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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1902
Page
5
A promotional notice touts Electro-Medical Doctors offering free consultation and examination for chronic diseases and deformities. It claims new electricity based cures for deafness catarrh weak lungs epilepsy and paralysis, with free medicines and no charge for initial treatment.
Geo. Weyman & Co announces February bargains described as unapproachable. The notice highlights special prices and limited stock across their offerings.
A notice sets office hours from 8 30 a m to 7 30 p m and reminds readers to remember the date and location for related activities. The plain wording emphasizes the schedule and venue details without extra information.
Dr Peffley extends free cure time to January 1 1902 at Hotel Buckler Elkhart weekly Thursday hours 9 AM to 8 PM. Examinations free. No charges for treatments minor surgery or cures before 1902 except medicines. He promises candid opinions only accepting curable cases with home treatment available. Address 120 Main St South Bend Indiana.
A detailed listing of fabric prices includes cotton crash at 2 to 3 cents per yard, linen crash from 5 cents, Huckabuck toweling at 10 cents per yard, 9 4 unbleached sheeting at 12 count per yard, table oil cloth at 12 cents, standard prints at 3 to 5 cents, one line 10 cents quality, cardinal percales at 5 cents per yard.
Our store offers hundreds of remnants of wool dress goods french flannels and satin stripe challices from one to six yards at about half price. One table fancy silks worth to 1.50 at 75 cents per yard. Special wash dress goods sale continues through February. Also new lines of plain and fancy silks and white goods with wool dress goods and cloths for Spring.
Readily priced Cloak Department offers silk waists at 2.50, flannel waists 0.75, flannelette wrappers in sizes 32 to 44 at 0.39, new children's white aprons 0.25 to 2.00, children flannelette and wool dresses 0.39 and up for ages 2 to 14, ladies black fatteen petticoats 0.25, mercerized black and colored petticoats 0.50.
In this department we offer one lot Val laces at 1e per yard and other lots at 20c 25c and 30c per yard. Large lot of Hamburg embroideries and insertion at 2e per yard and up. New Swiss and Nainsook embroideries and insertions. Swiss muslin curtain goods 35 in wide at 10c per yard. Printed Silkolines 36 in at 10c, worth 12%c. New import dress trimmings, finest assortment shown.
A newspaper notice offers gents blue and white heavy half hose at 5c per pair. Ladies and children's hose priced 5c 10c and 16c. $1.00 undershirts and drawers for men reduced to 50c. Ladies and children fleeced underwear listed at 15c each.
100 dozen ladies corsets in several styles priced at 50 cents. Also Pears soap 10 cents Cuticura Soap 19 cents and Dr Graves Tooth Powder 19 cents offered in this department. You can depend on getting the goods we advertise.
In New York 6000 cloakmakers agreed on spring wages and conditions after arbitration, avoiding any strike. Also reported are 2000 pairs of sample gloves and mittens offered at wholesale prices by Shafer and Schulz at 1214.
Bloomington Illinois February 12 Bill Williams was shot and instantly killed last night by Alec Brennan. Both were Black and had been quarrelling. The murderer fled.
Delinquent state and county taxes for the city of Elkhart and Concord, Cleveland, Osole and Bango townships may be paid at the Simpson Abstract Office located at 206 Main Street, Elkhart, Indiana. Wood, County Treasurer.
City council plans to refer the water question to voters amid a battle with the Elkhart Water Company. Proponents argue for cheaper, better service and stronger fire protection. opponents warn of high costs. Election expected to carry decisively in favor of a municipal plant.
Professor Pearson calls miracles legends and denies Christ's divinity, printing The Carpenter Prophet with Universalist views. He argues religion rests on reason and personal prayer, not creed, insisting true faith is interior, non dogmatic, and universally accessible.
Republicans in the house held two caucuses on Crumpacker's plan to reduce southern representation but failed to adopt an inquiry resolution. The piece argues voting rights for colored citizens should hinge on qualification, and criticizes ongoing political maneuvers in New York and a Presbyterian gatekeeper shift for children.
