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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
6
The article discusses the possibility that life germs could travel interstellar space via radiation pressure. It cites research suggesting germs withstand cold and desiccation, with light acting as a motive force potentially allowing interstellar journeys to be shortened from years to days, enabling life to develop on distant planets.
Deputy United States Marshal John Blankenship Deputy Marshal George Sharp and others faced a large bear trap during a raid into Blount County Tennessee near the North Carolina line They located a distillery said to be owned by Uncle Sam Burchfield The trap almost caught them as they prepared to leap from a roof scene from the East Tennessee mountains Ends with note that Burchfield will be arrested and officers will watch for traps in the future.
A waiter narrates a scene in a New York restaurant where a patron overpays with a phony half dollar and leaves a meager tip while boasting of enforcement if the party returns. The boss demands repayment as the man exits, prompting the waiter to reflect on the incident.
A Dublin audience tale recalls a late night incident at Jude's, a famed venue, where an English visitor mocked the scene. Pat replied with a prank pouring water across the table and challenged him to strike the man beside him for what he called grand sport.
Public health improves when street cleaning methods are enhanced. A strong civic welcome comes from visibly improved city appearance and efficient machines. The article emphasizes practical steps to keep Berlin’s streets orderly and safe.
The text argues that early humans and non Western peoples show comparable intellect and morality. It notes that language, social rules, and noble traits appear in Indigenous Australians and Pacific peoples. It counters the notion of inherent mental inferiority and claims stone age peoples were not proven to be morally or intellectually lesser.
An advertising message touts Pyra mid Pile Cure as a painless private home treatment for piles. It claims instant relief, no surgery, and a full-sized box for 50 cents at druggists, with a free trial mailed by Pyramid Drug Co. to Marshall, Michigan.
Fragment reads nothing avs h used to injure and mentions or Sup likely indicating an incomplete note about harm or a dispute. No clear person, organization, or event identified.
An advertisement claims dandruff is caused by a germ and promotes Newbro s Merpicide Herpicide as the only cure that kills the germ. It urges readers to buy samples by mail and lists agents Houseworth Bros and The Herpicide Co Detroit Michigan with prices including ten cent samples and dollar sizes.
A wind circular engine powers a dynamo for private electric lighting on farms and estates. Early Cadbury experiments showed limited success, but later Yorkshire mansion installations prove reliable, with a 30 foot diameter mill driving a dynamo and battery storage, tended only a few hours weekly.
Mr Ellis confronts his friend Hills during a walk as three moving vans stand outside a house. Hills, grime on his clothes and sarcasm, insists he is not moving but taking his furniture out for a ride.
A fragment from a city report notes part of an old brewery roof fell in injuring three men. Witnesses hear of the collapse as the tavern movement in the suburb is described.
The first Dr Leonhardt Hem Roid package, praised for curing a hopeless piles case in a Nebraska town, led Dr J S Leonhardt of Lincoln Nebraska to widen production. Now distributed worldwide with a $1 090 guarantee through Houseworth Bros Elkhart Indiana or The Dr Leonhardt Co Buffalo Station B Buffalo New York.
In the Elkhart Circuit Court March 1907 term Charles Chokey administrator has filed a final settlement for the estate of Charlotte J. Chokey deceased. The court will examine the account on March 16 1908 in Goshen to hear heirs creditors or legatees show cause why approval should not be granted. Witness the Clerk and Seal Gio W Fleming Clerk.
Dr C K Runyon, dentist, offers teeth extraction without cocaine using his own preparation. Located at 126 West Lexington Avenue. Home phone 658.
Prettified beauty appeal mentioned with rosy cheeks and lovely hair. References TM Hollister and Houseworth Bros tied to a rocky mountain setting.
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