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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
3
A late 19th century newspaper advertisement touts Denn's 8.8.8 for liver kidney stomach headache lumbago and rheumatism with claims of quick cure. Also promotes Denn's Spee Dee Catarrh Cure 5c and offers money back for four difficult cases. Agents wanted Columbus Ohio U S A.
Heath and Milligan Paints advertised as the best in the world are sold at Central Drugstore with a brief note urging readers to paint their homes using their products.
A lengthy testimonial from O S Emerson of 713 Marion street in Elkhart praises Doan's Kidney Pills. He recounts his child's kidney pains and nocturnal discomfort, credits the pills with strong improvement after purchase at Houseworth Bros., and urges others to remember the Doan's name. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is listed as the U S sole agents with a 50 cent price.
Central drugstore advertises Dr Caldwell's Laxative Syrup Pepsin as the safe infant and child laxative. It claims to ease stomach distress when babies cry and promises no injurious ingredients. Sold by Houseworth Bros for 50 cents and 1.00 with money back details.
A collection of old classified blurbs lists sale options for a corner lot house at Eleventh street and Lusher Avenue with 52 by 8 rods, plus adjoining lot, down payment and monthly balance. Also numerous rental ads for rooms and houses on North Third Street, High Street, South Main Street, Tenth Street, and Division Street, plus an office space near Main Street and a lost black pocket book with contents. The notices name M Lynch and Sam Winer & Co. among others.
A Hull church incumbent Dr Brumby urged reform by improving one person. A Baltimore doctor confronted a crowded car, sparking a joke when the man claimed his seat was taken by his wife. A traveling couple's reunion ends with a wife scolding and a sly quip about Pitcoe.
The piece traces playful pastimes from Greece and Rome to Europe and China. It notes rope skipping blind man’s buff hopscotch hide and seek leap frog and top spinning as enduring youth amusements. It mentions kite flying dating back about two centuries in Europe.
The passage argues men should not marry for beauty or wealth alone. It cites Napoleon and his wife Josephine, Bismarck and Disraeli as saying wives shape success. It compares wedlock to a kite and warns beauty fades, urging thoughtful judgment in marriage.
Trains 33 and 34 run with parlor cars to Indianapolis while trains 3 and 4 pass through to Louisville with connections at Greensburg for Cincinnati. Agents G. A. Henry H J Breim and Warren J Lynch announce schedules for Central lines with New York offices.
A fragmentary timetable lists West Bound and Pacific Express trains with several numbers and names, including No. 87 Pacific Express and No. 7 Fast Mail Limited. It notes connections at Cleveland and Buffalo Chicago services, with a Lake Shore tie to reroute via the Ry in places.
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