A fragment notes controversy over potential indictment of Dowie for alleged wrongdoing. The terse remark hints at legal risk and public pressure around accusations without detailing charges or outcomes.
Two new smallpox cases were found in Galesburg Illinois. Philip S. Post Knox County judge and rising local politician is one patient. Albert Anderson cigarmaker at E D Clark Co factory is the other.
Chicago on February 11 saw opening quotes on the Board of Trade with daily price levels across futures contracts. Traders tracked wheat corn and soybeans as market activity began for the session.
Mrs W Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio describes how her three week old pneumonia worsened into a near skeleton until Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption was used. She credits the medicine with saving her childs life and notes its claim as a cure for coughs colds and lung diseases with a trial bottle offered by Houseworth Bros. and a 50 cent to 1 dollar price.
George S. Gould was arrested at Bellwood and brought to David City Nebraska on charges of conspiracy tied to the failure of the Platte Valley bank at Bellwood. He is the third Gould brother to be arrested in the case.
Gage has accepted the presidency of the United States Trust Company of New York and will assume duties in New York within a few weeks. The report is not from Mr. Gare but is considered authentic.
Two thousand pairs of gloves and mittens offered at wholesale prices. Each pair unique and available to shoppers at Shafer and Schult. Located at 12 14.
New Inland Oil Company of Indianapolis filed articles of incorporation. capital stock listed at $750,000. The firm plans to acquire oil lands and drill wells in Blackford Wells Jay Randolph Delaware Madison Grant and Huntington counties.
An ad proclaims enormous demand for Dr King’s New Life Pills as a solution for constipation sick headache biliousness and stomach liver or kidney troubles. Sold for 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
In Paris on February 11 it was announced that an American hospital will be constructed to serve all United States citizens. The project has funds for land purchase, building, equipment, and endowment, ensuring free medical and surgical care in illness.
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Ohio props. Endorsers West Truax Kinwan Marvin Toledo wholesale druggists. Cure taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price seventy five cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills described as best.
Fire destroyed a large part of the Wayne Works plant in Richmond Indiana last night. The loss is estimated at seventy five thousand dollars.
Shafer and Schult advertise wholesale gloves and mittens for the next winter season with pricing details and contact likely included. The note emphasizes bulk purchasing options and year ahead planning.
The Tribuna reports that the American colony in Rome has decided to present statues of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Nathaniel Hawthorne to the city.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a premier cure for aches and wounds. The copy emphasizes its effectiveness to heal swiftly and its fame in treatment.
Berlin reports no truth to Vienna claims that Germany would extend commercial treaties with Triple Alliance partners for another year. The semi official note clarifies that no extension is planned at this time and emphasizes status quo terms remain.
The Admiralty dispatched a powerful Baltic ice breaking steamship to chemist Professor Mendelieff in St. Petersburg for his upcoming expedition to the Siberian coast and Bering Sea.
A vintage advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic and blood purifier to combat weakness, nervousness, and loss of appetite after grip. It claims the product strengthens nerves, rebuilds the system, and restores health with a 50 cent price and satisfaction guarantee by Houseworth Bros.
Springfield Ill Feb 12 Gov Yates appoints Charles Cox of Chicago to direct the State Pawners association interpreting the role as overseeing pawnshop matters and welfare of pawners.
One Gonzales County Texas jury commissioner was not a freeholder, a factor cited as likely to reverse the convictions from the present term. The irregularity prompts review of the case proceedings and potential appellate action.
An early 20th century grocer ad promotes Mrs. Austins Wheat Food as a pest free dainty cereal suitable for breakfast, dessert, or lunch, highlighting it as a convenient grain product carried by local grocers.
Dr James W Kidd announces a free elixir called the Elixir of Life produced from a secret compound. He pledges no risk and says it cures rheumatism neuralgia stomach heart liver kidney and many ailments, sending it free to sufferers who state their illness.
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