Mrs Murphy credits Dr Williams pills for cure
Mrs Mary D Murphy describes years of stomach trouble and weakness until she used Dr Williams Pink Pills. She reports rapid relief after three boxes and says the pills revive strength and banish nervousness. The ad urges readers to write for Plain Talks to Women and to obtain pills from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary D. Murphy
Force Street
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Dr. Williams
Strange Japanese belief cited by Louisville man on world tour
John P. Starks of Louisville, Ky., recounts a traveler’s view of Japan: peasants earn 2-3 cents daily, rice and dried fish diet, Buddhists vegetarians, Shinto ancestor worship, and strong patriotism. He says Japanese are honest as officials and fearless soldiers, yet fatalists who honor the dead more than the living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Starks
Louisville
Globe
Cincinnati Enquirer
Starks
Yokohama
Rural Elkhart Farmers Read Extensive News Subscriptions
Rural carriers report May deliveries show 20 998 newspapers and magazines to farmers along five Elkhart routes. Most farmers read a daily paper with rising interest in high quality magazines and farm journals. Route 1 delivered 4158 items, 2561 newspapers. Route 2 6160 items, 2815 newspapers. Route 3 5811 items, 3534 newspapers. Route 4 3539 items, 1868 periodicals. Route 5 1240 items, 716 newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Mrs Brodrick a Doctor of Christian Science
Mrs. Brodrick wife of Elkhart’s former banker continues Christian Science practice in Chicago while employed at Marshall Field store. She boards with Mr Rohrig’s family in a Chicago suburb and daughter Miss Isabelle remains in the East for schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Chicago
J. J. Brodrick
Elk‘hart
Marshall Field
Frank ‘Rohrig
Bucklen sells Valley traction line report in Goshen
The Goshen Democrat notes a report that Herbert E. Bucklen of Chicago and patent medicine ties sold the Valley traction line between LaGrange and Shipshewana to the Lake Shore. Strafford Maxon, Bucklen’s Elkhart agent, was in town en route to Shipshewana but could not confirm the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Herbert E. Bucklen
Chicago-Hikhart
Valley” Traction
LaGrange
Shipshewana
Lake Shore
Strafford Maxon
Elkhart
A Mourning Rose Supposedly Blackened by Savannah Man
Dennis Tapley of Savannah Georgia, a street vendor and flower hobbyist, claims to have developed a coal black rose variety named Mourning. He asserts the petals are jet black without chemicals and that experts consider it a botanical wonder, predicting wealth awaits him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Tapley
Savannah
Tapley
Alice Blue Fad Draws Fashion Warnings for Girls
The New York Press notes a rising trend toward Alicé blue in hats gowns and hosiery as a fashion color. It warns fashionable girls to beware costly missteps if they follow the trend prematurely while dressmakers seek fresh shades to replace the already popular Alicé blue named for Miss Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Blue
New York Press
Miss Roosevelt
Color Cure For All Ills Cult In Boston
A Boston dispatch to the New York Tribune reports a new cult led by Flora Macdonald that claims color therapy can cure all ills. Followers are told to redecorate with specific colors to restore health and even influence romance and avoid divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Flora Macdonald
Boston Dispatch
New York Tribune
Cupid
Raleigh gardener gifted Japan walnut slips by Capitol squirrel
C B Edwards of Raleigh offers garden slips after a cap animal visit. A squirrel stored walnuts near the rose bushes in Edwards’s yard and produced slips from the buried nuts. Edwards now plans to give away the slips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Edwards
Raleigh
N. C
Capitol
Raleigh News and Observer
Brooklyn man endures forty five day fast for health
J Austin Shaw of Borough Park Brooklyn fasted forty five days on water from April 9 to May 24 working twelve to eighteen hours daily. He lost twenty six pounds and claims fresh air and strict training explain his strength. His diet prior and during included water and occasional grape juice. He plans to continue fasting with no meat or food before noon and aims to live to one hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Austin Shaw
Borough Park
Brooklyn
New York Herald
Shaw
Dr. Tanner
Mr. Shaw
Haskell
Liberty Belles
Prophecy on Art Movement Rebirth from Chinese Principles
An art critic predicts the next movement in European art may return to ancient Chinese principles. He argues realism has exhausted its potential and suggests a revival grounded in traditional Chinese philosophy from a millennium ago.
Girl's Quick Wit Saves Canton City From Bank Collapse
Miss Florence Bidwell, eighteen and acting City Treasurer in his absence, quickly obtained the city’s cash from the bank before a suspension. After a tip from assistant treasurer Coyle, she arranged to take about $30,000 in gold to the city, helping Canton avert a larger loss as the bank suspended operations with $106,000 on deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
O.) State Bank
Florence Bidwell
Bidwell
Washington Post
City of
State Bank
Miss Bidwell
Cleveland
Coyle
Garden on a rear porch spins a Kansas City barrel garden
Mrs. Frank A. Vaughn of Kansas City Kansas grew strawberries and vegetables in two barrels bored with 250 holes filled with dirt. She planted strawberry vines and vegetables in the holes claiming it proves flats can have a garden with fresh produce even in limited space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Frank A. Vaughn
Vaughn
Mrs. Vaughn
Woman Defends Children as Pack of Wolves Attacks Buggy
Mrs. Marie Panches and two children traveling from Lucan ranch to Blanconia Tex. Were attacked by about thirty wolves that brought down the horse. She used the buggy whip butt to fend them off until a government mail carrier arrived and fired, scattering the pack.
