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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1904
Page
11
Mrs. E F Hayes of Boston writes that after Boston doctors failed to help her fibroid tumor she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and became well. A second letter from Mrs Hayes praises the remedy and offers $5000 for proof of genuineness.
Harry Behr was arrested in Louisville on January 28 as a murder suspect in the Schafer case from Bedford Indiana. Bloodstained clothing and facial scratches are cited. Behr reportedly confessed after an opium-induced stupor. Detectives Sullivan and Maher led the arrest at Roger White’s home.
Naperville Illinois February fourth trustees gathered led by Bishop Thomas Bowman of Chicago to push a more adequate endowment fund. The group aims to secure two hundred fifty thousand dollars allocated among conferences, with Dr H J Kiekhoefer and the twenty one member faculty retained for next school year.
Fire in Fairbury damages Dietaker & Son shoes J F Goudy crockery and W J Bo hard general merchandise. The Iron Building was practically destroyed.
Traffic on the new American Railroad to Oroya and Cerropasco is opened from Lima Peru. The first train carried twenty cars and many passengers to Unis.
London reports the will of Hugh Stowell Scott known as Henry Seaton Merriman shows an estate valued at 250000 dollars. The novelist left the bulk to unspecified heirs with provisions to follow.
A brief note outlines how a football pundit would shape a derby strategy based on local rivalries. It reflects period sporting commentary and aims at practical play guidance.
The excerpt records 19th century beliefs on how disease spread. It cites ideas like contagion through effluvia and air carried by insects and invisible creatures, plus old notions of breath revealing living organisms on glass, which the author questions due to lack of microscopes.
Sir Leslie Stephen recalls John Stuart Mill speaking in the House of Commons. Mill appeared a slight nervous figure, delivering sentences learned by heart with rapidity. He struggled to regain his thread after lapses, and his oratory, though defective, showed intense feeling. Country gentlemen mocked the philosopher, but Mill defended his views with evident contempt for their laughter.
The Louisville Courier Journal reflects on Jenny Lind in America singing simple airs like Comin Through the Rye. It frames popular tunes as natural and harmless, pairing ragtime with higher art and noting the need for melodrama and lighter stage features.
Axy Sayed compares a woman's beauty to precious metals and gems while noting she is engaged to another. He believes he can outbet the rival, but she taunts him with wit about his nerve. The moment he realizes he cannot win, he laments the situation.
A brief dialogue between Miss Kidder and Miss Meanley notes a married couple's pattern. Kidder observes the husband travels for business, and the wife eagerly plans her own amusements during his absences, revealing a sharp social dynamic.
In a quoted exchange, Straightman says a firm spares no expense in business while Neverpeigh counters with a rival claim. Cincinnati Times-Star notes a three dollar daily collector pursuing a two dollar debt for a week, highlighting cost disputes.
A terse note from Fliegende Blatter depicts a woman beggar's ongoing struggle with poverty and hunger, describing repeated meals of soup as she endures sixth-day hardship amid squalor and daily reliance on charity.
Fragmentary text mentions heroes and married men with stray terms like Cynicus and Sillicus Have you. New Yorker and scattered punctuation. No concrete facts or names to anchor a proper news card.
A Record of Christian Work describes six week old babies weighed for charity in a ritual where hair and gold are given to the poor. Charms and a Koran verse are tucked in silver cases. sick infants receive inked verses washed into medicinal drink.
An ancient legend recounts Adam fleeing paradise using thorn bush and ass hide to make shade. He slays the beast for its fur, wraps himself, then hangs the skin on a thorn bush to create shade. The tent and civilization arise from this act.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton admired children yet shunned mischief. In Boston she visited a woman with a violent young boy who troubled the conversation. Stanton asked if the boy was bad and the mother agreed. She added that bad children are often expelled from rooms.
The text reviews maximum lifespans across animals. Horses and donkeys reach about 85 years, horned cattle about 30, dogs 25, sheep goats pigs and cats 15. Birds vary widely from 12 to 100 years, with geese to 30, sparrows 25, parrots and elephants and macaws living past a century.
A historical note recalls attempts by Bavarian physicians to ban steam rail travel to avoid delirium among passengers and spectators and cites an English quarterly doubt that people would endure such speed as twelve miles an hour.
