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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
7
A Yale professor famed for deep erudition is recounted in a club tale. A senior jokes a book is over his head, while Ladd notes only he God and possibly Hadley understand it. A revised edition reportedly remains too profound for others.
The anecdote describes Whistler dining with Henry Irving as he notices two of Whistler's paintings hung upside down. Whistler remarks on the error and Irving admits he too had not noticed it, suggesting it may have hung that way for months.
A. H. Harris of North Carolina, once a St. Louis lawyer, promoted the Appalachian forest reserve plan. He left his office after a luncheon with a sign Back in twenty minutes and reappeared two decades later to announce his move to North Carolina for the 1904 World’s Fair, meeting Representative Joy in the House restaurant.
Jesse Bishop, a former Illinois legislator, county judge, and state's attorney, is dead at age 74 in Marion Illinois on March 2. The obituary notes his long public service across multiple legal roles.
The advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar stops coughs due to bronchial irritation from colds and La Grippe, heals and strengthens lungs to prevent pneumonia, and asserts no other product matches its effectiveness. Sold at Taylor Fenton's drugstore.
The dialogue shows a husband asserting a one third legal interest in his wife’s property during her lifetime. The wife questions the fairness while acknowledging the law grants him a tie to the estate as her spouse. The exchange hints at tension over control and possible future actions.
An ad touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic claimed to compel all family members including mother father grandmother grandfather and children to eat. Sold by Houseworth Bros for 35 cents as a health product.
The general committee of the G A R encampment decided on the official badge. It features a red, white and blue ribbon with the image of the Indian Kith Teveland Chief Anderson and suitable wording.
Tell City Charles Wyne sentenced to one to twenty one years in Jeffersonville Reformatory for assaulting Lelia Winterath. He is seventeen, among the county's youngest jailed by a jury. Drug product Osmicure sold for one dollar at Fenton's drug store.
A warning on the dangers of colds and the risk of pneumonia, urging that even mild colds not be ignored. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is recommended to counteract pneumonia tendencies and is described as pleasant to take. Sold by Houseworth Bros.
At the regular Elks lodge meeting last night the group voted to make an effort to bring the 1904 state meeting to Anderson.
A spring tonic praised as cleansing and energizing. The Rocky Mountain Tea is advertised as a blessing for spring health with claims it drives out impurities and enriches the blood. Sold by Houseworth Bros for 35 cents.
Anderson Crescent Window Glass Company organized with capital stock of 25000 dollars will be located in this city.
Osmicure Medicinal Soap antiseptic for infants sold at Fenton's drug store. Elwood Mrs Fanny F Rose, wife of John R Rose and a well known farmer, living two miles east of the city, died this morning.
A belated senator hurrying to his lodgings faced an unofficial holdup in the capital. The robber ordered him to surrender, but the senator quipped that he could only raise one arm, adding that Senator Morgan had talked the other one off, revealing his wit amid danger.
Advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poison and cancers. Claims include healing eruptions, ulcers, rashes, bone pains, and hair loss, with testimonials of thousands cured after other treatments failed. The product is described as a botanic formula from Atlanta, with bottles sold for $1 and free samples by mail.
A Philadelphia manufacturer defends selling dolls billed as idols to heathens, arguing it helps the missionary cause. The exchange questions whether complicity with idol worship can be reconciled with conscience.
The two year old daughter of Mr. P. L. McPherson of Harrisburg Pennsylvania slept only two or three hours at night due to stomach trouble. After giving half a Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet the child slept through the night. Two boxes brought a permanent cure and the child is now well and strong. For sale by Houseworth Bros.
A former actor now preacher laments that his most passionate pulpit sermons fail to move audiences as when he was on stage. A friend suggests the difference is that on stage he spoke another man’s lines.
In a household remedy note, Dr Thomis endorses Electric Oil for various ailments. Claims include relief from wounds throat croup catarrh asthma and other conditions with a focus on practical cures. The ad emphasizes simplicity and effectiveness for common illnesses.
Washington reports describe a stylish D A R congress with delegates and visitors in lavish gowns at receptions. Notable attendees include Mrs Fairbanks and Mrs Phelps Montgomery with velvet and lace ensembles, while Miss Annie Fauntleroy leads the page program and other members wear striking silks and velvets.
Mary Wilhite fifty two a Fyffes hotel cook entered Mrs Henrys home under pretense of ordering a dress with a revolver in hand She fired four times missing the dressmaker but smashing furniture She was arrested and cited jealousy over former husbands attentions as motive
Noblesville Indiana March 2 two oboy Mr Castile and Mrs Sirena Woodruff wed again to legitimize a union from fifteen years ago when Woodruff believed he had divorced. Castile and Woodruff had separate marriages and later learned the prior divorce was not final. The couple, now well to do, renewed vows after confirming the prior marriage was invalid. A Davidson Street family discussed daily affairs while a cold wave remark sparked a humorous classroom exchange about a Canadian thermometer.
In a winter tale from 1902 a Melfa Virginia mother recalls using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy to treat her baby’s severe cold. She credits quick improvement to the remedy and urges others to try it, praising the manufacturers for a “great cure.”
Mrs William Laramore wife of a contractor halted the prize bout between the Canadian Kid and the Kentucky Kid at a Hartford City theater. She circulated a petition against the fight signed by many local women and presented it to Mayor Lucas who ordered the fight stopped. The mayor then left town to avoid further pleas from disappointed sports.
Mrs. Catharine Harrington, 26, and her one year old traveled from Mississippi seeking relatives in Anderson Indiana. Destitute and aided by charity, her husband Charles Harrington drowned rescuing another man in Mississippi four months earlier. She hoped to find his parents in Anderson but they are unknown, and the city will aid her to return home. She wore no hat with a large shawl for both she and the baby.
In Guildford Surrey near London maidens over seventeen have formed a society to resist temptation and enter into marriage. It calls itself the Society for the Promotion of Man Indifference Amongst Women and has by laws with procedures in case anything should happen to a member.
Vinecennes at Wheatland reports Charles Johnson aged nineteen and Stanley Ebert aged sixteen were arrested and jailed by Detective J S Bradford on February 25 for throwing stones through the coaches of a Baltimore and Ohio train.
In Elkhart, Charles Dickinson reports severe back pains and urinary trouble due to kidney disease but credits Dean's Kidney Pills after trying doctors and spending much. He says after three boxes his back pain eased and kidney secretions improved, thanks to a recommendation from S B Shreiner.
A Montana resident, W T Thompson of Townsem Broadwater Co., recounts using ten bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and pellets, reporting restored weight and daily farm work ability after prior illness. He warns against substitutes for higher profit by dealers.
A southern senator recalls the Yazoo fraud, noting bribery and a Georgia legislature authorized sale of western lands from Mississippi to the Atlantic for 500000 dollars. The 1795 act was repealed a year later and the records burned to erase evidence of corruption.
Representatives Landis of Indiana and Littlefield of Maine spotted Chief Justice Fuller in a Baltimore bookstore before Christmas. They praised him as a great lawyer and remarkable jurist while speculating on a rare volume that might illuminate a sweeping legal issue. He called for a copy of Jack and the Beanstalk.
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