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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
6
The passage explains that lead and zinc are the sole standard paint pigments with enough oil-carrying capacity. Zinc exceeds lead's capacity by about 60 percent, and oil is essential to paint, with the abundance of oil arising from purity.
Advert reads that Orino Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup provides a permanent relief for habitual constipation by stimulating the liver and restoring natural action without irritation. It claims not to nauseate or gripe and praises its mild pleasant taste, urging customers to remember the name and avoid substitutes.
Tickets priced at 16.00 to St. Paul Minneapolis and return from Chicago via Chicago Great Western Ry on sale daily to September 20. Final return limit October 81. Also low rates to Minnesota North Dakota Colorado Utah and Wyoming. Apply to F R Mosier TA 115 Adams Street Chicago Illinois. End of day September 30.
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a non opiate cough syrup for colds coughs croup and whooping cough. It emphasizes pleasant taste and suitability for child or adult and urges buyers to look for red clover blossom and honey bee on the bottle. Sold by all druggists.
A Springbrook Park excursion runs Thursday night with a round trip fare of 25 cents.
Barley and Personett referenced regarding enameling of Bristol steel rod with Miller & Co. questioned about process suitability and needs, seeking supplier guidance.
An advertisement from Houseworth Bros promotes Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a guaranteed remedy for constipation and piles. It offers a no cure no pay promise and states a price of 35 cents for tea or tablets. The tone is promotional and sales focused.
Describes severe scalp eczema that can be cured using Dean's Ointment. Claims quick and permanent results available at any drug store for 50 cents.
Ad mix lists Elkhart Gas Co offering coke fuel at 4.00 per ton delivered and varied local business notices including bicycle repair enamel, furniture and tinting, plate rail, removal, and piano services with addresses on Jefferson and South Third streets. Also contains stray lyric lines and early 20th century ad flotsam.
Former Democratic congressman John J. Lentz attended the Portland Maine meeting and praised Thomas B Reed as a great statesman. He urged erecting a Reed memorial, arguing Reed was the nation’s greatest congressman and would honor Portland.
A Winamac Indiana report claims a cancer cure was found in oily slime from iron ore bogs. A tile ditcher with facial cancer tested the slime, finding immediate itch relief and claimed remission within months. Others, including ex surveyor John G Borles, reportedly benefited. The solution mixes decayed bog vegetation with iron ore ooze and gains its alleged power through seasonal changes.
Luther Welsh, a Kansas City high school pupil, is undergoing medical stretching to gain height for Annapolis. A machine stretches his body from hips to shoulders to reach the five feet two inch requirement before the June entrance exam. Welsh was appointed by Congressman Cowherd and must meet the height standard.
Major S. G. Reynolds, agent of the Crown Indian agency, reports to Billings that the Crows are advancing rapidly materially. Over the past year they built 100 homes, planted 1000 shade trees, and constructed barns. This year they have planted 2000 acres of wheat and 1000 acres of oats.
A nostalgic Chicago Record-Herald glimpse speaks of months ahead filled with summer joys and abundant food, urging readers to recall and anticipate the cheerful days before winter. The piece muses on June through August pleasures and robins singing as signs of upcoming bounty.
A Canton Ohio bank crisis saw Miss Florence Bidwell, eighteen, daughter of the city treasurer, avert loss of about $30,000 by quickly obtaining cash from the bank as it suspended. With assistance from Coyle the gold was moved to the city treasurer's office before the suspension.
Mrs Frank A Vaughn of Kansas City Kansas created a patio garden on a flat by filling two barrels with dirt and planting strawberry vines and vegetables in 250 holes. She says the barrel garden proves flats can yield fresh fruit and produce even without ground space.
Mrs. Marie Panches and her two children were attacked by about thirty wolves while riding from the Lucan ranch to Blanconia Texas. The wolves disabled the horse and closed in as she fought with a buggy whip. A government mail carrier arrived and fired into the pack, scattering it after an hour of combat.
The London Standard’s Berne correspondent notes a plan to build a line from Martigny under the St Bernard pass directly to Turin. The new route would reduce Lausanne Turin distance from about 225 miles by the Simplon route to roughly 140 miles, saving nearly 90 miles.
Dr. Washington Gladden of Columbus outlines use of a million dollars in an evening sermon. He would invest about 300000 in model tenement houses for workers, modernized and rented to yield no more than four percent. A Columbus dispatch notes a wealthy client, via the State Savings and Trust Company, ready to fund once trustees are named.
A century old tale reports the late Austrian empress pearls losing luster and needing a sea cure. Jewelers say a long immersion in the Adriatic Sea will revive them, so a cage containing the gems now hangs deep underwater at a secret Adriatic spot.
A narrative from a credited source recalls Admiral Rojestvensky during his England posting as naval attache. He forgets the host’s name, relies on a lit square, ends up at a ball meeting a young lady who assumes his identity, and plays along until the ambassador recognizes the tale. The tale underscores his lifelong focus on work and the humor of his misadventure.
John P. Nihill of Orange New Jersey received a letter from William J. Cuff ex resident of Fair Street East Orange detailing that an Orange man now drives the first team of American fire department horses in Manila. Cuff, the driver, is captain of a fire company in Manila and expects a July 1 promotion to assistant chief. He notes the department has reduced response from twenty to thirty minutes to twenty or thirty seconds with American apparatus and harness.
A volcanic spring fifteen miles northwest of Brawley in the Colorado desert yields carbonated water from a two foot wide outlet nearly twenty feet below the rim. Rust around the spring signals iron in the water. lemon juice makes a fizzy beverage. Samples were sent to a chemist for analysis and the site may become a desert resort.
Wanatah Indiana a town of 800 residents forms a Stork Club claimed as social but suspected to promote President Roosevelt anti race suicide ideas. A Wanatah dispatch notes the emblem is a stork and that Roosevelt may be asked to suggest a motto.
A fragment notes that straw charcoal disinfectant employed by the Japanese army in confined spaces has caused only a small number of fatalities from wounds, suggesting limited danger from the practice despite harsh conditions.
John Kilby describes how Paul Jones accepted the Serapis challenge, the furious battle with both ships firing broadsides, the Bonhomme Richard sinking after the action, and the heavy casualties in the fleet. The account notes Jones’s bold maneuvers and the aftermath including the ships' damage and fatalities.
A clipped note hints at a proposed motto for Admiral Togo, reflecting a period fascination with naval leadership and maritime themes amid ongoing discussions in the public sphere.
A Kansas City Star report from Cleveland Kansas describes wheat harvesters gathering at a depot as an accommodated train arrives. Farmers bargain for workers on board, citing pay and eight hour days. The scene frames a yearly harvest drama amid vast golden fields and diverse harvest crews from old hobos to college youths.
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