24 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
1
A sale listing from Geo Wyman & Co includes Gent s Fancy Balbriggan undershirts at 25c, men s shirts from 35c to 50c, boys shirts 25c to 35c, collars 50c and 75c per dozen, umbrellas 1.39, parasols 2 and 1, misses parasols 50c, Boston bleached sheets 50c, pillow cases 15c, white goods 8 4c 5c, 5c lawns 8c, sash ribbons 35c per yard, plus other yardage and remnants at low prices.
The Department of Agriculture proposes a series of experiments on Poland China piglets to test if acquired habits can be inherited. Pigs will be raised in clean, controlled conditions and later given a choice between a luxurious enclosure or a garbage-fed sty, with outcomes used to argue about heredity and behavior.
A Big Four official asserts no limit on large locomotives, citing ongoing push to heavier engines, cars, and rails. He traces design advances from 1893 through the Atlantic type and compound engines, with Western roads leading purchases and manufacturers forecasting record outputs in 1963.
In South Bend a priest, Father Piro, cut a weeklong stay to return home to guide Oscar Barandy the Hungarian noble’s English exam. Barandy, aiming to pass the state medical test in Indianapolis, relied on translator Piro who forgot his bishop’s authority and had to leave during the board’s session. Barandy pledged six months more study before attempting the exams again.
The article notes stroke and paralysis are typically fatal, with ninety nine of one hundred cases leaving the patient helpless. It cites David S. Moyer’s testimony on using Dr Miles Nervine and Anti Pain Pills and suggests the remedies could cure other diseases as well.
The first cantaloupes of the season were shipped from Seymour yesterday by W. J. Houchen. The fruit shows excellent quality and the crop promises abundancy.
Mrs David Jones in Muncie Indiana recognized a man in her yard as her long lost brother who she believed was dead. A mining engineer from Canon City Colorado, he had come to find his sister after thirty three years apart both families having drifted apart while they were in South Wales.
In Indiana two youths died in separate Mississinewa river drownings on Wednesday. Goldwin Bay aged eighteen from Redkey and John Symanton aged fourteen from Marion were among campers and swimmers who perished after entering the river near Red Bridge and near the Frankboner lodge.
Ed. F. Davis' Uncle Tom's Company will appear at Elkhart Friday July 18 under a big tent with prices 10 and 20 cents. The production touts Mrs. Stowe's novel as a timeless masterpiece teaching moral precepts and human sympathy.
On May third I suffered a stroke affecting my entire right side leaving me weak and anxious. I could not sleep and had pain in the right head eye and mouth with twitching of the right hand and arm. A throbbing pulse in the stomach accompanied by stomach attacks triggered by excitement.
A longtime auctioneer recalls disabling nervous attacks eased after February 1902 by Dr Miles Restorative Nervine and Anti Pain Pills. He details sleep return, steadier nerves, and regained independence. a free sample offer is advertised.
In Vincennes Indiana on July 11 an attempt to abduct Miss Emma Dunz a wealthy young woman occurred as she slept with her bed near an open window. A man seized her from outside and tried to haul her out before her mother interfered and restrained the intruder.
Wheat buyers reopen in Elkhart Indiana at the Harvest Queen Milling Co with facilities to purchase any amount of grain. John Ludwig notes they pay top cash prices and urge farmers to call before selling elsewhere.
A five foot long bine racer was found on the main street of the city Sunday. The discovery prompts curiosity about how the snake traversed the paved street unseen. The text mentions Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a cure for headache and other pains.
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