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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
6
A tenderfoot and Two-South Thompson exchange in a Baltimore American snippet. The novice questions whether Thompson is a "bad man" while Thompson asserts he does not need a guide when seeking trouble, reflecting frontier bravado and rough speech.
An Indianapolis News item reports a police confrontation after a citizen challenged an officer who accused him of being drunk and named Phillip Janes during a tense exchange on the city beat.
A humorous exchange explains why a couple keeps walking single file. They once rode a tandem bicycle and cannot break the habit despite changing activity.
An advertisement promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease powder to cool swollen feet, relieve soreness and bunions, and ease walking. It claims comfort for tired, hot feet, with a 25 cent price and a free trial package, listing Allen S Olmsted of LeRoy NY as the address.
In Williamsport Pennsylvania the World’s Biggest Bass horn stands over six feet tall with a three foot wide bell. Frank Thyers, a local former tailor, is the only man said to blow it and render music from its cavernous depths.
An old style medicinal ad promotes Cas earets Candy Cathartic as a natural bowel aid. It warns against fake versions and notes genuine tablets stamped C C C available through druggists and stores.
A playful exchange features a waiter praised for making a Welsh rabbit dish. The Club Man notes a diner declaring the dish worth all the trouble, as recorded by Puck in a humorous vignette.
The fragment cites Digges on a liberated slave tyrant and a remark about a typewriter dictating to her husband, attributed to Chicago Daily News. The text presents dialog-like phrases without full context or event details.
An advertising note urges prompt application of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve to cuts burns and scalds for soothing and quick healing. It warns consumers of worthless counterfeits and directs buyers to Houseworth Bros for genuine product.
The article lists Yucatan settlements including 33 towns 62 ruined cities 145 villages 15 abandoned settlements and 833 haciendas. It notes Searce holds no more than 70 466 inhabitants with most populations below 1 060.
A historical ad notes a bad complexion stems from inactive liver and bowels and promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as producing gratifying results, attributed to Houseworth Bros.
The Noblesville Democrat the Hamilton county Democracy organ suspended publication. Owned by Gilbert and Van Doren the paper followed the Daily News cessation after a suit against former owner R M Isherwood alleging misrepresentation of the plant value when sold for $5500 with $2000 cash paid. A deferred payment is due.
Journal notes a movement in Fort Wayne over a summer Saturday half-holiday for retail clerks. An advertisement promotes JANNER SALVE as a healing product. The item also reports William Coker, longtime treasurer of the Rosedale miners union, is missing along with $1,000.
An array of brief notices describes Hobbs Sparagus Pills advertised as a kidney cure, a firecracker blast nearly blinding Rev William Wylie, and the end of a six week Hiwood carpenters strike with the workers securing their demands.
Scrappy fragment notes the Nobleville Democrat weekly organ stopping publication on Friday. Text mentions Dr Caldwell and Rushton’s drug store with references to syrup and pepsin cures for stomach troubles.
The paper trade has grown from a single Philadelphia mill in 1690 to about 1,006 mills today and uses wood pulp to meet rising global demand. The industry now ships roughly 7.5 million tons of freight annually, supplying railways and ships as it expands.
Advertise health claims state that Chamberlains Cough Remedy restores health and happiness for thousands. It notes cures of long resistant coughs and hopeless cases, claiming success even where resorts failed. Available at Houseworth Bros. drug stores.
Tasidon Sphere notes that European sovereigns form one large royal family linked by blood and marriage. It claims all current crowned heads descend from Mary Queen of Scots except the Swedish king, the Serbian king, and the Monaco and Montenegro princes.
Dr George Ewing of Smiths Grove Kentucky recounts years of kidney trouble and enlarged prostate overcome after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He states three bottles cured him and he prescribes it in his practice and recommends it to physicians. Rushtons drug store.
The piece notes desertion of towns and homes in the arid west. New England funds western farm mortgages, drawn by high interest and security, while swindlers often took homesteads to place mortgages and then abandon them.
Mexicans Tortillas described as thin flat cakes fried on sheet iron over charcoal. Made from corn soaked in lime water and ground on a metate. They are folded as scoops for chili and frijoles, with a sweet cereal taste but tough for American digestion. National Magazine.
