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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
2
February sale offers deep discounts on Val laces for yardage from 2c to 10c, embroidered linens, silks, cotton fabrics, and vintage dress goods. Numerous remnants and whole lines priced to clear, including muslin underwear, linens, sheets, and ginghams. Numerous named fabrics and yardage prices paired with emphasis on value and year-round availability.
In a letter Ibsen recalls writing a play with an empty ale glass containing a scorpion. The creature grows sick, a piece of fruit is fed to it, the scorpion attacks the fruit, releases poison, and recovers. He says nature’s laws apply in the realm of the spirit as well.
Elkhart resident Phineas Midling reports long-standing kidney trouble and backache improving quickly after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Houseworth Bros. His wife also benefited. Available from all dealers at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY, is U S sale agent. Remember the name Doan's.
Messrs Church and Shaw are appointed as special representatives of the Postal Insurance Company for Elkhart County. All agency matters and premiums must be referred to them, and only they have authority to issue receipts. Their office is over Norris Felt's store at 218 South Main Street.
A local ad promotes F. F. F. as a reliable eczema and skin trouble remedy sold by C. H. Leonard at 117 Main Street. The $1 bottle offers a full refund if results are not seen, promising relief for eczema dandruff and related skin conditions.
Mr and Mrs Mert Hopkins request the presence of their friends at a special dancing party at Hoffmans hall Monday evening February 30.
Mrs. P. L. Cordier of Mannington Kentucky reports her three year old daughter survived a grave croup attack after using Foley’s Honey and Tar. The ad claims rapid relief for croup and whooping cough, notes no opiates, and urges careful mothers to keep a bottle at home.
Local notice warns of pneumonia season and urges precaution for all ages. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is pitched as a cure for coughs colds croup whooping cough and related ailments by cleansing the system and soothing throat chest and lungs.
Washington, Feb 20 Millions are tangled in a House clash between Speaker Cannon and supporters of a public building bill. The fight touches navy expansion and a river and harbor plan funding 32.17 million over two years, with threats of opposition if the navy provisions are endangered. Missouri gets 1.252 million, Illinois 905 thousand in the omnibus bill.
Material for Mrs Roosevelt's inaugural gown is being woven at the William Strange silk mill in Paterson New Jersey. The design features a flock of doves across a blue background in gold tin sel and will be known as Alice blue named for the president's daughter.
Washington February 20. The house of representatives held a special session to observe the memory of the late Senator Math ew Stanley Quay of Pennsylvania. Speaker Dalzell presided as speeches by Grosvenor Adams Sibley Kline Brown Bates Goulden and others highlighted Quay as a loyal organizer.
The Justice Department received the English Privy Council’s decision in the Gaynor Greene case. It will reopen extradition proceedings in Canadian courts against Gaynor and Greene, who are charged with obtaining government money under false pretenses.
Washington February 20 Delay and friction in building the Panama canal are threatened by the senate position on canal legislation. President Roosevelt desires the reduction or abolition of the existing canal commission. Secretary Taft has declared that as an administrative body it is
With under two weeks of the session left there is little chance of a reversal as influential senators support keeping commissioners in their $12 000 annual posts. Senator Allison allied with Senator Gorman vows to sustain the commission, contrary to the president.
Washington Feb 20 Secretary Shaw requests Congress approve a $50,000 appropriation to cover claims arising from last year’s army maneuvers, following a recommendation from Secretary Taft.
Representative Hearst of New York introduces a bill banning interstate commerce in any product of labor soil or mineral produced or controlled by a monopoly. The measure targets monopolistic control over goods and resources across state lines.
A premature blast at the Massa chusetts Consolidated mine in Ontonagon county Michigan fatally injured David McDowell and severely injured Peter McGinn and another man. McDowell died after reaching the surface. McGinn suffered severe injuries including eye loss and facial fractures. A second miner, Angeletto Victoria, died in an Osceola Consolidated mine accident.