Report of an engagement ending with speculation on the cause. The note notes a remark said by the man about his work and the woman's face, implying a conflict that led to a breakup. The dialogue is presented in a clipped exchange typical of a column snippet.
A Bristol road conductor reports two and a half years of back pain and kidney trouble eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Houseworth Bros. drug store. The testimonial cites immediate relief after one box, with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents and the slogan Remember the name Doan's.
Fencing may advantage almost every exercise by developing body brain and nerves. It requires mental concentration as much as physical strength, calling into requisition every muscle and every quality of the brain.
Explanation to the public notes the old family apothecaries Carleton and Hovey of Lowell Mass possess Father John’s Medicine from an 1872 prescription. The tonic claims no morphine or poisonous drugs, offers refunds if bronchial trouble cough or cold remain, and is advertised as a 50 year old body builder now sold by C H Leonard at 117 Main Street.
The French Chamber of Deputies voted to spend 60 million dollars on canal improvements new waterworks and port extensions. The decision signals major investment in inland waterways seaports and national infrastructure projects.
An old advertisement claims Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea removes microbes impoverishing the blood and circulation and stops trouble interfering with nutrition. It offers tea or tablet form for 35 cents by Houseworth Bros.
The article notes St Michael's Coventry claims the widest English church nave at 125 feet, while York Minster is listed at 10414 feet. The figures suggest a comparison of medieval cathedral widths and raise questions about measurement standards.
If you haven't time to prepare Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea it is now available as tablets. Get a package to use. Helps you feel well and stay well. 25 cents. Houseworth Bros.
The passage claims wars of the last 3 000 years cost 600 billion dollars with each battlefield death costing 2 740 dollars. It adds Europe today maintains armed neutrality at 50 dollars per second.
An advertising line from Houseworth Bros promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy to sighing and unhappiness, urging customers to choose tea at night to bring pleasure and laughter. The fragment suggests a consumer product pitch without broader context.
Mrs. Austin unveiled a fashionable new dress at the town social, drawing compliments from guests and highlighting a stylish silhouette. The event showcased local taste and her influence on contemporary dress.
A 33 acre parcel near Bik City Timber Lands is listed for exchange. The area description notes two miles of access and general land potential, referencing an exchange through Son at 431 Gouth Main.
In San Domingo on Monday insurgents fired on the auxiliary cruiser Yankee’s launch, killing engineer J. C. Johnston. United States Minister Powell orders drastic measures to avenge the death and insult to the American flag.
Two masked men bound and gagged Fred Snyder a farmer near Clive while milking and stole 1500 dollars from a livestock sale proceeds. Snyder was found unconscious from the cold three hours later and carried home. The money had been drawn from the bank to meet obligations.
Advices from Amsterdam report a volcanic eruption has destroyed an entire town on Java in the Dutch East Indies. Hundreds are believed killed with many more missing.
A Black suspect described as a burglar caused fatal harm in Louisville Kentucky. Police and investigators pursue leads as details remain sparse with no further names or dates released.
A violent duel on a icy scene left Baldwin severely hurt after Ritter fired repeatedly with a shotgun. The first shot missed Ritter, but shot tore through a door and struck near Baldwin’s neck. Baldwin fled, Ritter fired again as he slipped and fell, the bullet passing over Baldwin.
Henry A. Thorne of Germantown trained a mixed Great Dane English bulldog to box. During a mock bout the dog delivered a heavy blow that fractured his ribs and damaged his lungs, leading to Thorne’s death shortly after.
A Chicago telegram reports six moneyed men have signed papers to advance funds for the Alaska Central railroad from Seward to Atwood a 413 mile line. Dowdell & Co. of Chicago secured the contract to build the first section to Lake Kenai this year with orders for rails locomotives and cars placed. Resurrection Bay chosen as year round navigable southern terminus.
Henry Osborne formerly known as Henry Cherry, a wealthy Ogden farmer, learned his birth name with help from Tiffany Bowles of Byron, Oklahoma who provided the key information. He was adopted forty years ago by a man named Cherry after being taken from his mother, who later wished to remain unnamed.
Berlin reports Crown Prince Frederick William was unseated when his horse shied during guard drill at Potsdam. He was helped up and resumed the drill, but authorities fear possible injuries which they do not confirm.
Chicago ed reports quotable prices on the Board of Trade for today with brief summaries of corn wheat and soy futures and notable shifts in trading activity observed by market reporters.
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