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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
8
All old time sports with balloon races bicycle races fireworks two parades day and night Industrial Fraternal Military Floral floats depicting America and Colonies Cheap rates on all roads Come one and all Plenty of room
Vendors promote hardware sheet iron lumber cosmetics clothing and furnishings. Dettling Son and Manns Lumber offer hardware and building supplies while Fule Co sells salt feed and seeds. The Fair Store and J. Thomas feature new goods and mens wear with Dr Price's Pills noted for health.
Miss Edith Packer visits Elk Hart. Miss Clara McDonald enjoys a new wheel. Charles Kline and G S Boice visit Elkhart friends. Illustrated lecture Saturday. W F Bender to plant eight acres of beans. Miss Carra Stutsman visits J W Mitchell. A P Newell visits from near Middlebury with W F Long. Mr and Mrs Phillip Smith visit Portage Prairie friends. Mrs Moore and daughter visit J F W Heald. Dr J B Barbour makes improvements on Riverside farm. Mr Thomas of Buescher Mfg Co in town. Mrs Bainter and daughter visit Doring family. W S Daniels and Milburn Palin visit George Milburn. Charles Wright and Wilna Pease collide on Main Street, suffer bruises. Wright’s front rim smashed.
Several young men complain they have no steady girl as plans for theatre nights collapse due to sick headaches. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin advertised as a cure for stomach trouble and headaches. Thomas' Drug Store signs this notice.
Joshua Johnson transfers land in Jackson to Linnie Rohrer for 800 dollars. John N Perry and wife deed a Goshen lot to Mitchell Charnley for 8500 dollars. Norman C Adams and wife to Oscar Mott a Goshen lot for 90 dollars. Ephraim Culp as administrator to Harriet Fuller estate transfers a Goshen lot to Andrew Sigerfoos for 700 dollars. Also local notices promote Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Dr Chase's Ointment with testimonials, a bankruptcy stock liquidation at Boston Shoe store, and the Elkhart Institute Summer School opening June 12 for eight weeks.
Strong testimony from Mgr. William Barger of Elkhart Box Board and Paper Co. credits Doan's Ointment with curing years of itching hemorrhoids after trying many remedies. The ad notes instant relief and offers a free sample box by mail from Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
A French physician suggests perfumes prevent certain diseases during an epidemic. He notes that constant use of fragrances keeps people from contracting the illness, with delicate scents such as violet lavender and attar of rose shown as more effective than music or instrumental odors.
Advertised letters remaining in the post office at Hikhart Indiana dated January 31, 1900. Names include Mrs Thos Dugan R H Ells Lottie Elliott Miss Emma French Mrs Hoyt B D Reynolds Mrs Beth Smith Miss Abbie Trusdale Clark Wheaton Geo H Wheaton. One cent charge per letter. W H Anderson P M.
Jack Graham buys interest in Mille & Spillman and will start Monday. J D Hebert awarded 897.75 against the estate of Joseph Flach for coal and freight. Jury awards 80 to Henry Krousen against Chauncey Krauss. Henry O Dodge files denial and requests venue change in Keely divorce. Burglar threat scare as Mrs Cash Bashim and mother confront intruder on Vistula street. Abraham M Garber vs administrator 3124 19 awarded to plaintiff. Elk hart Hydraulic vs Moyer case defaulted. Marriage licenses issued to Daniel Smith and Maud Kerr both of Ek hart Archibald Green and Clara Einsig of Ushen.
A Philadelphia woman extols Pe-ru-Na praising its benefits for girlhood, womanhood, and motherhood including relief of nervousness and menstrual irregularities. A Nebraskan says the medicine cured barrenness, enabling her to bear a ten pound baby. Both urge others to use the remedy and request the free catarrh book from Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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