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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
5
Weekly offer features dress hats valued at 10 dollars for five dollars and dress hats at eight dollars for three seventy five. Also listed are children's hats with values 1.50 five and ten cents. All items new and clean bargains.
San Francisco capitalist A Tubbs, prominent Tubbs Cordage Co. member, was instantly killed in a runaway near his Sausalito home on June 18.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland recovers at Castle Schaumburg in the Lahn valley, driving out daily with the queen mother as her color returns. The report notes her gradual improvement and ongoing convalescence.
Cyrus B. Mac Donald of Mutual Diamond Company was sentenced by Judge Kohl at Wheaton jail for six months for fraudulent use of the malls.
An advertisement touts Almond Brick 3 Or Always Young as a scientifically composed solid oil cosmetic for the complexion. It promises skin cleanliness beyond soap and water, wrinkle reduction, and age preservation, with exclusive sale at Eaton's Millinery near the post office.
A tour of the Girls reform school and the women's prison in Indianapolis describes crowded dormitories, punishment rooms, and solitary confinement. It notes reforms such as white tablecloths, Sunday dresses, and improved crafts and laundry work, while detailing life of life prisoners and hopes for separate facilities.
Herman, the mayor’s bootblack, stood at his bootblack stand at New York City Hall on Tuesday to take nickels and dimes after losing $40,000 on horse races. He recounted past winnings and a string of bad bets tied to Tammanyties before going broke and receiving help to buy a new shoeblacking kit.
The Columbia National Bank of Indianapolis reports a New York outline for a nationwide banking trust owned by the American Bankers' Corporation. Mortimer Levering, president of the Columbia National, is linked to S D Scudder of the North American Trust Company who has drafted letters to banks outlining the plan.
The article traces celery from a small garden crop to a national staple, noting early cultivation near New York in 1858 with Peter Henderson among the first growers. It discusses soil, seed timing, and banking for fall crops, plus contrasting upland and reclaimed swamp land in production. It also includes local items and anecdotes from Wells County and Terre Haute.
The bank six miles south of Marion, Indiana, faced a run after a loan rejection sparked panic among glassworkers, the principal depositors. All depositors were paid in full, and most funds were redeposited, leaving the bank stronger than before.
The $400,000 fund to hire Professor Joseph Swain as president of Indiana University has been completed though $15,000 remained short until a graduates and alumni meeting pledged the deficit. The fund aims to broaden the college’s educational facilities and Swain expressed willingness to lead the university.
A tale from Crawfordsville recalls Grace Bruce Starr, once Miss Bruce Starr of Louisville, who flew an American flag for peace. She learned it hung upside down by another American woman, corrected it, and expressed gratitude. Crop notes from Scottsburg mention mosquitos, ripe mulberries, good clover, beans in market, scarce wild blackberries, and rabbit garden damage. Ham Faris killed nine squirrels with nine shots. Wheat growth escaped major fly damage as farmers prepare clover for storage. Mr and Mrs James Leverton of Huntington county mark 59 years of marriage with six children, all with spouses and some grandchildren. no death in the family.
Albion Era notes a log cabin in Fairfield township DeKalb County that hosted the first election in 1844. At that time the township had only nine voters and the building remains standing as a historic site.
Elizabeth West Virginia man cured of incurable cancer after using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Amica Salve. The ad notes Bitters expel poisons and treat blood diseases skin eruptions ulcers and sores. Sold by Houseworth Bros with prices 50c for Bitters and 25c for Salve.
Margaret Feeney widow of famed jockey Bob Ford who killed Jesse James died by suicide in Durango Colorado on June 18. She had separated from her husband and once lived with Ford in Creede during the wild camp days. She bore a bullet scar from Ford’s outburst and her second husband died in a mine accident.
An old promotional ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills from Houseworth Bros drug store. It claims to cleanse the system improving digestion and liver activity with a 25 cent price tag.
Ferdinand Vothe, a three week veteran clam digger, found a round white pearl selling for 700 dollars and a baroque pearl for 150. The total earnings from his first three weeks amount to 900 dollars.
Reports from Hawaii indicate that the Kilauea eruption remains active with lava rising from Halemaumau and sheets of flame. The note appears in a June San Francisco dispatch, describing ongoing volcanic activity on the island.
London newspapers report a rumored plot against King Edward with Scotland Yard cited as uncovering the threat. The king’s illness at Aldershot and rapid Windsor recovery are described as potentially political feints, with Dr. Sir Francis Laking summoned to treat him.
Mrs. A M Shields of Chambersburg Pennsylvania credits Dr Kine s New Discovery with curing six months of severe sickness from hay fever and asthma. She claims the remedy is safest in the world for throat and lung diseases and guarantees trial bottles free at Houseworthers.
Governor Dole issued a pardon for Walter G. Smith editor of the Advertiser. Smith had been sentenced to thirty days in Oahu prison for contempt after publishing a cartoon attacking the judge, deemed to obstruct a pending trial.
In London on June 18 the chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach rejected removing maize from new grain duties though he agreed to lower the duty to aid starch manufacturers. A Virginia reader writes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve curing his daughter’s scald head and praising it for cuts burns and other injuries sold at Houseworth Bros. drug store for 26 cents.
Bloomington Ill June 18 Dr William Lowe Bryan elected president of Indiana State University to succeed Joseph Swain who moves to Swarthmore College as president Bryan has served as vice president of the university
Joliet, June 18 Louis Johnson, a retired contractor, inherits fifty thousand dollars from his sister Anna Christene Johnson who died recently in Varberg Sweden. Johnson has lived in Joliet twenty years.
Arrangements completed in Champaign Illinois for a home for the aged funded by a provision in the will of the late W C Garwood. He left forty thousand dollars for the purpose.
A hearty winter breakfast choice, Mrs. Austins Wheatfood promises nourishment for work or play. The product is recommended as a fitting start to the day with wholesome grains and steady energy.
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