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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
8
The poem urges mortal souls to accept a destined mission and pursue it with courage. It emphasizes personal effort, faith, and the belief that every life has a unique labor ordained by a higher power, urging readiness when duty arrives.
Four men play a quiet game of draw aboard a Chicago to New York flyer. A stranger in flashy clothes draws the suspicions of a conductor, who later confirms the man is the known outlaw O'Dell after a dramatic pistol duel and a scarred head.
In Schuylerville, shy producer John Kendall falls for Margaret Little an authoress, and a note written on her manuscript paper is copied from a carbon copy of his own letter revealing his true feelings. Margaret’s response and a detective-like scrap of paper reveal the romance in a humorous domestic scene.
Two French officers Capt Truffert and Naval Ensign L Huard completed a thorough Lake Chad survey. They describe the lake as 185 miles long and 89 wide with depths from 5 to 25 feet and eighty islands in three vegetation groups. About 50 000 people live on the islands and they note a newly discovered tree lighter than cork.
A historic menu lists breakfast with Vitos and cream tomatoes, bacon, muffins, coffee. luncheon with crumbled eggs and pineapples. dinner features tongue braised with peas and potatoes, tulip salad, and desserts. Includes a detailed recipe for crumbed eggs with ham mixture and fry method, plus a tulip salad construction and remarks on simple pleasures and poetry.
A cautious message urges avoiding the Walking Dermatologist and saving money until a city technician can perform the work reliably. In the meantime the writer mocks the tweezers as having an exhilarating effect similar to shaving.
An old remedy mixes camphor spirits boracic acid and boiling water for eye ailments. Another suggestion is cold salt water baths to strengthen eyes. The piece then shifts to discuss over speculation in titles and marriages like Thaw Yarmouth Morgan, noting social dynamics and financial risks of aristocratic unions.
A magazine snippet promotes a thin neck as fashionable and offers a routine to slim the neck and chest. It describes shoulder positioning and neck exercises, followed by a bath and massage routine using cocoa butter and lanolin, then suggests cold-water bathing and a golf-themed activity for summer fitness.
A self help style piece urges avoiding peroxide and artificial tint. It recommends natural methods using egg wash weekly and lemon juice with salts of tartar for softness and shine. It compares dull hair to a weed that regrows after sun exposure and promotes creme marquise or orange flower skin food as safer products.
A Philadelphia jeweler recalls how gold thimbles once marked birthdays or Christmas presents for young women. He notes that today’s girls prefer cars or horses, while mothers keep a fine gold thimble in their workbaskets. He explains the old word thimble was once thumb worn.
Agnes Olive Goodwin sues Dr. H. T. Goodwin for separation alleging cruel and inhuman conduct. She cites his remark about belonging to the innermost Staten Island set as evidence he did not help her enter society, a disappointment she says caused injury to her social ambitions.
The Jewell Republic editor proposes a tongue in cheek cure for dandelions: marry a woman who grabs her sunbonnet and a butcher knife whenever a bloom appears on the lawn. The joke frames a rural, homespun solution.
Church members say kindness matters more than looks, noting that the prettiest girls were chosen to serve at the social. The remark highlights values and community tradition in Atchison.
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a milkman accusing a druggist of selling a harmful product. He threatens to prosecute, calling the druggist a swindler over the formaldehyde issue.
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