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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
6
A family scene centers on a mother guiding children to dress in white for a Sunday event. A two year old sunbeam eager to attend Sunday school joins, promises good behavior, and imagines an army of ants marching as another children's day spectacle.
A Philadelphia landlord approved a tenant’s demand to alter a stairway to act as a fire escape. The tenant required the steps be fixed while discreet visitors whistled, raising concerns of possible unlawful activity. The tenant claimed his friends held the whistle. The hinges remain in use.
A parish Lady Bountiful visits a cottage where a model peasant wife cares for an invalid Mary. The peasant asks for different jelly or jam and notes Mary enjoys the jelly but would prefer strawberry jam for its sourness, speaking in a cautious, old fashioned cadence.
Dr Grimbert reports a Paris trend in medicine with old fashioned drugs like opium laudanum iodine and bismuth selling in similar volumes to the past while leeches fall out of use. 1876 saw 50 000 leeches sold collapsing to 12 090 this year. Glycero phosphates and antipyrins fall about half. Quinine declines 24 percent. New drugs such as pyramidon and asperine rise sharply.
A female speaker chides an artist about lending money and spending it carelessly. He laments her stinginess and recalls returning part of a payment from a watercolor sale, while she confesses she has spent the money despite his reassurance. He cautions her against such spending in a tender exchange.
Ed Jepson criticizes the Kenley circle and young followers in the London Academy. He recalls Ernest Dawson’s death from consumption and notes whisky as both an anodyne and stimulant. Jepson calls whisky a literary fashion that drew young men into a foolish bravado and ruined some minds.
Nagasaki paper notes cement made from volcanic ash used alone or with sand and Portland cement. Ashes are cheap and nearly as effective, with greater benefits when mixed. Dockyards and naval docks built with ash cement. large exports to Korea, northeast China, Shanghai, and Formosa. demand rising rapidly.
The 1905 census shows Icelanders average life expectancy about 618 years, nearly double the prior generation's figure. Sweden and Norway record around 50 years, while Iceland enjoys steadier living with fewer shocks. regular mail to Reykjavik keeps contact with civilization.
A Chicago man farms out success after failures with wheels in a tale from Youth's Companion. He amasses wealth from a car wheel invention and soon his wife and two daughters ride daily in a motor car. In a park scene the inventor's wife sits erect while one daughter jokes with the waiter about boiling over.
Switzerland is the oldest surviving republic. San Marino on Mount Titano and Andorra in the Pyrenees are medieval relics claimed as the oldest states in Europe. No fixed founding date exists for either. both predate modern federations and date to medieval times or earlier.
A druggist laments the idea that stores exist for public accommodation and recalls a recent bold request. A stranger, caught in rain, asked the pharmacist to mail two two-cent stamps to her three blocks away, illustrating the nerve of some patrons.
An Elkhart resident, Mechling, testifies after years of kidney pain and backache that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his symptoms and improved overall health. He recalls using the product from Houseworth Bros. drug store and urges others with kidney disorders to try it. Sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Remember the name Doan's.
The text asserts dandruff is caused by a germ that burrows into hair roots, destroying vitality and causing hair loss. It promotes Newhero's Herpicide as the only preparation that kills the dandruff germ and doubles as a hair dressing, available in 50 cents and 5 dollars, via The Herpicide Co Detroit and House Worth Bros as agents.
State of Indiana Elkhart County notice states the clerk of the Elkhart Superior Court has appointed Walter S. Mazelton as Executor of the estate of Mary Kreider, deceased, of Elkhart County. The estate is to be settled. attorney Tedward B. Zigler referenced.
In Elkhart Indiana the estate of Andrew Hay deceased is under final settlement. Administrator Greeley Hay has filed account and vouchers to be examined January 15 1908 in Elkhart Circuit Court Goshen Indiana. Heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause why the account should not be approved. Clerk George W Bleming. C C Raymer attorney.
Mrs Northup of Quincy Illinois endorses Dr Caldwell's Syra Pepsia as the best remedy for stomach bowel and liver complaints for her and her family. She says it should be in every home and offers a free trial by mail after sending her address.
A fragment notes a call to keep up writing desk supplies with the same care as pantry items. The quote mentions Why, letters, and conscientiousness in supplying both writing and kitchen needs. The passage reflects domestic and literary habits of the period.
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