old fashioned medical bravado.
In Yoakum Texas a large dry goods house led by Mr J M Haller sells De Witt s Little Early Risers as a remedy for morning grogginess and a laggy feeling after travel in a palace car. The product is touted for a dark brown taste and headaches.
John Fox Jr traveled Kentucky seeking local color and stayed in a mountaineer's cabin. He slept near the roof, washed in a creek, dried with coffee sack fabric, and combed hair with his own comb. The mountaineer’s boy joked about his meticulous toilet before breakfast.
A Timely Topic explains Foley's Honey and Tar as the best throat and lung remedy for coughs and colds. It promises quick relief and prevents serious results, advertised by Fenton's drug store.
In a recent conversation between District Attorney Jerome and New York figures, a reference is made to the sharp practices of a notoriously shifty city politician. Jerome quips that the man is never at a loss and could make money even if cast on a barren rock in mid-ocean with another person present.
An advertisement from Houseworth Bros promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a simple diet aid to improve Nellie’s rosy cheeks and clear skin, urging readers not to fret while the product restores health.
Reverend H P Perkins reports rapid church expansion in China with many new congregations. He notes strong interest in Christian missions and rapid adoption of church buildings across regions including Pao Ting fu.
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