Explosion in a Northfield powder building kills a Chinese worker. A Johnston Wis. infant smothered during a car ride. Boston forms Boott mills with 600000 capital. Holcombe Wis. man freezes after sheltering in a tree. Amalgamated Window Glass Workers renew strike near Hartford City Ind. Bank robbery suspect identified in Lebanon Ore. engineer murdered on Joy Line steamer Larchmont. Latter Day Saints oppose polygamy in Columbus Ohio. Detroit Avenue theater scare ends in exit scramble. Madeira New Orleans top floors burn. loss 150000 with 160000 insurance. Detroit Steel Casting plant fire wrecks shop. 225 men unemployed. Denver Symmes block fire losses 300000. John Godfrey Jr convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Fort Wayne. Tug and Dredge Owners sign contract fixing wages. Delta Tau Delta New York conference schedules biennial convention.
Jacob Schultz former fourth ward supervisor in Milwaukee was found guilty of taking a $500 bribe related to two contracts for installing a lighting plant in the courthouse. The verdict follows a February trial confirming the corruption charge against the local official.
An elderly woman aged 105 passes away in the city. Local officials say she had lived a long life and was loved by family and neighbors. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
Turmoil grips St. Petersburg as Grand Dukes Vladimir and Alexieff avoids public appearances for fear of mob vengeance. Requiems held in palace chapels while Trepoff remains confined amid revolutionary threats. Riots flare in Svedan with police clashes and worker casualties. Rail strikes threaten Moscow and broader labor unrest grows as industrial leaders reject economic remedies.
A promotional piece extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a premier female tonic aiding nourishment during maidenhood to womanhood. It advocates self-knowledge and recommends the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser and accompanying remedies for menstrual and feminine health, with patient testimonial and cautions against untested compounds.
Right Rev. William Edward McLaren bishop of Chicago dies in New York at age after twenty nine years in office. Cause heart failure after prolonged illness. body to be brought to Chicago for interment with funeral plans undecided.
Rome February 20 Cardin al Satolli former apostolic delegate in the United States, who had nearly recovered from bronchitis, relapsed again and doctors and the pope show concern. Bulletins are sent to the Vatican and Dr Saponi, the pope's physician, calls the case gravely serious.
London officials report the acquittal of Dr. Watson in a February trial. The verdict ends a high profile case that drew local and regional attention. Justice department sources confirm the ruling and its implications for the community.
Mrs. Perry Secor and children spent Sunday at Mishawaka. Mrs. Elsie Longacre of La Junta Colo is visiting her mother Mrs. Matilda Evans. Mr. and Mrs. David Weaver of Blilkhart visited his brother and family, Mrs. Aaron Weaver. Mrs. Matilda Evans ill with grippe improves slowly. Joseph Kreider is reported improving rapidly. Glenn Brandon went to South Bend on business. Roads are almost impassable. mail delivery irregular. Mrs. Aaron Weaver has erysipelas of the face.
A vintage advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a health tonic for strength wealth and happiness. It promotes tea or tablets and lists 35 cents price from Houseworth Bros for sick and ailed families this month.
A London meeting of the Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial heard a speaker condemn costly flowers and monuments that do not prove death. He cited Dr Franz Hartmann who personally studied 1000 cases of premature burial.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers greatly reduced one way tickets to Minnesota and the Dakotas on March 7 14 21 28 and April 4 11 18 25. For details contact F R Mosier T P A 118 Adams Street Chicago Illinois.
The article recalls how italics dominated London Figaro criticism in the 1880s and notes a lingering habit among women journalists to use italics for emphasis, describing the rising rhythm of the era and its lingering effects.
Advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promising faster bones and muscles raise strength and health for the family. States price 35 cents for tea or tablets.
British astronomer Sir Robert Ball traveled to a remote Irish town to lecture on astronomy. He waited at the station for a conveyance that never appeared, and after passengers vanished a man apologetically asked if he was the famed Sir Robert Ball. The man said he was told to seek an intellectual gentleman, implying Sir Robert’s status without directly asking.
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