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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
8
Patient letters praise Peruna and Manalin claiming recovery from Bright's disease after catarrh of the kidneys. Advert claims include rapid improvement, restored appetite, and avoided swelling. Warns that catarrh leads to chronic Bright's disease and urges early Peruna use with no substitutes.
Report from Seattle dated June 27 describes a major uprising on Raratonga, with natives attacking European settlements and threatening the capital. Over fifty Europeans killed. coast towns fortified. natives accuse whites of deception as traders clash with the populace. An appeal to Great Britain is planned.
A fragment warns that cholera infantum dysentery and diarrhoea strike quickly and suggests keeping Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry on hand as the safe plan to prevent fatalities during a short delay in medical care.
Mobile Alabama reports a 5 o'clock dawn cloudburst with torrential rain. Streets flooded citywide, some five feet deep, business halted, and preliminary losses likely on first floors and basements with no fatalities so far. News notes Eleanor yacht sale to J J Hill and name change to Waucoma or similar.
Miss Louise Stradley of Chicago sued David E. Studebaker for $10,000 in a breach of promise case in local court and the jury awarded $1,625.
B F Mouser the druggist at the Tops Kansas reports having the best sale on Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in his store. The advertisement claims it cures constipation indigestion sick headache and stomach trouble.
London reports Boer commandos in the eastern Orange River Colony split into small, harassing detachments that constantly cut scouts and pickets. Commandant Christian de Wet is lauded as the guerrilla mastermind, while Lord Roberts trims the British advance and Transvaal officials vow to resist to the end. Kruger may retire to Waterval Onder or Nelspruit as Botha remains active east of Pretoria.
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure as cheap insurance against Bright's disease and diabetes, claiming men are insured against dangerous ailments by a fifty cent bottle. Houseworth Bros. handles the product.
Seventy-one million silver dollars were transferred from the old Chestnut Street mint to the new Sixteenth Street facility in Philadelphia. The money, secured for a silver certificate issue, traveled in individually numbered bags and pine boxes with two armed guards per wagon. The new mint vault holds up to 110 million dollars in silver.
An old advertisement claims neglect is a harmless remedy that gives immediate results for coughs, colds, throat and lung troubles. It asserts children and mothers endorse it and credits Houseworth Bros. with the product.
Capt. John L. Powers was arrested in Harlan Kentucky on charges of being an accessory to the Goebel murder He immediately began habeas corpus proceedings He is a brother of Caleb Powers a former claimant to Kentucky secretary of state.
After the downs, use Banner Salve if you're cut or bruised. It heals the hurt quickly. Houceworth Bros.
Harley Forrey, who was taken in by police Saturday morning, was moved to Goshen that evening under Sheriff Elliott. He resisted the effort to place a harness on him in the cell, and several officers needed to subdue him.
Samuel Alschuler won the Democratic nomination for Illinois governor on the second ballot at Springfield on June 27 with 42914 votes first ballot and 61045 on the second ballot. Prohibitionists nominate J G Cunningham of Urbana with a Springfield convention and Bryan support noted.
The June 27 report from Aurora Illinois notes enthusiastic crowds amid city hall bells and fireworks after Samuel Alschuler was nominated for governor on the Democratic ticket. Born November 20 1859 in Chicago he moved to Aurora as a child and pursued law before forming a practice and later a partnership with John C Murphy in 1890.
The Prohibitionist State convention in Chicago nominated J. G. Cunningham for governor and John A. Henderson for lieutenant governor, with B. J. Radford as secretary of state and James A. Stone as auditor. Bradfordston, Frank Regan, H. S. Parmalee, George Bloomer, Livira S. Stewart and Mary Smith named trustees and electors at large W. B. Whrogmorton and E. Mo Pannen. The meeting drew 1650 delegates, including a quarter women, and endorsed a single issue platform.
The Democratic state convention in Little Rock nominates a full slate but fails to complete the ticket due to a proxy vote dispute over Mississippi county for state auditor. Nominated are Governor Jeff Davis Secretary of State Joan W. Crockett Attorney General George W. Murphy State Treasurer Thomas E. Little Commissioner of Lands J. W. Colquitt State Superintendent J. J. Doyne Commissioner of Mines Manufacturers and Agriculture Frank Hill Associate Justice Supreme Court C. D. Wood.
Mouseworth Bros advertise Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming it digests what you eat and nourishes the body while organs rebuild. They urge readers suffering from indigestion to try the preparation, asserting it will instantly relieve and cure stomach troubles.
The lower branch of the state legislature has approved an act to compel separate and equal accommodations for blacks and whites on street car lines. The vote was 81 yeas, 6 nays, with the senate expected to pass the measure.
In Ottawa on June 27 the house of commons practically adopted a bill increasing the tax on Chinese immigrants from 50 to 100 dollars and restricting Japanese immigration to 12 dollars per month.
A minister's daughter among traveling salesmen discusses fathers jobs. A boy says his papa sells shoes, another papa sells paper, and the girl answers with regal confidence that her papa sells talk. The remark appears in the Detroit Free Press.
The Elkhart Steam Laundry advertises as headquarters for fine work and promotes a special sale on Monarch Bicycles for ten days. A trial is promised to convince anyone while the coal season nears end and lime cement hair stucco and paints remain in stock. Godfrey Liven is noted as good and J B. Mick’s Co. Jewellers is referenced with contact info.
Women visit shop to buy Clauss Shears praised as the best made. The advertisement highlights quality craftsmanship and appeal to female customers seeking reliable cutting tools.
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