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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
6
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a home remedy for piles. It promises rapid relief from swelling itching and inflammation, with a free trial and a one shilling box price listed for the remedy from Pyramid Drug Co. 129 Pyramid Ave Marshall Mich.
Notice that Melvin D. Weaver is appointed receiver for the Fulton Market Company in a Superior Court action in Elhart County Indiana. The Bristol Milling Company is plaintiff and the Fulton Market Company is defendant. All interested persons must govern themselves accordingly. Dated March 9, 1G 2.
Prank W. Sherley of Concert Township Elkhart County Indiana applies to the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under a quart. The premises are on the first floor front room of a two story brick building on South Main Street in Goshen Elkhart County. The request is for on premise sales with the area described as 42 feet long and 20 feet 2 inches wide.
New York adopted capital punishment by electricity from 1889. William Kemmler was executed by electricity in August 1909, the first such execution in the state.
An ornate excerpt advocates women speak in a low, gentle voice and avoid high pitches or shouting to maintain charm. It warns that shrill tones harm tone and authority, stressing training of natural speech to please.
A kindly mother in a New York bank line offers unsolicited medical advice to a cold sufferer. She describes a 506 year family prescription and urges hot mustard foot soaks as a remedy, drawing smiles from onlookers as she comforts strangers.
In Los Angeles a wealthy Chinese merchant named Keen Behe married four colored women in a ceremony at a colored church led by Rev. C Ho Anderson who received a fee of 50 dollars. The bride Miss Anni Laura James wore white satin with real lace and ostrich plumes. The couple then hosted guests at their $7,000 mansion on a popular street, presented as a wedding gift to the bride.
An historian of inventions notes the safety pin began with a young English boy named Harrison who cared for his crying baby brother. The boy failed to bend pins safely but his blacksmith father later adopted the idea and produced the safety pin used worldwide.
A contemporary cites errors about country sizes noting Hite Paraguay four fifths the size of Germany and Brazil nearly as large as Europe. The piece explains scale ideas, noting Chile's north-south span rivals North Cape to Gibraltar and Paraná steamers run long north south journeys.
The Cincinnati Enquirer profiles Ethel King a bold woman sleuth who disguises herself as a sailor and messenger boy to investigate opium docks gambling and theft rings. She aids arrests, aids in suppressing vice, and trusts her own nerve declaring a woman is as good as a man in a gun fight.
George Fornwald a substitute mail carrier in Bloomsburg owns a small kitten cat that hunts garter snakes in yards. The cat has caught three snakes this season and returns to the porch after dropping each on the step before resuming the hunt. Neighbors report occasional sightings of the cat with a snake in its mouth.
Advertisement claims Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels and restoring natural action. It asserts the syrup does not cause upset stomach or griping and is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. for sale by all druggists.
Mrs. Mary Dowling of 228 South Avenue San Francisco reports a remarkable recovery from stomach trouble after using Electric Bitters. She credits the remedy with rapid relief and benefits for digestion and overall health.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses Australia and New Zealand, referencing an ark voyage and a person named Felix Tanner. It hints at a plan or scheme involving construction of an vessel or electric scheme, with unclear context and outcomes.
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