An advertisement claims Rocky Mountain Tea inspires nobler deeds and unlocks happiness, delivering glowing vitality to the body with a price of 35 cents and instruction to ask a druggist.
Harry Conger and Maud Hobbs wed in Day ton O last week. A warrant issues for Conger who is accused of already having a wife and children in Plymouth Ind.
Mr. John Tippis of Colton Ohio reports his little girl was cured of a severe cough and inflamed tonsils by Foley's Honey and Tar from Rushton's drugstore.
Legal actions proceed to block a $3,500 subsidy Blountsville agreed to pay the C. R. M. road. The road’s trains continue to run through the town at full speed while settlement negotiations continue.
A masked leader of the White Boxers addressed about 200 children and 100 adults in a Chicago auditorium urging drastic population reduction of nonwhite races and claiming education advances justify death or coercion. Separately, Tailors in Manhattan and nearby areas vote on a possible general strike endangering 15 000 workers over contractor abolition and wage hikes.
Nelson Tovenell a wealthy peppermint grower living near Osceola was struck by a train in Mishawaka Indiana and killed instantly.
An advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy to exterminate poison, revitalize blood and nerves, and restore boyhood happiness. It urges readers to ask their druggist, noting a 35 cent price.
A severe Canadian storm struck Fort Erie Ontario. At the track the stable line known as Trish row was struck. Jockey William Scott of Louisville Kentucky was killed along with farmer William Benser and his son who fainted. Mrs Wolver also died. Injured include William Nash of Chicago and William McCormick of Toronto. Several horses were seriously hurt.
Daniel Parker of Ely near Freehold New Jersey was instantly killed by a lightning bolt while in an upper room during a thunderstorm. The strike spared his three small children who were beside him, leaving a scene described as swift and terrible.
John Holt a 35 year old stone mason was struck and killed by lightning during a thunderstorm in Harrison New York. The bolt struck a chimney and passed through two stories nearly demolishing the building. Holt resided in Mamaroneck.
Years of suffering relieved in a night as itching piles yield to Dean's Ointment. Never fails. Available at any drug store for 59 cents.
Excursion steamer Queen reaches Port Townsend reporting Glacier Bay a solid ice mass. Ice jam spans across the bay from thirty to forty feet high hindering approach to Muir glacier. Channel floes are larger than ever previously observed.
An old advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a solution to fatigue and scattered energy. It claims the product helps gather one’s abilities and improve vitality, urging readers to ask their druggist about the 35 cent remedy.
Robert Spurgeon United States secretary of legation at Monrovia Liberia spent several days in Brooklyn on leave. In remarks he praised Liberia calling it rich in resources with great possibilities and abundant wealth ready to be developed by the country.
Attorney for Kiowa Comanche and Apache Indians plans an injunction before Judge Irwin in Reno Oklahoma City July 8 to restrain the land office register and others from opening lands. The suit, prepared by Judge William M. Springer’s appointee, seeks to block home-seekers registration in Kiowa country under the President’s proclamation and the acts of Congress.
President McKinley announces opening of lands ceded by Indians in Oklahoma Territory at 9 a m on August 6. Registration for homestead entries runs July 10 to 26 at Reno and Lawton with proof of qualification. Only registered applicants may settle early, then under local land officers or soldiers declaratory statements. Household necessity advertised for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil.
Herman Rosebrough of Nappanee and Wm Tracy with John E Killean of Elkhart filed liquor license applications. A remonstrance is expected against the Nappanee applicant due to the ongoing crusade against liquor traffic.
Sophia Adelaide, also known as Mrs Kent, who asserted she was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Consort, died in New York after lingering in poor nutrition and heat. Her body will be buried at Calvary cemetery after a doctor’s intervention. Her tale included court flags and remittances through Ward Bouvie and John Brown, with a book she published in America alleging royal lineage.
Philadelphia July 8 A closing conference session at Temple Keneseth Israel featured a tribute to Christianity’s founder. Rabbis David Philips G Dutsch and Joseph Krauskopf presented a report defining Jewish attitudes toward Jesus and whether his teachings belong in Jewish theological schools. The report concludes Judaism cannot accept Jesus as part of its theology yet commends his beauty and moral teachings.
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