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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
7
Shelbyville Indiana July 21 Farmers struggle to find help for wheat threshing as wives form clubs with pledge not to cook lavish threshing dinners. Men receive cold meals and may require field cooks or camping outfits, risking higher threshing costs amid a record Shelby county wheat yield of 17 to 43 bushels per acre.
Northbound agent note states Big Four time table trains 33 34 41 and 42 carry parlor cars through to Indianapolis. Trains 41 and 42, the Winona Flyer, connect at Indianapolis for Cincinnati, Terre Haute and St. Louis. Train 33 runs through to Louisville and connects at Greensburg for Cincinnati. G. A. Henry, Agent. Northbound.
On the first and third Tuesdays monthly round trip tickets to Southeast Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas cost one fare plus two dollars. Stopovers allowed on the going trip with 21 days to return. Cotton Belt Route trains from St. Louis run morning and evening with sleepers chair cars and parlor cafe cars. Write for lands maps timetable and rate literature. L O Schaefer T P A Cotton Belt Route Cincinnati 9%
Advertises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a universal remedy for indigestion dyspepsia and stomach trouble. Claims the product digests food for the stomach reducing strain and allowing recovery with quick and permanent relief. Sold by all druggists.
An old advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as the original laxative cough syrup. It claims it cures coughs colds croup whooping cough and more without opiates and highlights red clover blossom and honey bee on the bottle. Available from all druggists.
An advertisement for Orino Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup touts permanent relief from habitual constipation by stimulating the liver and restoring natural action without irritation. It claims the remedy avoids nausea and gripping and urges remembering the name Orino and avoiding substitutes. Houseworth Bros.
New Panama Canal chief engineer John F Stevens and Canal Commission chair Henry L. Shoots embarked for Panama aboard the Mexico to oversee immediate operations. They plan to establish club houses to combat homesickness and propose a separate department for worker recreation as treatment of labor conditions and a sea level versus lock canal decision loom.
Tickets for round trips to Lake Chautauqua and return will be sold July 7 and 28 from all points on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway west of and including Cleveland at specially low rates. Good returning within 30 days. For details or the illustrated Lake Chautauqua book, contact ticket agents or write to A. J. Smith G. P. A. Cleveland Ohio.
Travel deals offer greatly reduced round trip rates to many western and central regions including Arizona Arkansas Assiniboia British Columbia Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Manitoba Mexico Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North and South Dakota Oregon Texas Washington Wyoming Tickets available on the first and third Tuesdays each month Inquiries to EF R Mcs i TPA at Adams Street Chicago Illinois.
Elkhart Gas Co announces immediate coke delivery at 4.00 dollars per ton. Orders accepted for prompt delivery from the foot of East High Street.
Time tested remedy advertised as effective for coughing croup whooping cough and related ailments. Described as harmless pleasant to take and a favorite with children available at all druggists.
Fred Parrish of Prospect street is reported to be quite ill, with illness affecting his household.
The article traces the Massachusetts game known as round ball from 1860 and earlier, detailing the field layout with four goals, a square setup, and a central pitcher. It describes pitching styles such as the dip thrower, catching roles, and tactics like backhand and side batting, plus the woolen yarn ball and tallies to 100 for decisive matches.
Biographer notes John Leech guesting at a traveling waxwork show in a village. A lean exhibit with an order on its breast was labeled Ts majesty King George IV, provoking Leech to remark that George IV was fat, while the showman admitted lean times proved him wrong.
The excerpt argues women have less sense of humor than men and cites the love of approbation as common among women. It contrasts women craving social approval with men’s occasional independent humor and claims women rarely express bluntness unless driven by a non benevolent impulse.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt criticizes street noise and uproar as often unnecessary. It argues loud claiming voices misrepresent vigor, notes fakirs use shouting to hide weak wares, and urges a society to prevent din to protect material interests.
The article surveys legendary fasting feats from Christina Michelot in 1751 to John Scott of Teviotdale and others. It recounts long abstentions from food or drink, notes various durations from weeks to years, and highlights how records of these fasts circulated in Europe and Britain.
Light reflects off both surfaces of a soap film and interferes, producing colors. As the film thins the interference pattern shifts, accounting for the shifting iridescence seen in soap bubbles oil films on water tempered steel and some insect wings.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway offers a popular low rate excursion July 20 to Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City and Sea Isle City New Jersey via Buffalo Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia. Round trip from Wikhart Indiana is 15.50 with returns by July 31 and stopovers available at Philadelphia Glen Summit Watkins Glen Niagara Falls Lake Chautauqua Cedar Point and Put-in-Bay. Consult agents or write A J Smith Cleveland Ohio.
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters cures ague and malaria by purging the system. It praises the tonic as superior to quinine with fewer side effects and quotes E. S. Munday of Henrietta Texas about a life saved by the product. Houseworths Bros. drug store sells it for 50 cents guaranteed.
ad promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills as a superior aid to digestion and relief for constipation biliousness and sick headache. claims quick energy without griping suitable for children and adults sold by all druggists.
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