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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
4
Mrs. Kate Taylor, a graduated nurse of prominence, writes an open letter praising Peruna as a tonic of efficiency. Her social standing and professional respect lend strong weight to her remarks.
A Chicago reader praises Peruna as the finest tonic for weakness after serious illness. The testimonial claims quick relief and renewed vitality. The note also mentions Dr Hartman offering free treatment for female catarrhal diseases to applicants this summer via The Perris Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
The piece criticizes Congressman Mr Brick as a politician not a statesman. It alleges he dodged the oleomargarine tax vote to avoid alienating both workers and farmers and failed to back laboring class interests. It predicts his fall campaign may teach him a lesson.
The piece argues settlement is unlikely soon as operators keep selling surplus coal at high prices while strikers seek union support. It advocates compulsory arbitration as the only path to resolve labor capital differences with courts-like authority and public interest driving peaceful end to the dispute.
A discussion questions wealth concentration and its harms. It argues that limiting individual fortunes to a million dollars could reduce economic hardship, curb speculative gains, and lessen pressure on workers, shopkeepers, and middlemen. It notes genius in finance but links greed to wars and social ruin.
The piece condemns the Johns town Pa mine disaster and Morgan syndicate operators for refusing to negotiate with striking miners. It argues miners' wage demands are justified given life underground and widespread hunger from lost wages, urging readers to empathize with workers and question coal price gains benefiting owners.
The monthly agricultural report forecasts no crop shortage with a billion more bushels of corn than last year. Wheat is about fifteen percent lower than last year though a large old-crop remains, softening the impact. The market remains volatile as bulls and bears clash in the corn pit and eastern money pours in to prop up prices.
The piece argues that self control is essential for success, health, and happiness, warning that overindulgence leads to mental and physical decline. It urges cultivating discipline while vigor remains, noting late reform is often impossible once functions fail and an unhealthy mind cannot sustain prosperity.
General Anderson counters Dewey claim of an understanding with the Spanish commander calling the Manila surrender an opera bouffee. He accuses such an arrangement of endangering American lives and notes 120 Americans were killed in the Manila assault, urging clarity on the matter.
A critical column argues that the Hanna element of the Republican Party backs monopolies and opposes anti trust actions. It claims the Hanna Morgan bundle dictates policy to serve capital and warns that if Roosevelt remains allied with them he would lose the next election.
The Hanna arbitration bureau, once touted to settle strikes without large-scale conflict, appears to have closed its offices and faded from operation. Critics say labor disputes await impartial laws and warn against political schemes centered on wealth accumulation at the expense of consumers.
In a South Bend Tribune report the Truth accuses Congressman Brick of insincerity regarding his push for the Pulaski statue appropriation. Brick defends his actions and support, while the column questions the motives behind the passage and championing of the project.
A report notes a small Polish gathering after Mr Brick's Washington return. It says Poles value his labor rightly and may repudiate the cheap bid for their favor by opposing him in the upcoming election.
The article warns that John W Gates Rockefeller Morgan Hill and a few others wield vast influence over U S business through trusts and corners in grain and stocks. It argues such monopolistic rulers control commerce and law and suggests the public must decide party policy at the polls to curb their power.
A Newport household servants strike challenges the 400 wealthy, sparked by a ban on wine. The story notes servants may quit if wine and treats are denied, and questions whether the affluent deserve servants at all.
In Elkhart Indiana a local resident Mrs Gideon Long credits Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills with restoring sleep easing headaches and boosting health. She bought them at Howseworth Bros drug store and reports strong nerves no headaches and better sleep. Pills sold at 60 cents per box with portrait and signature of A W Chase M D on every package.
A mass meeting at the First Presbyterian church brought together church, labor, lodge, and civic representatives to form an association aimed at establishing a city hospital. The city currently has no public hospital.
An 19th century advertisement offers a $100 reward for catarrh cures Hall's Catarrh Cure is sold by Toledo druggists with testimonials and a claim of internal action. It lists F J Cheney Co as proprietors and includes endorsements from Wernert Co and Waldring, Kinnan & Marvin.
Representatives filed letters of acceptance for the Mc Culloch interurban franchise granted thirty days ago. The road is to be completed by July 1, 1904, with Delphi located on the line from Lafayette to Logansport.
Readers are urged to request a free trial of Dr Miles Nervine and Anti-Pain Pills by mailing name and address to the Elkhart Indiana firm. Meanwhile James T Jackson, a sawmill worker in Coates, is reported dead after a flying board struck him in the stomach.
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