Proposed St Bernard Tunnel Cuts Distance to Turin
Berne correspondent of the London Standard reports a new line from Martigny in the Rhone valley under the St Bernard pass to Turin. The route would shorten the Lausanne Turin distance from about 225 miles to roughly 140 miles, saving nearly 90 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Berne
London Standard
Europe
Italy
Martigny
Rhone Valley
St. Bernard Pass
Turin
Lausanne
Simplon
Mont Cenig
St. Bernard Tunnel
Sermon Suggestion Spurs Million Dollar Plan
Dr. Washington Gladden of Columbus outlined in a Sunday sermon what he would do with a million dollars. He proposed investing about 200000 in model tenement houses for workers at rents yielding no more than 4 percent. A wealthy client of State Savings and Trust Company President W F Burdell indicated readiness to fund once trustees are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Gladden
Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
W. F. Burdell
State Savings and Trust Company
Water Cure For Pearls by the Adriatic depths
The late Austrian empress possessed fine pearls that lost luster and could only be cured by long sea immersion. The London Tatler notes the pearls are locked in a cage low in the Adriatic, known to a few, with an expert visiting every year or two to inspect them. The process was said to require decades for a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Adriatic
London Tatler
Duondon
Japanese Plan To Move Thousand Farmers To Texas Land
United States Consul Fisher reports Kinzaburo Gada, an agriculturist from Formosa, plans to cultivate about 49,090 acres in Texas and bring roughly one thousand Japanese farmers to occupy the tract. He cites favorable land prices, rich soil, and rail access, with projected four year profit of about 1 million yen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinzaburo Gada
Texas
United States
State Department
Fisher
Tamsus
Formosa
Washington
New York Tribune
Gada
America
Japan
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Railway Ecompany
Hawaii
New Papal Honor Militia Aurea Created
The pope announced a new decoration named Militia Aurea to be awarded to 100 distinguished individuals in letters science or charitable works. Recipients will hold the title of chevalier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Militia Aurea
Death by heat claims Union man near 50th anniversary
T A Hitchcox of Union Michigan died yesterday after falling from a ladder while driving out bees. The 76 year old man suffered heart trouble during intense heat and exertion, prompting the fall. He planned a celebration with his wife Mary for their 50th wedding anniversary. Survived by eight children and his wife, the funeral is set for 10 o clock tomorrow at the First Baptist Church in Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Hitchcox
Union
Mich
Hea
Mary
William Hitchcox
H. A. Graham
Elkhart
Gerard Hitchcox
Tulare
California
J. S. Dillenback
Walnut
Kas
Fred Hitchcos
Fulton
Sherman Loupee
Jones, Mich
Susan Hitchcox
Dan Hartman
Mottville
First Baptist Church
Mrs Washburne and Miss Davenport Begin Western Trip
Dr George F Washburne and Miss Frances Davenport embark on a two month journey through Oklahoma Texas Wyoming and other Western states. They will visit for a Harper publication article on home life with Washburne writing as Marion Foster Washburne and Davenport assisting as photographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Washburne
Frances Davenport
Oklahoma
Tesco
Wyoming
Real Estate Transfers In Elkhart And Surrounding Towns
A long list of Elkhart area property transfers shows multiple parcels sold to new owners. The transfers involve Purdy Cable Parsons Lamb Zech Lightfoot Shaffer Darling Newman Miller Mann Tyler Compton Elbel Smith Mutchler Scott Charney Yost Alwine Long and others with prices from 50 to 6 000 dollars. Transactions cover deeds for lots and tracts in Elkhart Concord Jefferson Middlebury Goshen Nappanee New Paris Benton and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna L. Purdy
Cornelius
Lennie M. Cable
Elkhart
John W. Fieldhouse
Lula Parsons
George E. Compton
Andrew S. Lamb
Hidward Zech
Schuyler cC
Fulmer
Emma J. Lightfoot
George
Emma Egli
Middlebury
Emma Egeli
Edwin D. Miller
First National Bank of
Jefferson Tp
Busha W. Good
Benton
Samuel Raber
Samuel G. Bram
Local social notes and visits in Elkhart area
Jennie Arbogast of Elkhart visits Bessie Krouse during vacation. Gleaner Order organizers Mr. Lee and wife stay with S. H. Gardner and wife. Mrs. Smith of Livingston, Mich visits Mrs. Lillie Plank. Miss Bessie and Shirley Ross attend Elkhart graduation. Strawberries in the locality are excellent with a large crop expected. Jasper Ross meets the board of supervisors in Cassopolis. C Krouse and wife spend Sunday with C. Barrer and wife. James Marshal of St. Joe sets up a monument for J. Cormany. S. H. Gardner and wife attend Crusaders meeting at Indian Creek. Belinda Proctor. Lake calls on old neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Arbogast
Elkhart
Bessie Krouse
Mr. Lee
S. H. Gardner
Smith
Livingston
Mich
Lillie Plank
Bessie
Shirley Ross
Jasper Ross
Cassopolis
Co. C
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Brodrick
Doctor OF
Christian Ssienge
Valley” Line
Harpers
Kessington
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