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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
5
Mr. James H. Watkins of 72 Westerlo Street Albany New York says locomotor ataxia left him years ago after taking Williams Pink Pills. He describes initial numbness stiffness balance loss and kidney control problems followed by recovery after six boxes and months of daily use. He now works normally and can move freely.
Thomas Rodgers lies at Clarke hospital with a bullet wound after a fight in the rear of Morris’ saloon. He recalls little of the event and with a heavy coat the bullet pierced his back. He says he does not know who shot him and fears death from blood poisoning while police seek the assailant.
A well known professional man telephoned the police claiming spirits filled his home. Officer Pearce found spirts there in abundance but not the kind feared. Later burglars and snakes added to the frightening scene.
In a letter to Strafford Maxon Luther Swinehart says repairs on the motor car are finished and it now makes three daily trips between LaGrange and Shipshewana. The work engine is back with the builders and rail laying to Middlebury has resumed.
The Bank of the State of Indiana will succeed to Hall Weaver & Co banking house business on Thursday. LaPorte firm Hall Weaver & Co filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state under new Indiana banking laws. The new bank lists paid up capital and surplus of 100 000 dollars and additional liability of stockholders of 80 000 dollars.
The transport Solace sailed from San Francisco with complete outfits for wireless telegraph stations at Honolulu and Guam. The apparatus, built by navy-yard workmen, is the latest and most improved pattern.
King Leopold will leave an estate of 10 million dollars most of which goes to Belgian public works. His daughters Regan and Goneril will receive about 40 thousand dollars each.
In a recent lecture Rev. Anna Shaw asserted that women have grown taller while men have decreased in stature, attributing the change to differing habits such as tobacco use. The remarks highlight shifting gender dynamics and health trends discussed in the address.
The Manila electric railway system, praised by the Kansas City Journal, covers forty miles of urban and suburban track built over two years by a New York and London company. It features a steel and concrete power house on Passig River island with three 1000 horsepower turbines, a hollow square car barn, modern printing office, and teakwood cars designed for damp climates. Fare collection uses the Canadian fare-box system.
A Pittsburg Country club coach trip for New York style fashion became a bust when Park Police halted the Hiawatha coach amid Schenley park scrutiny. The officer cited anti advertising rules and arrested the driver while club members fled the scene.
News from Bonesteel South Dakota reports 120 Rosebud women who drew homesteads on the Rosebud reservation form a mutual protection society. Suitors must first work a season on a farm to prove farming ability before marriage. About 10,000 men nationwide expressed interest. letters are sent to land agents for initiation.
The Krupp firm reportedly established a firing range and test ground for naval armor plates on the Dutch frontier near Sehlagbrucken. Inhabitants refuse buyouts, so protection is provided. on firing days up to 150 people gather in casemates, cattle are kept, and residents receive daily allowances. Heirs of any fatal accident receive a $100 annual pension.
A Venice dispatch reports an international swimming competition instituted to honor Byron’s eight mile Lido to Santa Chiara swim. The first meeting this year will award an artistic cup donated by an English lady to the winner.
A. K. Cary of Manitowoc Wisconsin reports to Milwaukee Sentinel that a process to manufacture and ship sod without dirt is successful. Patents are filed and large scale production begins. Grass is sown on beds, stripped and resown each season to yield ready to ship sod about three quarters of an inch thick, pressed and heavily seeded for rapid root growth.
Philadelphia debate centers on municipal ownership as a weapon to defeat the public service ring. Councilman Wilson H Brown will propose cancelling the United Gas Improvement lease and creating a municipal electric plant. The reform movement seeks control of transit franchises and city assets amid corruption allegations tied to the city's water and gas works.
John Stiver uncle of B C Bickel Cassie Paulus Clara Winegardner and Lina Winegardner died Monday night at his farm between Benton and Millersburg at the age of 83. He was among thirty three guests at home.
Berkeley reports describe Warren T. Clarke of the University of California assisting the Santa Clara valley project with a trap crop idea. He will plant a special corn variety to attract moths, trap worms, and divert them from the main crop, using four acres of trap crop per hundred acres to protect the rest.
The recovery of Pocahontas and John Rolfe remains from Gravesend on Thames England faces many difficulties. The vaults are buried under a rebuilt church and chancel, fire left charred coffins, and access requires church authorities and English descendants consent.
The will of late J Crim baugh a rich banker of Leroy Alabama provides for an endowment of 200000 dollars for a church for spiritualism in the village and a free library with a 50000 dollar endowment The will probated Mr Crumbaugh died at eighty seven leaving five siblings one wife with a nominal sum most of the estate up to 300000 dollars goes to spiritualism and to support a school in the belief’s interest
Miss Lila Gates of Tyrone Pennsylvania sold a cane presented to her father sixty years ago by the Bingham House Philadelphia proprietor to John W Gates the millionaire plunger. She valued the cane at 1000 dollars but allowed the buyer to set the price. He sent a 5000 dollar draft as payment a record price for walking sticks. The cane contains a finest steel engraved sword with a man’s head and face. It was bought as a present for a friend.
A government deep sea sounding boat reports a vast submarine desert resembling an ocean Sahara with no plant or animal life over millions of square miles. The vessel spent six months exploring and returning from its cruise aboard the Alba Tross.
Japanese papers print a full record of the interview between General Nogi and General Stoessel after Port Arthur's surrender. Gifts are exchanged, mutual praise heard for artillery, sappers, and the eleven inch guns, and both generals express honor and sympathy for sacrifices made.
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