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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
2
The crescent and star symbol appeared as an incantation charm in Mesopotamian ritual 6,000 years ago. Exorcism tablets show the sign used to drive out evil spirits, with similar charms used by Assyrian kings and by poorer households through amulets and talismans.
The piece describes the first spring fern stages nicknamed the cotton fern and fiddle head. It explains cottony tufts appearing on low grounds as buds swell and how circinate fronds roll and unroll. As ferns grow a inch or two the cottony look fades and fiddle head form becomes prominent.
A well dressed man barges into a Cleveland florist shop and offers a dollar for flowers as a home gift. He selects hyacinths but, in a slurred show, asks the clerk to name the blooms. He then asks for a dozen roses and staggers away.
A curious legend links Pixodorus the herdman to a marble discovery that helped found Ephesus. While grazing on a hill, a ram broke the marble crust with its horn. The peasant carried the stone to Ephesian citizens, earned applause, and his name became Evangelius the Giver of Glad Tidings as the Diana temple courted divine showers.
The piece argues that military logic drives a sequential cycle of occupation and conquest across ranges of hills, with each success justifying the next. It cites a Lord Salisbury quip via the London Spectator, illustrating limits to military demands such as fortifying the moon against Mars.
A 1907 commission traced Malta fever to the milk of goats in garrisons and warships. When goat milk was banned, the fever vanished, signaling the end of its ravages on the historic island.
A garbled OCR passage presents stray phonetic terms and fragments with unclear meaning. It reads like a jumble of quotes and questions about speech sounds, making it impossible to identify a coherent event, person, or place from the readable text.
An antique cedar horn built from two staves and cow horn hoops, four inches wide at the mouth and tapering to a horn mouthpiece, recalls Capt. Bob Collins who blew it at sunrise until his death in 1864. His granddaughter preserves the relic in Kentucky as an honored keepsake.
Success Magazine notes Joseph Jefferson recalled a near miss in a western town with a pioneering troupe using bull teams to move between camps. Miners and cowboys paid five dollars to watch a melodrama where a mother’s revolver shatters the villain’s escape plan, prompting an impromptu encore as the crowd demanded a repeat performance.
The article notes two surveys of Niagara Falls, 1842 and 1886, by Hall and Woodward. Woodward found the falls had shifted 220 feet since 1842, averaging five feet per year, with a half century of rock torn from the falls’ face.
The article denounces dangerous and cruel use of power clippers in sheep shearing, noting injuries to animals and condemning careless operators. It cites the St. Louis World Fair sheep and goat contest where judges rebuked contestants for inhumane, bloody work. It compares practices in the West with Argentina New Zealand and Australia, urging humane citizen protest.
Outing Magazine notes the strongest instinct in horses is home longing. It argues that suffering from nostalgia causes pets to return as worn shadows, with loss of health and vigor, while owners blame feed and stabling rather than heart hunger.
W. H. Rossiter discusses the 1895 printing law governing official annual government publications. The total authorized numbers rose from 982 600 to 1 115 603, with 8 percent reserved for congress. The practice rewards districts with free volumes and seeds, shaping a distribution gimmick separate from practical value or need.
The note reflects on historic language change in English with shifts in spelling grammar and pronounciation. It mentions older acceptance of split infinitives and multiple negatives and recalls times when spelling differed greatly from modern usage. The passage cites Artemus Wara and a witty remark about a poet who could not spell.
Charles M. Garberich of Elkhart Indiana reports his wife suffered backaches headaches and weak kidneys with scant urine. After using Dean's Kidney Pills from Houseworth Bros. drug store she improved noticeably and he recommends the remedy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sale agents for US Remember the name Dean's and take no other.
William Hite a resident of Concord township Elkhart county Indiana announces an application to the Board of County Commissioners at the Goshen courthouse on the first Monday in July 1998 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors at 121 West Jackson Street Elkhart Indiana on the ground floor of a two story brick building. The premises are described as the west part of the east half of lot 22 in the original town plat.
An advertisement extols Dr Leonhardt's Wemroid as the sole absolute pile cure. It claims piles become severe with black blood and tumor formation before treatment. The ad asserts Hem-Roid cures the most stubborn cases and offers a guarantee with each package priced 1.00, sold at Houseworth Braosi Elkhart and Dr Teeonhardi Co Buffalo NY Station 2.
Elkhart Water Co warns customers that in drought and high demand, water use for private consumption will be restricted once a fire alert sounds. The notice stresses strict observance to protect property during dry periods and asks all consumers to comply going forward. Aldrich and Simonton relocate offices to Monger Building rooms 204-205.
A fragment urges using Deans Regulets to aid stomach liver and bowels. It emphasizes relief through the product as a simple remedy for digestive discomfort.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a home voting notice with unclear details. Readable items include mentions of a location and date phrases but essential terms are missing, leaving uncertainty about eligibility and procedure.
Suffering women report medical relief without surgery after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Letters from Mrs. S A Williams of Gardiner Maine and Mrs. Alvina Sperling of Chicago recount cures from female troubles, tumors, and inflammation, praising the remedy as a standard women’s health aid for decades.
Mrs J Morgan of Neosha Falls Kansas extols Dr Caldwell's Syrat Pepsin as a life saver after fifteen years of chronic indigestion. The ad claims a guaranteed cure and offers a free sample from Pepsin Syrup Co and lists Houseworth Bros selling at 50 cents to a dollar per bottle.
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